Pekín Express

Beijing Express is a Spanish reality television contest. Between 2008 and 2011 was broadcast by the television network Cuatro, in 2015 by Antena 3 and from 2016 and until 2018, by laSexta. In the contest, ten couples must travel 10,000 km to win a prize of 100,000 euros, in addition to the money they get in each stage. The first season of the program was presented by Paula Vázquez, the second and third by Raquel Sánchez-Silva, the fourth by Jesús Vázquez and, from the fifth, by Cristina Pedroche. Produced by Boomerang TV, it is the Spanish version of the international format Peking Express, original from Belgium and the Netherlands, released in 2004, which has had different versions in several European countries such as France, Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Germany and Italy. The contest follows the wake of the original American format The Amazing Race, without being an official adaptation of it. In Morocco, channel 2M created its version called Dakar-Fez Express, which, as its name suggests, is a route from Dakar, Senegal, to Fez, Morocco, passing through Mauritania. In Portugal it was adapted with the name A great adventure, with a route in Indonesia. The program in its Spanish version came to issue four editions in its first stage in Cuatro. The program was losing audience throughout the editions, 1 until in 2012 Mediaset decided not to make more editions. The last was issued between September and December 2011 under the name Beijing Express: Adventure in Africa.

La carrera más emocionante de la televisión da el pistoletazo de salida: 'Pekín Express' arranca con Cristina pedroche como directora de carrera. `La Ruta de los Elefantes' es variada, cargada de contrastes, muy exigente y con grandes dosis de emoción. A lo largo de trece etapas, los 20 concursantes tendrán que estar preparados para sobrevivir con un presupuesto de un euro al día e intentar llegar los primeros al lugar de destino. Los valientes aventureros se enfrentarán 5.000 kilómetros de intensa carrera, donde tienen que demostrar toda su fortaleza, destreza e ingenio. Un extenuante camino que da comienzo en Sri Lanka, y cuyo destino final está en India.