Like every year, the Beijing Express adventure was strewn with pitfalls for all participants. At least, those who completed the challenge. Because at the start of the show, a pair, formed by the Belgian twins Nathan and Brandon, withdrew and left the adventure. If this decision made aficionados of the program furious, it completely delighted the pair formed by Romain and Laura, the hairdresser and his client. Initially, those who took on the challenge several times were not automatically selected, but “planned by production in the event of abandonment during filming“, specified the Parisian this Saturday, May 4.
Romain and Laura finally joined the adventure and gave everything to see it through to the end. Their determination, their strength, their courage and the complicity that unites them gave them wings and allowed them to reach the gates of the final which took place in Vietnam during an exceptionally delayed bonus to Saturday. A final they have disputed against the pair of Corsican colleagues formed by Patricia and JessicaAfter the departures of Louison and Ryad and the Swiss Flavie and Jérémy, and they won!
Romain and Laura, crowned big winners of Beijing Express
It is with a check for the amount of €77,660 that Romain and Laura left the land Vietnamese. During the final, three sprints are organized. The first pair having joined Stéphane Rotenberg, forced to intervene after inappropriate gestures towards premises on the part of the candidates, triggers a timer causing the pair who have not yet arrived to lose 10 euros per second elapsed. The money counted is donated to the winning pair of the race. Romain and Laura managed to grab part of the prize pool accumulated by their opponents, thus increasing the final victory sum.
Romain and Laura don’t just leave with glory and money. After crossing the now famous final arch, both players burst into tears and hugged each other. Moments rich in emotion: “Today, I’m not going out with a hairdresser, but really a friend. It’s the greatest gift” said Laura in the show before Romain added: “We are not united by the bonds of marriage, but it is almost the same. We are united by the links of Beijing Express.“
Puremedias indicates that the Beijing Express 2024 final was watched by 1.70 million viewers on average until 10:10 p.m. The audience share is 9.3% of the entire public. The outcome of the program kept 1.51 million faithful to the program (10.5% 4+).
