Stéphane Rotenberg reveals this big change in Beijing Express since the beginning

This Thursday, January 16, Stéphane Rotenberg returns to hosting the twentieth season of Beijing Express on M6. Received on Europe 1, the race director talks about what has changed the most in this program in 20 years on the air.

Red backpacks are back! Beijing Express is already returning to the air just three months after the victory of Jean-Claude and Axel in the All-Stars version of the flagship show. A program which, this year, celebrates its 20th anniversary. Ten pairs of candidates set off on a unique journey this Thursday, January 16 at 9:10 p.m. on M6. On this occasion, the race director and emblematic presenter is on the radio this morning to talk about it.

Stéphane Rotenberg notes the major problem of the first seasons of Beijing Express

Face and voice inseparable from this adventure game, Stéphane Rotenberg is also a reference for the duos who advance with the help of one euro a day and little knowledge of Swahili or English in the streets of Tanzania. Indeed, for the third time in two decades, backpackers are traveling across Africa on the route of the legendary tribesas the title of this twentieth season indicates. In addition to enhanced security with the presence of rangers in the bush, the tandems are equipped to maintain perfect communication with production. Something totally impossible during the first edition broadcast in 2006! “When I drop the candidates off at the border between Estonia and Russia, in Pskov, and we find them three days later in Red Square, it’s the first stage of the first season. We don’t know if they will arrive, we don’t know how many will arrive and with what interval. And they arrive with a 2-3 hour gap between the first and the last, but we were stunnedrecalls the guest journalist on Europe 1.

Stéphane Rotenberg talks about what has changed the most in Beijing Express

Thus, participants are not tracked for 3-4 years because of less developed technologies at the time. “We had no other option, we had beacons to stop the race, but it was just beeps, like the sailors, if ever there was an emergency. They had an argos beacon that they could trigger.”indicates Stéphane Rotenberg, noting much more fluid relationships today. “Even with a cell phone, we know where they are. I can have them arriving at the minute, and that changed everything. I know what happened, if they are in trouble. So for us it’s easier in general.”he admits.

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