In mid-January, M6 launched the twentieth season of Beijing Express, The route of legendary tribeswith a start given in Tanzania, at the foot of Kilimanjaro. During the press conference, Stéphane Rotenberg, the emblematic presenter, and Thierry Guillaume, the producer, looked back at the big changes the program has undergone since its launch in 2006. At the time, candidates had to hitchhike to Beijing, after leaving for Paris, in front of the Eiffel Tower.
“JI don’t think it could come back” : the producer of Pékin Express confides in this rule which only lasted one season
From the first season, the elementary principles of Beijing Express were put in place. “The pairs of strangers are like 1 euro per day, 10,000 km, hitchhiking and accommodation with locals, it’s one of the fundamental rules of the program. Like the bond that unites our participants, there has always been a pair of unknowns“recalls the producer of the program. “Sometimes there were even two in season 7, Caesar and Denis et Ingrid and Nicolas, I think this is the only year we did it and I don’t think it could come back“he adds. The pace of narration has changed a lot, the producer also concedes: “There are many more events than originally and now, even the hitchhike is a game support. It hurts at the end did not exist in the first place, the car prohibited sign is a real novelty. This program changes little by little every year.”list Thierry Guillaume. “Prime 1 was in 4/3 then 16:9 in season 7 and HD so now it’s very recent. The framing is no longer the same thing“, slips his friend in animation, Stéphane Rotenberg.
Stéphane Rotenberg talks about the changes in Beijing Express in 20 seasons : “I had to tense up the atmosphere”
Other size change in Beijing Expresstoday the organization of the arrival of candidates is much simpler. “Our way of working has evolved a lot, today we have cell phones all over the world, GPS trackers, we know where the candidates arewe know when they arrive”notes the producer. Thierry Guillaume recognizes it, TV has changed and the program wants to be more and more positive. “Moi, I was asked to put pressure on the set. We still do it sometimes on things with very high stakes, but I had to tense the atmosphere, which is no longer the way to do things there, they are quite happy to see me”reveals Stéphane Rotenberg.
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