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Reality game show

Pechino Express is the Italian TV version of the Dutch-Belgian reality show Peking Express created by Ludo Poppe. It has been broadcast on Rai 2 from 2012 to 2020 and on Sky Uno, Now (live streaming) and TV8 (reruns) since 2022.

Format

The show features a race between couples made of famous and unknown people, who compete along a route of 10 legs through various countries to reach a specific destination over a multi-day journey. Each competitor is provided with a minimum amount of supplies, contained in a backpack, and one euro per day in local currency with which to cover their basic needs. Couples cannot use the money to pay for transportation, although they can ask local residents to pay for them.

On the various paths there are small “quests” which the couples must complete in order to advance in the game. Halfway along the route, there is a destination where the couples will find the Red Book of Pechino Express, which they must sign to certify their arrival. Here, the most important challenge of each leg takes place between the first couples to arrive: the challenge for immunity or the challenge for advantage. Starting from the fourth season, this challenge has not been offered in some episodes.
If the leg features a challenge for immunity, the couple winning it automatically qualifies for the following leg, doesn’t have to complete the leg and usually gets to spend the night in a comfortable place, while if a challenge for advantage is offered, the couple winning it still has to finish the race and risks being eliminated, but starts the second part of the leg with a bonus which can be decisive to be able to win the leg and advance. In both cases, the couple winning the challenge also has to decide which of the remaining couples gets a malus, which can slow down the race and increase the chances of ending last.

At the finish line there is a red mat, onto which the couples have to jump in order to complete the leg. The winning couple of each leg is awarded a medal worth €5,000 in gold tokens to be donated to a charity working in the countries visited throughout the race. During the awards ceremony, the host announces the order of arrival of all the couples and afterwards the winners have to decide which of the last two couples to finish will be eliminated. The chosen couple has to face the verdict of the Black Envelope of Pechino Express, which says if the leg is eliminatory or not.

In the final episode of the show, the three or four remaining couples compete in a final sprint to reach the finish line. The first part of this final leg decides the two finalist couples, while the second part determines the winning couple. The winners receive a medal worth €10,000 in gold tokens to be donated to a charity working in the countries visited throughout the race.

Series overview

Season	Season’s subtitle	Host	Channel	Premiere	Finale	Continent	Route	Visited countries	Winning couple	Viewers	Share
1	Avventura in Oriente (Adventure in the East)	Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy	Rai 2	September 13, 2012	November 15, 2012	Asia	Haridwar to Beijing	India Nepal China	Alessandro Sampaoli & Debora Villa (Gli attori)	2.039.000	7.81%
2	Obiettivo Bangkok (Goal: Bangkok)	Costantino della Gherardesca		September 8, 2013	November 4, 2013		Hanoi to Bangkok	Vietnam Cambodia Laos Thailand	Massimiliano Rosolino & Marco Maddaloni (Gli sportivi)	1.955.000	7.92%
3	Ai confini dell’Asia (At the boundaries of Asia)			September 7, 2014	November 3, 2014		Mandalay to Bali	Myanmar Malaysia Singapore Indonesia	Stefano Corti & Alessandro Onnis (I coinquilini)	2.214.500	9.20%
4	Il nuovo mondo (The new world)			September 7, 2015	November 2, 2015	America	Quito to Rio de Janeiro	Ecuador Peru Brazil	Antonio Andrea Pinna & Roberto Bertolini (Gli antipodi)	2.338.000	9.87%
5	Le civiltà perdute (The lost civilizations)			September 12, 2016	November 14, 2016		Bogotá to Mexico City	Colombia Guatemala Mexico	Alessio Stigliano & Alessandro Tenace (I socialisti)	2.086.500	9,00%
6	Verso il Sol Levante (Towards the Rising Sun)			September 13, 2017	November 15, 2017	Asia	Padre Burgos to Tokyo	Philippines Taiwan Japan	Ema Stokholma & Valentina Pegorer (Le clubber)	1.831.000	8,01%
7	Avventura in Africa (Adventure in Africa)			September 20, 2018	November 22, 2018	Africa	Tangier to Cape Town	Morocco Tanzania South Africa	Patrizia Rossetti & Maria Teresa Ruta (Le signore della TV)	1.552.300	7,37%
8	Le stagioni dell’Oriente (The seasons of the East)			February 11, 2020	April 14, 2020	Asia	Ko Phra Thong to Seoul	Thailand China South Korea	Nicole Rossi & Jennifer Poni (Le collegiali)	2.387.500	9,64%
9	La rotta dei sultani (The route of the sultans)	Costantino della Gherardesca & Enzo Miccio	Sky Uno Now TV8	March 10, 2022	May 12, 2022		Uçhisar to Dubai	Turkey Uzbekistan Jordan United Arab Emirates	Victoria Cabello & Paride Vitale (I pazzeschi)	419.300	1,54%
10	La via delle Indie (The route of the Indies)			March 9, 2023	May 11, 2023		Mumbai to Angkor	India Malaysia Cambodia	Joe Bastianich & Andrea Belfiore (Gli italoamericani)	446.400	1,92%
11	La rotta del dragone (The route of the dragon)	Costantino della Gherardesca & Gianluca Fru		March 7, 2024	May 9, 2024		Tam Cốc to Sigiriya	Vietnam Laos Sri Lanka	Damiano Carrara & Massimiliano Carrara (I pasticceri)	512.600	2,30%
12	Fino al tetto del mondo (Up to the Roof of the World)			March 6, 2025	May 8, 2025		El Nido to Kathmandu	Philippines Thailand Nepal	Jury Chechi & Antonio Rossi (I medagliati)	488.000	2,20%
13	Ascesa all’Olimpo (Ascent to Olympus)			March 2026	May 2026	Europe	Danube Delta to Athens	Romania Bulgaria Greece	TBD	TBD	TBD

Season 1: Pechino Express – Avventura in Oriente (2012)

Visited countries: India – Nepal – China

Season 1 of Pechino Express was presented by Emanuele Filiberto of Savoy and was broadcast on Rai 2 from September 13, 2012 to November 15, 2012. The subtitle of the season was Avventura in Oriente (Adventure in the East) and the route started in Haridwar, India, and finished at the Temple of Heaven in Beijing, China, going across India, Nepal and China. The winners of the season were actors Alessandro Sampaoli and Debora Villa, Gli attori (the actors).

Legs

Ranking

Place	Couple	Members	Status
1	Gli Attori (The actors)	Alessandro Sampaoli & Debora Villa	Winners
2	I ballerini (The dancers)	Andrés Gil & Anastasia Kuzmina	Runners-up
3	Zio e nipote (Uncle and nephew)	Costantino della Gherardesca & Barù	Eliminated
4	I fidanzati (The lovers)	Simone Rugiati & Malvina Seferi	Eliminated
5	Padre e figlio (Father and son)	Antonio & Marco Pizza	Eliminated
6	Le veline (The veline)	Costanza Caracciolo & Federica Nargi	Eliminated
7	Gli sportivi (The sportsmen)	Giorgio Rocca & Niccolò Comi	Eliminated
8	Madre e figlio (Mother and son)	Simona Izzo & Francesco Venditti	Eliminated
9	Marito e moglie (Husband and wife)	Massimiliano Lanza & Letizia Soldatelli	Eliminated
10	I fratelli (The brothers)	Alarico & Armando Salaroli	Eliminated
11	I promessi sposi (The betrothed)	Carla Carlesi & Riccardo Corsi	Withdrawn

Season 2: Pechino Express – Obiettivo Bangkok (2013)

Visited countries: Vietnam – Cambodia – Laos – Thailand

Season 2 of Pechino Express was presented by Costantino della Gherardesca and was broadcast on Rai 2 from September 8, 2013 to November 4, 2013. The subtitle of the season was Obiettivo Bangkok (Goal: Bangkok) and the route started at the Ho Chi Minh Mausoleum in Hanoi, Vietnam, and finished at the Wat Pho temple complex in Bangkok, Thailand, going across Vietnam, Cambodia, Laos and Thailand. The winners of the season were athletes Massimiliano Rosolino and Marco Maddaloni, Gli sportivi (The sportsmen).

Legs

Ranking

Place	Couple	Members	Status
1	Gli sportivi (The sportsmen)	Massimiliano Rosolino & Marco Maddaloni	Winners
2	Le modelle (The models)	Francesca Fioretti & Ariadna Romero	Runners-up
3	I laureati (The graduated)	Laura Caratelli & Daniel Moreno Mendoza	Eliminated
4	I figli di (The nepo babies)	Costantino “Costia” & Giovanni Teodori	Eliminated
5	Padre e figlio (Father and son)	Massimo & Paolo Ciavarro	Eliminated
6	Marchesa e maggiordomo (Marchioness and butler)	Daniela del Secco d’Aragona & Gregory Jayasena Sangapala Arachchinge Don	Eliminated
7	I fidanzati (The lovers)	Corinne Cléry & Angelo Costabile	Eliminated
8	Gli olimpionici (The olympians)	Massimiliano Rosolino & Alessandra Sensini	Withdrawn
9	Gli amici (The friends)	Alessio Sakara & Stefano Venturini	Eliminated
10	Gli attori (The actors)	Micol Olivieri & Niccolò Centioni	Eliminated

Season 3: Pechino Express – Ai confini dell’Asia (2014)

Visited countries: Myanmar – Malaysia – Singapore – Indonesia

Season 3 of Pechino Express was presented by Costantino della Gherardesca and was broadcast on Rai 2 from September 7, 2014 to November 3, 2014. The subtitle of the season was Ai confini dell’Asia (At the boundaries of Asia) and the route started at the royal palace in Mandalay, Myanmar, and finished at the Lotus Garden in Ubud, Bali, Indonesia, going across Myanmar, Malaysia, Singapore and Indonesia. The winners of the season were comicians and TV personalities Stefano Corti and Alessandro Onnis, I coinquilini (The flatmates).

Legs

Ranking

Place	Couple	Members	Status
1	I coinquilini (The flatmates)	Stefano Corti & Alessandro Onnis	Winners
2	I Pérez (The Pérez)	Amaurys Pérez & Angela Rende	Runners-up
3	Le cougar (The cougars)	Eva Grimaldi & Roberta Garzia	Eliminated
4	Le cattive (The evil)	Alessandra “Angelina” Angeli & Antonella Ventura	Eliminated
5	Gli sposini (The newlyweds)	La Pina & Emiliano Pepe	Eliminated
6	Le immigrate (The immigrants)	Romina Giamminelli & Mariana Rodríguez	Eliminated
7	I coreografi (The choreographers)	Alessandra Celentano & Corrado Giordani	Eliminated
8	I fratelli (The brothers)	Clementino & Paolo Maccaro	Eliminated
9	Gli eterosessuali (The heterosexual)	Luca Betti & Michael Lewis	Eliminated
10	I benestanti (The wealthy)	Sofia Odescalchi & Uberti Marchesi	Eliminated

Season 4: Pechino Express – Il nuovo mondo (2015)

Visited countries: Ecuador – Peru – Brazil

Season 4 of Pechino Express was presented by Costantino della Gherardesca and was broadcast on Rai 2 from September 7, 2015 to November 2, 2015. The subtitle of the season was Il nuovo mondo (The new world) and it was the first season in America. The route started at the Plaza de San Francisco in Quito, Ecuador, and finished at the Maracanã Stadium in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, going across Ecuador, Peru and Brazil. The winners of the season were web and TV personality Antonio Andrea Pinna and his personal trainer and friend Roberto Bertolini, Gli antipodi (The antipodes).

Legs

Ranking

Place	Couple	Members	Status
1	Gli antipodi (The antipodes)	Antonio Andrea Pinna & Roberto Bertolini	Winners
2	Gli espatriati (The expats)	Christian “Kang” Bachini & Son Pascal	Runners-up
3	Le persiane (The Persians)	Giulia Salemi & Fariba Tehrani	Eliminated
4	Le professoresse (The professoresse)	Laura Forgia & Eleonora Cortini	Eliminated
5	Gli artisti (The artists)	Paola Barale & Piero Filoni	Eliminated
6	Fratello e sorella (Brother and sister)	Naike Rivelli & Andrea Fachinetti	Eliminated
7	Gli stellati (The star-rated)	Philippe Léveillé & Ciccio Sultano	Eliminated
8	Gli artisti (The artists)	Paola Barale & Luca Tommassini	Withdrawn
9	I compagni (The boyfriends)	Scialpi & Roberto Blasi	Eliminated
10	Gli illuminati (The enlightened)	Yari Carrisi & Pico Rama	Eliminated

Season 5: Pechino Express – Le civiltà perdute (2016)

Visited countries: Colombia – Guatemala – Mexico

Season 5 of Pechino Express was presented by Costantino della Gherardesca and was broadcast on Rai 2 from September 12, 2016 to November 14, 2016. The subtitle of the season was Le civiltà perdute (The lost civilizations) and the route started at the Caracol Televisión studios in Bogotá, Colombia, and finished at the archaeological site of Tula, Mexico, going across Colombia, Guatemala and Mexico. The winners of the season were YouTube duo theShow, consisting of Alessio Stigliano and Alessandro Tenace, I socialisti (The socialists).

Legs

Ranking

Place	Couple	Members	Status
1	I socialisti (The socialists)	Alessio Stigliano & Alessandro Tenace	Winners
2	I contribuenti (The taxpayers)	Diego Passoni & Cristina Bugatty	Runners-up
3	Gli innamorati (The lovers)	Lory Del Santo & Marco Cucolo	Eliminated
4	Gli spostati (The screwed up)	Tina Cipollari & Simone Di Matteo	Eliminated
5	Gli estranei (The strangers)	Silvia Farina & Marco Cubeddu	Eliminated
6	I coniugi (The spouses)	Francesco Sarcina & Clizia Incorvaia	Eliminated
7	Gli emiliani (The Emilians)	Xu Ruichi & Carlos Kamizele Kahunga	Eliminated
8	Le naturali (The natural)	Benedetta Mazza & Raffaella Modugno	Eliminated

Season 6: Pechino Express – Verso il Sol Levante (2017)

Visited countries: Philippines – Taiwan – Japan

Season 6 of Pechino Express was presented by Costantino della Gherardesca and was broadcast on Rai 2 from September 13, 2017 to November 8, 2017. The subtitle of the season was Verso il Sol Levante (Towards the Rising Sun) and the show was back to Asia. The route started in Padre Burgos, Philippines, and finished at the West Park Bridge in Tokyo, Japan, going across the Philippines, Taiwan and Japan. The winners of the season were TV and radio presenter Ema Stokholma and TV personality Valentina Pegorer, Le clubber (The clubbers). They were the first female couple to win the show.

Legs

Ranking

Place	Couple	Members	Status
1	Le clubber (The clubbers)	Ema Stokholma & Valentina Pegorer	Winners
2	Le caporali (The corporals)	Antonella Elia & Jill Cooper	Runners-up
3	I compositori (The composers)	Achille Lauro & Edoardo Manozzi	Eliminated
4	I maschi (The boys)	Francesco Arca & Rocco Giusti	Eliminated
5	I modaioli (The fashionable)	Marcelo Burlon & Michele Lamanna	Withdrawn
6	Gli amici (The friends)	Guglielmo Scilla & Alice Venturi	Eliminated
7	Figlia e matrigna (Daughter and stepmother)	Eugenia Costantini & Agata Cannizzaro	Eliminated
8	Las estrellas (The stars)	Olfo Bosé & Rafael Amargo	Eliminated
9	Gli Egger (The Eggers)	Cristina Vittoria Egger Bertotti & Alessandro Egger	Eliminated

Season 7: Pechino Express – Avventura in Africa (2018)

Visited countries: Morocco – Tanzania – South Africa

Season 7 of Pechino Express was presented by Costantino della Gherardesca and was broadcast on Rai 2 from September 20, 2018 to November 22, 2018. The subtitle of the season was Avventura in Africa (Adventure in Africa) and it was the first (and so far only) season in Africa. The route started at the Detroit Palace in Tangier, Morocco, and finished at the St. John’s Church in Cape Town, South Africa, going across Morocco, Tanzania and South Africa. The winners of the season were TV presenters Patrizia Rossetti and Maria Teresa Ruta, Le signore della TV (The ladies of TV).

Legs

Ranking

Place	Couple	Members	Status
1	Le signore della TV (The ladies of TV)	Patrizia Rossetti & Maria Teresa Ruta	Winners
2	Gli scoppiati (The depaired)	Fabrizio Colica & Tommy Kuti	Runners-up
3	Le mannequin (The models)	Linda Morselli & Rachele Fogar	Eliminated
4	I surfisti (The surfers)	Francisco Porcella & Andrea Montovoli	Eliminated
5	Le Sare (The Saras)	Sara Ventura & Sara Balivo	Eliminated
6	I ridanciani (The jovial)	Paola Caruso & Tommaso Zorzi	Withdrawn
7	Gli alieni (The aliens)	Roberto Meloni & Simone Morandi	Eliminated
8	I promessi sposi (The betrothed)	Roberta Giarrusso & Riccardo Di Pasquale	Eliminated
9	I mattutini (The morning ones)	Adriana Volpe & Marcello Cirillo	Eliminated
10	I poeti (The poeticians)	Mirko Frezza & Tommy Kuti	Withdrawn
11	Le Coliche (The Colics)	Claudio Colica & Fabrizio Colica	Withdrawn

Season 8: Pechino Express – Le stagioni dell’Oriente (2020)

Visited countries: Thailand – China – South Korea

Season 8 of Pechino Express was presented by Costantino della Gherardesca and was broadcast on Rai 2 from February 11, 2020 to April 14, 2020. The subtitle of the season was Le stagioni dell’Oriente (The seasons of the East) and the show was back to Asia. The route started at the Golden Buddha Beach on the Ko Phra Thong island, Thailand, and finished at the Olympic Park in Seoul, South Korea, going across Thailand, China and South Korea. For the first time ever, the race went through countries that had been visited in previous seasons: Thailand in season 2 and China in season 1.
The winners of the season were web personalities Nicole Rossi and Jennifer Poni, Le collegiali (The boarders).

Legs

Ranking

Place	Couple	Members	Status
1	Le collegiali (The boarders)	Nicole Rossi & Jennifer Poni	Winners
2	I wedding planner (The wedding planners)	Enzo Miccio & Carolina Giannuzzi	Runners-up
3	Le top (The best)	Dayane Mello & Ema Kovač	Eliminated
4	I gladiatori (The gladiators)	Max Giusti & Marco Mazzocchi	Eliminated
5	Mamma e figlia (Mum and daughter)	Soleil Sorge & Wendy Kay	Eliminated
6	I sopravvissuti (The survivors)	Gennaro Lillio & Vera Gemma	Eliminated
7	Gli inseparabili (The inseparable)	Valeri Salvatori & Fabrizio Salvatori	Eliminated
8	I palermitani (The Palermitans)	Annandrea Vitrano & Claudio Casisa	Eliminated
9	I guaglioni (The boys)	Gennaro Lillio & Luciano Punzo	Eliminated
10	Le figlie d’arte (The daughters of artists)	Asia Argento & Vera Gemma	Withdrawn
11	Padre e figlia (Father and daughter)	Marco Berry & Ludovica Marchisio	Eliminated

Season 9: Pechino Express – La rotta dei sultani (2022)

Visited countries: Turkey – Uzbekistan – Jordan – United Arab Emirates

Season 9 of Pechino Express was presented by Costantino della Gherardesca together with Enzo Miccio and was broadcast on Sky Uno and Now from March 10, 2022 to May 12, 2022. The subtitle of the season was La rotta dei sultani (The route of the sultans) and the route started at the Uçhisar castle in Turkey, and finished at the Grand Hotel in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, going across Turkey, Uzbekistan, Jordan and the United Arab Emirates. The winners of the season were TV presenter Victoria Cabello and her friend Paride Vitale, I pazzeschi (The incredible).

Legs

Ranking

Place	Couple	Members	Status
1	I pazzeschi (The incredible)	Victoria Cabello & Paride Vitale	Winners
2	Mamma e figlia (Mum and daughter)	Natasha Stefanenko & Sasha Sabbioni	Runners-up
3	Gli sciacalli (The jackals)	Gianluca Fru & Aurora Leone	Eliminated
4	Italia-Brasile (Italy-Brazil)	Nikita Pelizon & Helena Prestes	Eliminated
5	Gli indipendenti (The independent)	Bugo & Cristian Dondoni	Eliminated
6	I fidanzatini (The sweethearts)	Rita Rusić & Cristiano Di Luzio	Eliminated
7	Gli scienziati (The scientists)	Barbascura X & Andrea Boscherini	Eliminated
8	Padre e figlio (Father and son)	Ciro & Giovanbattista Ferrara	Eliminated
9	Gli atletici (The athletic)	Alex Schwazer & Bruno Fabbri	Eliminated
10	Le tiktoker (The tiktokers)	Anna Ciati & Giulia Paglianiti	Eliminated

Season 10: Pechino Express – La via delle Indie (2023)

Visited countries: India – Malaysia – Cambodia

Season 10 of Pechino Express was presented by Costantino della Gherardesca together with Enzo Miccio and was broadcast on Sky Uno and Now from March 9, 2023 to May 11, 2023. The subtitle of the season was La via delle Indie (The route of the Indies) and the route started at the Gateway of India in Mumbai, India, and finished at the Thommanon temple in Angkor, Cambodia, going across India, Malaysia and Cambodia. For the first time ever, the whole race went through countries that had been visited in different previous seasons: India in season 1, Malaysia in season 3 and Cambodia in season 2.
The winners of the season were American restaurateur and TV celebrity Joe Bastianich and restaurateur and TV personality Andrea Belfiore, Gli italoamericani (The Italian Americans).

Legs

Ranking

Place	Couple	Members	Status
1	Gli italoamericani (The Italian Americans)	Joe Bastianich & Andrea Belfiore	Winners
2	I novelli sposi (The newlyweds)	Federica Pellegrini & Matteo Giunta	Runners-up
3	Le mediterranee (The Mediterraneans)	Carolina Stramare & Barbara Prezja	Eliminated
4	I siculi (The Sicilians)	Salvatore Schillaci & Barbara Lombardo	Eliminated
5	Le attiviste (The activists)	Giorgia Soleri & Federica “Federippi” Fabrizio	Eliminated
6	Mamma e figlio (Mum and son)	Martina Colombari & Achille Costacurta	Eliminated
7	Gli avvocati (The lawyers)	Alessandra De Michelis & Laura Picardi	Eliminated
8	Gli istruiti (The educated)	Maria Rosa Petolicchio & Andrea Di Piero	Eliminated
9	Gli ipocondriaci (The hypochondriacs)	Dario Vergassola & Caterina Vergassola	Eliminated

Season 11: Pechino Express – La rotta del dragone (2024)

Visited countries: Vietnam – Laos – Sri Lanka

Season 11 of Pechino Express was presented by Costantino della Gherardesca together with Gianluca Fru and was broadcast on Sky Uno and Now from March 7, 2024 to May 9, 2024. The subtitle of the season was La rotta del dragone (The route of the dragon) and the route started at the Thai Vi temple in Tam Cốc, Vietnam, and finished at the Pidurangala Rock in Sigiriya, Sri Lanka, going across Vietnam, Cambodia and Sri Lanka. The winners of the season were pastry chef and TV personality Damiano Carrara and his brother and fellow pastry chef Massimiliano, I pasticceri (The pastry chefs)

Legs

Ranking

Place	Couple	Members	Status
1	I pasticceri (The pastry chefs)	Damiano Carrara & Massimiliano Carrara	Winners
2	Italia Argentina (Italy Argentina)	Antonella Fiordelisi & Estefania Bernal	Runners-up
3	Le amiche (The friends)	Maddalena Corvaglia & Barbara Petrillo	Eliminated
4	Le ballerine (The dancers)	Maddalena Svevi & Megan Ria	Eliminated
5	I fratm (The best friends)	Artem Tkachuk & Antonio Orefice	Eliminated
6	I Caressa (The Caressas)	Fabio & Eleonora Caressa	Eliminated
7	I giganti (The giants)	Kristian Ghedina & Francesca Piccinini	Eliminated
8	I brillanti (The brilliant)	Nancy Brilli & Pierluigi Iorio	Eliminated
9	I romagnoli (The Romagnols)	Paolo Cevoli & Elisabetta Garuffi	Eliminated

Season 12: Pechino Express – Fino al tetto del mondo (2025)

Visited countries: Philippines – Thailand – Nepal

Season 12 of Pechino Express was presented by Costantino della Gherardesca together with Gianluca Fru and was broadcast on Sky Uno and Now from March 6, 2025 to May 8, 2025. The subtitle of the season was Fino al tetto del mondo (Up to the roof of the world) and the route started on the Pinagbuyatan Island, near the island of El Nido, Philippines, and finished at the Uma Maheshwor temple in Kirtipur, near Kathmandu, Nepal, going across the Philippines, Thailand and Nepal. The winners of the season were retired gymnast Jury Chechi and retired sprint canoer Antonio Rossi, I medagliati (The medalists)

Legs

Ranking

Place	Couple	Members	Status
1	I medagliati (The medalists)	Jury Chechi & Antonio Rossi	Winners
2	I complici (The conspiratorial)	Dolcenera & Gigi Campanile	Runners-up
3	Gli estetici (The aesthetic)	Giulio Berruti & Nicolò Maltese	Eliminated
4	Le atlantiche (The atlantic)	Ivana Mrázová & Sofia Giaele De Donà	Eliminated
5	Le sorelle (The sisters)	Samanta & Debora Togni	Eliminated
6	I cineasti (The filmmakers)	Nathalie Guetta & Vito Bucci	Eliminated
7	I magici (The magical)	Jay & Checco Lillo	Eliminated
8	I primi ballerini (The principal dancers)	Virna Toppi & Nicola Del Freo	Eliminated
9	Gli spettacolari (The spectacular)	Gianluca Fubelli & Federica Camba	Eliminated

See also