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Pékin Express
Genre	Reality competition
Created by	Ludo Poppe
Theme music composer	Brian Tyler
Country of origin	France Belgium (Wallonia) Switzerland
Original language	French
No. of seasons	11
No. of episodes	120 (+8 planned)
Production
Producers	ID 9 Production (season 3) Studio 89 Production (seasons 3-10) GTNCO (seasons 5-present) Label Aventure (season 7-present)
Production location	Various countries
Original release
Network	M6 Plug RTL TV5Monde Évasion
Release	15 January 2006 (2006-01-15) – present
Related
The Amazing Race

Pékin Express is a French reality game show based on the Dutch–Flemish format Peking Express. The game, in similar fashion to "The Amazing Race", follows six to ten teams of two people (usually couples, friends or members of the same family) as they hitchhike across a continent, with the winner usually receiving a prize of up to €100,000. As of July 2018, 10 seasons (including 1 celebrity special) have been completed, and the 11th is being aired on Thursdays on private French television channel M6. The program is also broadcast on Belgian-Luxembourgish channel Plug RTL, worldwide francophone channel TV5Monde and on French Canadian channel Évasion since its 5th season. First aired from 15 Janaury 2006 to 18 June 2014, it got cancelled by the M6 direction in 2014 due to record-low ratings. After 4 years of absence, the program has returned on 12 July 2018 with a new season, still aired on M6.

Theme

The music used during the opening titles and throughout the episodes is "Summon the Worms" from Brian Tyler's soundtrack to the 2003 miniseries Frank Herbert's Children of Dune.

Format and rules

The program puts 6 to 10 teams of two people against each other on a 10,000 km long race divided in 8 to 13 stages (depending on the seasons). Each of them are given €1 per day/per person, which they can only spend in order to feed themselves (from season 2 and onwards). To move, they must hitchhike; means of transport which aren't free of charge (in example, taxicabs) aren't allowed. Every night, teams must seek a shelter and has to get in touch with the population. If they don't find one, they are obligated to sleep outside.

Episodes are usually divided into two distinct races; the first one permits to the three teams that arrived the earliest to take part in an immunity challenge. The winner of the challenge is assured to go through the next stage, regardless of its position in the stage ranking. The second race, to the finish line of the stage, decides the stage ranking, in function of each team's order of arrival. The team arrived in first place receives a black amulet usually representing €7,000 (it can also represent €10,000 in some seasons). The team arrived in last place usually gets eliminated from the race, unless the stage is not eliminatory.

Rules

With every new season, Pékin Express had some of its rules changed. New rules have also been added to make stages more exciting.

• Disadvantages (Handicaps) can be given to one team if they came last on the previous (non-eliminatory) stage, except in season 9 where everyone regardless of the stage ranking could get one. It can be a wide range of things such as a bicycle, a bag full of cotton, one hen and her eggs, cacti, a souvenir of the country the candidates are currently in (a moai replica in Chile during season 5 or sombreros in Mexico during season 9), or even sometimes a person (in example, a Mongolian wrestler, an old Ecuadorian woman and her 24 canaries, an Indian priest). In season 8, these teams had to share the stage with a French celebrity, which could be the only one in the team to hitchhike.
• The black envelope (L'enveloppe noire), first used in season 4, contains a piece of paper telling if the stage is eliminatory or not. It is opened at the end of every stage.
• The red flag (Le drapeau rouge) is a big advantage permitting to the team who grabs it first to control the race. Each time this team meets another one on the road, they can, if they wish, immobilise them for 15 minutes by waving the flag. There is no limit on how much it can be waved by one team. It has been present in every season so far.
• The black flag (Le drapeau noir) is a dangerous disadvantage. The team arriving with it at the stage's finish line ends up moving down one place in the stage ranking, exposing them to possible elimination. For one team to get rid of the black flag, they must pass it on to another team stopped on the road, while being in a circulating vehicle.
• Mixed teams (Les équipes mixées) can be formed during one particular stage, consisting of a pousseur (pusher) which tries to go as fast as possible to qualify his own team, and of a ralentisseur (puller) whose job is to slow down the pousseur. The pousseur arriving in last place at the finish line of the stage will eliminate his regular team.
• Divided teams (Les équipes divisées) puts apart one teammate who competes in the immunity challenge, and the other one who hitchhikes his way to the stage's finish line.
• The checkered flag (Le drapeau à damier) obligates the candidates to quit their vehicle to use another mean of transport imposed to them by the production. After only being used in seasons 4 and 5, it has made sort of a comeback in season 11 with the Vehicles forbidden sign (Le panneau Voiture interdite), which works the same way.
• The hidden team (L'équipe cachée) is a second chance given to an eliminated team to return in the race. They must arrive in the Top 2 at the end of the stage to officially reintegrate the competition, while managing to not be discovered by other teams. It has appeared in seasons 4 and 5. In both cases, hidden teams have failed their mission.
• The infernal beacon (La balise infernale) rule appeared in season 5, and made a second appearance in season 7. During a stage, the beacon that every team has got for the production to localise them and for knowing when the race is over, can ring at random times, obligating the teams to stop the race and get out of their vehicle. The teams must then wait for the beacon to ring again to restart hitchhiking. It is planned to come back in season 11.
• The green race bib (Le dossard vert) has only appeared once in season 7. The team in its possession could play it to save themselves from elimination, if they felt like they've arrived in last place. It could only be played once.
• Grouped teams (Les équipes groupées) were formed in season 7, season 10 and season 11. Teams of 2 people have been fused together for one stage in order to form teams of 4 people.
• The untouchables (Les intouchables) is a rule that appeared for the first time in season 8, and made a second appearance in season 9. During one special stage, the team arrived in first place of the first race is classified as untouchable; they are qualified for the next stage and are exempted from doing the following races. Then, they choose between the two teams that arrived the earliest in the second race, who will join them as the untouchables, and so on until four races have concluded. The teams remaining vulnerable then engage in a final sprint to the finish line.
• The cursed chest (Le coffre maudit), during season 9, permitted to the team which arrived in first place during one stage to attribute disadvantages to other contestants.
• The final duel ('Le duel final) is a new rule used in season 11. It permits to the last team that arrived at the finish line to choose a team to compete against in a final, 20km long one-versus-one race, with a challenge to conclude halfway. The first candidate returning to the finish line saves his team, while the remaining one risks elimination.

Routes

Season	Road name	Starting line	Finish line	Countries visited
1 2006	La Route du Transsibérien The Trans-Siberian route	Champ de Mars, Paris	Gulou, Beijing	France Russia Mongolia China
2 2007	La Route de l'Himalaya The Himalayas' route	Temple of Heaven, Beijing	Bollywood studios, Mumbai	China Hong Kong Nepal India
3 2008	La Route des Incas The Incas' route	Statue of Christ the Redeemer, Rio de Janeiro	Plaza de Acho, Lima	Brazil Bolivia Peru
4 2009	La Route des dragons The dragons' route	Hạ Long Bay, Hạ Long City	Lotus Garden Café, Bali	Vietnam Cambodia Laos Thailand Indonesia
5 2010	La Route du bout du monde The edge of the world's route	Point on the Equator, Nueva Loja	Martial Mountains, near Ushuaia	Ecuador Chile Argentina
6 2010	None	Beginning of the Himalayas, Bhatwari	Bharati Park, Pondicherry	India
7 2011	La Route des grands fauves The big cats' route	Great Pyramids, Giza	Rhodes Memorial, Cape Town	Egypt Kenya Tanzania Lesotho South Africa
8 2012	None	Gyeongbokgung Palace, Seoul	Royal Botanic Garden, Sydney	South Korea Philippines Australia
9 2013	None	El Capitolio, Havana	Bayfront Park, Miami	Cuba Mexico United States (Louisiana) United States (Florida)
10 2014	None	Shan Mountains, Man Lwae	City Port, Colombo	Myanmar India Bhutan Sri Lanka
11 2018	None	Kuching International Airport, Kuching	TBA, Tokyo	Malaysia (Sarawak) Philippines Japan

Although all the places listed as "starting lines" above are the official ones, on three occasions the competition factually started elsewhere:

• In season 5, teams, scattered around a small part of the Amazon rainforest, had to find their way through the vegetation in order to arrive at a checkpoint. First team to arrive would directly qualify for the stage's immunity challenge and would get the privilege to spend one day with the indigenous Hoaorani tribe. Then, all 10 teams were led to a platform standing on the Equator.
• In season 7, teams, installed in taxicabs in downtown Cairo, had to prematurely start the competition and leave their taxicab. They had to go to the Great Sphinx of Giza in order to win the green race bib (see above).
• In season 8, teams, located in different stations of the Seoul Metropolitan Subway, had been given two transport passes to go to the starting line, the Gyeongbokgung Palace. In addition, one contestant in each team had to keep their blindfold on, only advancing thanks to his teammate's instructions. The first team to arrive would be given an advantage consisting in slowing down a team of their choice.

Places visited

Continents

On 11 seasons, Pékin Express has visited all 6 inhabited continents. However, no season has entirely unfolded in Europe or Oceania (In 2012, the host of the show, Stéphane Rotenberg, said in an interview in 2012 that a season entirely in Europe was one of his desires).

Rank	Continent	Seasons visited
1	Asia	7 (1, 2, 4, 6, 8, 10, 11)
2	South America	2 (3, 5)
3	Europe	1 (1)
	Africa	1 (7)
	Oceania	1 (8)
	North America	1 (9)

Countries

On 11 seasons, Pékin Express has visited 34 countries or autonomous territories. The country the competition has visited the most times is India, with 3 seasons, including one that entirely unfolded in the country.

North America

Rank	Country	Seasons visited
1	Cuba	1 (9)
	Mexico
	United States

South America

Rank	Country	Seasons visited
1	Brazil	1 (3)
	Bolivia
	Peru
	Ecuador	1 (5)
	Chile
	Argentina

Europe

Rank	Country	Seasons visited
1	France	1 (1)
	Russia

Africa

Rank	Country	Seasons visited
1	Egypt	1 (7)
	Kenya
	Tanzania
	Lesotho
	South Africa

Asia

Rank	Country	Seasons visited
1	India	3 (2, 6, 10)
2	China	2 (1, 2)
	Philippines	2 (8, 11)
4	Russia	1 (1)
	Mongolia
	Hong Kong	1 (2)
	Nepal
	Vietnam	1 (4)
	Cambodia
	Laos
	Thailand
	Indonesia
	South Korea	1 (8)
	Myanmar	1 (10)
	Bhutan
	Sri Lanka
	Malaysia	1 (11)
	Japan

Oceania

Rank	Country	Seasons visited
1	Australia	1 (8)

Series overview

Season	Premiere	Final	Winners & Prize	Teams	Stages	Notes
1 2006	January 15, 2006 (2006-01-15)	April 1, 2006 (2006-04-01)	Fathi & Médi €31,000	11	12
2 2007	March 20, 2007 (2007-03-20)	May 22, 2007 (2007-05-22)	Nadine & Sylvie €52,000
3 2008	January 22, 2008 (2008-01-22)	April 8, 2008 (2008-04-08)	Gérard & Cédric €46,000	10	13
4 2009	April 24, 2009 (2009-04-24)	July 10, 2009 (2009-07-10)	Albert & Laurence €100,000		12
5 2010	April 13, 2010 (2010-04-13)	June 29, 2010 (2010-06-29)	Cécilia & Mathieu €69,000
6 2010	November 6, 2010 (2010-11-06)	December 25, 2010 (2010-12-25)	Taïg Khris & Chloé €30,000	6	8	Celebrity version of the game show. Candidates from the previous season also were part of the cast (Chloé and Hoang)
7 2011	April 20, 2011 (2011-04-20)	July 6, 2011 (2011-07-06)	Jean-Pierre & François €7,000+€3,000	10	12
8 2012	April 25, 2012 (2012-04-25)	July 11, 2012 (2012-07-11)	Ludovic & Samuel €100,000	8		First All stars season, with 8 teams from the 5 previous seasons.
9 2013	April 3, 2013 (2013-04-03)	June 26, 2013 (2013-06-26)	Salim & Linda €74,220		13
10 2014	April 16, 2014 (2014-04-16)	June 18, 2014 (2014-06-18)	Caroline & Sabrina €47,495		10	Second All stars season, with 8 candidates from previous seasons teaming up with another person they know.
11 2018	July 12, 2018 (2018-07-12)	September 13, 2018 (2018-09-13)	TBD TBD

Season 1 : La Route du transsibérien

The first season was aired on M6 on Saturday nights at 20:50 and on Sunday evenings at 18:30. It premiered on January 15, 2006 and resumed on April 1 of the same year.

Teams

Names	Ages	Relationship	Length	Stages won	Immunity wins	Notes
Fathi & Médi	34 / 27	Friends	12 stages	3	3	Winners
Patrick & Christophe	59 / 39	Father & son	12 stages	1	1	Finalists
Paul & Louis	65 / 64	Brothers	11 stages	3	3	Semi-finalists
Carolina & Stéphane	22 / 35	Married couple	9 stages	2	None	6th eliminated
Nina & Daisi	22 / 21	Roommates	7 stages	1	None	Withdrew
Nicolas & Nancy	24 / 23	Fiancés	6 stages	1	1	5th eliminated
Ernest & Odile	42 / 41	Lovers	5 stages	1	1	4th eliminated
Steeve & Emmanuelle	32 / 36	Friends	3 stages	None	1	3rd eliminated
Aude & Alexandra	26 / 35	Strangers	2 stages	None	None	2nd eliminated
Christophe & Pascal	27 / 29	Friends	1 stage	None	None	1st eliminated
François & Dalila	?	Lovers	No stages	None	None	Withdrew

Stages

Stage	Country	Starting line	Immunity challenge	Finish line
1	France Russia	Champ de Mars, Paris Pskov	Hermitage Museum, Saint Petersburg	Moscow
2	Russia	Moscow	Red Army training field, Klin	Kazan
3		Kazan	Miass	Yekaterinburg
4		Yekaterinburg	Sanatorium of Petukhovo	Omsk
5		Omsk	Katun River, Eleanda	Krasnoyarsk
6		Krasnoyarsk	Coal mine of Cheremkhovo	Irkutsk
7		Listvyanka	Lake Baikal	Ulan-Ude
8	Mongolia	Sükhbaatar	Amarbayasgalant	Ulanbaatar
9		Ulanbaatar	Jorgalthaan steppe	Choir
10		Choir	Ooshin Else dune, Gobi Desert	Sainshand
11	China	Datong	Great Wall, Simatai	Chengde
12		Chengde	Beijing

Season 2 : La Route de l'Himalaya

The second season was aired on M6 on Tuesday nights at 20:40. It premiered on March 20, 2007 and resumed on May 22 of the same year.

Teams

Names	Ages	Relationship	Length	Stages won	Immunity wins	Notes
Nadine & Sylvie	43 / 39	Cousins	12 stages	4	1	Winners
Rosalyne & Candice	25 / 25	Friends	12 stages	4	4	Finalists
Nelly & Fabien	28 / 22	Brother and sister	11 stages	None	2	Semi-finalists
Thomas & Élie	20 / 21	Classmates	9 stages	None	1	6th eliminated
Geoffroy & Denis	30 / 40	Friends	6 stages	3	1	Withdrew
Tibert & Nicole	63 / 59	Retired couple	7 stages	None	2	5th eliminated
Guillaume & Nathalie	30 / 38	Strangers	6 stages	None	None	4th eliminated
Monique & Séfora	57 / 18	Mother and daughter	5 stages	None	None	3rd eliminated
Émilie & Sébastien	24 / 32	Lovers	3 stages	1	None	2nd eliminated
Cécilie & Georges	28 / 69	Artistic father and daughter	2 stages	None	None	Withdrew
Mehdy & Laurent	31 / 26	Friends	1 stage	None	None	1st eliminated

Stages

Stage	Country	Starting line	Immunity challenge	Finish line
1	China	Beijing	Lotus Park, Baoding	Xibaipo
2		Xibaipo	Medieval city of Pingyao	Xi'an
3		Wanyuan	Yangtze River, Wanzhou	Yichang
4		Yichang	Tuojiang River bank, Fenghuang	Longcheng
5		Longcheng	Li River, Xingping	Guangzhou
6	Hong Kong (China)	Hong Kong	Promontory on the Hong Kong bays Bank of China Tower, Hong Kong	Hong Kong
7	Nepal	Kathmandu	Polo field, Bharatpur	Lumbini
8	india	Gorakhpur	Ganges river bank, Varanasi	Khajuraho
9		Khajuraho	Ram Raja Temple, Orchha	Jaipur
10		Jaisalmer	Dangri oasis, Thar Desert	Palanpur
11		Palanpur	Salt mine, Jhinjhuvada	Vadodara
12		Mumbai

Season 3 : La Route des Incas

The third season was aired on M6 on Tuesday nights at 20:40. It premiered on January 22, 2008 and resumed on April 8 of the same year.

Teams

Names	Origin	Ages	Relationship	Length	Stages won	Immunity wins	Notes
Gérard & Cédric	Nice	46 / 20	Father and son	13 stages	3	2	Winners
Pauline & Aurélie	Lille	22 / 28	Sisters	13 stages	2	2	Finalists
Jean-Pierre & Joël	Toulon / Marseille	61 / 37	Strangers	12 stages	4	2	Semi-finalists
Maïté & Cynthia	Biarritz	54 / 25	Mother and daughter in law	11 stages	2	1	6th eliminated
Yasmin & Harold	Brussels	45 / 44	Couple	9 stages	None	None	5th eliminated
Christila & Delphine	Perpignan	28 / 26	Nurses	8 stages	None	2	4th eliminated
Térence & Olivia	Paris	27 / 28	Couple	7 stages	1	1	Withdrew
Morta & Loulou	Asnières-sur-Seine	35 / 62	Father and son in law	5 stages	1	None	3rd eliminated
Éric & Pierre	Oloron-Sainte-Marie	39 / 43	Rugbymen	3 stages	None	1	2nd eliminated
Guillaume & Karine	Bordeaux	25 / 28	Brother and sister	1 stage	None	None	1st eliminated

Stages

Stage	Country	Starting line	Immunity challenge	Finish line
1	Brazil	Rio de Janeiro	Maracanã Stadium, Rio de Janeiro	Tiradentes
2		Tiradentes	Emerald mine of Minas Capoeirana	Diamantina
3		Diamantina	Parking lot for buses in Brasília	Rio Verde
4		Rio Verde	Fazenda Prata ranch, Paranaíba	Campo Grande
5		Campo Grande	Pantanal, Cacimba de Pedra	Corumba
6	Bolivia	Santa Cruz de la Sierra	Aiquile	Sucre
7		Sucre	Mine in Potosi	Uyuni
8		Uyuni	Uyuni Salt Flat	Oruro
9		Oruro	Streets of La Paz	Copacabana
10	Peru	Uros Islands, Lake Titicaca	Abra la Raya	Cuzco
11		Cuzco	Sacsayhuamán	Quisapata
12		Abancay	Nazca Desert	Nazca dunes
13		Lima

Season 4 : La Route des dragons

The fourth season was aired on M6 on Friday nights at 20:40. It premiered on April 24, 2009 and resumed on July 10 of the same year.

Teams

Names	Origin	Ages	Relationship	Length	Stages won	Immunity wins	Notes
Albert & Laurence	Lézignan-Corbières	46 / 35	Lovers	12 stages	3	3	Winners
Jean-Luc & Caroline	Marseille / Perpignan	43 / 27	Strangers	12 stages	1	4	Finalists
Marcelle & Nicole	Corsica	29 / 42	Stewardesses	11 stages	4	2	Semi-finalists
Jacky & Alexia	Fonsorbes	49 / 24	Father and daughter	10 stages	1	1	6th eliminated
Hocine & Sébastien	Marseille	28 / 30	Friends	9 stages	1	1	6th eliminated
Christopher & Anthony	Paris	22 / 23	Friends	7 stages	None	1	5th eliminated
Marlène & Corinne	Paris	60 / 53	Sisters	5 stages	1	None	4th eliminated
Hervé & Olivier	Montpellier	24 / 29	Brothers	4 stages	1	None	3rd eliminated
Thérèse & Claudine	Sars-Poteries	68 / 68	Twin sisters	2 stages	None	None	2nd eliminated
Lionel & Pauline	Lyon	24 / 22	Couple	1 stage	None	None	1st eliminated

Stages

Stage	Country	Starting line	Immunity challenge	Finish line
1	Vietnam	Hạ Long Bay	A cave in Phong Nha	Hoi An
2		Hoi An	Coffee plantation in Dat Ly	Ho Chi Minh City
3	Cambodia	Phnom Penh	Angkor Wat	Phnom Santuk
4		Phnom Santuk	Kouk Char	Stung Treng
5	Laos	Vientiane	Karst mountains in Vang Vieng	Luang Prabang
6		Luang Prabang	Oudomsay	Huay Xai
7	Thailand	Chiang Mai	Golden Triangle jungle	Sukhothai
8		Sukhothai	Bangkok
9		Phuket City	Island of Koh Mook	Khanom
10	Indonesia	Jakarta	Borobudur temple	Pasuruan
11		Kampong Winong	Kawah Ijen crater	Ketapang
12		Island of Rinca	Bali

Season 5 : La Route du bout du monde

The fifth season was aired on M6 on Tuesday nights at 20:40. It premiered on April 13, 2010 and resumed on June 29 of the same year.

Teams

Names	Origin	Ages	Relationship	Length	Stages won	Immunity wins	Notes
Cécilia & Mathieu	Montpellier	32 / 25	Lovers	12 stages	6	4	Winners
Yousra & Randa	Paris	33 / 32	Sisters	12 stages	None	2	Finalists
Frédéric & Jessica	Marseille	40 / 27	Internet lovers	11 stages	1	4	Semi-finalists
Solange & Hervé	Thoiry	61 / 58	Mountaineer grandparents	10 stages	3	1	6th eliminated
Hoang & Quyen	Trappes / Élancourt	26 / 28	Brother and sister	9 stages	None	None	5th eliminated
Fabrice & Nicolas	Dinant	22 / 26	Civil partners	8 stages	None	None	4th eliminated
Sabine & Stéphanie	Onnaing / Marseille	44 / 34	Aunt and niece	6 stages	None	None	3rd eliminated
Chloé & Anne-Marie	Bagnols-sur-Cèze / Lacanau	27 / 61	Strangers	5 stages	2	None	Withdrew
Christophe & Florian	Millau	43 / 20	Restaurant owning father and son	3 stages	None	None	2nd eliminated
Patrick & Nino	Tours	22 / 25	Friends	1 stage	None	None	1st eliminated

Stages

Stage	Country	Starting line	Immunity challenge	Finish line
1	Ecuador	Nueva Loja	Plaza San Francisco, Quito	Baños de Agua Santa
2		Baños de Agua Santa	Market of Riobamba	Cuenca
3		Cuenca	Puerto de Simon Bolivar, Machala	Guayaquil
4	Chile	Humberstone and Santa Laura Saltpeter Works	Copper mine in Calama	Río Grande
5		Mantachilla	Atacama Desert	Antofagasta
6		La Serena	La Sebastiana, Valparaíso	Santiago de Chile
7	Argentina	Uspallata Pass	Mendoza wineyards	Córdoba
8		Alta Gracia	Estancia Los Algarrobos, Monte Buey	San Antonio de Areco
9		San Antonio de Areco	Buenos Aires	Tigre
10		Puerto Madryn	A creek of Bahía Bustamante	Los Antiguos
11		Perito Moreno Glacier	Rio Gallegos	Punta Loyola
12		Gable Island	Ushuaia	Martial Mountains

Season 6 : Duos de choc

The sixth season was aired on M6 on Saturday nights at 20:40. It premiered on November 6, 2010 and resumed on December 25 of the same year. It was a celebrity special.

Teams

Names	Origin	Nickname	Charity	Length	Stages won	Immunity wins	Notes
Taïg & Chloé	Algiers / Bagnols-sur-Cèze	Strangers	UNICEF	8 stages	4	2	Winners
Frédéric & Victoria / Hoang	Île-de-France	Son and daughter of... / The new team	Face au monde	8 stages	2	2	Finalists
Stéphane & Sandrine	Suresnes / Verviers	M6 TV hosts	CHEM, 30 millions d'amis	8 stages	2	3	Finalists
Alain & Jeanne	Paris / Amiens	Caméra Café team	Ligue nationale contre le cancer	7 stages	None	None	Semi-finalists
Emmanuel & Albert	Île-de-France	Dandys	Action Innocence	5 stages	None	1	2nd eliminated
Isabelle & Christian	Paris / Toulon	Experts	Perce-Neige	3 stages	None	None	1st eliminated

Stages

All stages take place in India.

Stage	Starting line	Immunity challenge	Finish line
1	Bhatwari	Vishwanath Temple, Uttarkashi	Rishikesh
2	Rishikesh	Geevan Puri Temple	Delhi
3	New Delhi
4	New Delhi	Taj Mahal, Agra	Datia
5	Orchha	Khajuraho Temple	Jabalpur
6	Jabalpur	Khawasa	Nagpur
7	Bangalore	Tiruvannamalai	Chennai
8	Chennai	Mahabalipuram	Pondicherry

Season 7 : La Route des grands fauves

The seventh season was aired on M6 on Wednesday nights at 20:50. It premiered on April 20, 2011 and resumed on July 6 of the same year.

Teams

Names	Origin	Ages	Relationship	Length	Stages won	Immunity wins	Notes
Jean-Pierre & François	Pau	43 / 38	Quirky bourgeois	12 stages	2	4	Winners
Ludovic & Samuel	Paliseul	29 / 31	Hectic brothers	12 stages	3	2	Finalists
Karim & Leïla	Argenteuil	28 / 27	Newlyweds	11 stages	3	3	Semi-finalists
Ingrid & Nicolas	Angers / Lille	27 / 30	Single strangers	10 stages	1	1	7th eliminated
Denis & César	Vittel / Neuvic	54 / 48	Opposed strangers	9 stages	None	2	6th eliminated
Luc & Clémence	Marseille	60 / 62	Ambitious retired	8 stages	None	None	5th eliminated
Pierre et Isabelle	Sanary-sur-Mer	39 / 37	Divorced couple	7 stages	1	2	4th eliminated
Laëtitia & Dianéba	Amiens	32 / 25	Stepsisters	5 stages	None	None	3rd eliminated
Julie & Nathalie	Aumes	19 / 44	Mother and daughter	3 stages	2	None	2nd eliminated
Damien & Noëlla	Saint-Nicolas	49 / 48	Atypical couple	1 stage	None	None	1st eliminated

Stages

Stage	Country	Starting line	Immunity challenge	Finish line
1	Egypt	Cairo / Giza pyramid complex	Qaitbay citadel, Alexandria	Port Said
2		Port Said	Souq of Cairo	Meidum
3	Kenya	Usenge, Lake Victoria	Tambach	Nakuru
4		Nakuru	Masai Mara	Nairobi
5		Nairobi	Sisal plantation, Voi	Mombasa
6	Tanzania	Kilimanjaro	Climbing up the Kilimanjaro	Same
7		Same	Tanga	Dar es Salaam
8		Zanzibar
9	South Africa	Johannesburg	Pilgrim's Rest	Newcastle
10		Newcastle	Shakaland	Bethlehem
11	Lesotho	Butha-Buthe	Mokhotlong	Maseru
12	South Africa	Cape Town	Cape of Good Hope	Rhodes Memorial, Cape Town

Season 8 : Le Passager mystère

The eighth season was aired on M6 on Wednesday nights at 20:50. It premiered on April 25, 2012 and resumed on July 11 of the same year.

This is the first All stars season of the show.

Teams

Names	Origin	Ages	Relationship	Length	Stages won	Immunity wins	Notes
Ludovic & Samuel (Season 7, Finalists)	Paliseul	30 / 32	Hectic borthers	12 stages	5	3	Winners
Marcelle & Nicole (Season 4, Semi-finalists)	Corsica	32 / 45	Corsican stewardesses	12 stages	3	2	Finalists
Frédéric & Jessica (Season 5, Semi-finalists)	Marseille	42 / 30	Exes	11 stages	1	1	Semi-finalists
Jean-Pierre & François (Season 7, Winners)	Pau	44 / 39	Friends of the Southwest	10 stages	3	3	4th eliminated
Cécilia (Season 5, Winner) & Joël (Season 3, Semi-finalist)	Montpellier / Marseille	42 / 34	The new team	8 stages	None	2	3rd eliminated
Gérand & Cédric (Season 3, Winners)	Nice	50 / 25	Father and son	7 stages	None	3	2nd eliminated
Damien and Noëlla (Season 7, 10th)	Saint-Nicolas	50 / 49	Atypical couple	6 stages	None	None	Withdrew
Morta & Loulou (Season 3, 8th)	Asnières-sur-Seine	40 / 67	Father and son in law	3 stages	None	None	1st eliminated

Stages

Stage	Country	Starting line	Immunity challenge	Finish line
1	South Korea	Gyeongbokgung Palace, Seoul	Namdaemun Market, Seoul	Jeonju
2		Jeonju	Bulguksa Temple, Gyeongju	Taebaek
3		Taebaek	Taebaeksan	Incheon International Airport
4	Philippines	Salaman Beach	San Felipe, Bani, San Juan, Bangar	Cervantes
5		Cervantes	Rice field in Bontoc	Tarlac City
6		Magalang	Pinatubo	Quezon City
7		Quezon City	Coconut palm plantation in Candelaria	Talisay
8		Talisay	Lake Taal, Cavite City, Las Piñas City, Manila	Manila
9	Australia	Noosa	Byron Bay Beach	Tamworth
10		Tamworth	Opal mine in Lightning Ridge	Bourke
11		Outback, Bourke	Dubbo	Katoomba
12		Blue Mountains	Sydney

Season 9 : Le Coffre maudit

The ninth season was aired on M6 on Wednesday nights at 20:50. It premiered on April 3, 2013 and resumed on June 26 of the same year.

This season had the particularity of concluding with a "Champion's final' (finale des champions), opposing the season's winners, Salim & Linda, to the previous season's, Ludovic & Samuel. After a tight race in Miami, Ludovic & Samuel eventually won the episode.

Teams

Names	Origin	Ages	Relationship	Length	Stages won	Immunity wins	Notes
Salim & Linda	Grenoble	33 / 33	Travelling lovers	12 stages	2	2	Winners
Julie & Denis	Sari-Solenzara	30 / 28	Corsican team	12 stages	3	6	Finalists
Laurent "Lolo" & Laurence "Lolotte"	Angoulême	47 / 46	Charentais couple	11 stages	None	2	Semi-finalists
Tarik & Fabien	Nancy	26 / 51	Father and son	10 stages	1	2	5th eliminated
Cyrielle & Constance	Toulouse	26 / 24	Toulouse dentists	8 stages	4	2	4th eliminated
Sarah & Denis (Season 7, 5th)	Brussels / Vittel	29 / 55	Strangers	7 stages	1	None	3rd eliminated
Roger & René	Marseille	69 / 64	Marseille grandfathers	4 stages	None	None	2nd eliminated
Charline & Aurore	Mourenx	36 / 31	Fighting friends	2 stages	1	None	1st eliminated

Stages

Stage	Country	Starting line	Immunity challenge	Finish line
1	Cuba	El Capitolio, Havana	Varadero beach, Cárdenas	Santa Clara
2		Santa Clara	Cigar factory in Trinidad	Jagüey Grande
3		Zapata Swamp	Playa Larga, Zapata Swamp	Havana
4	Mexico	Tulum	Mérida	Chetumal
5		Chetumal	Xpujil	Ciudad del Carmen
6		Ciudad del Carmen	Ocuiltzapotlán, Teapa, Col los Lotes, Chiapa de Corzo	Hacienda las Cruces
7		Hacienda las Cruces	Santa Ana del Valle	Puebla City
8		Mexico City
9	United States	Henderson	Cotton plantation in Frogmore	New Orleans
10		New Orleans	Ranch in Pensacola	Tallahassee

Season 10 : À la découverte des mondes inconnus

The tenth season was aired on M6 on Wednesday nights at 20:50. It premiered on April 16, 2014 and resumed on June 18 of the same year. It is the second _all stars_ season of the show. Eight past participants had to invite someone else that their original partner.

During this season, the show was boycotted by several associations due to the large promotion the program gives to Myanmar, a country in which the Rohingya people are persecuted and hunted down. In addition, the production and candidates had got problems with Indian authorities, which led them to relocate two stages to Sri Lanka.

Teams

Names	Origin	Ages	Relationship	Length	Stages won	Immunity wins	Notes
Caroline (Season 4, Finalist) & Sabrina	Perpignan	32 / 31	Ex-best friends	12 stages	1	3	Winners
Daisi (Season 1, 5th) & Natascha	Sion	30 / 30	Swiss lovers	12 stages	4	1	Finalists
Frédéric (Season 5 & 8, Semi-finalist) & Chantal	Marseille	45 / 44	New lovers	11 stages	4	2	Semi-finalists
Aurélie (Season 3, Finalist) & Christila (Season 3, 6th)	Lille / Perpignan	34 / 34	Young mothers	8 stages	None	2	5th eliminated
Jacky (Season 4, 4th) & Christian	Toulouse	55 / 44	Brothers in law	7 stages	None	None	4th eliminated
Denis (Season 9, Finalist) & Jean-Dominique "Jean-Do"	Sari-Solenzara	29 / 29	Crosican friends	6 stages	1	None	3rd eliminated
Noëlla (Season 7, 10th / Season 8, 7th) & Éric	Saint-Nicolas	52 / 44	Belgian team	4 stages	None	None	2nd eliminated
Jean-Pierre (Season 3, Semi-finalist) & Laura	Toulon / Grenoble	67 / 19	Strangers	2 stages	None	None	1st eliminated

Stages

Stage	Country	Starting line	Immunity challenge	Finish line
1	Myanmar	Man Lwae	Taw-ya monastery, Myo Gyi	Ywa Ngan
2		Ywa Ngan	Lake Inle	Pindaya
3		Kalaw	Thit Hla	Taung Oo
4		Taung Oo	Pya Tha Da temple, Bagan	Mandalay
5	India	Khidima	Khonoma	Guwahati
6	India Bhutan (bonus)	Guwahati	Manas National Park, Barpeta Road	Cooch Behar
7	Sri Lanka	Marawila	Anuradhapura monastery	Sigiriya
8		Sigiriya	Market of Negombo	Galle
9		Galle	Udawalawe National Park, Denuwela, Embilipitiya, Adam's Peak, Nuwara Eliya	Kandy
10		Kitulgala	Marapana, Parakaduwa, Wadduwa, Moratuwa, Udahamulla, Mount Lavinia	Colombo

Season 11 : La Course infernale

The eleventh season is aired on M6 on Thursday nights at 21:00. It premiered on July 12, 2018 and will normally resume on September 13 of the same year.

Teams

Names	Origin	Ages	Relationship	Length	Stages won	Immunity wins	Final duels won	Notes
Maxime & Alizée	Neuilly-sur-Seine	26 / 25	BCBG lovers	3 stages	2	None	None	TBD
Estelle & Estelle	Wallonia	27 / 24	Belgian friends	3 stages	None	None	None	TBD
Mehdi & Oussama	Saint-Ouen	42 / 30	Friends	3 stages	None	None	None	TBD
Maurice & Thierry	Nice	80 / 54	80-year-old father and his son from Nice	3 stages	None	None	None	TBD
Christina & Didier	Paris	33 / 38	CEO and her employee	3 stages	None	1	1	TBD
Florian & Gabriel	Saint-Nabord / Paris	32 / 22	Strangers	2 stages	None	None	1	TBD
Martin & Laeticia	Île-de-France	44 / 37	Couple	2 stages	None	None	None	2nd eliminated
Vanessa & Audrey	Toulon	35 / 37	Toulon colleagues	1 stage	None	None	None	1st eliminated
Élodie & Gaëlle	Bruyères / Paris	37 / 33	Strangers	1 stage	None	None	None	Withdrew

Stages

Stage	Country	Starting line	Immunity challenge	Finish line
1	Malaysia	Kuching International Airport	Kampung Mujat	Batang Ai National Park
2		Batang Ai National Park	Kampung Telian	Bintulu
3
4	Philippines
5
6
7	Japan
8
9
10				Tokyo