Beijing Express 2023: the outburst of Joe Bastianich and the grit of Federica Pellegrini who defends her husband

In each edition of Beijing Express it is logical to expect that there is at least one episode capable of exploding like a firecracker and, in the case of this edition, that episode has finally arrived. This is the last stage in Malaysian Borneo before arriving in Cambodia, the last nation touched by the reality show: an episode that began and ended with fireworks due to the temperament and provocation of some couples over the others. It was he who spiced up the match before setting off in search of passes Joe Bastianich who, when questioned by Enzo Miccio and Costantino Della Gherardesca about the couples he would like to carry with him to the end, indulged in a sibylline and, in some ways, perfidious comment. «The Newlyweds are very strong, but I would focus more on the purity of who is here and why. There are couples who are here with less clean motives than others. For media, emotional, competitive reasons. I wonder which couples have them more as well», Joe teases, one of the most surprising revelations of this edition, before the Activists raise their hand feeling called into question.

“Perhaps he talks about us because we are less competitive, but no less pure,” he makes it clear Giorgia Soleri. «Personally, I’m here to prove to myself that, despite chronic diseases, I can have a normal life. Not too long ago I couldn’t do things for fear of being sick, so I chose this experience to demonstrate that I can do it». When Enzo asks him if Giorgia’s motivation is tolerable for him, Joe doesn’t seem convinced: “It depends on how you perceive it. I have to judge people even out of competition: what do they do? What values ​​do they have? Am I here to convey a message that maybe isn’t even true? They come here and transform themselves, becoming something other than what they are». At that point, when Bastianich explains that behaviors are worth more than words, he intervenes Totò Schillaci of the Sicilians. «Beijing Express for me it is a revenge. A year ago I had colon cancer, I suffered a lot. I am happy to be here with my wife, Beijing it’s really my revenge», the former footballer makes it clear before wiping away the tears of emotion of his wife Barbara Lombardo and starting the match.

Along with advantage tests that make us out of breath even who are comfortably seated on the sofa at home and the classic jitters that a physically and psychologically trying race like Beijing Express gives, it is above all the end of the episode that gives another «turning point», as Elena Lietti would say in Nanni Moretti’s latest film. Not only because the Newlyweds Federica Pellegrini and Matteo Giunta, winners of the last two stages, arrived last, but also because they are once again being talked about the Mediterraneans Barbara Prezia and Carolina Stramare. They do it when they accuse Totò Schillaci of having stolen the map – Totò returned the offending cartouche a few seconds after realizing that it was not his – and when, turning to Matteo Giunta, Prezia tells him to worry about his values, “that perhaps you have forgotten them”. The provocation lights like a fuse Federico Pellegrini who, to defend her husband, does not mince words. «Hey beautiful, be very careful otherwise I’ll shorten you by another 10 centimetres. You are very good at doing the show and, in fact, it is right that you are here doing television ». The scene, in addition to restoring a tender impulse of protection from a wife towards her husband, confirms that if there is a couple that has managed to attract the dislikes of almost everyone in this edition of the Sky adventure game, it is precisely The Mediterranean. The black envelope spares the newly weds allowing all travelers to continue Beijing Express in Cambodia, and now it’s no joke, because everyone seems hungry for victory and ready to do anything to get to the mat of the final.

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