Beijing Express 2024: the Giants left us with a bad taste in our mouths. And the audience didn't deserve it

Anyone I know Beijing Express he knows well that the synergy between the couples is the fundamental element to be able to move forward in the race. Even more than physical and athletic preparation. They were an example of this the Crazy Victoria Cabello and Paride Vitale, so close-knit and complicit that they achieved victory Beijing Express as well as a program on TV8 – that is Crazy trips -, but also the Italian Americans Joe Bastianich and Andrea Belfiore, long-time friends and colleagues capable of understanding each other with a simple glance. For many complicit couples, however, there were just as many who struggled to understand each other and move forward, even if none had managed to convey a feeling of profound unease in the public like that formed by the Giants Kristian Ghedina and Francesca Piccinini, so mismatched that for a moment we feared they had been put together by experts Marriage at first sight. Sportsmen in the history of Beijing Express have often moved forward due to a certain resistance to fatigue and adversity, but Kristian and Francesca reminded us that, where the physical cannot reach, there must be human complicity who is always capable of making the difference in a race.

During the first stop in Laos of this edition, available on Sky and streaming on NOW, we had several examples of how unity is strength. We noticed it when Eleonora gave support to her father Fabio Caressa when he was out of breath while trying the steps to reach Gianluca Frubut also when Fratm Artem and Antonio Orefice they managed to recover in the last part of the journey thanks to the Hugs and the motivational words they exchanged to keep going. However, they were no exception either Pastry chefs Damiano and Massimiliano Carrarawho managed to get to the red book first and then enjoy a bonus that allowed them to recognize how precious and important they are to each other – it was the first time we saw Damiano Carrara cry -, And Italy-Argentina Antonella Fiordelisi and Estefania Bernal who, in addition to enjoying the adventure, managed to gain courage through laughter and euphoria.

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Seeing them and seeing the Giants immediately made the public understand that Beijing Expressfor the fatigue and nervousness it entails, it always needs competitors who are almost always on the same page. Unfortunately, Ghedina and Piccinini didn't get along right from the first episode, especially because Francesca failed to open a communication channel with Kristian who, to any criticism and any push to get busy, preferred to respond with silence and sulking, making the journey particularly heavy and demanding. «Will you ever be able to form a group? If it weren't for me, you wouldn't be talking. I broke down, I try and I try again”, Piccinini said at a certain point in exasperation, asking the production to Beijing Express to be left alone so I can cry alone in a corner. Faced with these outbursts, Kristian basically pretended nothing happened, closed inside a rockiness and obstinacy that we didn't like given that, when a misunderstanding arises, the healthiest thing to do is to dialogue and discuss, and not to make a wall. It goes without saying that, when Italy-Argentina had to choose who to eliminate, they mentioned their names even if, right at the last minute, Kristian put his pride aside and apologized to Francesca «for not having been a worthy sidekick her”. «And now you're telling me? It took so little”, she joked before hugging him. Regardless of their reconciliation, seeing such an uncooperative couple a Beijing Express it wasn't good, making us realize how lucky we are to have the others still in the race.