Only a few more hours to wait before discovering the new candidates. This Thursday, February 8, M6 launches the new season of Beijing Express
which will take place in Southeast Asia. For this 18th season, many contenders tried their luck at the casting as revealed Stéphane Rotenberg
this Thursday, February 8, 2024. Indeed, at the microphone of Valérie Expert and Gilles Ganzmann on South Radio
the host of M6
said it had received 40,000 applications.
If the number seems crazy, it is nothing compared to previous years and especially before Covid-19 emerged. “Post-Covid, we made up to 90,000 applications, now we stop at 40,000 because we can no longer process”recognized the host who subsequently added that the number was reduced enormously after the first days of casting.
“So it’s stupid, eh, but people don’t imagine that it’s that long. And you also have to plan until the end. There are some who said ‘no, but 15 days is fine for me’. Ah well no, that doesn’t suit us, you have to want to win. So we lose people because people don’t realize that it lasts 45 days.”precise Stéphane Rotenberg who takes the opportunity to remind us that the filming is taking place “generally end of August beginning of September”. In fact, future candidates must “being able to take professional leave”and talk to “their boss”.
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Stéphane Rotenberg does not accept abandonments in “Pékin Express”
Without this, candidates cannot take part in Beijing Express. Despite all the precautions taken during castings, it sometimes happens that candidates give up. And it makes you mad with rage Stéphane Rotenberglike Denis Brogniart on Koh Lanta.
“Except when it’s a physical problem… a physical problem we can’t do anything about it. When it’s ‘I can’t do it, I’m giving up’, it’s the worst situation for us”he estimates before continuing: “We had thousands of people who wanted to go and who were ready to go to the end. We missed it. It’s rare but it happened maybe 5-6 times . We have to be able to spot the little weakness that makes people give up. Very difficult.”. Viewers will be able to judge the quality of the casting of Beijing Express this Thursday evening, for the launch of the new season.
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