The final duel of the eighth episode of Beijing Express, in the land of the golden eagle, which aired this Thursday on M6, was a killer for Jean-Claude and Axel. This was the fourth game in a row for Grandpa and Grandson who lost this time to Jeremy and Fanny. “I was not at all in the same state of mind as the other three times, as the young man admits to it 20 minutes. Of course we wanted to stay and go as far as possible, but the stage was very difficult both physically and mentally. I told myself that if I lost, it wouldn’t be too serious. »
“I was very sad because I knew that it could not go on because we had just gone through a very difficult stage,” confirms his grandfather, who was already unable to go to the end of the journey in the Wadi Rum desert. (Jordan ).
“France will be in mourning…”
The couple claim they have “no regrets” and that they lived an “extraordinary adventure”. “In the family, everyone is very proud of us. Nobody was waiting for us in the last four,” says Jean-Claude. If Axel continued the season with his friends in Montpellier (Herault) where he studies, the seventy man used to watch every episode with the rest of the family in He expected Thursday’s viewing to be complicated: he bought three boxes of tissue paper for the occasion.
Tears don’t have to flow into the house only at the end of the episode: the grandfather and grandson were the audience’s favorite pair. “We get a lot of positive messages, and that makes us very happy. Honestly, nothing negative has been sent to us, and I know it’s different for other couples,” confirms Axel, contacted by phone on Tuesday. He fears the audience’s reaction to their exclusion: “France will be in mourning …” Jean-Claude interrupts him with a laugh: “In mourning!? What are you talking about?” People will be sad. “I’m afraid of the reactions,” says his grandson.
We are told that we do good to people, and that surprises me.”
The grandfather does not give him a complete error. “We are told that we do good to people, and this surprises me. He says I receive signs of affection on the street. The children recognize me. One day I was talking to someone near the school exit. The children, who saw me, all wanted to take a picture. My pleasure. But I still tell them that I am not happy that they spent their evenings in front of the TV.”
“In this grandfather/grandson link, there is an aspect of the introductory journey, of passing the torch, of learning, of wisdom. It is a very nice story to watch,” summed up Thierry Guillaume, Producer Beijing Expressbefore the start of the season. This is really what the audience was able to see during the episodes: mutual support, tenderness, and youthful enthusiasm calmly rebalanced the experience. “It’s a wonderful adventure, insists Jean-Claude. I listen to my grandson with another ear. He arose suddenly. He has become very old.”
“Tv geek. Certified beer fanatic. Extreme zombie fan. Web aficionado. Food nerd. Coffee junkie.”
