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Azja Express

Polish TV programme

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionAug 5, 2026
Entity authorityQ26944205
Source-derived summary

Azja Express (series 3 and 4 as Ameryka Express, series 7 as Afryka Express) is the Polish version of the reality show Peking Express that has been broadcast on TVN since 2016. The show aims at demonstrating how couples of celebrities deal with the challenges and pitfalls of attempting a long-distance hitchhike to a strange city, together with all the difficulties presented by trying to communicate in a language they don't understand.

Series overview

Travel

Season I

Season II

Season IV

Season I

Immunity in the next episode

Elimination

Amulet

Minus one place (Black flag)

Couple with amulet from eliminated couple

The couple voluntarily left the show.

Minus one place and elimination

^ In episode 6 contestants raced in mixed-up pairs - one person was a "speeder" and the other one was a "blocker".

Ratings

Season II

Immunity in the next episode

Elimination

Amulet

Couple with amulet from eliminated couple

The couple lost money

Minus one place and elimination

^ Stanisław & Marta with their partners got eliminated in episodes 4 & 6, but were brought back to the competition in episode 7 as one couple.

^ In episode 8 contestants raced in mixed-up pairs - one person was a "speeder" and the other one was a "blocker".

^ In episode 10 couples were separated - one person was racing and the other one was trying to help them by doing challenges.

Season III

Immunity in the next episode

Elimination

Amulet

Lost money

Couple with amulet from eliminated couple

The couple lost money

Plus one place

^ Magda & Katarzyna with their partners got eliminated in episodes 2 & 4, but were brought back to the competition in episode 5 as one couple.

^ In episode 9 contestants raced in mixed-up pairs - one person was a "speeder" and the other one was a "blocker".

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Begin with the source’s own compact description: “Azja Express” is polish TV programme. The dossier treats that line as a proposition to test through Azja, Express and Polish, not as a finished interpretation.

Editorial reviewA practical starting point whose main value is the path it opens into stronger specialist and primary sources. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—2016—that can be checked directly. The selected authority fields contribute no independent date. For this dossier, Azja, Express and Polish is the immediate research focus.
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