Seven.One Studios International is heading to this year’s MIPCOM with a strong lineup of high-profile new formats and scripted content.
New to the Seven.One’s formats catalog is Match My Ex, a bold new twist on the traditional reality dating format, in which celebrity singles hand over the matchmaking reins to their ex-lovers. Through wild parties, poolside flings, and unexpected jealousies, this daring new format brings new love matches, the potential for scandal, sabotage, and sometimes second chances. Sparks fly – and not always in a good way!
Produced by Madame Zheng, the show has been a big hit for commissioning platforms Joyn (Germany), Joyn (Austria) and One+ (Switzerland) and has been commissioned for a second season.
Debuting at the market is Play That Song Again, a primetime competition format produced by Herriemakers for RTL (Netherlands). In this nostalgia-packed show, four contemporary singers compete to perform the best version of a legendary 80s song originally recorded by a generation-defining star such as Madonna, Michael Jackson or Cyndi Lauper. A studio audience decides who wins the coveted Play That Song Again Gold Record.
Also on the Seven.One Mipcom roster is The Race, a fast-paced adventure reality competition in which five well-travelled content creators compete against each other to reach a distant finish line first – a destination that is not revealed until the race begins. All the contestants start on foot from the same starting point, and each receives identical equipment with which to embark on their journey: an emergency cell phone, a physical map and basic sleeping equipment. With no money, no smartphones and no idea what’s going to happen to them on their, trip each contestant must film themselves as they attempt to reach the final destination. The second season of The Race was in the top 10 of ProSiebenSat.1’s streaming service Joyn for nine weeks. A third season has already been commissioned and will be produced by studio flitz, the in-house production company for creator programmes.
As the world’s most successful dating format continues to go from strength to strength, two bold new Married at First Sight spin-offs will be introduced to buyers at Mipcom. In Married at First Sight: The Last Resort, first produced by July August Productions for Keshet Channel 12 (Israel), twelve singles, all of whom who have been previously married, and some with families of their own, marry strangers and attempt to build a relationship surrounded by expert guidance and a supportive community of fellow couples. While in Married at Second Sight, twelve singles meet not at the altar… but at their engagement ceremony. After jetting off to a dreamy island, these scientifically matched couples take a leap of faith and get engaged – unseen. With just three weeks until decision day, they must discover whether they are engaged to be married or just playing with fire. Married at Second Sight made its debut on Joyn and SAT.1 (Germany). It was produced by Redseven Entertainment
Seven.One Studios International will also be bringing over 200 hours of new English-language formats tape to Mipcom, including Married at First Sight USA season 19, Married at First Sight UK, season 10, Married at First Sight Australia season 12 and first seasons of Stranded on Honeymoon Island UK and Stranded on Honeymoon Island Australia.
On the scripted front, Seven.One Studios International will be bringing The Cooking Academy (120 x 30’) to Mipcom. Set at a prestigious German cookery school, talented chefs of tomorrow work closely together as they are trained for the demanding world of haute cuisine. Despite the idyllic setting, they are all under pressure and must fight for recognition, which makes for a tantalising menu of fierce rivalries, friendly and familial entanglements, and fateful love stories.
Other drama launches include Frier & 50 (8 x 30’), a comedic drama about Annette, a soon-to-be, 50-year-old actress who after discovering her husband is cheating on her with a younger woman, is offered a role on a TV show playing her own sister’s mother and then hears that she’s unexpectedly going to be a grandmother. Determined to see the funny side of her situation, and despite the hot flushes, Annette decides to turn her (mid) life experiences into a comedy series and vows to get it commissioned before she turns 50!
Returning dramas from Seven.One include the long running daily The Country Doctor of which 262×30’ episodes are now available. Produced by Filmpool Entertainment and commissioned for a fourth season by SAT.1, the series has sold internationally to TV2 in Hungary, on Duo Media in Estonia, on Nova TV in Croatia, on TV Polska in Poland and on Planet TV in Slovenia. In Germany, the series is currently running on Disney+, Joyn and SAT.1.
Also returning is the hit TV movie franchise The Blind Detective, produced by Tivoli Film Produktion. A hit for ARD in Germany and ORF and Austria, 13 x 90’ films are now available.
Seven.One Studios International is exhibiting on Stand P4.C16 at MIPCOM.