A week in unscripted content (49/2025).
Winners of the 64th Rose d'Or Awards were announced. 'Ants' from Nippon TV and Fremantle won the Comedy Entertainment prize, Seefood TV's 'The Box' won in Competition Reality, 'A League of Their Own' from Seven.One Studios won Studio Entertainment, and 'The Jury: Murder Trial' from Blue Ant Media won the Factual Entertainment & Reality prize.
New Spanish game show 'Captcha' from thinketers won the Entertainment Formats Pitch at Content London. In this format, contestants must prove they are 100% human in challenges requiring wit, creativity, and mental agility.
Fremantle has acquired international rights to 'The Advent Calendar'. Launched this week on the streaming platform Crave in Canada, this festive dating format sees one singleton opening 24 doors of a larger-than-life advent calendar to unveil potential suitors.
Strategic reality format 'The Traitors' from All3Media will be adapted in Korea.
'Married at First Sight' has been commissioned by Mediaset in Spain, returning to the country after a break. The dating reality hit from Seven.One Studios counts over 35 versions produced around the world.
NRK in Norway is adapting 'Nobody's Fool', a strategic reality quiz where the fate of contestants isn't decided by how smart they are, but by how smart others think they are. It's the first international sale of the ITV Studios format, which is awaiting its 2026 debut in the UK.
VRT in Belgium has ordered home-decluttering format 'Sort Your Life Out' from All3Media International, bringing the total number of versions to 12.
The Polish version of 'Banged Up' launched this week on the Canal+ streaming platform. The factual format from Banijay Rights sends influencers to a decommissioned jail, where they live side-by-side with former offenders.
Premiering next week on Netflix is a new Japanese reality dating experiment, 'Badly in Love'. Eleven men and women with marked pasts and turbulent lives are brought together at a secluded academy to test whether they can build love.
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