All3Media's social experiment reality format 'The Circle', previously on Netflix, has now been ordered in the U.S. by Hulu. The new version will feature everyday players and celebrities in a game of strategy, deception, popularity, and ever-changing identities, where anyone can be anyone. It will be filmed in real time and feature audience voting.
After launching in Germany this season and being greenlit in the Netherlands and Canada, Fremantle's nostalgia-filled show 'Hitster' will also be adapted in Spain for RTVE. Contestants will test their musical memory and try to arrange the greatest hits of past decades on a timeline.
Also coming to Spain: Fremantle's comedy game show 'Freeze', where contestants must stay still while chaos unfolds around them, and the talent show spin-off 'Got Talent: Fantasy League'.
Around NEM Dubrovnik, several CEE-focused announcements were made. ITV Studios will bring its singing talent show 'The Voice' to Serbia, while the cooking competition 'Game of Chefs' got a new junior spin-off on Antena 1 Romania. TV2 Hungary confirms the adaptation of All3Media International's 'The Hustler', a high-stakes tactical game of deception and betrayal where all players are under suspicion and viewers play detective. A local version of the Warner Bros. dating reality format 'The Bachelor' is coming to Prva TV in Serbia, and Romanian Pro TV is preparing a spin-off, 'Bachelor in Paradise'.
'Excape Island: Stuck with Your Ex' from Satisfaction Group launched in France this month, and TF1 Group has already confirmed a season 2 renewal. It combines dating reality and survival elements, as reality stars think they're heading for a dream vacation, only to get trapped with their ex. They must work together to escape.
Deadline reports a record season 8 debut of 'Love Island USA' on Peacock.