Danish Debut for Beat your Host!

MUNICH, December 12: Today, the Danish version of SevenOne International’s hit game show Beat your Host! launches in prime time on TV2 under the title Hvem kan slå Joachim og Marianne?

The winning couple of TV2’s Strictly Come Dancing, Olympic bronze medalist Joachim B. Olsen and dancer Marianne Eihilt, star as competing hosts. In the following episodes, sweethearts, married couples as well as fathers and daughters will battle for 100,000 krones. The TV personality Andrea Elisabeth Rudolph (Strictly Come Dancing) hosts.

"Less than two weeks ago, the show dominated the prime-time ratings in the commercial target group in France," said Jens Richter, the managing director of SevenOne International. "The Swedish version,  which aired on Kanal 5, was the most successful production in that TV station’s history. We’re positive that the premiere on TV2 will be just as strong."

Beat your Host! has been sold by SevenOne for broadcast in 13 countries so far, including China and the Netherlands. The British version (Beat the Star) aired on ITV1, which is set to air a second season next year. In France, where it aired on TF1 as Qui peut battre Benjamin Castaldi?, the show captured an audience share of more than 40 percent of viewers 15 to 49.

—By Kristin Brzoznowski