Banijay to Showcase Faces

LONDON: The game-show format Faces leads off the Banijay International slate for MIPTV, where the company will present a completed pilot to international buyers.

Produced by Solar Television of Finland, Faces is a celebrity quiz show that features questions and answers based on famous faces. Contestants are placed in front of a live studio audience, surrounded by screens. The must use their power of recall and facial recognition through challenges such as choosing the correct baby picture of a celebrity or ordering the images of a star’s ex-girlfriends chronologically. Ruthlessness comes into play as they try to maneuver their way into the lead, choosing their opponents from the audience based on their faces.

Banijay has also developed a Facebook game to complement the series.

Banijay is also prepping It’s Raining Cash, a format developed in-house by the Banijay Creative Factory. The show will be available at DISCOP.

Francois de Brugada, the executive VP of Banijay Group, said, “Banijay immediately recognized the potential of this concept. Faces is a highly original idea which will work across many platforms. The creation of a TX ready pilot following the presentation of a paper format shows the kind of back-up we give to new ideas—financially, creatively and commercially. At Banijay we always have an open door to all creatives and prospective partners who are looking for the kind of assistance and backing that we can offer.”