Beat Your Host! Debuts in France

MUNICH, December 1:
SevenOne International's hit game show Beat your Host! made its French debut over the weekend on TF1 under
the title Qui peut battre Benjamin Castaldi?

The two-hour prime-time
event pits an audience contestant against French star Benjamin Castaldi for a
prize of 100,000 euros. The show features 13 games that involve brains and
brawn. ITV1 has ordered a second season for spring 2009.

"Beat your Host! is simply unbeatable when it comes to a successful
program format," said Jens Richter, the managing director of
SevenOne International. "The combination of an innovative show and a star
host [was] definitely a treat for French viewers this weekend."

SevenOne International
has sold the show in 13 countries so far, including the Netherlands, Denmark
and China.

—By Kristin
Brzoznowski