Endemol Lines Up Entertainment Formats

October 4, 2009 World Screen

LONDON: Leading off the slate for Endemol is 101 Ways to Leave a Gameshow, alongside further formats such as XXS, Pointless and Against the Odds.

In 101 Ways to Leave a Gameshow, contestants are literally ejected when they lose. Everything from a human cannon and catapults to bungee cords and parachute jumps are used to fling contestants from the game, unsuspectingly, once they’ve lost.

XXS, developed by Endemol Argentina, watches as three families vie for cash prices by seeing who can finish housework first. The twist is that everything in the house is 100 times bigger than they are.

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From Endemol UK comes Pointless. The show follows five pairs of contestants who compete for a cash prize by winning the fewest amount of points. A question is posed to a panel of 100 people before the show, determining the most obvious and most obscure answers. The object is to think of the most pointless answer, that none of the 100 polled did.

Another format from Endemol UK is Against the Odds, which sees two teams compete in a series of games. Each challenge is tested on 100 members of the general public and teams must predict how many of the 100 they can beat. If they get it right, they have a chance at securing a large cash prize, but if they get it wrong, they could wind up with nothing.

The new entertainment formats are presented alongside returning series such as the hit physical-competition series Wipeout, now in more than 25 countries. The Whole 19 Yards, in which players and their buzzer are separated by 19 yards of extreme obstacles, is also on the returning roster.

Jerry Seinfeld’s highly anticipated comedy format The Marriage Ref also makes its debut at MIPCOM in the Endemol portfolio.

Endemol’s chief creative officer, Paul Römer, commented: “I think it’s fair to say that our new generation of game show formats this year is larger than life. These bold and ambitious formats are a credit to Endemol’s creative teams and we are extremely excited about launching them at MIPCOM 2009.”