Gen Z Reality Format 7 vs. Wild Going Global

Quintus Studios has picked up the international format distribution rights to 7 vs. Wild, which has been a hit in Germany.

7 vs. Wild is a reality format and YouTube phenomenon developed by German YouTube producers Fritz Meinecke, Johannes Hovekamp and Max Kovacs. The show sends seven fellow content creators and influencers into the wilderness with just seven basic survival items. The contestants who survive the wilderness win a donation to the charity of their choice.

The first two 16-episode seasons were filmed in Sweden and Panama and streamed on YouTube in November 2021 and 2022. The third season is expanded to feature seven teams of two who spend 14 days in the wild. It is set to shoot in Canada this summer and will be co-produced by German production company CaliVision Network.

Amazon Freevee has commissioned season three in Germany and will release two episodes per week, on Tuesdays and Fridays, later this year. Each episode has a seven-day exclusive window on Freevee before it is released on YouTube. The first two seasons will also be available to watch on Amazon Freevee alongside YouTube ahead of the season three launch.

Quintus Studios will distribute the format in the world outside Germany.

Gerrit Kemming, managing director at Quintus Studios, said: “7 vs. Wild is a perfect example of how social media can grow into state-of-the-art big-screen entertainment and how traditional TV and streaming platforms can benefit from the community power on social video platforms. Congrats to Fritz and his team and to Calivision; they’ve developed a media phenomenon from a creative idea for what was once a modest YouTube channel.”

“We‘re happy to have Quintus on board and are looking forward to taking our show to other markets around the globe,” said Hovekamp.