Sexy Beasts Gets Local Treatment in Russia

LONDON: Russia’s CTC Network has commissioned a local version of the dating format Sexy Beasts from all3media international.

In Russia, the local version of Sexy Beasts will air as a stripped daily show on CTC Love. The 24×30-minute series will be produced by Zamaleev Productions and will premiere this month. Sexy Beasts has also been adapted in Korea for KBS, China for Tencent, Lithuania for TV3 and in the U.S. for A&E Network. In Germany, a second season has been commissioned by Sixx.

Produced by Lion Television for BBC Three in the U.K., the original 8×30-minute series has also been picked up in Australia for ABC, Belgium for SBS and Sweden for SVT. Discovery has acquired Sexy Beasts for its Italian and Dutch feeds, and the series also airs with various inflight providers.

The show uses Hollywood-style prosthetics to disguise suitors before they go on dates. Putting looks aside, it poses the question, will their date like them for their personality?

Lucy Roberts, the sales manager of formats for northern EMEA at all3media international, said, “Sexy Beasts presents dating hopefuls with a brand-new, imaginative perspective on their search for love, taking the classic ‘blind date’ to a completely different level. Offering viewers a uniquely insightful and entertaining look at dating, this simple, easily adaptable format has already proved hugely popular in a range of key territories. This is our second dating format for CTC, following Objective Productions’s Meet the Parents, so we’re delighted to work with them again on repeating Sexy Beasts’s international success in Russia.”