EXCLUSIVE: Prime Video will scale The Summit with a bunch of German stars. The streamer has greenlit a German model of the journey actuality present, which sees contestants compete to ascend a mountain peak. They have to safeguard backpacks, every full of a €1M ($1.1M) in prize cash, with the winner claiming the overall of their pack. It will likely be the most important money prize ever on German TV.
The German model will characteristic a dozen celebs. The forged contains actor and singer Felix von Jascheroff; mannequin, actor and DJ Giulia Siegel; mannequin and actuality TV star Cecilia Asoro; and ex-footballer Ansgar Brinkmann. They’ll scale a mountain in New Zealand, the place a number of worldwide variations of the present are filmed.
Prime Video will announce the native version of The Summit at its German programming presentation this night. The deal for The Summit marks the eighth for a neighborhood model of the format. Initially created by Endemol Shine Australia and broadcaster 9 Community, Banijay Productions Germany will produce the most recent model of the present. It is going to bow on Prime Video throughout the third quarter of this yr.
The Summit was nominated for a 2024 Worldwide Emmy Award and was highlighted as one to observe within the worldwide market by analysts at K7, with a number of native variations getting a inexperienced mild.
“The Summit has been on our radar for a while, as we knew it could be a fantastic match for the German market,” stated Katrin Stefanović, Managing Director, Banijay Productions Germany. “Prepare for high-stakes drama, intense technique, and unforgettable journey, set in opposition to a backdrop of gorgeous landscapes, as our celebrities faces certainly one of their hardest challenges but.”
