Global Agency launched at MIPTV its brand-new singing game show Beat me if you can, which was originally broadcast by the Saudi Broadcasting Corporation (SBC). It is a big success in social media with several million followers.
Beat me if you canis a prime time show that combines singing, game show elements, memory and strategy. The first series was a total success on SBC and second season has already been commissioned. Also, an international version is ready to be broadcast in the Arabic market.
Gila Kantar, COO and co-developer of the format, explained to Prensario that the format is being pitched to all clients at the same time during MIPTV to avoid privileging any in particular.
Each week 10 contestants take place in the sow with a jury of 2 celebrity singers. The audience will watch 9 duet performances. There are 10 cabinets in different neon colors positioned in the studio, and the contestants are inside the cabinets. Before the start, contestants of the week will introduce to the jury and the audience by VTR, they will sing 10 seconds of a song they prefer “a-capella”. This will give an idea to the jury about the week’s contestants but it’s a total surprise who in which cabinet.
The contestants have no idea when they will be on the stage with whom they will do the duet and which song they will be performing. For every song, the jury will choose 2 contestants who will battle each other. After each performance, the audience will decide who has to leave the show and who will go back to his cabinet and continue the game. At the end of the performance, whoever wins will provide 1 point for that jury. They jury member will have the priority to open the cabinet first of the next duet which is a big advantage. So it’s a memory and tacti game for jury members.
