GAME ON
Inside new £20million BBC reality show ‘better than The Traitors’ hitting screens this year
The show sees ten contestants being driven around different European destinations on a bus with blacked-out windows, taking on a set of challenges.
THE BBC is planning the production of a reality series ‘better than The Traitors’ following the show's successful run.
The broadcaster is hoping to take on a new £20million Belgian adventure show where ‘fiction meets reality.'
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Claudia Winkleman hosted deception game show The Traitors, which is filled with bluff, treachery, and subterfuge.
Since it was released on UK screens, The Traitors has taken the nation by storm, pulling in a peak of seven million viewers, and now the Beeb and NBC are keen to dominate with another reality game show.
Destination X was created by Seda Irtizaali, who is also the executive producer of The Traitors.
The show sees ten contestants being driven around different European destinations on a bus with blacked-out windows.
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As they drive around different locations on the continent, they are tasked with guessing where they are while producers try their best to misleading them by twisting their sense of reality.
In each episode, the player who plots their cross furthest from the actual location on a map gets eliminated from the show.
BBC’s director of unscripted programming, Kate Phillips, described the popular international series as innovative, intelligent and addictive, with ‘countless red herrings’ and clues allowing the audience at home to play along.
She explained to The Times that Destination X “feels very unique and distinctive”, and noted that the BBC had ‘learned from The Traitors’ hugely.
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She mentioned how “the roundtables provide those real heart-in-mouth moments which explore human psychology and how people behave and react to each other.
She added: “The reports of the death of Saturday night television are very much exaggerated. You can see how much audiences appreciate live TV.
“Streamers are starting to see the value of holding back episodes now. It’s really working for them.”
The Traitors' ORIGINAL version revealed as show aired on BBC over 20 years ago
While plenty of broadcasters have pushed ahead with streaming platforms, Netflix’s $5billion deal with WWE showed that live TV still appealed to viewers at home.
Recently, TV fans have begged BBC bosses to bring back a classic game show after an old clip went viral on social media.
Hole in the Wall was a staple on the telly in the noughties but was axed after just 21 episodes in 2009.
The new BBC show Destination X is expected to hit UK screens later in 2024.
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