Prime Video’s unscripted originals push within the Nordics is continuous.
The Amazon-owned streamer has unveiled a 12-strong slate of unscripted reveals that may launch this fall, together with an growth of the LOL: Final One Laughing format and new titles resembling Women of Oslo and Parneviks All In!.
LOL is getting new variations in Denmark and Norway following its launch in Sweden final yr. Sweden can also be getting a second season.
The format, wherein comedians compete to maintain a straight face to win a money prize for a charity of their selecting, originated in Japan and is Prime Video’s greatest travelling leisure titles with variations world wide. All Nordic variations are filmed and produced in Sweden by Jarowskij (Sweden), Metronome (Denmark), and Nordisk Banijay (Norway), respectively.
New to the service is Women of Oslo, a docu-reality collection trying into on the lives of Norwegian influencers Sophie Elise, Isabel Raad, Nora Haukland, and Anniken Englund Jørgensen. Salto Movie is producing forward of a Prime Video Norway launch this yr.
Parenviks All In! follows fashionable Swedish couple Mia and Jesper Parnevik, as they push boundaries to tick off adventures on their bucket listing. Prime Video is billing it as “scary, intimate, hot, funny, tough, and emotional.” ITV Studios is producing for a Prime Video Sweden launch this yr.
Bingo & Julia is one other Swedish actuality collection, following the luxurious however unconventional lives of Bingo Rimér and Julia Franzén. They dwell a glamorous way of life in Stockholm, Marbella, and Jämtland however have an uncommon household life with Franzén the stepmother to Rimér, who additionally has stepchildren and ex-wife Katrin Zytomierska nonetheless on the scene. Nexico is producing for a fall Prime Video Sweden debut.
There may even be second seasons of actuality collection Good Luck Guys and hidden cam title Pranked. Good Luck Guys, a Banijay Productions format from France, follows six influencer {couples} who embark on wild journeys in rural Thailand and compete to be the final ones standing. Mastiff Norway, Mastiff Denmark, and Meter Sweden are producing forward of launches in Sweden, Norway and Denmark later this yr.
Pranked comes from ITV Studios and is sensible joke collection. The renewal is for all three territories, with Danny Saucedo in Sweden, Nicklas Bendtner in Denmark, and new hosts Aleksander Saeterstøl and Martine Lunde in Norway pranking celebrities and most of the people. Season two is produced by ITV Studios in Sweden and Norway and United Productions in Denmark, and can launch this autumn on Prime Video.
“These familiar faces, places, and stories give further breadth and depth to our growing local slate and alongside our global original content further builds out Prime Video as a premium entertainment destination that our customers love,” stated Martin Backlund, managing director, Prime Video, Nordics. “We are very excited to continue our investment in new and returning formats in the Nordics.”
Prime Video started its push into Nordics unscripted originals in October final yr. In April, we revealed the Swedish division’s first doc, a research of ABBA stalker Gert van Der Graaf titled Take a Probability.
Backlund took his function in April, as we advised you first on the time.
