(12/04/2013) On Friday, March 15th, the German commercial channel RTL broadcast the new game show Unschlagbar (Unbeatable), where the hosts, Marco Schreyl and Sonja Zietlow, presented competitions unlike anything seen before.
This new primetime show was the No. 1-ratings hit among the 14 to 59-year-olds. 17.5 percent of RTL's new target group (2.76 million viewers) watched the new show.
3.89 million viewers aged 3 years plus (= market share of 13.4%) watched the performance of the contestants, who claimed to be unbeatable in a particular discipline. Sonja and Marco, who searched for opponents worldwide to compete with the Unbeatables, checked out the challengers carefully in advance.
Dany Hagel competed in the discipline of power drying and claimed that nobody could dry a soaking sheet quicker than she could, due to her special wringing-out technique. In a direct duel, in which the object was to wring out a wet cloth as much as possible within the game time, her surprise opponent defeated her. A female African elephant (named Kenia) used her body weight to wring out the cloth and secured victory for host Marco Schreyl.
The young German women's champion in speed climbing, 17-year-old Hanne Schaechtele, from Neckarsulm, claimed that nobody could climb up 16 yards more quickly than she could. She won the duel, human against animal, in which a capuchin monkey competed against her on the climbing wall that was built into MMC's Coloneum Mall. In the finale, however, the record holder for hook-ladder climbing, Tom Gehlert, defeated her and won 50,000 Euros.
Production:
Unbeatable is a production by Endemol Germany and is produced on behalf of RTL in the MMC studios in Cologne-Ossendorf. Ladislaus Kiraly directed the show premiere.
A total of 14 cameras were used for the HD-production of the show premiere at MMC studio 32 and the Coloneum Mall. These included one Grass Valley (GVG) LDK 8000 and two GVG LDK 8300 Super SloMo cameras on Vinten Quattro pedestals, one GVG LDK 8000 on a SuperTechno 30 crane, one GVG LDK 8000 on a Jimmy Jib crane, one GVG LDK 8000 elite cable-connected handheld camera, and one GVG LDK 8000 elite wireless Steadicam. For special camera settings, three GoPro-Hero-2 and two GoPro-Hero-3 cameras were used.
For recording the competition Goal-Kicks in the Dark, infrared technology was required. This game involved a team of two players, shooting as many soccer goals as possible in total darkness. One team member crossed the ball in while the other tried to kick the ball into the goal. During the flight of the ball, between the cross and the attempt to score, the lights were turned off. The shots on goal were recorded with the help of two Canon XF105 camcorders, connected to the control room, and special infrared headlamps in the studio.
The video signals were mixed on a GVG Kayenne XL (3.5 M/E) at MMC's HD control room 11. The playbacks were carried out via four channels on a Grass Valley Summit Server. One EVS XT2 was used for the highlight editing and the Super SloMo. For the recording, ten Sony XDCAM VTRs were available.
On behalf of MMC, project manager Jenny Thorandt supervised the production. Herbert Fittinghoff (MMC Production Engineer) and Jan Schubert (MMC, Head of Operations) were the technical managers.
Stage Design:
MMC's Art Department was in charge of the set construction for Unbeatable, and the implementation of the competitions. The tasks included set construction and decoration, game design and development, technical preparation and implementation, kinetics and safety technology, among others.
For the impressive Unbeatable set, which was designed by Juergen Hassler, an amazing 1750 yards of LED strips were installed. A further highlight was the spectacular appearance of the competitors. They were hovered onto the stage in a freely moveable, futuristic elevator.
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(12/04/2013) On Friday, March 15th, the German commercial channel RTL broadcast the new game show Unschlagbar (Unbeatable), where the hosts, Marco Schreyl and Sonja Zietlow, presented competitions unlike anything seen before.
