“I survived A Japanese Game Show” from the Danish hit TV format “Big In Japan”, created and owned by Babyfoot ApS and distributed by Small World IFT won two awards at the annual Rose d’Or TV festival on Tuesday 5 May 2009.
“Big In Japan” received the prize for “Best Reality” and the main award, the Golden Rose for ‘Best of 2009 “. This is the first time ever a Danish TV format has won the prestigious golden rose.
In presenting the award for best TV show Anatole Taubman stated:
All the winners are the best in their categories. For the best of the best, the jury has chosen a show that feels like it’s bursting out of its category!
Is it a travel show? Yes
A reality show? Oh yes…
A game show? Definitely…
It’s well…wonderfully executed, alot of fun. And the name says it all.
Ladies and gentlemen, the winner of the category Best of 2009 is “I Survived a Japanese Game Show”!
The Rose d’Or is the international entertainment TV award festival held annually in Lucerne, Switzerland, and the goal has always been to reward originality, quality and creativity in entertainment. The Rose d’Or Golden Rose is one of the most important and converted awards in the TV industry.
“Big in Japan”, created and owned by the Danish production company Babyfoot has been sold in over 19 territories amongst others the U.S, U.K, Australia, Scandinavia, Germany, France, Holland, Italy and Spain.
The show is so far produced in five countries including the first time a Danish company has ever sold a TV format to one of the big U.S networks, ABC in the U.S, where the program goes under the title “I survived A Japanese Game Show “. ABC is set to broadcast the second season this summer. The biggest commercial channel in Sweden TV4 is currently showing its celebrity version with excellent ratings.
Babyfoot ApS is owned by David Sidebotham and Karsten Bartholin who are also executive producers of “Big In Japan”. Babyfoot has their next international TV format on its way to American TV screens and beyond with “X Bomb” which is sold to Reville in the U.S. “X Bomb” is a fun and unique dating show where overconfident guys try to impress a girl on National TV only to have their ex-girlfriends interfere which make things very tricky for the guys. “X Bomb” is distributed by Nordisk Film TV World.