Prince Charming (TV show)

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Television broadcast
Original title Prince Charming
Country of production Germany
original language German
Year (s) since 2019
Production
company
Seapoint Productions GmbH & Co. KG
Episodes 9 in 1+ seasons
genre Reality show
Theme music Hypanda: Gotta Let Go
Moderation
Initial release October 30, 2019 on TVNOW
occupation

Prince Charming:

Prince Charming is a German dating show based on the model of the Bachelor with gay men. The first season, which was produced by the production company Seapoint Productions, with Nicolas Puschmann as Prince Charming, was released on TVNOW from October 30 to December 18, 2019 and was broadcast on VOX from April 20 to June 8, 2020 . A second season will be produced for autumn 2020.

Models and format

Prince Charming is the first international offshoot of the US show Finding Prince Charming from 2016. Both are a version of the Bachelor format with a gay man as the prince who tries to make love among the candidates on the basis of group and individual dates Find. To sort out candidates, there is a so-called “Gentlemen's Night” with black ties instead of flowers , as is the case with the Bachelor's “Night of Roses”. In the first, candidates who are allowed to stay are given ties; In the following nights, the departing candidates must return their ties, while the remaining candidates are allowed to keep their ties or are asked whether they want to keep them.

Season 1 (2019)

The first season was filmed in Crete in September 2019 . It was published from October 30, 2019 to December 18, 2019 exclusively in the premium area of TVNOW and consists of eight regular episodes and a reunion special . The first Prince Charming was the 28-year-old account manager Nicolas Puschmann . In the end, he decided on the podcaster Lars Tönsfeuerborn . In the reunion episode, they announced that they are still a couple and will move in together.

Candidates in the course of the episode

candidate Episodes, Date (2019 TVNOW; 2020 VOX)
Surname Age city 1
October 30

April 20

2
06.11.

04/27

3
11/13

04.05.

4
November 20

05/11

5
11/27

May 18

6
04.12.

25.05.

7
December 11th

01.06.

8
December 18

08.06.

9
December 18

08.06.

Lars Tönsfeuerborn 29 Dusseldorf G E. guest
Dominic Smith 31 Berlin GE Ü G
Andreas Kürner 30th Lübeck E. E.
Aaron King 24 Cologne G G E. G
Alexander Gutbrod 38 Remseck G
Simon Goga 32 Cologne G E.
Manuel Flickinger 31 Limburgerhof G G guest
Martin Angelo 26th Hamburg G G
Kiril Galabinov 33 Cologne GE
Marco Tornese 35 Zurich G G
Pascal Büchel 27 Vienna G
Sam Dylan 28 Cloppenburg G guest
Antonio Sosic 26th Vienna G
Sebastian Hollmann 33 Munich
Adrian Merkel 38 Munich
John R. 34 London G
Dominik Lassnig 29 Vienna G
Daniel Meurer 31 Cologne
Robert Rottensteiner 29 Berlin
Robin Eichinger 27 Mainz

Color legend:

  • The candidate was allowed to keep his tie and progressed.
  • The candidate had to give up his tie and was eliminated.
  • The candidate got out voluntarily.

Letter legend:

  • G: Group dates / meetings
  • E: single dates
  • Acc .: overnight date

Podcast

Accompanying the season, a podcast was published on the audio platform "Audio Now" with presenter Eric Schroth, who brought prominent surprise guests into the studio and, as the booting out of the week, added candidates who had dropped out on the phone.

episode date Studio guest Booting out of the week
1 October 30, 2019 TV personality Julian FM Stoeckel Daniel
2 06 November 2019 Presenter Bella Lesnik Dominik
3 November 13, 2019 Moderator Martin Tietjen Antonio
4th 20th November 2019 Actor Lars Steinhöfel Pascal
5 November 26, 2019 Bachelorette candidate 2018 Rafi Rachek Manuel
6th 04 December 2019 Podcaster Yvonne Fricke Alexander
7th December 11, 2019 Moderator Angela Finger-Erben Aaron
8th 18th December 2019 Prince Nicolas and winner Lars Dominic

Season 2 (2020)

After shooting in August, the second season will appear in the fall on both TVNOW and VOX. The new Prince Charming will be the 29-year-old marketing manager Alexander Schäfer from Frankfurt am Main .

Promotion and publication

RTL announced a dating show for gays for the first time at the end of June 2019 and called for applications as a candidate. On October 2nd, it was announced that Prince Charming would be on TVNOW on October 30th. Prince Nicolas Puschmann was also named. Janine Jannes, TVNOW's communications manager, said Prince Charming was planned as a TVNOW original from the start. From October 21, TVNOW started a marketing campaign designed by BDA Creative with teaser videos in which terms such as dating, love and romance were described as gay (example sentence: “Dating is gay”). Thomas Huber, Marketing Director of Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland , explains this use of the word: "Unfortunately, the word 'gay' is still used in a derogatory way by some people - we want to change that and finally give the term back the positive meaning it deserves . "

From October 30th to December 18th, the eight regular episodes of the season and, following the finale, a reunion episode, moderated by Angela Finger-Erben , were published in the premium area of ​​TVNOW . On Black Friday , November 29th, which TVNOW called “Black FriGay”, the first five episodes that had been released up to then could be seen for free. To publish the finale, Mediengruppe RTL announced that the program will be broadcast on VOX in spring 2020 . After the announcement of the Grimmepreis award on March 3, Mediengruppe RTL announced the date for the free TV premiere: The first season could be seen on Mondays at 10:15 p.m. from April 20, 2020.

With the Black FriGay event, the extension for a second season was announced. On January 31, 2020, the production company Seapoint called for applications as a candidate for the second season. The second season should initially be shot from the end of April 2020 for a release on TVNOW in July, which was not possible due to the COVID-19 pandemic . Seapoint plans to start production in August, with release scheduled for the end of September. On August 4th, the 29-year-old marketing manager Alexander Schäfer from Frankfurt am Main was announced as the new Prince. The episodes of the second season should be broadcast on VOX shortly after the first publication on TVNOW in autumn.

reception

Reviews and feedback

Prince Charming was received positively in the criticism and as better compared to Bachelor formats. Thus Nicolas by Anja Rützel referred to Spiegel Online as the better bachelor. Janna Specken for T-online.de offers five reasons why Prince Charming is better than the Bachelor ; for her, Nicolas is the coolest Bachelor and she finds the candidates dazzlingly different and very entertaining. In Neon is judged the show was worth more than the bachelor and is the best dating format of all time. Alexander Krei from DWDL.de thinks the concept feels familiar and that is a good thing. The first gay dating show is ultimately nothing more than a dating show. “You can find it all terribly banal and predictable - or just get involved and have fun with the show. It also arises because the "Bachelor" -experienced makers of "Prince Charming" fortunately refrained from portraying the love between two men as something extraordinary. " Focus Online editor Tobias Suchanek explicitly writes as a straight man that this is for him Broadcast more than just entertainment, but almost like a documentary, because he is presented with a social scene with which he otherwise has nothing to do in life, and thus his horizons are broadened. For the gay and lesbian internet magazine queer.de , the show is surprisingly entertaining and perfect for binge watching on cold winter days; The selection of the prince and the candidates in particular receive praise.

In interviews, Puschmann reports positive feedback from viewers about the outing stories of the participants and about the fact that he lives out being gay in a normal way and shows how people dared to come out in their environment because of the show , or changed their negative attitude towards homosexuality to have.

Award

On January 16, 2020, it was announced that Prince Charming has been nominated for the 2020 Grimme Prize in the entertainment category; and on March 3, that the show was awarded next to Chez Krömer and Joko & Klaas Live - 15 minutes . It is the first dating show to receive a Grimme Prize. Prince Nicolas Puschmann, producer Nina Klink and executive producers Nora Kauven and Jan Grafe zu Baringdorf will be honored. The jury of experts justified their decision in favor of "Prince Charming" with the words: "Thanks to the impartiality that a format can only have in its debut season, unexpected moments of real feelings and real solidarity break through in 'Prince Charming'. " The show is "not only great, emotional television entertainment", but "also a new kind of fairy tale". Henning Tewes, co-managing director of the RTL streaming portal TVNOW, described the award as a "great accolade". It shows "that it was high time for the first gay dating show in Germany". Show producer Nina Klink was delighted that the show was allowed to "ensure more diversity in German entertainment".

On June 4th, 2020 it was announced that Prince Charming has been nominated for the German Television Award 2020 in the category "Best Entertainment Reality".

Audience numbers

The RTL media group did not publish any viewer numbers for the show, but described it as their most successful TVNOW reality original to date.

First season broadcast on VOX
episode date Total audience Target group 14 - 49 years source
Audience Market share Audience Market share
1 April 20, 2020 780,000 3.7% 490,000 7.5%
2 April 27, 2020 680,000 3.1% 460,000 6.8%
3 4th May 2020 740,000 3.4% 440,000 7.1%
4th May 11, 2020 670,000 3.1% 380,000 6.0%
5 May 18, 2020 640,000 3.5% 390,000 7.0%
6th May 25, 2020 590,000 2.9% 380,000 5.9%
7th June 1, 2020 430,000 1.9% 310,000 4.7%
8th June 8, 2020 635,000 2.9% 390,000 6.2%
9 470,000 3.7% 220,000 5.8%

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. Patrick Heidmann: "I think getting married is great" . In: taz . April 20, 2020. Accessed April 20, 2020.
  2. Cast & Crew at fernsehserien.de
  3. Talking is gay: "Prince Charming" starts gay podcast on AUDIONOW . In: RTL . December 19, 2019. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
  4. a b Prince Charming found for season 2 . In: queer.de . August 4, 2020. Accessed August 4, 2020.
  5. RTL video portal plans dating show for gays . In: queer.de . June 28, 2019. Accessed January 3, 2020.
  6. Love is love! Germany's first gay dating show "Prince Charming" from October 30th. weekly and exclusively at TVNOW . In: press portal . October 2, 2019. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
  7. Dominik Göttker: “Prince Charming” (TV NOW): THEREFORE RTL shows the gay Bachelor “only” online . In: The West . October 31, 2019. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
  8. Alexander Krei: TVNow wants to show attitude with the "Prince Charming" campaign . In: DWDL . October 22, 2019. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
  9. Vox will broadcast “Prince Charming” next year . In: queer.de . December 18, 2019. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
  10. Glenn Riedmeier: "Prince Charming": The date for the free TV premiere is fixed . In: TV wish list . March 3, 2020. Accessed March 3, 2020.
  11. Ralf Döbele: "Prince Charming": Early extension for the second season . In: fernsehserien.de . November 25, 2019. Retrieved January 3, 2020.
  12. Casting for the second season of "Prince Charming" . In: queer.de . January 31, 2020. Accessed January 31, 2020.
  13. "Prince Charming" - When does season 2 start? All information. . In: Promiwood . June 15, 2020. Accessed June 15, 2020.
  14. Anja Rützel: First bare bottom, later we cry . In: Spiegel Online . December 13, 2019. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
  15. Janna Specken: That's why "Prince Charming" is better than the "Bachelor" . In: t-online.de . October 31, 2019. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
  16. First gay dome show: "Prince Charming" is the best dating format of all time . In: Neon . November 7, 2019. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
  17. Andreas Krei: "Prince Charming": "Just call me a bitch!" . In: DWDL . October 30, 2019. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
  18. Tobias Suchanek: I'm straight - and “Prince Charming” brings me so much more than just entertainment . In: Focus Online . November 15, 2019. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
  19. Dennis Klein: "Prince Charming": Surprisingly entertaining . In: queer.de . December 19, 2019. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
  20. Sarah Kohlberger: "You don't have to be afraid of homosexuality" . In: Teleschau . April 17, 2020. Accessed April 17, 2020.
  21. Anja Rützel: The new prince role . In: Spiegel . April 20, 2020. Accessed April 20, 2020.
  22. "Prince Charming" nominated for Grimme Prize . In: queer.de . January 16, 2020. Accessed January 16, 2020.
  23. First Grimme Prize for dating format . In: zeit.de . March 3, 2020. Accessed March 3, 2020.
  24. Grimme Prize for Prince Charming . In: queer.de . March 3, 2020. Accessed March 3, 2020.
  25. ^ "Prince Charming" and "Queen of Drags" are fighting for the German Television Award . In: queer.de . June 5, 2020. Accessed June 5, 2020.
  26. Bernd Krannich: “Prince Charming” will soon also be on free TV . In: fernsehserien.de . December 18, 2019. Retrieved January 4, 2020.
  27. Prince Charming on www.quotenmeter.de , see quota check of the episodes
  28. "Prince Charming" starts with average ratings . In: queer.de . April 21, 2020. Accessed April 21, 2020.
  29. Manuel Weis: Losses: "First Dates Hotel" and "Prince Charming" are from viewers . In: quota meter . April 28, 2020. Accessed April 28, 2020.
  30. ^ Sidney Schering: "First Dates Hotel": The downward trend continues . In: quota meter . May 5, 2020. Accessed May 5, 2020.
  31. Manuel Weis: “First Dates Hotel” on the upswing, but behind “111” from Sat.1 . In: quota meter . May 12, 2020. Accessed May 12, 2020.
  32. Niklas Spitz: Doubled market share: surprise success for "Naked Attraction" . In: quota meter . May 19, 2020. Retrieved May 19, 2020.
  33. Niklas Spitz: "First Dates Hotel" says goodbye solidly . In: quota meter . May 26, 2020. Retrieved May 26, 2020.
  34. Manuel Weis: Didn't get a taste for it: "Laura & der Wendler" starts at a low level . In: quota meter . June 2, 2020. Accessed June 3, 2020.
  35. Manuel Weis: "Love Island" run comes very badly from the starting block . In: quota meter . June 9, 2020. Accessed June 9, 2020.