Prince Charming (German TV series)

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Prince Charming
GenreDating game show
Presented by
Starring
  • Prince Charming:
  • Nicolas Puschmann (1)
  • Alexander Schäfer (2)
  • Kim Tränka (3)
Narrated byThorsten Schorn
Opening theme"Gotta Let Go" - Hypanda, IA
Country of originGermany
Original languageGerman
No. of seasons3
No. of episodes29
Production
Running time75-80 Minutes
Production companySeapoint Productions GmbH & Co. KG
Release
Original networkTVNOW (stream)
VOX (television)
Original releaseTVNOW
October 30, 2019 (2019-10-30) – present
VOX
April 20, 2020 (2020-04-20) –
present
External links
Website

Prince Charming is a German reality dating show that premiered on October 30, 2019 streaming on premium sector of TVNOW and began airing on April 20, 2020 on television on VOX.[1][2] The concept of the show is modeled after Der Bachelor, but with gay men and instead of having a rose ceremony, it features a black tie ceremony.[3]

The second season began streaming on October 12, 2020 on TVNOW and began airing on television on October 19, 2020 on VOX. On November 23, 2020, the show was extended for a third season, which began streaming on August 17, 2021 on TVNOW. The show was renewed for a fourth season in October of the same year.[4]

It was announced that Princess Charming, with lesbian women, will begin streaming on TVNOW in 2021.[5]

Production[]

RTL announced a gay dating show for the first time in late June 2019 and called for application as a candidate.[6] On October 2, 2019, it was announced that Prince Charming will be on display from October 30, 2019 to TVNOW. Nicolas Puschmann was also named as the first Prince.[7] Janine Jannes, communications manager at TVNOW, said that Prince Charming was planned as a TVNOW original from the start.[8] As of October 21 launched a TVNOW designed by BDA Creative marketing campaign with teaser videos in which terms such as dating, love, romance were called gay (Example sentence: "Dating is gay"). Thomas Huber, Marketing Director at Mediengruppe RTL Deutschland explains this use of the word as follows: "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."[9]

From October 30 to December 18, 2019, 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 29, 2019, which TVNOW called "Black FriGay", the first five episodes that had been released by then could be seen free of charge. When the final of the first season was published, RTL Group announced that the show will broadcast on 2020 in the free-TV from VOX.[10] Following the announcement of the Grimmprice-award on March 3, the RTL media group announced the date for the free TV premiere: the first season will begin airing on April 20, 2020 every Mondays at 10:15 p.m..[11]

With the Black FriGay event, the extension for a second season was announced.[12] On January 31, 2020, the production company Seapoint called on to apply as a candidate for the second season.[13] The second season should be rotated for publication on TVNOW in July, as evidenced by the first in late April 2020 COVID-19 pandemic was not possible. Production by Seapoint then took place in August.[14] On August 4, the 29-year-old marketing manager Alexander Schäfer from Frankfurt am Main was announced as the new Prince.[15] He should have only been a candidate in April.[16] On October 1, 2020 was announced, that from October 12, 2020 would publish on TVNOW and from October 26, 2020 would broadcast on VOX.[17] The Black FriGay for the second season took place on November 27, 2020.

On November 23, 2020, the show was extended for a third season, for which the casting began.[18]

Format[]

Prince Charming is the first international branch of the United States mission Finding Prince Charming from the year 2016. Both are a version of the Bachelor-Formats with a gay man as Prince, the basis of group and individual dates attempts among the candidates love to Find. For the sorting out of candidates there is the Bachelor- "Night of the Roses" a so-called "Gentlemen's Night" with black ties instead of flowers. In the first, the candidates who are allowed to stay receive ties; In the following nights, the leaving candidates must return their ties, while the remaining candidates may keep their ties or be asked if they would like to keep them on.

Seasons[]

Season Original run Prince Winner Runner-up Still together Relationship notes
TVNOW VOX
1 October 30–December 18, 2019 April 20–June 8, 2020 Nicolas Puschmann Lars Tönsfeuerborn Dominic Smith Yes In the reunion, Puschmann and Tönsfeuerborn announced that they are still a couple and will move in together. On November 2020, Puschmann and Tönsfeuerborn broke up. On January 2021, announced that they gave to their relationship a second chance.
2 October 12,–December 14, 2020 October 26,–December 21, 2020 Alexander Schäfer Lauritz Hofmann Vincent No Schäfer and Hofmann didn't become a couple, after filming the final.
3 August 17,–October 19, 2021 TBA Kim Tränka Maurice Schmitz Robin Solf Yes Tränka and Schmitz were still together as of the reunion episode in October 2021.
4 TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA TBA

Reception[]

Critical reception[]

Prince Charming was received positively in the criticism and compared to Bachelor-formats as better. Thus Prince Nicolas Puschmann referred by Anja Rützel to Spiegel Online as the better bachelor (prince).[19] Janna Specken for T-online.de offers five reasons why Prince Charming is better than the Bachelor; for her, Puschmann is the coolest Bachelor (Prince) and she finds the candidates dazzlingly different and very entertaining.[20] In Neon is judged the show was worth more than the bachelor and is the best dating format of all time.[21] Alexander Krei from DWDL.de thinks that the concept feels familiar and that it is a good thing. The first gay dating show is ultimately nothing more than a dating show. “You can find it all terribly mundane and predictable - or just get involved and have fun with the show. This also arises because the "Bachelor" -experienced makers of "Prince Charming" fortunately refrained from portraying the love between two men as something extraordinary."[22] Focus Online editor Tobias Suchanek writes explicitly as a straight man, for him the show is more than just entertainment, it is 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.[23] 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.[24]

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 and shows how people dared to come out in their environment because of the show,[25] or others who rejected them have changed attitudes towards homosexuality.[26]

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.[27]

Awards and nominations[]

Year Award Category Nominee Result Ref
2020 Grimme-Preis 2020 Entertainment Nicolas Puschmann (protagonist), Nina Klink (production), Jan Graefe zu Baringdorf & Nora Kauven (executive producer) Won [28]
Deutscher Fernsehpreis Best Entertainment Reality Prince Charming Nominated [29]

References[]

  1. ^ Döbele, Ralf (October 2, 2019). "„Prince Charming": Deutschlands erste Gay-Dating-Show". fernsehserien.de (in German).
  2. ^ Riedmeier, Glenn (March 3, 2020). "„Prince Charming": Termin für Free-TV-Premiere steht fest". fernsehserien.de (in German).
  3. ^ Krannich, Bernd (June 27, 2019). "TVNOW Programmhighlights 2019/20: „Local Hero" investiert weiter in exklusive Inhalte". fernsehserien.de (in German).
  4. ^ ""Prince Charming" erhält vierte Staffel". Queer.de. 2021-10-05.
  5. ^ ""Princess Charming" kommt - RTL startet lesbische Datingshow". stern.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-02-03.
  6. ^ "RTL-Videoportal plant Datingshow für Schwule". queer.de (in German). June 28, 2019.
  7. ^ "Liebe ist Liebe! Deutschlands erste Gay-Dating-Show "Prince Charming" ab 30.10. wöchentlich und exklusiv bei TVNOW". Presseportal (in German). October 2, 2019.
  8. ^ ""Prince Charming" (TV NOW): DESHALB zeigt RTL den schwulen Bachelor "nur" online". derwesten.de (in German). October 30, 2019.
  9. ^ "TVNow will mit "Prince Charming"-Kampagne Haltung zeigen". dwdl.de (in German). October 22, 2019.
  10. ^ "Vox strahlt kommendes Jahr "Prince Charming" aus". queer.de (in German). December 18, 2019.
  11. ^ ""Prince Charming": Termin für Free-TV-Premiere steht fest". wunschliste.de (in German). March 3, 2019.
  12. ^ "„Prince Charming": Frühzeitige Verlängerung für zweite Staffel". fernsehserien.de (in German). November 25, 2019.
  13. ^ "Casting für zweite Staffel von "Prince Charming"". queer.de (in German). January 31, 2020.
  14. ^ ""Prince Charming" – Wann startet Staffel 2? Alle Infos". promiwood.de (in German). June 15, 2020.
  15. ^ "Prince Charming für Staffel 2 gefunden". queer.de (in German). August 4, 2020.
  16. ^ "Exklusiv: Prince Charming Alexander Schäfer war nur zweite Wahl! Er war bereits Kandidat!". promiwood.de (in German). November 2, 2020.
  17. ^ "Zweite "Prince Charming"-Staffel kommt schnell zu Vox". dwdl.de (in German). October 1, 2020.
  18. ^ ""Prince Charming" erhält dritte Staffel". queer.de (in German). November 23, 2020.
  19. ^ Anja Rützel (2019-12-13). "Erst nackter Hintern, später wird geweint". Spiegel Online. Retrieved 2020-01-04.
  20. ^ Janna Specken (2019-10-31). "Darum ist "Prince Charming" besser als der "Bachelor"". t-online.de. Retrieved 2020-01-04.
  21. ^ "Erste schwule Kuppelshow: "Prince Charming" ist das beste Datingformat aller Zeiten". Neon. 2019-11-07. Retrieved 2020-01-04.
  22. ^ ""Prince Charming": "Nennt die Fotze mich einfach Schlampe!"". dwdl.de. October 30, 2019.
  23. ^ "Ich bin hetero – und mir bringt „Prince Charming" so viel mehr als nur Unterhaltung". focus.de. November 15, 2019.
  24. ^ ""Prince Charming": Überraschend unterhaltsam". queer.de. December 19, 2019.
  25. ^ ""Man muss vor Homosexualität keine Angst haben"". showcase.teleschau.de. April 17, 2020.
  26. ^ "Die neue Prinzenrolle". spiegel.de. April 20, 2020.
  27. ^ ""Prince Charming" läuft bald auch im Free-TV". fernsehserien.de. December 18, 2019.
  28. ^ ""Prince Charming" für Grimme-Preis nominiert". queer.de. January 16, 2020.
  29. ^ ""Prince Charming" und "Queen of Drags" kämpfen um den Deutschen Fernsehpreis". queer.de. June 5, 2020.

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