{"id":303347,"date":"2026-02-26T15:11:09","date_gmt":"2026-02-26T15:11:09","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/303347\/"},"modified":"2026-02-26T15:11:09","modified_gmt":"2026-02-26T15:11:09","slug":"fremantle-rolls-out-tv-game-show-hitster-from-the-hit-party-game","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/303347\/","title":{"rendered":"Fremantle Rolls Out TV Game Show ‘Hitster,’ From the Hit Party Game"},"content":{"rendered":"

\n\tFremantle<\/a>\u2019s is scaling \u201cHitster,\u201d scoring its first format sales on new music TV game show of the same title, based on the party game which has burst onto the scene, proving a top seller in Northern Europe, Spain and Canada.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe game also ranked in retailer charts over Christmas in the U.S. and U.K. \u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tIn the first global territory commissions, Amsterdam-based Blue Circle, a Fremantle company, and NewBe<\/a> will produce eight episodes for RTL4 in the Netherlands.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tHistoric German production powerhouse UFA, also part of Fremantle, is set to produce six episodes for RTL Deutschland. Meanwhile, in Canada, Attraction and Productions D\u00e9ferlantes will produce two seasons in collaboration with Quebecor Content.<\/p>\n

\n\tAfter Fremantle Australia and Amsterdam-based NewBe teamed to create the Netflix hit \u201cHeartbreak High\u201d reboot, Fremantle Netherlands and NewBe led the creative development of the \u201cHitster\u201d TV format together with Jumbo Group<\/a>. <\/p>\n

\n\tHolding international production and distribution rights, beyond announcing its first three territory orders, Fremantle has shared in exclusivity with Variety a brand new image from the set of \u201cHitster.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tInvented by Stockholm-based Markus Carleson, \u201cHitster\u201d was first played by Carleson at a dinner party in his kitchen on June 24, 2019.\u00a0 \u201cI had some colleagues over and I figured I needed some sort of dinner entertainment,\u201d Carleson has recalled.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cThis was a very competitive crowd so I figured I needed some sort of competitive element and why not combine that with music. But I needed it to be lightweight and very inclusive so instead of having to guess some facts about the song I decided to go with timeline mechanics,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\n\tThis spirit plays out in the studio-based TV show where two teams, pairing people\u00a0from different generations, compete hearing hit after hit to place the tracks in a chronological order. The first team with 10 tracks placed correctly on their timeline progresses to a prize money final.<\/p>\n

\n\tThe format plays off the \u201caddictive simplicity\u201d and \u201cinstant playability\u201d of the original game, \u201crewarding players\u2019 instinct over expertise,\u201d Fremantle said Thursday. \u201cTransforming music trivia and pop culture nostalgia into a high-energy game show,\u201d \u201cviewers are invited to join an irresistibly feel-good, play-along party, packed with legendary tracks and lively performances,\u201d \u201cdesigned to create big, shared reactions and joyful moments that spark personal stories and anecdotes.\u201d\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\tThe new \u201cHitster\u201d set photo indeed shows a studio bathed by warm orange lights, three contestants behind consoles clapping or dancing to a song, accompanied by two packed levels of audience members, who look to be doing very much the same.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201c\u2018Hitster\u2019 has already proven it can spark conversation and bring people together in their living rooms \u2013 and that\u2019s exactly what great entertainment does. It\u2019s a brilliantly social, instantly playable format that taps into nostalgia and music passion across generations,\u201d said Fremantle Director of Global Entertainment, Andrew Llinares.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cBuilding on our partnership with NewBe and Jumbo Group, with these first broadcast partners on board, there\u2019s real excitement around scaling the format internationally and bringing an instant party into homes around the world,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWhat started as a simple idea, bringing generations together through music, has grown into a global brand with real cultural impact. The TV adaptation captures the instinctive, feel-good energy that made the game a success, while amplifying the emotion and shared moments that music uniquely creates,\u201d noted Isa Lana, CMO at the Jumbo Group.\u00a0<\/p>\n

\n\t\u201cWith Jumbo Group, \u2018Hitster\u2019 became a worldwide hit, and that gave us a strong foundation to build from together with Fremantle,\u201d added Jeroen Koopman, NewBe founder & CEO. \u201cFrom the start, our creative focus was clear: preserve the heart and DNA of the brand, while translating it into a television format that feels true to the original game experience.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Fremantle\u2019s is scaling \u201cHitster,\u201d scoring its first format sales on new music TV game show of the same…\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":303348,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[29],"tags":[156,142069,166238,166239,160881,111,166240,139,69,437],"class_list":["post-303347","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-tv","tag-entertainment","tag-fremantle","tag-hipster","tag-jumbo-group","tag-london-tv-screenings","tag-new-zealand","tag-newbe","tag-newzealand","tag-nz","tag-tv"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303347","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=303347"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/303347\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/303348"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=303347"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=303347"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/nz\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=303347"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}