Sorry voor alles (English: Sorry about that) is a Belgian Dutch-language hidden camera game show.

Sorry voor alles
Also known asSorry About That
GenreHidden Camera Reality game show[1]
Created byKamiel De Bruyne
Presented byAdriaan Van den Hoof
Theme music composerDaniel Pemberton
Opening themeTake You Down
Country of originBelgium
Original languageDutch
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes13
Production
Running time60 minutes
Production companyWarner Bros. International Television Production
Original release
NetworkVRT
Release4 September 2016 (2016-09-04) –
14 January 2018 (2018-01-14)
Related
The Netherlands

Premiering 4 September 2016 on Eén, the series has been critically and commercially successful, with its first season having an average ratings share of 47%. In 2017, it won the International Emmy Award for Best Non-Scripted Entertainment, while its format has been sold to other countries.

Format

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With the help of their family, friends, and celebrities, am unsuspecting participant is set up in various unusual situations over a 30-day period by the programme's staff, captured via hidden cameras. Afterwards, the participant is brought onto a game show, where they learn that they had been set up, and can win prizes by answering questions pertaining to the events that had transpired.[2]

During the first segment, the contestant learns that a failed casting interview they had participated in for a different, fictitious programme had actually been used to collect information about how they behave in specific situations. This is followed by a segment where the contestant must answer questions whose answers had been disclosed at points during the period. In the next segment, a three-member panel predicts the contestant's actions during various humorous situations. The contestant is then challenged to correctly identify events that occurred during the period, mixed among those which did not. In the final round, the contestant is given a minute to answer true or false questions about the events.

Reception

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The show proved popular with audiences and was likened to The Truman Show; its debut attracted 1.2 million viewers, rising to 1.4 million by the sixth episode (half the TV watching population) and had an average market share of 47%.[3] and has been renewed for a second season.[4] It has also been awarded the New York Festival's Gold World Medal in the "Entertainment and Family Program" category and the Silver Intermedia Global Award at the World Media Festival in Hamburg, on 10 May 2017[5] The show also received the award for "Second Best Format" at the Eurovision Creative Forum in Berlin.[6]

At the 45th International Emmy Awards, Sorry voor alles won the award for Best Non-Scripted Entertainment.[7]

International versions

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A Dutch remake has been made for NPO 1 with Jan Smit as host.[8]

A German version has been produced for ZDF, hosted by Steven Gätjen.[9]

Country Name Host Network Date premiered
  Germany Sorry für alles Steven Gätjen ZDF 2019
  Netherlands Sorry voor alles Jan Smit NPO 1 2017

Awards

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Wins:

Nominations:

  • C21 International Format Awards 2018 - studio-based gameshow[12]
  • Rockie Awards - Reality[13]
  • Vlaamse Televisiester 2017 - Beste presentator & Beste Entertainment Locatie[14]

References

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  1. ^ "Delen Tweet Google+ Mail Eerste 'slachtoffer' Sorry voor Alles: opeens sta je in een tv-studio na megacomplot in je leven" [First 'victim' Sorry voor Alles: suddenly you are in a tv studio after a mega conspiracy in your live] (in Dutch). 4 September 2016. Retrieved 17 October 2016.
  2. ^ mtm. "Eerste 'slachtoffer' Sorry voor Alles: opeens sta je in een tv-studio na megacomplot in je leven". Gazet van Antwerpen (in Flemish). Retrieved 2017-08-06.
  3. ^ "The Truman Show, maar dan echt". NRC (in Dutch). Retrieved 2017-08-06.
  4. ^ Leur, Tom De. "Tweede seizoen 'Sorry voor Alles' op komst". De Standaard (in Flemish). Retrieved 2017-08-06.
  5. ^ a b ""Sorry voor alles" wint goud en zilver op internationale festivals". deredactie.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 2017-08-06.
  6. ^ a b (EBU), European Broadcasting Union (19 September 2017). "EBU - Creative Forum 2017". www.ebu.ch. Retrieved 2017-10-09.
  7. ^ "Flemish broadcast "Sorry voor alles" awarded International Emmy". The Brussels Times. 2017-11-21. Retrieved 2019-10-12.
  8. ^ "Cookies op AD.nl | AD.nl". www.ad.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 2018-03-28.
  9. ^ ""Sorry für alles": Steven Gätjen präsentiert die neue Show im ZDF". ZDF (in German). Retrieved 2019-07-17.
  10. ^ NWS, VRT (2017-11-21). ""Sorry voor alles" wint internationale Emmy Award". vrtnws.be (in Dutch). Retrieved 2019-10-29.
  11. ^ "VRT programmes win Golden Rose awards in Berlin". 14 September 2018.
  12. ^ "Sorry About That". C21media. Retrieved 2018-04-08.
  13. ^ "Rockie Awards ★". rockieawards.brunico.com. Retrieved 2018-04-08.
  14. ^ "Vlaamse Televisiesterren: Vier pakt meer nominaties dan VTM". 2017-05-15. Retrieved 2018-04-08.