Lego Masters

Lego Masters is an international reality television show of British origin in which teams compete to build the best Lego project. It is based on the reality Lego building competition Lego Masters UK. Many other countries have adapted the format and begun airing their own versions since 2018. As of 2020, the format is jointly owned by Tuesday's Child, The Lego Group and Endemol Shine Group.

Lego Masters
Original work
Owned byThe Lego Group
Endemol Shine Group
Films and television
Television seriesLego Masters (see international versions)
Miscellaneous
First aired24 July 2017 (2017-07-24)
DistributorEndemol Shine Group and Tuesday's Child

Editions

Great Britain
Main article: Lego Masters (British TV series)

Germany

Lego Masters Germany was broadcast by RTL.[1] The first season premiered sunday 18 November 2018 and ended sunday 9 December 2018. In each of the four stand-alone episodes, four duos competed. Each episode included two challenges. After the first (unplanned) 2-3 hour challenge, one of the teams dropped out and the other three competed in the second (planned) 6-10 hour challenge for the win in the episode.[lower-alpha 1]
The series was presented by German presenter Oliver Geissen.[2] Judges were senior Lego developer Juliane Aufdembrink and designprofessor Paolo Tumminelli.[3][4].
Every episode another German TV personality announced the challenges and assisted the judges:[5] comedian Lutz van der Horst,[6] football personality Reiner Calmund[7] and dancer Joachim Llambi.[2]
Contestants include notable 'LEGO Community' members such as Christoph Helfenbein from Lego-website www.imperiumdersteine.de, Claus-Marc Hahn from www.brickscreations.com, Johann Irl and Roland Bachmaier from Happy Brixx and father and son Wolfgang and Marcel Diaz from YouTube channel Spacebricks.[7][8][9] One of the competing duos was from german-speaking Austria.[10]

In January 2020 the casting for the second season started.[11]

Australia
Main article: Lego Masters (Australian TV series)

An Australian series was commissioned in July 2018 by the Nine Network,[12][13] and officially confirmed at Nine’s Upfronts in October 2018, also announcing the series would be hosted by Hamish Blake and judged by Ryan "The Brickman" McNaught.[14][15] Auditions opened in June 2018, and Season 1 was screened on the Nine network from 28 April to 14 May 2019. Due to the success of the series, In May 2019 the series was renewed for a second season which will film later in 2019 set to air in 2020.[16][17] On 16 October 2019, the second season was officially confirmed at Nine's upfronts.[18] The second season began airing on 19 April 2020 and ended on 18 May 2020.[19]

The Netherlands and Belgium
Main article: nl:LEGO Masters NL/BE

A Dutch version(nl) of Lego Masters with participants from The Netherlands and Belgium premiered 11 April 2020 on RTL4 in The Netherlands and on VTM in Belgium.[20] The series is presented by the Dutch Ruben Nicolai and Belgian Kürt Rogiers. The judge is senior Lego developer Bas Brederode, who is originally from the Netherlands but currently lives in Billund, Denmark with his family.

On 26 December 2020 a stand alone Christmas special was broadcast with well known Dutch people as builders.

United States
Main article: Lego Masters (American TV series)

An American version of the show is made for Fox.[21] The show premiered February 5, 2020,[22] and is hosted by actor Will Arnett, who also serves as executive producer. The judges, “brickmasters”, were Amy Corbett and Jamie Berard. Contestants include notable 'LEGO Community' members Iceberg Bricks and Boone Langston (from Beyond the Brick), both of whom established a fanbase online prior to being cast in the show. [23] A second season has been ordered by Fox.[24]

France
Main article: fr:Lego Masters

A French version of the show started to M6 on December 23, 2020.

Sweden
Main article: Lego Masters (Swedish season 1)

A Swedish 2020 version of the program will be broadcast on tv4.

Colombia

A Colombian 2022 version of Lego Masters with participants from Colombia is being prepared by RCN Televisión.

Chile

A Chilean 2022 version of Lego Masters with participants from Chile is being prepared by Chilevisión.

Poland

The first edition of Polish version of the show started on November 14, 2020 TVN and is going to count 6 episodes.

Denmark

A Danish version of the show is heading to TV2 in 2021. It will be produced by Metronome.

References
  1. RTL.de, LEGO Master - Bastelspaß für die ganze Familie
  2. RTL.de, 25-10-2018, LEGO Master - Bastelspaß für die ganze Familie, bezocht 29-4-2020
  3. Alain Elkann Interviews, 4 mrt 2018 Paolo Tummelini, a Milanese architect specialising in automobile culture who wrote a trilogy “Car Design”
  4. Presse Augsburg,-18-11-2018, TV-Tipp: An die Steine, fertig, los: RTL startet „LEGO Master“, bezocht 29-4-2020
  5. YouTube, Interview mit Teilnemer Wolfgang und Marcel
  6. DWDL.de, 18-11-2018, Alexander Krei, “Lego Master: RTL zeigt sein freundliches Gesicht”, bezocht 29-4-2020
  7. Imperium der Steine, LEGO Master Folge 2 - ich bin dabei!, p1
  8. Imperium der Steine, LEGO Master Folge 2 - ich bin dabei!, p2
  9. Youtube kanal Mediatheke, 15 dec. 2018, So war es bei LEGO MASTER
  10. IP.at, Lego Master ab 18. November bei RTL. Neue Sendung für die ganze Familie, bezocht 29-4-2020
  11. Promobricks.de, 18 Jan 2020, LEGO Masters Deutschland 2020: Casting gestartet
  12. Knox, David (3 July 2018). "LEGO Masters confirmed for Nine". TV Tonight. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  13. "Nine Commissions Lego Masters For Australia". nineentertainmentco.com.au. 3 July 2018. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  14. Knox, David (17 October 2018). "Upfronts 2019: Nine: SeaChange, Australian Open, Lego Masters, Bad Mothers". TV Tonight. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  15. "Nine 2019 Upfront: Lego Masters Provides Point Of Difference To Nine's Other Consistent Reality Formats". nineentertainmentco.com.au. Retrieved 16 April 2019.
  16. Blackiston, Hannah (13 May 2019). "Nine renews Lego Masters for a second season". Mumbrella. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  17. "Apply to be part of Lego Masters second season". Nine. 13 May 2019. Retrieved 14 May 2019.
  18. Knox, David (16 October 2019). "Upfronts 2020: Nine: Informer 3838, Halifax, returning reality juggernauts". TV Tonight. Retrieved 17 October 2019.
  19. Knox, David (31 March 2020). "Returning: Lego Masters". TV Tonight. Retrieved 31 March 2020.
  20. "RTL looking for Lego Masters 2020 participants". www.rtl.nl. Retrieved 14 November 2019.
  21. Goldberg, Lesley (18 July 2019). "'Lego Masters' Competition Series Produced by Brad Pitt a Go at Fox (Exclusive)". The Hollywood Reporter. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
  22. Ausiello, Michael (24 October 2019). "Fox Unveils Midseason 2020 Schedule: Last Man Standing's XL Return, 9-1-1 Spinoff's Multi-Night Launch and More". TVLine.
  23. Thorne, Will (30 October 2019). "Will Arnett to Host 'Lego Masters' Competition Series on Fox". Variety.
  24. White, Peter (6 May 2020). "'Lego Masters': Fox Eyes Midseason Return For Will Arnett-Hosted Competition Format". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved 6 May 2020.

Notes
  1. In the German series every episode four different teams competed. Each team participated in only one episode, so during the series a total of 16 teams participated. Every episode one of the teams won the title of “Lego-master”.
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