This was actually touched upon in the Splatalot post but as it’s quiet I thought I’d give it a front page mention in case you missed it. Thanks to Dan Peake for discovering this: an entire episode of 17 Meter on Youtube. 17 Meter is the German version of The Whole 19 Yards, although more specifically this is the German version of the Austrian version of the format called Power Play. the whole thing is about 90 minutes long. Don’t worry, even though there are ten contestants they don’t play the same game nine times:
It actually features more different games in one episode than the entire series of TW19Y, but they lack TW19Y‘s sense of scale and ambition. Not bad though. They do appear to have nicked our scrolling marquees. In the advert for the Austrian version it looks like they have to build something 17 metres straight up, which is a nice twist.
The first episode was a HUGE hit on Pro7. Huge audience!! 😀
What was the ratings like?
I actually prefer this set to our version.
Having the audience seated at the end of the studio, rather than down the side makes the games area, more arenalike.