Prince Charming (German TV series)

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]

Prince Charming
GenreDating game show
Presented byAngela Finger-Erben
StarringNicolas Puschmann (1)
Alexander Schäfer (2)
Narrated byThorsten Schorn
Opening theme"Gotta Let Go" - Hypanda, IA
Country of originGermany
Original languageGerman
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes19
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

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, for which the casting began.

It was announced that Princess Charming, with lesbian women, will begin streaming on TVNOW in 2021.[4]

Production

RTL announced a gay dating show for the first time in late June 2019 and called for application as a candidate.[5] 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.[6]

In the final of the first season, RTL Group announced that the show will broadcast on 2020 in the free-TV from VOX.[7] 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..[8]

On January 31, 2020, the production company Seapoint called on to apply as a candidate for the second season.[9]

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.

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).[10] 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.[11] In Neon is judged the show was worth more than the bachelor and is the best dating format of all time.[12]

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. ""Princess Charming" kommt - RTL startet lesbische Datingshow". stern.de (in German). Retrieved 2021-02-03.
  5. "RTL-Videoportal plant Datingshow für Schwule". queer.de (in German). June 28, 2019.
  6. "Liebe ist Liebe! Deutschlands erste Gay-Dating-Show "Prince Charming" ab 30.10. wöchentlich und exklusiv bei TVNOW". Presseportal (in German). October 2, 2019.
  7. "Vox strahlt kommendes Jahr "Prince Charming" aus". queer.de (in German). December 18, 2019.
  8. ""Prince Charming": Termin für Free-TV-Premiere steht fest". wunschliste.de (in German). March 3, 2019.
  9. "Casting für zweite Staffel von "Prince Charming"". queer.de (in German). January 31, 2020.
  10. Anja Rützel (2019-12-13). "Erst nackter Hintern, später wird geweint". Spiegel Online. Retrieved 2020-01-04.
  11. Janna Specken (2019-10-31). "Darum ist "Prince Charming" besser als der "Bachelor"". t-online.de. Retrieved 2020-01-04.
  12. "Erste schwule Kuppelshow: "Prince Charming" ist das beste Datingformat aller Zeiten". Neon. 2019-11-07. Retrieved 2020-01-04.
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