19/12/2020 - 12:43 Lego masters france Lego news

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Already adapted in many countries, the LEGO Masters format finally arrives in France from December 23 at 21:05 p.m. on M6. For those who do not know the concept of this LEGO-style reality TV competition, it is a construction competition on imposed themes that brings together eight pairs, with a phased elimination to determine which duo of participants will pocket the € 20.000 promised to the winners. The adaptations of the format already broadcast in other countries have found their audience and having watched a few of them, I found it rather entertaining.

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The French version presented by Éric Antoine, magician and favorite of the moment at M6, therefore uses the mechanics and tests already seen in other adaptations of the show (collaborative construction of an amusement park, assembly of a bridge who must bear the heaviest possible load, etc ...) and a duo of judges decides at each stage of the fate of the different pairs.

For the French version of the program, the jury is made up of Georg schmitt, an entrepreneur who benefits from the certification LEGO Certified Professional (LCP) and Paulina Aubey, a visual artist who produces mosaics using LEGO bricks. The US version of the show had the right to a jury made up of Jamie Berard and Amy Corbett, two seasoned designers from Billund. I regret a little that the production of the French version did not call on French-speaking designers employed directly by the brand, the jury having full powers in this competition.

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As with the other adaptations of the format, the eight pairs of candidates in the running, presented as the crème de la crème of construction based on LEGO bricks in France, are identified by a nickname that allows them to forget their first names and find each other easily a champion according to his affinities with the theme displayed from the launch of the show.

The casting : "lovers"with Aurélien "PointBrick" and his companion, the "Belgian dads"with two MOCeurs in their forties,"crazy artists"with two young visual artists from the Fine Arts,"father and son"a duo that brings together the young Youtubeur Yann Graoully and his father, "brick geeks"a duo that brings together Guillaume "DisneyBrick" Roussel and his mate Loïc, "Parisian students"presented as the intellectuals of the competition with Maximilien MaximusBricks et Thibault "Barrelroll" stated, "the unknown"a duo formed by production with Johan "Legollywood" and a banker, and finally "the technician and the creative"a duo composed of David "Hand Solo", a boy who built himself a prosthetic arm from LEGO bricks and Sébastien "Sistebane", co-founder of the Power Brick association and editor of the French-speaking magazine Briques Mag.

The format of the show being archi-scripted, more than the elite of French-speaking LEGO, we find in fact more or less the same profiles of amateur duos or more experienced builders already present in all versions of the show. broadcast in other countries. I already have my little idea on the probable finalists and on the duo that will emerge victorious from the French version, but I'll let you make your predictions.

Even if the format of the show is very structured and that several of the pairs are probably only there to serve the rise to a final of technicians used to handling LEGO bricks, I hope that the editing of the different episodes does not won't overdramatize too much, M6 usually getting a ton of it with guys peeling carrots or baking cakes. In the end, whether the show is scripted and probably scripted until the final victory is not that big of a deal, if it's done well and it's both rhythmic and entertaining.

It now remains to verify that the various competing duos will be able to produce creations of the level of those seen in other variations of the LEGO Masters concept and that the suspense is maintained until the end so that this family entertainment manages to retain its loyalty. audience over the weeks and does not end on W9 at 23:00 p.m. from the second episode. And don't forget that this is only reality TV with a final cut on which the various candidates did not have a say.

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