M6 builds its own Bridge with Endemol Shine

Zeppelin’s The Bridge originally aired on Movistar+’s #0

M6 in France has ordered a local version of a Spanish adventure-reality format, marking the format’s first European deal.

The Bridge was created by Zeppelin, an Endemol Shine Iberia company, for Movistar+’s channel #0, which airs it as El Puente.

The first season aired in 2017 and has been commissioned for a second run, which was filmed in Vietnam recently and is set to air in September. Endemol Shine France will create the new version for M6.

The format brings together a group of strangers and challenges them to build a bridge to an island 300m away in just 30 days.

If they are successful, each contestant must vote on who deserves to receive the life-changing treasure that is kept there. The person with the most votes must then decide whether to keep it for themselves or share it among the group.

Movistar greenlit The Bridge in Spain in April.