| LEGO Masters | |
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| Original work | Lego Masters (British TV series) |
| Owners | The Lego Group Banijay Entertainment |
| Years | 2017–present |
| Films and television | |
| Television series | Lego Masters (seeinternational versions) |
| Miscellaneous | |
| Genre | Reality television |
| First aired | 24 July 2017 (2017-07-24) |
| Distributor | Banijay Rights[1] Tuesday's Child |
Lego Masters is an international reality television show in which teams compete to build the bestLego project, based on the British seriesof that name, which premiered in 2017. Many other countries adapted the format and began airing their own versions starting in 2018. As of 2020, the format is jointly owned byTuesday's Child,The Lego Group andBanijay.[citation needed]
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As of June 2022, 42 winners have been crowned within different versions ofLego Masters.
| Country/Region | Title | Network | Seasons and winners | Cash Prize | Presenter(s) | Judge(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
 Australia | Lego Masters | Nine Network |
| A$100,000 (1-3, 5, 6) A$100,050 (4) | Hamish Blake | |
| Lego Masters [nl] |  VTM RTL4 |
| €25,000 | Ruben Nicolai & Kürt Rogiers (1-2, 4) Jamai Loman & Andy Peelman (3-) |
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| Lego Masters [sk] |  TV Nova Markíza |
| €20,000 | Matouš Ruml & Eva Kramerová |
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 France | Lego Masters | M6 |
| €20,000 | Éric Antoine |
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 Finland | Lego Masters [fi] | MTV3 (1-2) Ruutu (3) |
| €10,000 | Jaakko Saariluoma (1-2) Christoffer Strandberg (3) |
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 Germany | Lego Masters [de] | RTL |
| €25,000 | Daniel Hartwich |
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 Hungary | Lego Masters [hu] | RTL |
| 10,000,000 Ft | Péter Puskás-Dallos (1) Dávid Miller (2-) |
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 Japan | Lego Masters | TBS |
| ? | Takahiro Inoue &Kanako Momota |
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 Mexico | Lego Masters: México | TV Azteca |
| MX$2'000.000 | Mauricio Islas |
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 New Zealand | Lego Masters NZ | TVNZ |
| NZ$25,000Warehouse voucher plus 2 cars (Fiat 500 Lounge) | Dai Henwood |
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 Norway | Lego Masters Norge | TV 2 |
| kr 500,000 | Erik Solbakken |
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 Denmark | Lego Masters Denmark | TV2 |
| None | Victor Lander |
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 Poland | Lego Masters [pl] | TVN |
| PLN 100,000 | Marcin Prokop |
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 South Korea | Blockbuster: Genius Brick Battle [ko] | MBC |
| ₩30,000,000 | Noh Hong-chul |
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 Spain | Lego Masters [es] | Antena 3 |
| €50,000 | Roberto Leal |
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 Sweden | Lego Masters Sverige | TV4 |
| ? | Mauri Hermundsson |
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 United Kingdom | Lego Masters | Channel 4 |
| None | Melvin Odoom (1-2) Nish Kumar (Christmas Special 2022) |
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 United States | Lego Masters | Fox |
| US$100,000 | Will Arnett (1-5) Nick Cannon (6) |
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| Lego Masters: Celebrity Holiday Bricktacular |
| TBA | Will Arnett | |||
| Lego Masters Jr. |
| Kelly Osbourne |
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Lego Masters Germany was broadcast byRTL.[5] 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.[a]
The series was presented by GermanpresenterOliver Geissen.[5] Judges were senior Lego developer Juliane Aufdembrink and design professor Paolo Tumminelli.[6][7]
Every episode another German TV personality announced the challenges and assisted the judges:[8]comedianLutz van der Horst in episode 1,[9]football personalityReiner Calmund in episodes 2 and 3[10] anddancer Joachim Llambi in episode 4.[5]
Contestants include notable 'LEGO Community' members such as Christoph Helfenbein from Lego websitewww.imperiumdersteine.de, Claus-Marc Hahn fromwww.brickscreations.com, Johann Irl and Roland Bachmaier fromHappy BrixxArchived 4 August 2018 at theWayback Machine and father and son Wolfgang and Marcel Diaz from YouTube channel Spacebricks.[10][11][12]
In January 2020 the casting for the second season started.[13] It had new judges and a new presenter.[13] There were 4 normal seasons and 2 "Winter champion" seasons.
AnAustralian series was commissioned in July 2018 by theNine Network,[14][15] and officially confirmed at Nine's Upfronts in October 2018, also announcing the series would be hosted byHamish Blake and judged byRyan "The Brickman" McNaught.[16][17] 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 filmed later in 2019 and set to air in 2020.[18][19] On 16 October 2019, the second season was officially confirmed at Nine's upfronts.[20] The second season began airing on 19 April 2020 and ended on 18 May 2020.[21]
On 16 September 2020, the series was renewed for a third season[22][23] which began airing on 19 April 2021 and ended on 17 May 2021. In April 2021, Nine Network renewed the series for a fourth and fifth season with Blake returning as host for both.[24][25][26]. The show was once again renewed for a 6th season, with Blake and McNaught continuing in their roles as host and judge.
ADutch version (nl) of Lego Masters with participants fromNetherlands andBelgium premiered 11 April 2020 onRTL4 in The Netherlands and onVTM in Belgium.[27]The series is presented by the DutchRuben Nicolai and Belgian Kürt Rogiers (nl). The judge is senior Lego developerBas Brederode, who is originally from the Netherlands but currently lives inBillund, Denmark with his family.
On 26 December 2020 a stand-alone Christmas special was broadcast by RTL4 with teams of Dutch celebrities competing for the title ofLego Masters Kerst as well as to raise money for charity Het Vergeten Kind.
In 2021, a second season aired with senior Lego developer Jonathan Bennink as the new Brickmaster.[28] Both Nikolai and Rogiers returned as hosts.
On 15 May 2021 RTL4 aired another special, this time with teams of kids between 7 and 12 years old trying to win the title ofLego Masters Kids and a year of free Lego from a toy store.
In 2022 a third season aired, with new Brickmaster Esmee Kuenen, Senior Element Designer at Lego, and new hosts: the DutchJamai Loman and Belgian Andy Peelman (nl).[29]
ANew Zealand version of the show has aired in 2022 onTVNZ.[30] A second season premiered in April 2023.
AnAmerican version of the show is made forFox.[31] The show premiered 5 February 2020,[32] and is hosted by actorWill Arnett, who also serves as executive producer. The judges, "brickmasters", wereAmy 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.[33] A second season premiered in June 2021.[34] A third season premiered in September 2022.
AChinese version of the show is set to be produced by Long Qing Media forShenzhen TV.[35]
AFrench version of the show started onM6 on 23 December 2020.[citation needed]
ASwedish version of the program was broadcast in 2020 onTV4. A second season started airing in 2021.[citation needed]
ASpanish version of the show was produced by Shine Iberia forAtresmedia with hostRoberto Leal.[36] It premiered on 15 December 2021, but due to poor ratings in its first two weeks, Antena 3 burned off its last three episodes on 29 December.[37]
Polish version of the show, calledLego Masters, started to air in 2020.[38]
ANorwegian version of the show, calledLego Masters Norge, started to air onTV 2 on 15 October 2021.
ADanish version of Lego Masters was broadcast onTV 2 during spring 2021 with hostVictor Lander.Unlike other editions of the program, the Danish version offered no cash prize. Instead, the three builds from the show's freestyle finale were exhibited inLego House, Denmark. And the winners were built and exhibited as miniland figures in Legoland in Billund.
The show featured judge Søren Dyrhøj, a renowned Lego employee famous among Lego enthusiasts for designing several classic Star Wars sets including the Y-wing Star Fighter, The Death Star, and the Millennium Falcon.
Additionally, a 2-episode Christmas and New Year's special featuring five of the participants from season one, each paired with a Danish celebrity, aired in December 2021.[39]
A second season began airing on 3 September 2022.
ACzech andSlovak version of Lego Masters with participants from theCzech Republic andSlovakia is being prepared byTV Nova andTV Markíza. The show will be aired on 5 June 2022, on the Czech TV Nova and Slovak TV Markíza, and on 29 May 2022, on the Voyo.cz and Voyo.skVOD platforms.[40][41]
