Lego Masters


Lego Masters is a reality show in which teams compete to build the best Lego project. The origin of the show is in Great Britain in 2017, and has been expanded to several more countries.
Lego Masters is a format jointly owned by The Lego Group and Endemol Shine Group.

Editions

Great Britain

Germany

Lego Masters Germany was broadcast by RTL. 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 2-3 hour challenge, one of the teams dropped out and the other three competed in the second 6-10 hour challenge for the win in the episode.
The series was presented by German presenter Oliver Geissen. Judges were senior Lego developer Juliane Aufdembrink and designprofessor Paolo Tumminelli..
Every episode another German TV personality announced the challenges and assisted the judges: comedian Lutz van der Horst, football personality Reiner Calmund and dancer Joachim Llambi.
Contestants include notable 'LEGO Community' members such as Christoph Helfenbein from Lego-website , Claus-Marc Hahn from , Johann Irl and Roland Bachmaier from and father and son Wolfgang and Marcel Diaz from YouTube channel Spacebricks. One of the competing duos was from german-speaking Austria.
In January 2020 the casting for the second season started.

Australia

An Australian series was commissioned in July 2018 by the Nine Network, and officially confirmed at Nine’s Upfronts in October 2018, also announcing the series would be hosted by Hamish Blake and judged by Ryan "The Brickman" McNaught. Auditions opened in June 2018, and Season 1 was screened on the Nine network from 28 April to 14 May 2019. Season 2 is currently airing after Season 1 being a huge ratings success with post-production currently in progress.

The Netherlands and Belgium

A :nl:LEGO Masters NL/BE|Dutch version of Lego Masters with participants from The Netherlands and Belgium premiered 11 April 2020 on RTL4 in The Netherlands and on VTM in Belgium.
The series is presented by the Dutch Ruben Nicolai and Belgian Kürt Rogiers. The judge is senior Lego developer Bas Brederode, who is originally from the Netherlands but currently lives in Billund, Denmark with his family.

United States

An American version of the show is made for Fox by Fox Alternative Entertainment. It premiered February 5, 2020, and is hosted by actor Will Arnett, who also serves as executive producer. The judges, “brickmasters”, were Amy Corbett and Jamie Berard. Contestants include notable 'LEGO Community' members Iceberg Bricks and Boone Langston, both of whom established a fanbase online prior to being cast in the show. A second season has been ordered by Fox.

Sweden

A Swedish 2020 version of the program will be broadcast on tv4.

Colombia

A Colombian 2021 version of Lego Masters with participants from Colombia is being prepared by RCN Televisión.

Chile

A Chilean 2021 version of Lego Masters with participants from Chile is being prepared by Chilevisión.

Poland

A Polish version of the show is heading to TVN in 2020.