Syfy has picked up a brand new unscripted reality competition series called Opposite Worlds. Banjay International is distributing the series and former NBC reality chief and executive producer Craig Plestis is executive producing. The show will follow a group of contestants competing to prove they can survive in simulations of the “past” and the “future.” If it sounds weird you are definitely not alone in thinking so, but there’s no reason Opposite Worlds could not work.
In fact, the upcoming Syfy program is based on a Chilean series of the same name. Syfy is hoping what worked in Chile will work here, and has signed on for the 12-episode series, which will air on the cable network twice a week over six weeks. According to Deadline, the show will follow twenty contestants as they complete to reside in the “future,” where life is easy, or the “past,” where life is a survivor’s game. Eventually, the cast will be narrowed down until a cash prize can be distributed.
Opposite Worlds won’t be Syfy’s first attempt at recreating a popular competition series from another country. Syfy has also signed on for a second season of Total Blackout, a game show which features blindfolded contestants guessing on products that initially aired in Denmark. While Total Blackout is a pretty straightforward program, Opposite Worlds seems like a far more complicated competition series. I’m not sure how the whole “future” and “past” worlds thing will play out, but the show sounds intriguing and it could nab the audience Syfy sorely needs.
