Montreal-based KO Distribution has announced format sales for its musical competition series, Zenith, in Spain, the U.K. and Australia.

Zenith is a weekly musical competition in which artists deliver performances of chart-toppers from various eras, and then face a karaoke-style performance without prior rehearsals. The series is original IP from parent company KOTV and launched on ICI Radio-Canada in January.

Spain’s Lavinia Audiovisual has picked up the rights for a local adaptation, with production beginning next fall. The prodco has previously adapted international formats such as the game shows Jeopardy! (TVE) and Joker (TVE), as well as the comedy format Roast (Comedy Central).

KO Distribution has also secured new format deals with Bandicoot in the U.K. and Eureka Productions in Australia.

The distributor had previously signed deals with Mediawan Prod for all European French-speaking territories; Tresor TV for several German speaking territories; Banijay Italia for Italy; and Mediawan Finland for Finland.

“Zenith is a great musical talent show that, with its approach, becomes a novel and original format with the ability to appeal to all audiences,” said Rubén Mayoral, chief content officer at Grupo Lavinia, in a statement. “Our goal now will be to produce an adaptation where we gather the best talent along with visually attractive staging similar to the Canadian version.”

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