Vivendi Entertainment announced that its format Facing the Classroom is being adapted in Poland. VE has teamed up with Adiacor which is producing a pilot for an unnamed channel.

In Lebanon, IPROD is producing a 10 episode series that launched on February 25 in primetime on MTV Lebanon, up to the general elections. The format is also under development with several producers locally: Flemish speaking Belgium (Banijay), Finland and Sweden (Warner), Germany (RedSeven), Israel (Gil Prod), Italy (EndemolShine Italia) and in Mexico.

This new commission follows the successful adaptation of the format which aired in New Zealand last September on TVNZ 1: two primetime episodes that won their nights with 23% and 25% of market share on 5+, respectively. In France, and after massive ratings last Spring (+214% on 15-34 and +170% on Women < 50 vs. slot average) with the presidential candidates (including Emmanuel Macron), C8 has aired 2 additional primetimes in November and February, extending the scope of the format greatly as for the first time, an A List celebrity appears in each special mixed among 2 political figures.

Facing the Classroom was also adapted in Belgium for public broadcaster RTBF in 2016 as a 6 time one-hour weekly series and won an award from the EBU.