CEETV and NATPE are proud to announce the three finalists for the fourth edition of PITCH & PLAY LIVE! which will take place during the NATPE BUDAPEST INTERNATIONAL market and conference between 24-27 June 2019.

Following a very close pre-selection vote, the 3 finalists this year are: SANATORIUM OF LOVE (TVP, Poland); KID COOKS OF SLOVENIA (POP TV, Slovenia) and MYSTERIES IN THE SPOTLIGHT (Antena 1, Romania).

The three finalist formats will be presented live by their creators in Budapest during the PITCH & PLAY LIVE! session on Wednesday, June 26 at 16h. The jury, consisting of Andrea Gavacova, Format Sales Director for Central and Eastern Europe, Fremantle; Peter Núñez, Founder, NUNEZ NFE and Nick Smith, Executive Vice President, Formats at All3media International will review the top finalists and vote for one winner of the competition which will be announced in front of NATPE Budapest International attendees.

This year PITCH & PLAY LIVE's Top 3 formats were selected from among 10 brand-new original formats from CEE and EMEA which were evaluated by the selection committee which included Javier Martinez, EP and Format Development, Phileas Productions; Umay Ayaz, Head of Acquisitions, Global Agency; Reema Patel, Director Formats CEE and Africa, Warner Bros International Television Production; Dann Novak, Content Executive, NATPE and Georgi R. Chakarov, President and CEO of TVBIZZ and CEETV.

Each format was evaluated based on three criteria: originality (how original is the idea for the format); universality (does the format idea show flexibility for changes and development) and internationality (does the format have the potential to be sold internationally). The selection committee members reviewed each of the formats and voted in all three criteria with scores from 1 to 5. The final ranking was determined from the accumulated sum of all scores of the five selection committee members.

The Top 5 following the vote of the selection committee:

SANATORIUM OF LOVE - 56 points

KID COOKS OF SLOVENIA - 49 points

MYSTERIES IN THE SPOTLIGHT - 48 points

THE BANK – 45 points

BEST PERFORMER, THE BATTLE OF GENERATIONS - 43 points