Mission Unknown: Atlantic, produced by Banijay Productions Germany, has a particularity that seems to mark a paradigm shift: it will premiere on 28th February on Prime Video Germany, and two weeks after it will land on You Tube (generally the path is the opposite).
The format as such does not seem to have any significant novelties and repeats the formula (which it would be time to rename a little) typical of these 'digital formats': An established traditional genre (in this case a reality/competition show set on a ship, very reminiscent to the title of Rabbit Formats' Over the Atlantic), but with the protagonists being social media personalities from the country, headed by the German entertainer and presenter Jens Heinz Richard Knossalla, aka Knossi, who leads his colleagues and friends on an extreme journey across the Atlantic.
The show follows the group as they are split into teams and face a host of difficulties, from torn sails to broken equipment and lack of sleep, as they try to be the first to cross the finish line.
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