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Sphère Média sells distribution rights for

Aller Simple - La téléréalité to Fremantle

Montreal, February 25, 2025 - Fremantle has acquired international distribution rights (excluding Canada) for Aller Simple: La téléréalité (House of Secrets). The format, produced by Sphère Média and developed in collaboration with Bell Media for the streaming platform Crave, is an adaptation of the fiction series of the same name written by Bernard Dansereau, Annie Piérard, and Étienne Piérard-Dansereau.

Renaud Chassé, President of French-language creation and production at Sphère Média, said: “We're delighted to be launching this original format alongside a seasoned partner like Fremantle. This project holds a special place at Sphère Média: from a drama series that captivated a wide audience, it has evolved into a reality show that is already generating significant international interest.”

In House of Secrets, ten contestants, each guarding a personal secret, enter an isolated cottage cut off from the outside world. Before the first player is ‘dropped’ via a trapdoor, fifteen secrets are revealed—ten true and five fabricated. To survive, they must separate fact from fiction.

Vasha Wallace, EVP Global Acquisitions and Development, Global Entertainment at Fremantle, said: "We all have secrets, but the hardest part is keeping them. House of Secrets transforms this universal truth into a thrilling, high-stakes game where contestants must protect their own secrets while uncovering everyone else’s to win. Twists, mind games, and strategy fuel every episode, keeping viewers constantly on edge. As well as that iconic moment watching each contestant get dropped from the show through a trapdoor. With its distinct identity and immersive world, House of Secrets heightens the feeling of being trapped in a psychological thriller. It’s absolutely gripping—completely in the zeitgeist of high-concept, must-watch reality. It’s all about secrets, survival, and strategy.”

Aller Simple: La téléréalité is Canada's first reality show based on a fiction series. The competition, in which the winner walks away up to $50,000, will air on May 7th on Crave.

Production credits

Executive producers: Marie-Pier Gaudreault, Renaud Chassé, Marie-Hélène Tremblay and Bruno Dubé

Producer: Marie-Pier Gaudreault

Line Producer: Stéphanie Da Silva

Original idea: Nicolas Lemay

Concept developed by : Nicolas Lemay, Marie-Pier Gaudreault, Guillaume St-Arnaud and Gabriel Forest

Directors: Guillaume St-Arnaud, Maude Sabbagh and David Emond-Ferrat

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ABOUT SPHERE MEDIA

Sphere Media captivates viewers with its films and television programs, which reach diverse audiences through major broadcasters in Canada and around the world. With a catalogue of hundreds of projects in all genres—scripted, documentaries, reality, game shows, magazines and variety programs—it has garnered many successes and honors, including several Canadian Screen Awards, including Best Drama Series and Best Comedy, 15 Gémeaux awards for best series, Iris and international awards. Sphere Media is behind several major hits including Transplant, The Porter, Sort Of and many more. With Sort Of, Sphere Media received many honors such as an Emmy Awards nomination, a Rose d’Or Awards nomination, a Peabody Award In 2023 and the MIPCOM Cannes Diversity Award, to name a few. Sphere Media won the Innovative Producer Award at the Rockie Awards during the Banff Wolrd Media Festival. Sphere Media is a Canadian film and television industry leader with offices in Montréal, Toronto and London.

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ABOUT FREMANTLE

Fremantle is a leading global creator, producer and distributor of some of the world’s most successful content across Entertainment, Drama & Film, and Documentaries. 

Amplifying local stories on a global scale, Fremantle produces and delivers premium, multi-genre IP across the 27 territories it operates in. Fremantle is a proudly independent group of content creators, and home to some of the biggest entertainment formats, compelling international dramas, award-winning films and high-quality documentaries.

From Got Talent to Neighbours, Password to Poor Things, Fellow Travelers to Queens, Too Hot To Handle to Big Mood, Maxton Hall to Idols, and Priscilla to House of Kardashian, our focus is simple – Fremantle creates and delivers irresistible entertainment.    

Fremantle also represents world-leading digital and branded entertainment, with more than 495 million fans and 300 billion views for its standout content across all platforms.  

Fremantle is part of RTL Group, a global leader across broadcast, streaming, content and digital, itself a division of the international media, services, and education company Bertelsmann.    

For more information, please visit www.fremantle.com, follow Fremantle on Twitter @FremantleHQ and Instagram @fremantle or visit Fremantle’s LinkedIn page. 

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