Facebook Watch Partners With The Dodo for 'World's Most Amazing Dog' Competition Show

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Facebook Watch is taking a page from the traditional TV playbook with its own competition series “World’s Most Amazing Dog.” In a similar fashion to “American Idol,” or “America’s Got Talent,” Facebook and The Dodo, a digital media brand that specializes in animal videos, are going on a world wide search to find what they believe to be the world’s most amazing dog.

Based on the format “Oh My Dog” from content creator Gil Formats, Facebook Watch has teamed with The Dodo as its official worldwide distribution partner; 3 Ball Entertainment will produce the series.

Facebook users from more than 35 countries will have the opportunity submit an “audition” video of their pet doing an amazing trick or other type of routine. Show judges and the Facebook community will then vote and decide who will win $100,000 (USD) and the title of World’s Most Amazing Dog.

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“‘World’s Most Amazing Dog’ demonstrates our commitment to reinvent show concepts by adding interactive and community elements that put audiences at the center of the experience,” said Paresh Rajwat, head of Video Products, Facebook. “Dog videos are very popular on Facebook and we’re thrilled to partner with industry leaders like 3 Ball Entertainment and The Dodo to introduce a series that not only extends the love of dogs to our users, but also shows other creators the many ways our interactive tools can be leveraged in their own endeavors.”

Since the launch of Facebook Watch in 2017, content surrounding animals has performed strong on the video platform. For example, The Dodo already has several show pages on the platform with more than 3 million followers. These show pages, which include “Odd Couples” and “The Comeback Kid: Animal Edition,” regularly garner more than 3 million views per episode. Those numbers dwarf the average viewership of scripted Facebook shows like “Five Points” or “Sorry For Your Loss,” both which typically garner less than 500k an episode.

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Auditions for the “World’s Most Amazing Dog” is now open. Facebook users from eligible countries can upload ‘auditions’ of their dog performing their most entertaining trick through the platform’s submission tool on the series’ show page. For every audition submitted, Facebook will donate $1 (up to $1 million USD) to an animal charity.

Eligible countries include the US, Mexico, Canada, India, Germany, Spain, France, Vietnam, Thailand, Australia, Colombia, Indonesia, Netherlands, South Korea, Sweden, U.K., Chile, Ireland, Japan, Luxembourg, Norway, Panama, Paraguay, Peru, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Slovakia, Belgium, Czech Republic, Finland, Singapore, Ecuador, Philippines, Switzerland and some provinces in Argentina.

How 21 Movies and TV Shows Portrayed 9/11 (Photos)

Sunday marks 15 years since 9/11, and Hollywood has struggled all that time with how to address it. Here's how 19 films and TV shows tried to tell stories tied to Sept. 11, 2001.
"South Park" (2001)

The first episode of the always topical dark comedy to air after 9/11 revolved around America's invasion of Afghanistan.
Comedy Central
"The West Wing" (2001)

Creator and showrunner Aaron Sorkin wrote this special episode, about a fictional terrorist attack, and it aired just three weeks after the attacks.
NBC
"Law & Order"

The 9/11 attacks occurred during Season 12 of the long-running drama, and several later episodes revolved around it, including one episode where a woman's remains were dumped at Ground Zero in order to cover up a murder.
NBC
"24" (2001)

Shot a few months before the attacks, the Fox spy thriller became more timely and relevant than it ever intended to be.
Fox
"Third Watch" (2001)

This drama about New York City's first responders remembered 9/11 with a non-fiction episode, followed by two episodes putting its main characters directly in the aftermath of 9/11.
NBC
"25th Hour" (2002)

Spike Lee's drama, featuring a pivotal scene within sight of Ground Zero, was the first major film to confront 9/11. It premiered in December 2002.
Disney
"Rescue Me" (2004)

The Dennis Leary dramedy focuses on a firefighter who lost his best friend in the 9/11 attacks. The events of that day would reverberate through the entire series.
FX
"Tiger Cruise" (2004)

This Disney Channel original movie saw Hayden Panettiere's character dealing with the events of 9/11 as they happened, while on a cruise with military members and their families.
Disney Channel
"United 93" (2006)

Paul Greengrass took a straight, fact-based approach to tell the story of the passengers who tried to take back the plane.
Universal
"World Trade Center" (2006)

Oliver Stone's drama portrayed the events of 9/11 from the perspective of first responders.
Paramount
"Reign Over Me" (2007)

Adam Sandler played a man struggling five years after the 9/11 attacks killed his wife and daughter.
Sony
"Postal" (2007)

Uew Boll's crass comedy opened with a scene joking about fictional 9/11 hijackers - suggesting that they flew into the North Tower of the World Trade Center by accident.
Vivendi
"Harold & Kumar Escape From Guantanamo Bay" (2008)

The comedy threequel followed the best friends as they're detained and sent to Guantanamo Bay, after a paranoid fellow plane passenger mistakes Kumar's bong for a bomb.
New Line
"Fringe" (2009)

The season one finale of the sci-fi drama featured an alternate world, where the 9/11 attacks hit the White House instead of the Twin Towers.
Fox
"Julie and Julia" (2009)

Set in 2002, Amy Adams' character Julie starts cooking as a way to get away from her stressful day job of fielding calls from 9/11 victims during the rebuilding of the World Trade Center.
Sony
"Remember Me" (2010)

The Robert Pattinson drama had a twist ending that culminated in the 9/11 attacks. Many people found it an odd fit.
Summit
"Dear John" (2010)

This Nicholas Sparks adaptation starring Channing Tatum and Amanda Seyfried featured flashbacks that saw one character re-enlist in the army due to the 9/11 attacks.
Sony
"Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close" (2011)

Stephen Daldry's adaptation of the Jonathan Safron Foer novel followed a kid who lost his father in the 9/11 attacks.
Warner Bros
"Homeland" (2011)

Set in a distinctly post-9/11 world, the series started off mirroring the themes of paranoia and terrorist threats present in the US in the years following the attacks.
Showtime
"The Reluctant Fundamentalist" (2012)

Mira Nair's thriller is based on Mohsin Hamid's novel about a Pakistani man (Riz Ahmed) who's a rising star on Wall Street until 9/11 upends both his career and his personal life as he becomes the subject of suspicion.
"9/11" (2017)

Charlie Sheen, Gina Gershon and Whoopi Goldberg star in a flawed adaptation of a play called "Elevator" about people trapped in the World Trade Center that fateful day, but it never becomes the tacky exploitation exercise that you might expect.

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