{"id":39725,"date":"2013-01-16T00:52:27","date_gmt":"2013-01-15T22:52:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.whalecottage.com\/blog\/?p=39725"},"modified":"2013-01-16T23:46:43","modified_gmt":"2013-01-16T21:46:43","slug":"german-reality-show-der-bachelor-singles-out-cape-town-as-its-location","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.chrisvonulmenstein.com\/blog\/cape-town\/german-reality-show-der-bachelor-singles-out-cape-town-as-its-location\/","title":{"rendered":"German reality show “Der Bachelor” singles out Cape Town as its location!"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The third series of ‘Der Bachelor’<\/em> commenced last week, and has achieved record viewership of over 4 million viewers on German TV station RTL<\/strong>, excellent news for Cape Town, given that Camps Bay is the location for the reality TV show again.<\/p>\n

The new Bachelor Jan Kralitschaka is described in Germany’s leading magazine Bunte<\/strong> as having a charming Colgate smile, a sixpack, and radiant eyes. \u00a0He was sent to Cape Town \"\"<\/a>with 20 potential single candidates, to meet his dream wife. \u00a0Different tourist spots in the Western Cape and other parts of South Africa are built into the script. \u00a0Jan and one of the ladies will be shark cage diving in tonight’s episode!<\/p>\n

The ‘Camps Bay Mansion’<\/em> villa was rented out after series 2, and was described as being a 1000 square meter, 10 bedroom villa, with a billiard room and wine cellar, and a Romeo & Juliet balcony, which was rented our after the second series of eight programs at \u20ac 937 per day last year, with a minimum rental period of seven days.<\/p>\n

Given that Cape Town Tourism and Wesgro are doing extremely little to market Cape Town and the Western Cape, respectively, one can be grateful for every opportunity to put Cape Town on the German map!<\/p>\n

POSTSCRIPT 16\/1<\/strong>: The episode this evening started with a TV commercial for Amarula, one of the two key sponsors of the reality TV series. \u00a0A helicopter flip over Cape Town was an exciting start to the episode, and a spa in the Winelands was also included, shot next to the vineyard. \u00a0Jan and one of the contestants were flown to Gansbaai for shark cage diving via helicopter, both going into the cage, with a shark swimming close by. \u00a0The team were then flown to Johannesburg, to a rehabilitation reserve for orphaned game, to lots of ohs and ahs. A promotion is being run with SA Tourism, offering a week’s holiday in Cape Town, with hotel accommodation included. \u00a0A lot of the time on camera showed the contestants holding glasses of wine, promoting our wine industry too.<\/p>\n

‘Der Bachelor’<\/strong><\/em>, RTL,<\/strong> 22h15 SA time, Wednesday evenings.<\/p>\n

Chris von Ulmenstein, Whale Cottage Portfolio: www.whalecottage.com <\/a> Twitter: @WhaleCottage<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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