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Joanna Hindo, Nov 06, 2024
ONE
Championship (ONE), the world’s largest martial arts organization, today
announced that the second season of its critically acclaimed reality series, “The Apprentice: ONE Championship Edition,”
will premiere in Qatar and across the MENA region on TOD, beIN Media Group’s OTT platform, on Wednesday,
November 20.
Ahead
of the Season 2 launch, “The Apprentice: ONE Championship Edition” will be
featured at Doha Film Institute’s Ajyal Film Festival, which takes place from
November 16-23 at Katara Cultural Village in Doha. On Monday, November 18,
there will be an exclusive red-carpet screening of one of the show’s episodes
filmed in Qatar, and ONE Championship
Chairman and CEO Chatri Sityodtong will also participate in a live panel
discussion moderated by Khalifa Al Haroon, also known as “Mr. Q.”
Sityodtong stated: “I am excited to return to
Qatar for the official launch of the second season of ‘The Apprentice: ONE
Championship Edition.’ The first season was a massive success, ranking in the
Netflix Top 10 in multiple countries and trending all around the world. This
season is bigger and better than ever. I would like to thank Doha Film
Institute for inviting us to participate in this year’s Ajyal Film Festival and
Media City Qatar for being an integral part of this project. It is an honor to
present this new season to our passionate fans in Qatar, featuring our new crop
of candidates in the toughest ‘Apprentice’ in history.”
Eng. Jassim Mohamed Al Khori, CEO of
Media City Qatar, stated: "Partnering with ONE on ‘The Apprentice’ has been an
exceptional opportunity to showcase Qatar's vibrant media industry to a global
audience while celebrating high-stakes business challenges that test
resilience, strategy, and innovation. This collaboration not only highlights
our capabilities but also aligns with our commitment to Qatar National Vision
2030 by fostering a world-class media landscape in Qatar."
Season
2 of “The Apprentice: ONE Championship Edition” was directed by Singapore’s
Refinery Media and co-produced by Media City Qatar, with filming taking place
across several iconic locations in Qatar, including Katara Hospitality's
Raffles Hotel in Doha, Souq Waqif, and Zekreet. A portion of the show was also
filmed and produced in partnership with the Singapore Tourism Board and
supported by Ooredoo, Qatar Airways, Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison, TUMI, and
Katara Hospitality.
Similar
to the first season, 10 candidates from around the world take part in a series
of high-stakes competitions involving both business and physical challenges,
competing for the grand prize of a one-year, quarter-million-dollar job offer
to work at ONE’s headquarters in Singapore under Sityodtong.
Special
guest CEO appearances throughout the season include Ooredoo Group CEO Aziz
Aluthman Fakhroo, Doha Film Institute CEO Fatma Hassan Al Remaihi, Everstone
Capital CEO Sameer Sain, V3 Group CEO Ron Sim, President Director and CEO of
Indosat Ooredoo Hutchison Vikram Sinha, Horizon Sports & Experiences CEO
David Levy, Mission Holdings Board Director Soon Loo, and ONE Co-Founder and
Group President Hua Fung Teh.
The
new season also features superstar athlete appearances from ONE Atomweight MMA
World Champion Stamp Fairtex, ONE Lightweight Submission Grappling World
Champion Kade Ruotolo, MMA superstar Roberto Soldic, Muay Thai legend John
Wayne Parr, and more.
About ONE Championship™
ONE
is the world’s largest martial arts organization, ranking among the world's
top-five sports properties for viewership and engagement with a cumulative
reach of over 400 million fans, according to Nielsen. ONE produces and
distributes world-class events across more than 190 countries, featuring
martial artists and World Champions from over 80 nations and all styles of
martial arts including MMA, Muay Thai, kickboxing, Brazilian Jiu-Jitsu, and
more. ONE can be viewed on many of the largest global free-to-air and digital
broadcasters, including Prime Video, Sky Sports, Globo, beIN SPORTS, Channel 7
HD, Seven Network, SuperSport, DAZN, La Liga TV, Claro Sports, Star Sports,
iQIYI, One Sports, U-NEXT, Coupang, NET TV, Vidio, Mediapro, Skynet, Mediacorp,
Match TV, and more.
About Media City Qatar
Media
City Qatar (MCQ) is an emerging, collaborative global hub for media companies,
entrepreneurs, innovators, and creative talent, and a regional leader in the
media industry, contributing to Qatar’s economic diversification. It
accelerates the evolution of regional media to create a powerful and innovative
ecosystem where exceptional ideas and content thrive. Media City Qatar was
established to streamline necessary regulations, develop businesses, and unlock
investment opportunities to support the media ecosystem in Qatar under its
regulatory, developmental, and investment mandates.
Media
City Qatar aims to foster a nurturing environment and a hub for traditional and
digital media, technology, communications, research, and development. From
broadcasting to traditional and digital newspapers, from gaming to
user-generated content, and enabling AI and advanced technologies, Media City
Qatar welcomes businesses across different media segments of various scales to
join us in Doha.
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