Amazon Freevee Announces Pickup of The GOAT, a New Competition Series to Find the ‘Greatest Reality Star of All Time,’

From the Producers of The Bachelor Franchise, The Office, Yellowstone, and Jury Duty … and Mayor of Kingstown, and The Hills, and Hillary, and Black-ish, and FBoy Island, and Running Wild with Bear Grylls, and Midnight Mass, and Pooch Perfect

Comedian Daniel Tosh to host and roast the contestants

Celebrity competitors are Tayshia Adams, Joe Amabile, Kristen Doute, Reza Farahan, CJ Franco, Wendell Holland, Teck Holmes, Justin Johnson/Alyssa Edwards, Paola Mayfield, Da’Vonne Rogers, Joey Sasso, Jason Smith, Lauren Speed-Hamilton, and Jill Zarin

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NEW YORK—May 1, 2023—Grab your roses, tiki torches, dancing shoes, passports, wigs, and whisks, and ready your game face, because the search for the “greatest reality show contestant” of all time is on! Today, Amazon Freevee announced the series greenlight, host, and celebrity cast for a hilarious new reality competition series called The GOAT. The show will feature some of the buzziest names from the last 25 years of reality television, who will take up residence in GOAT Manor, where they will face a series of mental, physical, and social challenges. Fourteen will enter, but only one will win the cash prize and America’s respect as they claim the coveted GOAT title. Comedian Daniel Tosh (Tosh.0) is confirmed to host the series. The series started production last month in Atlanta.
 

The celebrity cast is:

• Tayshia Adams (The Bachelor franchise)
• Joe Amabile (The Bachelor franchise, Dancing with the Stars)
• Kristen Doute (Vanderpump Rules)
• Reza Farahan (Shahs of Sunset)
• CJ Franco (FBoy Island)
• Wendell Holland (Survivor)
• Teck Holmes (The Real World, The Challenge)
• Justin Johnson/Alyssa Edwards (RuPaul’s Drag Race)
• Paola Mayfield (90 Day Fiancé)
• Da’Vonne Rogers (Big Brother, The Challenge)
• Joey Sasso (The Circle, Perfect Match)
• Jason Smith (Holiday Baking Championship)
• Lauren Speed-Hamilton (Love Is Blind)
• Jill Zarin (The Real Housewives of New York City)

 

The GOAT is executive produced by Elan Gale (The Bachelor franchise, FBoy Island, Midnight Mass, Pooch Perfect), Bill Dixon (The Bachelor franchise, FBoy Island, Pooch Perfect), Anthony Anderson (Black-ish), Lee Eisenberg (The Office, Jury Duty), Michael Friedman (Yellowstone, Mayor of Kingstown, The Hills, The Bachelor franchise), Howard T. Owens (Hillary, Running Wild with Bear Grylls), Isabel San Vargas (Hillary, Running Wild with Bear Grylls), Ben Silverman (The Office, Hillary, Running Wild with Bear Grylls), Audrey Smith (FBoy Island), Daniel Tosh, and Matthew M. Welty (Pooch Perfect). Dixon also serves as showrunner. Michael Shea directs. The GOAT is produced by Propagate and Amazon Studios.

Spanning drama and comedy, scripted and unscripted, Amazon Freevee uniquely offers premium Originals on a free streaming service, including Primo, the coming-of-age comedy from Michael Schur and Shea Serrano, premiering on May 19; the recently launched concert special Monumental: Ellie Goulding at Kew Gardens; and the new documentary-style comedy series Jury Duty, featuring James Marsden. Additional Originals include High School, the critically acclaimed coming-of-age series based on Tegan and Sara Quin’s best-selling memoir; Greg Garcia’s comedy series Sprung; and the cooking competition series featuring a cast of home chefs, America’s Test Kitchen: The Next Generation.
 

About Amazon Freevee
Amazon Freevee is a streaming video service with thousands of premium movies and TV shows, including Originals and free ad-supported (FAST) channels, available anytime, for free.

• Expansive Catalog: Amazon Freevee offers viewers ambitious Originals, including Bosch: Legacy; Emmy-winning court program Judy Justice; coming-of-age drama High School; docu-comedy series Jury Duty; performance special Monumental: Ellie Goulding at Kew Gardens; reality design series Hollywood Houselift with Jeff Lewis; comedy series Sprung; music documentary Post Malone: Runaway; heist drama Leverage: Redemption; spy thriller Alex Rider; and the sports docuseries UNINTERRUPTED’s Top Class: The Life and Times of the Sierra Canyon Trailblazers. Combined with an always updating library of broadly appealing hit movies and TV shows across a wide selection of genres, and a catalog of more than 250 FAST channels, including Judy Justice and Crime 360, Amazon Freevee delivers customers the content they would expect to see on a paid service.
• Free: The entire catalog of content on the service is free. No paid subscriptions necessary.
• Limited Ads: Amazon Freevee provides customers highly sought content supported by limited advertising.
• Instant Access: Amazon Freevee is available as an app on Fire TV, Fire Tablets, and within the Prime Video app. Amazon Freevee is available as an app on third party devices including Roku, Samsung smart TVs (2017-2021 models), Apple TV 4K, Apple TV HD, Comcast’s Xfinity Flex, Xfinity X1, Chromecast with Google TV, NVIDIA SHIELD and other Android TV devices, Xbox One, Xbox Series X|S, PlayStation 4 and PlayStation 5 consoles, as well as LG Smart TVs (2018-2021 models). The app is also available on iPhone, iPad, and Android mobile devices.

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