Wildcard goes to Joris – Fritz Meinecke chooses botany experts

7 vs. Wild: After a long decision-making phase, Fritz Meinecke decided on a candidate. The wildcard winner surprised the community.

Hamburg – The second season of the YouTube series “7 vs. Wild” by Fritz Meinecke is about to start shooting. After a week-long selection process, the outdoor specialist Meinecke announced his team’s decision. In total, more than 1,000 videos were submitted to YouTube under the hashtag “#7vswildcard”. Meinecke’s reactions to individual application videos were sometimes viewed several hundred thousand times.

7 vs. Wild: The winner of the wild card is finally determined

What happened? In his video entitled “The winner of the WILDCARD is certain!” from July 14, Fritz Meinecke finally revealed to his community which of the applicants won the wildcard and thus the last free place in the field of participants of “7 vs. Wild”. could secure. Before the announcement, Meinecke thanked everyone for the creative and numerous submissions. He pointed out that the decisive factor for selection was the extent to which an applicant could enrich the field of participants with new and interesting skills.

Who is the candidate? The 23-year-old Joris was apparently able to convince the Meinecke team with his application. He is currently a student at the University of Heidelberg and loves to travel. He is most interested in plants and animals. As a motivation for his application for “7 vs. Wild” he cites the desire to bring the special features of the individual plants and animals as well as the beauty of nature closer to the audience. In addition, Joris is a lifeguard. He was also only recently in the tropics and has already gained some survival experience.

What is the community saying? Overall, the community seems happy with Meinecke’s and his team’s selection. Even if Joris was apparently not one of the favorites of most viewers, the 23-year-old makes a good impression on the community. But there are also critical voices who are dissatisfied with the decision-making process for the wildcard.

• Martin D writes: “Towards the end there were really some blatant applications and maybe 3 or 4 that I couldn’t have decided between. This candidate wasn’t one of my favourites, but I’m not unhappy with the decision, I’m rather curious to see what he makes of it now. Congratulations!”
• DennyCraneReloaded comments: “Okay, wow. I’m surprised how this incredible potential of the “wildcard story” was not used at all, except for too many clicks for Fritz. For me it was already clear that the community would be involved in some way. Ultimately, everything looks like a set-up game that lacks any transparency. Then please let that be completely in season 3 ..”

7 vs. Wild: when will season 2 finally start?

When does it start? With filming scheduled to take place in September and October, the season is set to release between November and December 2022. The candidates are no longer abandoned in Sweden but on an island in the tropics. Where exactly the shooting will take place has not yet been announced. However, there are several locations that could be considered for the second season of 7 vs. Wild. In any case, it will be exciting to see which of the new candidates will push Meinecke off the survival throne.