French series in Duanju format “Next Door Adventure” to be a hit with audiences in 2023

Before joining the international platform Stardust TV in 2025, the soap opera miniseries "Next Door Adventure" had already achieved viral success on Facebook, racking up nearly 700,000 views. Two initial excerpts released in spring 2023 revealed the potential of this format, which is still new in France.

In 2023, no French-language platform yet existed, even though the format was already booming abroad. In China, 2023 marks the explosion of mini-vertical soap operas.

In this landscape, Next Door Adventure is a French pioneer, taking part in a global trend. On April 12, 2023, the first episode reached 400,000 views, along with more than a thousand likes and numerous shares. Two months later, on June 22, another episode confirmed the craze with more than 300,000 views and a new wave of enthusiastic reactions.

The audience praised the light tone, the beauty of actress Lana Sfera and the endearing character played by Guillaume Sanjorge : "It's really good, I love it, bravo you're the best," wrote one spectator. "You have the soul of an actor and a unifier ," added another. Some were amused by the situations: "So we have to give sugar instead of salt, is that it?" or "Holy salt!"

From Facebook to Stardust TV

The project was then shortened to fit Duanju standards, with a faster pace and condensed episodes. In April 2025, the series joined Stardust TV 's international catalog, becoming the first original French production available in eight languages (French, English, Japanese, Korean, Turkish, Arabic, Portuguese, Spanish and German).

Mobile fiction platforms offer a more suitable environment than social networks for this type of format: they allow the viewer to follow the story episode by episode, with an experience designed for serialization and viewing on smartphones.

Thus, the adventures born on social networks found a second wind on an international platform, confirming the format's ability to cross borders.

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Facebook - Guillaume Sanjorge, June 23, 2025

Morandini Blog, April 13, 2025