{{Short description|American television game show (2008–2014)}} {{About||the 2021 TBS reboot|Wipeout (2021 game show)|the unrelated 1988 syndicated American trivia quiz show|Wipeout (1988 game show)}} {{Use mdy dates|date=March 2025}} {{Infobox television | image = Wipeout 2011 logo.png | alt_name = {{plainlist| * ''Winter Wipeout'' * ''Spring Wipeout'' * ''Summer Wipeout'' * ''Total Wipeout USA'' }} | genre = {{plainlist| * [[Reality television|Competition]] * [[Comedy]] }} | creator = {{plainlist| * [[Matt Kunitz]] * Scott Larsen }} | director = [[J. Rupert Thompson]] | presenter = {{plainlist | * [[John Anderson (sportscaster)|John Anderson]] * [[John Henson (comedian)|John Henson]] * [[Jill Wagner]] * [[Vanessa Lachey]] }} | composer = Vanacore Music (theme song and underscore) | country = United States | language = English | num_seasons = 7 | num_episodes = 130 | executive_producer = {{plainlist| * [[Matt Kunitz]] * Scott Larsen }} | runtime = | company = {{plainlist| * [[endemol|Endemol USA]] * Lock and Key Productions * Pulse Creative }} | first_aired = {{Start date|2008|6|24}} | last_aired = {{End date|2014|9|7}} | channel = [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] }}
'''''Wipeout''''' is an American television [[game show]] that features contestants competing in (what was billed as) the "World's Largest" [[obstacle course]] which originally aired on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]] from June 24, 2008, to September 7, 2014. In 2021, the show was [[Wipeout (2021 game show)|rebooted]] on [[TBS (American TV channel)|TBS]],<ref name="Revival Variety" /> with [[John Cena]], [[Nicole Byer]], and [[Camille Kostek]] as hosts.<ref name="Deadline reboot hosts" />
The show was originally hosted and commentated by [[John Henson (comedian)|John Henson]] and [[John Anderson (sportscaster)|John Anderson]], while [[Jill Wagner]] acted as the "on-location" reporter. The interim reporter for one season was [[Vanessa Lachey]]. The creators and executive producers are [[Matt Kunitz]] and Scott Larsen. Distribution of the show was handled by [[Endemol Shine North America|Endemol Shine]]. The show was taped at Sable Ranch in [[Canyon Country, Santa Clarita, California|Canyon Country, California]], north of Los Angeles.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.google.com/maps?f=q&source=s_q&hl=en&geocode&q=Wipeout+Show+Course,+Sand+Canyon+Road,+Santa+Clarita,+CA&aq=0&oq=wipeout&sll=47.272986,-120.882277&sspn=4.73348,11.733398&vpsrc=0&t=h&ie=UTF8&hq=Wipeout+Show+Course,&hnear=Sand+Canyon+Rd,+Santa+Clarita,+California&filter=0&update=1&z=13&cid=7877226506389886995&iwloc=A|title=Google Maps|website=Google Maps}}</ref>
==History== [[File:Wipeout TV show logo.png|thumb|''Wipeout'' title card used from 2008 to 2010. The logo can still be seen around the course until Seasons 6-7.]] The series premiered on June 24, 2008, on [[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]. After the pilot was shot, co-host [[Elon Gold]] was replaced. Producers called in Michael Glazer to find a "comic host replacement" that eventually went to [[John Henson (comedian)|John Henson]]. The first season's success spawned a series of [[#International versions|international versions]] of ''Wipeout'', debuting in countries including the United Kingdom and Argentina in January 2009.
On December 8, 2008, ABC announced plans to counter-program [[NBC]]'s [[Super Bowl XLIII|Super Bowl game-day telecasts]] with a sports-star-studded episode of ''Wipeout'', entitled "Wipeout Bowl". The episode was broadcast immediately following the game. The episode featured female cheerleaders competing against male "couch potato" sports fans.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://wipeoutforums.proboards.com/index.cgi?board=season1episodes&action=print&thread=94 |title='Wipeout' special set for Super Sunday|publisher=Wipeoutforums.proboards.com|access-date=2012-05-22}}</ref> During the hour-long special, Monica Kaufmann became the show's first female competitor to win. Following the episode, an announcement was made that a second season had been commissioned, and a promo for the season was subsequently broadcast.
The second season was broadcast during the summer of 2009. According to ''TV Week'', in 2009, ''Wipeout'' became the third most popular game show in the world, based on ratings.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/tvbizwire/2010/01/with-the-opening-of-the.php|title=Guess Which Game Show is the Most Popular Worldwide|access-date=2010-01-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100128041140/http://www.tvweek.com/blogs/tvbizwire/2010/01/with-the-opening-of-the.php|archive-date=2010-01-28|url-status=dead}}</ref> On July 22, 2009, ''Wipeout'' was renewed for a third season, for which filming began in September 2009.
The third season of the show premiered on June 22, 2010 with a special two-hour "Blind Date" episode preluding the series on June 1.<ref name="hibberd1">{{cite news| url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3ifc6418268b866f76378f8103d4633697|work=The Hollywood Reporter|first=James|last=Hibberd|title=ABC sets return dates for two reality shows|date=October 13, 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/Wipeout#!/Wipeout?v=wall&story_fbid=109509282413150|title=Wipeout|publisher=Facebook|access-date=2012-05-22}}</ref> ABC subsequently announced that other themed episodes would appear in Season 3, including episodes featuring ladies only and families.<ref name="hibberd1"/> The third-season finale aired on September 14, 2010 with a special "America's Finest" edition, featuring some of America's heroes, including firefighters and policemen.
[[Image:Matt Kunitz on the set of Wipeout (cropped).jpg|thumb|upright|Co-creator and executive producer Matt Kunitz on the Wipeout Zone part of the course in 2010]]
On August 15, 2010, ABC announced that the show had been contracted for a fourth season.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/television/news/e3i4a25a9f106904fc10233eb3861a0e42e|title=EXCLUSIVE: ABC renews 'Wipeout'|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]}}</ref> The announcement added: "Wipeout has the distinction of being the only broadcast reality series launched in recent years that has demonstrated proven staying power." On October 13, 2010, ABC announced plans that the fourth season would be split into three sections – Winter, Spring, and Summer; with a total of 31 episodes: 8 Winter episodes, 7 Spring episodes and 16 Summer episodes.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Egd7c9B1LTw|title=Winter Wipeout on ABC!|publisher=YouTube|access-date=2012-05-22}}</ref> The fourth season premiered on January 6, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|last=Adalian|first=Josef|url=https://nymag.com/daily/entertainment/2010/10/wipeout_snow_abc.html|title=ABC Orders a Cold-Weather Wipeout – Vulture|publisher=Nymag.com|date=2012-04-27|access-date=2012-05-22}}</ref>
On June 16, 2011, ABC announced that the show had been renewed for a fifth season and that [[Vanessa Lachey]] would replace co-host [[Jill Wagner]] on the show. New episodes of ''Winter Wipeout'' began on December 8, 2011 with a Christmas special episode entitled ''Winter Wipeout: Deck the Balls''.{{citation needed|date=August 2014}} That same year, syndicated reruns of ''Wipeout'' aired on [[truTV]] and [[TBS (American TV channel)|TBS]].<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.trutv.com/shows/wipeout/index.html |title=''Wipeout'' on truTV |access-date=December 8, 2011}}</ref>
On August 29, 2012, ''Wipeout'' was picked up for a sixth season. In addition, it was announced that former co-host Jill Wagner would be returning to the series after a season-long absence.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/08/29/wipeout-renewed-for-sixth-season/146661|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120901063038/http://tvbythenumbers.zap2it.com/2012/08/29/wipeout-renewed-for-sixth-season/146661/|url-status=dead|archive-date=September 1, 2012|title='Wipeout' Renewed for Sixth Season|publisher=TV By the Numbers|access-date=August 29, 2012}}</ref> John Anderson and John Henson also returned as commentators. Vanessa Lachey departed the series due to her impending pregnancy.
On August 30, 2012, Activision released a ''Wipeout'' game for iOS. It quickly became the top-selling app in the App Store.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.bsckids.com/2012/09/activisions-wipeout-currently-1-in-the-app-store/|title=Activision's Wipeout Currently #1 in the App Store|website=Bsckids.com|access-date=September 4, 2012|archive-date=November 13, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113033259/http://www.bsckids.com/2012/09/activisions-wipeout-currently-1-in-the-app-store/|url-status=dead}}</ref>
On May 9, 2013, season six premiered. In its sixth season, ''Wipeout'' celebrated its 100th episode.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/News/Wipeout-Jill-Wagner-1067216.aspx|title=As Brains Battle Brawn, Wipeout Celebrates Its 100th Episode and the Return of Jill Wagner|website=Tvguide.com|access-date=15 November 2021}}</ref>
For its seventh season, winners from each episode were brought together for a "Tournament of Champions" at the end of the season to compete for the title of Ultimate Wipeout Champion.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.tvguide.com/News/ABC-Renews-Wipeout-Season7-1076453.aspx|title=ABC Renews ''Wipeout'' for a Seventh Season|last=Gennis|first=Sadie|work=TV Guide|date=January 22, 2013|access-date=January 23, 2013}}</ref> Season seven ended on September 7, 2014.
Reportedly revamped for an eighth season as ''Wipeout Extreme'', by the summer of 2015, ABC had quietly canceled the show and removed it from the network website.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://tvseriesfinale.com/tv-show/wipeout-cancelled-by-abc-no-season-eight-37402/|title=Wipeout: Cancelled by ABC, No Season Eight?|work=TV Series Finale|date=2015-07-11|access-date=2015-09-26}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://renewcanceltv.com/wipeout-cancelled-by-abc-no-season-8/|title=Wipeout Cancelled By ABC – No Season 8|work=RenewCancelTV.com|date=July 13, 2015|access-date=August 30, 2015}}</ref> The series was not renewed for an eighth season. In the years since, the show has been seen on local stations,<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://archive.org/details/KGO_20180909_060000_ABC7_News_1100PM/start/3600/end/3660|title=ABC7 News 11:00PM : KGO : September 8, 2018 11:00pm-12:00am PDT|date=September 9, 2018|via=Internet Archive}}</ref><ref>[https://youtube.com/zMM9rjRnW9k?t=105 Unknown]{{Dead link | date=August 2024 | fix-attempted=yes}}</ref> [[TeenNick]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.nickalive.net/2023/02/teennick-to-start-to-air-wipeout-from.html|title=TeenNick to Start to Air 'Wipeout' From February 20}}</ref> and [[TBD (TV network)|TBD]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://tbd.com/show/wipeout/|title=Watch Wipeout on TBD.}}</ref>
==Hosts== {| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:90%; width: 50%;" |- ! rowspan=2 |Season ! colspan="3" |Hosts |- ! 1 ! 2 ! 3 |- ! scope="row" | 1 | rowspan="7" | [[John Anderson (sportscaster)|John Anderson]] | rowspan="7" | [[John Henson (comedian)|John Henson]] | rowspan="4" | [[Jill Wagner]] |- ! scope="row" | 2 |- ! scope="row" | 3 |- ! scope="row" | 4 |- ! scope="row" | 5 | rowspan="1" | [[Vanessa Lachey]] |- ! scope="row" | 6 | rowspan="2" | Jill Wagner |- ! scope="row" | 7 |}
=== TBS reboot === {{Main|Wipeout (2021 game show)}} In April 2020, it was announced that the series would be returning on TBS.<ref name="Revival Variety">{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2020/tv/news/wipeout-reboot-tbs-1234592684/|title=''Wipeout'' Revival Lands at TBS, Which Promises New Twists and the Return of Big, Red Balls|work=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|first=Michael|last=Schneider|date=April 29, 2020|access-date=June 13, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|url=http://www.thefutoncritic.com/news/2020/04/29/tbs-picks-up-the-iconic-extreme-obstacle-course-series-wipeout-368505/20200429tbs01/|title=TBS Picks Up the Iconic Extreme Obstacle Course Series ''Wipeout''|publisher=[[TBS (American TV channel)|TBS]]|via=[[The Futon Critic]]|date=April 29, 2020|access-date=June 13, 2020}}</ref> In September 2020, [[John Cena]], [[Nicole Byer]], and [[Camille Kostek]] were announced as hosts of the rebooted ''Wipeout''.<ref name="Deadline reboot hosts">{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2020/09/wipeout-john-cena-nicole-byer-host-tbs-revival-1234574572/|title=''Wipeout'': John Cena & Nicole Byer To Host TBS' Revival Series|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|first=Denise|last=Petski|date=September 10, 2020|access-date=September 10, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite press release|url=http://thefutoncritic.com/news/2020/09/10/john-cena-and-nicole-byer-set-to-host-tbs-revival-of-the-renowned-extreme-obstacle-course-series-wipeout-334512/20200910tbs01/|title=John Cena and Nicole Byer Set to Host TBS' Revival of the Renowned Extreme Obstacle Course Series ''Wipeout''|publisher=[[TBS (American TV channel)|TBS]]|via=[[The Futon Critic]]|date=September 10, 2020|access-date=September 10, 2020}}</ref> It premiered on April 1, 2021.<ref>{{cite press release|title=TBS Announces April 1st Premiere of the Iconic Extreme Obstacle Course Series "Wipeout"|url=http://thefutoncritic.com/news/2021/02/11/tbs-announces-april-1st-premiere-of-the-iconic-extreme-obstacle-course-series-wipeout-6310/20210211tbs01/|publisher=[[TBS (American TV network)|TBS]]|via=[[The Futon Critic]]|date=February 11, 2021}}</ref> On May 19, 2021, it was announced that the reboot series was renewed for a second season.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://deadline.com/2021/05/tbs-renews-wipeout-trutv-orders-up-more-fast-foodies-1234759893/|title=TBS Renews ''Wipeout'' & ''Chad'' For Season 2; TruTV Orders Up More ''Fast Foodies''|work=[[Deadline Hollywood]]|first=Erik|last=Pedersen|date=May 19, 2021|access-date=May 19, 2021}}</ref> One notable controversy occurred on November 18, 2020 when contestant Michael Paredes lost consciousness after falling from the show’s obstacle course and then died the next day.<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ajc.com/news/nation-world/wipeout-contestant-died-from-heart-attack-autopsy-shows/FYX73WHRGVHRNLJKEYR3H5YCAM/|title=This is what 'Wipeout' contestant died from, autopsy shows|first=Tim|last=Darnell|publisher=Atlanta Journal Constitution|date=February 1, 2021|accessdate=November 8, 2024}}</ref>
==Gameplay== [[Image:ABC Wipeout Sable Ranch set from above.jpg|thumb|The ''Wipeout'' set at Sable Ranch as seen in 2014]] [[Image:ABC Wipeout Sable Ranch set storage from above.jpg|thumb|The storage area of the ''Wipeout'' set at Sable Ranch as seen in 2013]]
Contestants compete through four rounds of competition until a final winner is determined. The first round features 24 contestants (they were introduced from seasons 1–3, but from season 4 onwards, not all were shown) running through a series of obstacles. The top 12 finishing times move on. The show never made clear to viewers whether or how the finishing times are adjusted for failing to complete obstacles along the way.
The next two rounds take place on two different complex obstacles. They typically involve large structures that competitors have to enter, navigate around while hostile devices try to knock them off, and then jump to a landing pad to finish, where Jill Wagner awaits them. The competitors keep trying on these structures until roughly half of them have reached the finish; the other half are eliminated. This leaves only the top four (top three in later seasons) to make it to the final round called the Wipeout Zone, where the winner earns the title of Wipeout Champion and a $50,000 grand prize.
The challenges change each week, but always feature offbeat and comical obstacles, such as the "Sucker Punch", the "Big Balls" (the show's trademark obstacle, four very large red spheres in sequence that must be traversed from a running start with failures often resulting in odd-angle rejections), the "Sweeper", the "Dizzy Dummy", or the "Dreadmill". Emphasis is always placed on obstacles that can produce sudden jarring collisions (the obstacle surfaces are heavily padded and competitors sometimes don helmets or flak jackets) followed by spectacular falls into the water below, these being the show's titular "wipeouts". As part of wiping out, the competitors often end up covered in mud, froth, vats of food, or other unlikely substances.
In one of the show's trademarks, the commentators have a humorous running commentary, often mocking and insulting the contestants as they compete. The hosts make frequent use of puns. Jokey sound effects and cheesy visual effects are often added as well. The exchanges between the two hosts is often a subplot of episodes themselves, with Anderson playing it mostly straight as a play-by-play man while Henson offers up off-the-wall inanities and non sequiturs as color commentary. Jill Wagner offers additional features reactions, and also provides interviews with the contestants filmed before their turn begins. These interviews tend to emphasize bizarre aspects of contestants' personalities with Wagner making facial commentary as the conversation proceeds. Generally only those who will pass the first round are introduced, and a nickname is assigned that is used throughout the game.
At night, the show takes an epic and serious turn with the humor dialed down and serious background music instead of its lighthearted theme music. The final four or three contestants play separately on a large obstacle course inside the studio called the Wipeout Zone, each attempting to finish the course in the fastest time, much like the first round. Though slight variations are used in each episode, contestants wear wetsuits and they begin by either sliding down a water ramp or being launched by a giant catapult or blob into the course, swimming to the first obstacle. Obstacles have varied between episodes, but the course contains several obstacles that must be traversed in order to reach the finishing platform. The player with the fastest time on the course is declared the "champion" of the episode and is awarded the show's grand prize of $50,000. The Wipeout Zone often brings competitors to the brink of exhaustion, especially when they have to swim back to a starting point to retry a failed obstacle, unlike the first round. However, in Season 7, the zone was all about speed, and the contestants were given one attempt per obstacle.
==Episodes== {{Series overview
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==Reception== On its premiere night, ''Wipeout'' scored the highest premiere rating of any new show in summer 2008, besting competing veteran summer shows ''[[Hell's Kitchen (American TV series)|Hell's Kitchen]]'' and ''[[America's Got Talent]]''.<ref name="Ratings">{{cite news|title=Wipeout scores top Tuesday ratings|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3if15c9c648a5fa48d2b9e29f95cd82efd|work=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|access-date=2008-06-25|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080716020222/http://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3if15c9c648a5fa48d2b9e29f95cd82efd|archive-date=2008-07-16}}</ref> As the season progressed, [[Nielsen Media Research]] put it at the top of the 18–49 demographic, slightly outpaced by ''[[America's Got Talent]]''. On August 6, 2008, ''Wipeout'' was officially renewed for a second season.<ref name=autogenerated1>{{Cite web|url=https://variety.com/2009/scene/markets-festivals/abc-renews-wipeout-2-1118006331/ |title=ABC renews 'Wipeout' for third season to begin in the Summer of 2010|website=[[Variety (magazine)|Variety]]|date=22 July 2009 |access-date=15 November 2021}}</ref> The second season premiered on May 27, 2009, and with an audience of 9.69{{spaces}}million, ''Wipeout'' bested its first season average and gave ABC its best numbers in the Wednesday 8:00 p.m. slot since November 2007.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.seattlepi.com/tvguide/406658_tvgif28.html|website=Seattlepi.com|title="TV Guide" section|access-date=15 November 2021}}{{Dead link|date=July 2022 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> The third season premiered on June 22, 2010, with ratings of 10.21{{spaces}}million,<ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/hr/content_display/news/e3ifc6418268b866f76378f8103d4633697|title=The Hollywood Reporter|access-date=2012-05-22|first=James |last=Hibberd}}</ref> with a special "Blind Date" episode getting 12.8{{spaces}}million viewers on June 1, 2010.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Wipeout |url=https://www.facebook.com/login/?next=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.facebook.com%2FWipeout |url-access=registration |website=Facebook}}</ref> In 2016, a ''[[The New York Times|New York Times]]'' study of the 50 TV shows with the most [[facebook like button|Facebook Like]]s found that ''Wipeout'' was "most popular in Northern, rural areas with a large percentage of white people: Idaho, Utah, Wisconsin and Maine are all on the top of this show's list".<ref name="katz20161227">{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2016/12/26/upshot/duck-dynasty-vs-modern-family-television-maps.html |title='Duck Dynasty' vs. 'Modern Family': 50 Maps of the U.S. Cultural Divide |last=Katz |first=Josh |date=2016-12-27 |newspaper=The New York Times}}</ref>
On January 6, 2011, the first season of ''Winter Wipeout'' premiered with the series' highest ratings ever, beating the 8.00{{spaces}}p.m. competition in the coveted 18–49 demographic and many other key demos.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hibberd|first=James|url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/01/07/winter-wipeout-ratings-abc|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110110032924/http://insidetv.ew.com/2011/01/07/winter-wipeout-ratings-abc/|url-status=dead|archive-date=January 10, 2011|title=Winter 'Wipeout' kills on ABC|publisher=Insidetv.ew.com|date=2011-01-07|access-date=2012-05-22}}</ref>
==Awards and nominations== {| class="wikitable" |- ! Year ! Awards ! Category ! Result ! Notes |- |2009 |Rose d'Or |Entertainment Category | {{Nominated}} |style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=https://variety.com/2009/film/news/u-k-dominates-rose-d-or-honors-1118001084/|title=U.K. dominates Rose d'Or honors|date=11 March 2009|access-date=August 17, 2014}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" |2010 |Entertainment Weekly |Guilty Pleasure Reality Showdown | {{won}} |style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/01/11/wipeout-guilty-pleasure-champion/|title='Wipeout' Takes the Crown as the Guilty Pleasure Reality TV Champion|access-date=August 17, 2014|archive-date=November 13, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113034054/http://popwatch.ew.com/2010/01/11/wipeout-guilty-pleasure-champion/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" |Kids' Choice Awards |Favorite Reality Show | {{Nominated}} |style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.nick.com/kids-choice-awards/wipeout-tv-show.html|title='Wipeout' 2010 Kid's Choice Award Nomination|access-date=2010-02-27|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110826024413/http://www.nick.com/kids-choice-awards/wipeout-tv-show.html|archive-date=2011-08-26|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" |2011 |Favorite Reality Show | {{Nominated}} |style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{Cite web|title=2011 Kids Choice Award Nominees: All Disney and Nickelodeon|url=https://www.buddytv.com/2011-kids-choice-award-nominees-all-disney-and-nickelodeon/|access-date=15 November 2021|website=Buddytv.com|date=10 February 2011}}</ref> |- |Teen Choice Awards |Choice TV: Reality Competition Show | {{Nominated}} |style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/06/29/teen-choice-awards-2011-nominees_n_887197.html|title=Teen Choice Awards 2011 Nominees Announced|work=Huffington Post|first=Rae|last=Votta|date=June 29, 2011}}</ref> |- |2012 | rowspan="3" |Kids' Choice Awards |Favorite Reality Show | {{won}} |style="text-align:center;" | <ref name="insidetv.ew.com">{{cite web|url=http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/03/31/kids-choice-awards-and-the-winners-are|title='Kids Choice Awards': And the winners are...|access-date=August 17, 2014|archive-date=October 8, 2014|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141008111052/http://insidetv.ew.com/2012/03/31/kids-choice-awards-and-the-winners-are/|url-status=dead}}</ref>{{refn|group="Note"|''Wipeout'' won the award for the first time, dethroning ''[[American Idol]]'', which had won the category every time since its inception. Over 220{{spaces}}million votes were cast.<ref name="insidetv.ew.com"/>}} |- |2013 |Favorite Reality Show | {{won}} |style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite web|url=http://family-room.ew.com/2013/03/23/2013-kids-choice-awards-winners|title=2013 Kids' Choice Awards: And the winners are...|access-date=August 17, 2014|archive-date=November 13, 2013|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131113035601/http://family-room.ew.com/2013/03/23/2013-kids-choice-awards-winners/|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- | rowspan="2" |2014 |Favorite Reality Show | {{won}} |style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/kids-choice-awards-2014-winners-692089|title=Nickelodeon's Kids' Choice Awards: The Winners|work=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Aaron|last=Couch|date=March 29, 2014}}</ref> |- |Teen Choice Awards |Choice Summer TV Show | {{won}} |style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/teen-choice-awards-2014-winners-724423|title=Teen Choice Award: The Complete Winners List|work=The Hollywood Reporter|first=Kimberly|last=Nordyke|date=August 10, 2014}}</ref> |- |2015 |Kids' Choice Awards |Favorite Reality Show | {{Nominated}} |style="text-align:center;" | <ref>{{cite news|url=https://www.ew.com/article/2015/02/20/kids-choice-awards-release-nominations-meryl-streep-earns-her-very-first|title=Meryl Streep gets her first Kids' Choice Awards nomination: See the full list|work=EW.com|first=Megan|last=Daley|date=February 20, 2015}}</ref> |} ;Notes {{Reflist|group="Note"}}
==Lawsuit== The concept and style of the show has been compared to several [[Japanese variety show|Japanese game shows]], most notably ''[[Takeshi's Castle]]'', ''[[Kinniku Banzuke|Unbeatable Banzuke]]'' and ''[[Sasuke (TV series)|SASUKE]]''.<ref name="JapaneseGameShows">{{cite news|title=Will Americans fall for Japanese-style game shows?|url=http://archive.boston.com/ae/tv/articles/2008/06/24/will_americans_fall_for_japanese_style_game_shows/|first=Joanna|last=Weiss|work=[[The Boston Globe]]|date=June 24, 2008|access-date=2008-06-28}}</ref><ref name="Wipeout">{{cite web|title=Wipeout and I Survived a Japanese Game Show Tonight|date=24 June 2008|url=http://www.huliq.com/62671/wipeout-and-i-survived-japanese-game-show-tonight|publisher=Huliq News|access-date=2008-06-28}}</ref> This was brought to the attention of the Japanese broadcaster [[TBS Holdings|Tokyo Broadcasting System]], who filed a [[copyright infringement]] lawsuit against ABC, charging that ''Wipeout'' is "a blatant copycat" of several of its classic Japanese competition game shows. Among the charges are that ABC bought search terms such as ''[[Most Extreme Elimination Challenge|MXC]]'' (the Americanized comedy version of ''Takeshi's Castle'') on Google to help drive traffic to the official ''Wipeout'' page, and that specific obstacles in ''Wipeout'' were knock-offs of challenges in those Japanese game shows. {{citation needed|date=August 2014}}
''Wipeout'' creator and executive producer [[Matt Kunitz]], who also executive produced Endemol's ''[[Fear Factor]]'' (NBC), said ''Wipeout'' is "90% ''Fear Factor''-inspired, 10% Japanese game show", adding in a ''[[Los Angeles Times]]'' interview that ''Wipeout'' was born from a desire to do a funny stunt series. He reportedly wanted to sell the show as ''Fear Factor'' meets ''[[America's Funniest Home Videos]]''.<ref name="LA Times">{{cite news|title=Just call Matt Kunitz the king of reality TV|url=https://www.latimes.com/entertainment/news/tv/la-et-channel14-2008jul14,0,4671579.story|newspaper=[[Los Angeles Times]]|access-date=2008-07-14|first=Channel|last=Island|date=July 14, 2008}}</ref> The suit was settled in December 2011 through mediation with a federal judge without going to trial.<ref name="The Hollywood Reporter">{{Cite web|url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/business/business-news/wipeout-copyright-lawsuit-abc-endemol-276301/|title=ABC, Endemol Settle 'Wipeout' Copyright Lawsuit With Japanese Broadcaster|first1=Matthew|last1=Belloni|website=[[The Hollywood Reporter]]|date=December 24, 2011}}</ref>
==Video games== There have been eight video games based on ''Wipeout''. The series was first adapted into ''Wipeout: The Game'', which was released June 22, 2010 in conjunction with the Season 3 premiere.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/Wipeout#!/video/video.php?comments&v=414051740551|title="Wipeout: The Game" at Facebook|work=Facebook.com|access-date=May 22, 2012}}</ref> The game was released on the [[Wii]] and [[Nintendo DS]], and was developed by [[Activision]]. The game is played in two different versions. Challenge mode is where the player can challenge specific obstacles and attempt to beat them in a certain amount of time. The other is Play The Show, which means to play the game as they would in the show. The Wii game is different from the show (and its [[Nintendo DS]] counterpart) in that there are only 4 contestants, and none are eliminated during the first three rounds. The game has commentary by Henson, Anderson and Wagner, all three of whom are featured as unlockable playable characters.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://gofanboy.com/|title=Real Time News - Go Fan Boy|website=Gofanboy.com|access-date=15 November 2021}}</ref>
Another ''Wipeout'' game was under development by [[Activision]], this time for [[Xbox 360]] with [[Kinect]], entitled 'Wipeout: In The Zone'. It took full advantage of the Kinect remote and has ragdoll wipeouts and different rounds from the Wii and DS version, such as Bruiseball. The game was released "in conjunction with the premier of Wipeout's summer season on ABC"<ref>{{cite web|url=http://investor.activision.com/releasedetail.cfm?releaseid=557886|title=Activision and ABC Entertainment Group Announce Exclusive Wipeout In The Zone, Coming This Summer on Kinect for Xbox 360|publisher=Investor.activision.com|date=2011-03-16|access-date=2012-05-22}}</ref> on June 16, 2011.<ref>[http://tvovermind.zap2it.com/abc/abc-unveils-summer-2011-schedule/52449 Profile] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110430224223/http://tvovermind.zap2it.com/abc/abc-unveils-summer-2011-schedule/52449 |date=2011-04-30 }}, tvovermind.zap2it.com; accessed August 17, 2014.</ref> [[Activision]] announced on August 18, 2011, that a direct sequel to the first Wipeout game was in development titled ''Wipeout 2''<ref>{{cite web|author=Kerry|url=http://www.gameplaytoday.com/home/news-archive/6273-activision-announces-wipeout-2-for-all-major-consoles|title=Activision Announces Wipeout 2 for All Major Consoles|publisher=Gameplaytoday.com|date=2011-08-18|access-date=2012-05-22}}</ref> for [[Xbox 360]] with [[Kinect]], [[PlayStation 3]], [[Wii]], [[Nintendo DS]] and [[Nintendo 3DS]]. The new game is described as "Offering updated, outrageous course designs across all platforms with obstacles and effects taken straight from the show's summer and winter seasons. Players must navigate around snow, ice, foam, and fan-favorite obstacles like the Sucker Punch and Big Balls; which are making their triumphant returns alongside more than 50 others".
It was released on October 11, 2011.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/DYECx6GCX3nnsFTHdgHJw12U-fFxIizQ|title=Wipeout 2 at Nintendo: Games|publisher=Nintendo.com|access-date=2012-05-22|archive-date=2012-06-15|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120615070641/http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/DYECx6GCX3nnsFTHdgHJw12U-fFxIizQ|url-status=dead}}</ref> A second sequel titled ''Wipeout 3'' was announced on June 29, 2012 and released for Xbox 360, Wii and Nintendo 3DS on September 25, 2012 and Wii U on November 18, 2012.<ref>{{cite web | url=https://www.gamereactor.eu/activision-announce-wipeout-3/ | title=Activision announce Wipeout 3 | date=29 June 2012 }}</ref> Activision announced on June 25, 2013, that a new title called ''Wipeout: Create & Crash'' would be released on Wii, Wii U, Xbox 360, and Nintendo 3DS on October 15, 2013.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://investor.activision.com/news-releases/news-release-details/activision-publishing-inc-set-release-six-titles-wii-utm-fall|website=Activision Blizzard |title=Activision Publishing, Inc. Set to Release Six Titles for Wii U™ This Fall|access-date=15 November 2021}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable" |- ! style="background:#fada00;"|Title !! style="background:#fada00;"|Developer(s) !! style="background:#fada00;"|Publisher(s) !! style="background:#fada00;"|Platform(s) !! style="background:#fada00;"|Release date(s) !! style="background:#fada00;"|Genre !! style="background:#fada00;"|References |- |'''''Wipeout: The Game''''' |A.C.R.O.N.Y.M. Games |[[Activision]] |[[Wii]]<br />[[Nintendo DS]] |{{vgrelease|NA|June 22, 2010}} |[[Action game|Action]] |align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com/wipeout-the-game/|title=Wipeout: The Game|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |work=[[GameSpot]]|access-date=2015-03-01}}</ref> |- |'''''[[Wipeout in the Zone]]''''' |[[Behaviour Interactive]] |[[Activision]] |[[Xbox 360]] |{{vgrelease|NA|June 14, 2011}} |Action |align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://xbox360.ign.com/objects/103/103316.html|title=Wipeout in the Zone - About the Game|work=[[IGN]]|access-date=2015-03-01}}</ref> |- |'''''Wipeout 2''''' |[[Behaviour Interactive]] |[[Activision]] |Xbox 360<br />[[PlayStation 3]]<br />Wii<br />[[Nintendo 3DS]]<br />Nintendo DS |{{vgrelease|NA|October 11, 2011}} |Action |align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.gamespot.com/wipeout-2/|title=Wipeout 2|publisher=[[CBS Interactive]] |work=[[GameSpot]]|date=10 October 2011 |access-date=2015-03-01}}</ref> |- |'''''Wipeout''''' |[[Activision]] |[[Activision]] |[[iOS]] |{{vgrelease|NA|August 30, 2012}} |Action |align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wipeout/id549592189?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D2/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150407064056/https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wipeout/id549592189?mt=8&ign-mpt=uo%3D2/|url-status=dead|archive-date=April 7, 2015|title=Wipeout By Activision Publishing, Inc.|work=iTunes|access-date=2015-03-01}}</ref> |- |'''''Wipeout 3''''' |[[Behaviour Interactive]] |[[Activision]] |Xbox 360<br />Wii<br />Nintendo 3DS<br />[[Wii U]] |'''Xbox 360, Wii, Nintendo 3DS'''<br />{{vgrelease|NA|September 25, 2012}}'''Wii U'''{{vgrelease|NA|November 18, 2012}} |Action |align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/Q_FkopncUUjpajtwEZJriHDDoKVycrq2|title=Wipeout 3: Leap, Bounce & Fall… It's Time To Conquer The BIG BALLS!|work=[[Nintendo]]|access-date=2015-03-01|archive-date=2015-04-02|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150402140710/http://www.nintendo.com/games/detail/Q_FkopncUUjpajtwEZJriHDDoKVycrq2|url-status=dead}}</ref> |- |'''''Wipeout''''' |[[Activision]] |[[Activision]] |[[Android (operating system)|Android]] |{{vgrelease|NA|February 8, 2013}} |Action |align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.activision.wipeout|title=Wipeout|work=Google Play|access-date=2015-03-01}}</ref> |- |'''''Wipeout: Create & Crash''''' |[[Behaviour Interactive]] |[[Activision]] |Xbox 360<br />Wii<br />Nintendo 3DS<br />Wii U |{{vgrelease|NA|October 15, 2013}} |Action |align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=http://investor.activision.com/releasedetail.cfm?ReleaseID=780390|title=Activision Publishing, Inc. Set to Release Six Titles for Wii U™ This Fall|publisher=[[Activision Publishing]]|access-date=2015-03-01}}</ref> |- |'''''Wipeout 2''''' |[[Activision]] |[[Activision]] |[[iOS]] [[Android (operating system)|Android]] |{{vgrelease|NA|August 28, 2014}} |Action |align=center|<ref>{{cite web|url=https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wipeout-2/id858023409?mt=8&v0=WWW-NAUS-ITSTOP100-FREEAPPS&l=en&ign-mpt=uo%3D4|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141003034245/https://itunes.apple.com/us/app/wipeout-2/id858023409?mt=8&v0=WWW-NAUS-ITSTOP100-FREEAPPS&l=en&ign-mpt=uo%3D4|url-status=dead|archive-date=October 3, 2014|title=Wipeout 2 By Activision Publishing, Inc.|work=iTunes|access-date=2015-03-01}}</ref> |- |}
=={{anchor|International versions}}International versions== [[Endemol Shine North America]] has sold the show's format to more than 40 territories and has created two obstacle courses in [[Argentina]] for those international editions.<ref name=autogenerated1/> Past, current and upcoming versions include: {{sticky header}} {| class="wikitable sortable sticky-header" style="line-height:16px" |- ! Country ! Name ! Host ! Channel ! Premiere |- | {{Flagicon|Arab League}} [[Arab World]] | [[:ar:وايب أوت|وايب أوت]]<br />Wipeout | Mustafa Alagha, Tamer Abd El-Monem, Karen Derkalostian | [[MBC 1 (Middle East and North Africa)|MBC 1]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mbc.net/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090704093246/http://www.mbc.net/wipeout/ |url-status=dead |script-title=ar:الرئيسية|archive-date=July 4, 2009|website=www.mbc.net}}</ref> | {{dts|May 2009}} |- | {{flag|Argentina}} | Hombre al agua | Sebastián Weinbaum and Eugenio Weinbaum (Season 1, 3)<br />Ivan de Pineda and Luli Fernendez (Season 2) | [[El Trece|Canal 13]] | {{dts|January 5, 2009}} |- | {{flag|Australia}} | [[Wipeout Australia]] | Kelly Landry, [[James Brayshaw]] and [[Josh Lawson]] | [[Nine Network]]/[[9Go!|Go!]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://channelnine.ninemsn.com.au/tvshow.aspx?sectionid=8905%C2%A7ionname%3Dwipeout |title=Channel nine – wipeout |publisher=Channelnine.ninemsn.com.au |access-date=2012-05-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090112061856/http://channelnine.ninemsn.com.au/tvshow.aspx?sectionid=8905%C2%A7ionname%3Dwipeout |archive-date=January 12, 2009 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | {{dts|February 3, 2009}} |- | {{flag|Belarus}} | Зачистка<br />Zachistka | Alexandra Pavlova and Ivan Vabishevich | [[All-National TV|ONT]] | {{dts|January 23, 2011}} |- | {{flag|Belgium}} | Wipeout | Walter Grootaers, [[Bob Peeters]] & Lynn Pelgroms (& Wytske Kenemans) | [[VTM (TV channel)|VTM]]<ref>{{Cite news |date=2009-03-04 |title=Bob Peeters: ''Wipeout'' is pure topsport |url=https://www.demorgen.be/nieuws/bob-peeters-wipeout-is-pure-topsport~ba271ad9/ |work=[[De Morgen]] |language=nl}}</ref> | {{dts|March 4, 2009}} |- | {{flag|Brazil}} | Maratoma | [[Fausto Silva]] | [[TV Globo|Rede Globo]]<ref>"[http://tvtribuna.globo.com/programacao/prog_categoria.asp?idPrograma=11 Domingão do Faustão]{{Dead link|date=December 2025 |bot=InternetArchiveBot }}" {{in lang|pt}}</ref> | {{dts|July 19, 2009}} |- | rowspan=2|{{flag|Canada}} | [[Wipeout Québec]] | Valérie Simard, Alain Dumas and Réal Béland | [[Noovo|V]] | {{dts|August 31, 2009}} |- | [[Wipeout Canada]] | [[Jonathan Torrens]], [[Enis Esmer]], Jessica Phillips<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://montrealgazette.com/entertainment/Contestants+wanted+Wipeout+Canada/3103965/story.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100606211051/http://www.montrealgazette.com/entertainment/Contestants+wanted+Wipeout+Canada/3103965/story.html |url-status=dead |title=''Wipeout Canada'' website|archive-date=June 6, 2010}}</ref> | [[DTour|TVtropolis]]<br /> [[Family Channel (Canadian TV channel)|Family Channel]] | {{dts|April 3, 2011}} |- | {{flag|Chile}} | Hombre Al Agua | Martín Cárcamo and Álvaro Salas | [[Televisión Nacional de Chile|TVN]] | {{dts|March 6, 2009}} |- | {{flag|Colombia}} | Hombre Al Agua | Pirry and [[Andrea Serna]] | [[RCN Televisión|RCN TV]] | {{dts|December 2011}} |- | {{flag|Croatia}} | Wipeout | Marina Jerkovic | [[RTL (Croatian TV channel)|RTL Televizija]] | {{dts|April 12, 2009}} |- | {{flag|Czech Republic}} | Wipeout – Souboj národů | Libor Bouček, Janka Hospodárová | [[TV Nova (Czech Republic)|Nova]] | {{dts|June 29, 2011}} |- | {{flag|Denmark}} | Wipeout | Uffe Holm, Martin Veltz, Thomas Mygind (season 1), Maria Montell (season 2), Anne Kejser (Vinter Wipeout) | [[Kanal 5 (Danish TV channel)|Kanal 5]] | {{dts|March 5, 2009}} |- | {{flag|Finland}} | [[:fi:Wipeout Suomi|Wipeout Suomi]] | [[Anna Easteden]], Jacke Björklund, Sami Manninen | [[Star Channel (Finnish TV channel)|Fox]] | {{dts|March 31, 2013}} |- | {{flag|France}} | [[:fr:Total Wipeout|Total Wipeout]] | Stéphane Rotenberg, Alex Goude, Sandrine Corman | [[M6 (TV channel)|M6]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.lepost.fr/article/2009/06/25/1593349_l-emission-total-wipeout-de-m6-se-devoile-en-video.html |title=Article about the French show |publisher=Lepost.fr |date=2009-06-25 |access-date=2012-05-22 |archive-date=2012-01-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120115015321/http://www.lepost.fr/article/2009/06/25/1593349_l-emission-total-wipeout-de-m6-se-devoile-en-video.html |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|title=Total Wipeout on M6|url=http://www.m6.fr/emission-total_wipeout/les-epreuves.html|language=fr|access-date=2009-09-12|archive-date=2009-10-18|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091018231609/http://www.m6.fr/emission-total_wipeout/les-epreuves.html|url-status=dead}}</ref> | {{dts|July 17, 2009}} |- | {{flag|Germany}} | [[:de:WipeOut – Heul nicht, lauf!|WipeOut – Heul nicht, lauf!]] | Charlotte Engelhardt, Matthias Opdenhövel and Werner Hansch | [[ProSieben]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.dwdl.de/nachrichten/16693/prosieben_produziert_abenteuershow_in_argentinien/|title=ProSieben produziert Abenteuer-Show in Argentinien|first=DWDL de|last=GmbH|website=DWDL.de}}</ref> | {{dts|March 10, 2009}} |- | {{flag|Greece}} | Wipeout | Christoforos Zaralikos, Dimitris Menounos, Eleni Karpontini (season 1), Giorgos Lianos (season 2) | [[ANT1]] | {{dts|February 6, 2010}} |- | {{flag|Iceland}} | Wipeout Ísland | Sigmar Vilhjálmsson, Jóhannes Ásbjörnsson and Friðrika Hjördís Geirsdóttir | [[Stöð 2]]<ref name="stod2.is">{{Cite web|url=https://stod2.is/?PageID=193&NewsID=1789|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090831220525/http://www.stod2.is/?PageID=193&NewsID=1789 |url-status=dead |title=Stöð 2: Margfalt skemmtilegri|archive-date=August 31, 2009|website=stod2.is}}</ref> | {{dts|December 11, 2009}} |- | {{flag|India}} | [[Zor Ka Jhatka: Total Wipeout]] | [[Shah Rukh Khan|Shahrukh Khan]] and [[Saumya Tandon]]<ref>{{cite news| url=https://www.hollywoodreporter.com/news/shah-rukh-khan-host-indian-61603 | work=The Hollywood Reporter | first=Nyay | last=Bhushan | title=Shah Rukh Khan to Host Indian Version of 'Wipeout' | date=December 20, 2010}}</ref> | [[Imagine TV]]{{citation needed|date=November 2012}} | {{dts|February 1, 2011}} |- | {{flag|Israel}} | [[:he:וייפאאוט|וויפאאוט ישראל]]<br />Wipeout Israel | [[Tal Berman]] and Aviad Kisos | [[Channel 10 (Israel)|Channel 10]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mouse.co.il/CM.television_articles_item,789,209,54576,.aspx |title=טל ואביעד ינחו את הגירסה הישראלית ל-"Wipeout" – מדור טלוויזיה – עכבר העיר |publisher=Mouse.co.il |access-date=2012-05-22 |archive-date=2016-01-24 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160124031335/http://www.mouse.co.il/CM.television_articles_item,789,209,54576,.aspx |url-status=dead }}</ref> | {{dts|May 10, 2011}} |- | {{flag|Italy}} | Wipeout – Pronti a tutto! | Lillo e Greg | [[K2 (TV channel)|K2]] | {{dts|October 3, 2010}} |- | {{flag|Kazakhstan}} | Экстрималы<br />Ekstremalyi | Azamat Ivashev, Anton Zykin, Evgeny Pereverzev, Axaule Alzhan | Channel 7 <ref>{{cite web|first=Kelly |last=Anderson |url=http://realscreen.com/2011/01/19/endemol-enters-partnership-with-kazakhstans-channel-7/ |title=Endemol enters partnership with Kazakhstan's Channel 7 |publisher=Realscreen |date=2011-01-19 |access-date=2013-07-14}}</ref> | {{dts|March 9, 2013}} |- | {{flag|Lithuania}} | Jokių kliūčių! | Džiugas Siaurusaitis | [[TV3 (Lithuanian TV channel)|TV3]] | {{dts|January 10, 2009}} |- | {{flag|Mexico}} | Resbalón | José Ramón San Cristóbal, Eduardo Videgaray | [[Televisa]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.televisa.com/noticias-corporativas/088526/resbalon|title=Resbalón|date=10 February 2010|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100210202914/http://www.televisa.com/noticias-corporativas/088526/resbalon|access-date=15 November 2021|archive-date=2010-02-10}}</ref> | {{dts|August 29, 2009}} |- | {{flag|Mozambique}} | O Gram Caida | Noel Serra, Cristian Aureliano Maranhao | Promomedios Televisor | {{dts|September 12, 2010}} |- | {{flag|Netherlands}} | [[:nl:Wipeout (2008)|Wipeout]] | Wytske Kenemans, [[Dennis Weening]], Klaas van der Eerden, Lynn Pelgroms | [[RTL 5]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.mediacourant.nl/2008/08/spectaculair-amerikaans-format-wipeout-bij-rtl-5/|title=Spectaculair Amerikaans format Wipeout bij RTL 5|date=August 8, 2008|website=Mediacourant.nl}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.rtl.nl/shows/wipeout/|title=rtl.nl|website=Rtl.nl|access-date=15 November 2021}}</ref> | {{dts|February 15, 2009}} |- | {{flag|Norway}} | [[:no:Wipeout|Wipeout]] | Anders Hoff, Øyvind Rafto (series 1-2), Synnøve Skarbø | [[TVNorge]] | {{dts|March 2, 2009}}<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.discoveryplus.com/|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207140711/http://www.tvnorge.no/programportaler/wipeout/wipeout |url-status=dead |title=discovery+ Stream 55,000+ Real-Life TV Episodes|archive-date=February 7, 2009|via=www.discoveryplus.com}}</ref> |- | {{flag|Philippines}} | Wipeout Matira, Matibay | [[Paolo Contis]], Vincent de Jesus | [[GMA Network]] | {{dts|March 15, 2010}} |- | {{flag|Poland}} | [[:pl:Wipeout – Wymiatacze|Wipeout – Wymiatacze]] | Tomasz Zimoch, Krzysztof 'Jankes' Jankowski,<br />Katarzyna Olubińska | [[TVN (Polish TV channel)|TVN]] | {{dts|February 13, 2011}} |- | rowspan="2" | {{flag|Russia}} | [[:ru:Жестокие игры (телеигра)|Жестокие игры]] <br />Zhestokiye Igry | Dmitry Dibrov (series 1), Kirill Nabutov, [[Yana Churikova]] | [[Channel One Russia|Channel One]]<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.mnilive.com/2009/09/endemol-secures-new-deals-for-russian-version-of-wipeout/ |title=Endemol secures new deals for Russian version of Wipeout |publisher=Mnilive.com |date=2009-09-30 |access-date=2012-05-22 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091003160327/http://www.mnilive.com/2009/09/endemol-secures-new-deals-for-russian-version-of-wipeout/ |archive-date=2009-10-03 |url-status=dead }}</ref> | {{dts|March 7, 2010}} |- | Навылет<br />Navylet | Danila Dunayev, Natali Nevedrova, Vladimir Strozhuk | Yu | {{dts|September 7, 2013}} |- | {{flag|Serbia}} | Wipeout | Ivan Tešanović and Miljan Milićević | [[Prva Srpska Televizija|FOX Televizija]] | {{dts|November 8, 2009}} |- | {{flag|Slovakia}} | Wipeout – Súboj národov | Janka Hospodárová, Libor Bouček | [[Markíza]] | {{dts|July 3, 2011}} |- | {{flag|Slovenia}} | Wipeout | Jernej Kuntner and Tomaž Cuder | [[TV3 Slovenia|TV 3]] | Unknown |- | {{flag|Spain}} | ¡Guaypaut! | [[Carmen Alcayde]] | [[Telecinco]]<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.vertele.com/noticias/detail.php?id=20302|title=Carmen Alcayde presentará "¡Guaypaut!"|date=20 September 2008|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080920042311/http://www.vertele.com/noticias/detail.php?id=20302|access-date=15 November 2021|archive-date=2008-09-20}}</ref> | {{dts|December 24, 2008}} |- | {{flag|Sweden}} | [[:sv:Wipeout|Wipeout]] | [[Felix Herngren]], [[Hans Wiklund]], [[Sofia Wistam]] (seasons 1 and 2), [[Christine Meltzer]] (season 3) | [[Kanal 5 (Swedish TV channel)|Kanal 5]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://kanal5.se/web/guest/wipeout|title=kanal5.se - Wipeout|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090314151009/http://kanal5.se/web/guest/wipeout|archive-date=2009-03-14}}</ref> | {{dts|March 8, 2009}} |- | {{flag|Turkey}} | [[:tr:Wipeout Türkiye|Wipeout]] | [[Asuman Krause]], Orhan Ayhan (uncredited) | [[Show TV]]<ref>{{cite web|last=Parker |first=Robin |url=https://www.broadcastnow.co.uk/turkey-experiences-a-wipeout/1676072.article |title=Turkey experiences a ''Wipeout'' |publisher=Broadcastnow.co.uk |date=2008-06-30 |access-date=2021-03-07}}</ref> | {{dts|June 30, 2008}} |- | rowspan="2" | {{flag|Ukraine}} | БУМ, Битва українських міст<br />BUM, Bytva Ukrayinskyh Mist | Stepan Kazanin, Valeria Ushakova (season 1), Alexander Krikun, [[Olena Hovorova]] (season 2) | [[Inter (TV channel)|Inter TV]] | {{dts|March 7, 2010}} |- | Замочені (Zamocheni) | Ehor Krutoholov, Oleksandr Berezhok, Anna Teslenko | [[ICTV (Ukraine)|ICTV]] | {{dts|June 16, 2013}} |- | {{nowrap|{{flag|United Kingdom}}}} | [[Total Wipeout]] | [[Richard Hammond]]<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/a130573/hammond-to-host-primetime-tv-show.html |title=Hammond to host primetime TV show – TV News |website=Digital Spy |date=2008-09-18 |access-date=2012-05-22}}</ref> and [[Amanda Byram]] | [[BBC One]],<br />[[BBC Three]],<br />[[CBBC (TV channel)|CBBC]]<ref name="variety.com">{{cite news|url=https://variety.com/2008/tv/news/sales-no-obstacle-for-wipeout-1117990861/|work=Variety|title=Sales no obstacle for 'Wipeout'|first=Steve|last=Clarke|date=August 20, 2008}}</ref> | {{dts|January 3, 2009}} |}
Notes: *In Canada, the original American series airs on Global for the first 5 seasons where [[Citytv|City]] aired the 6th; the French-Canadian television [[noovo|V]] also aired the United States series but dubbed in French. The original American series also airs in the UK on [[Challenge (TV channel)|Challenge]] (as ''Total Wipeout USA''), in [[New Zealand]] on [[Comedy Central]], in Australia on [[Nine Network]]; in the Philippines and India on [[AXN]] and also on [[Comedy Central]] in India, in the Netherlands on [[RTL 5]], and in Hong Kong on [[TVB Pearl]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://programme.tvb.com/variety/wipeout6/|title=Wipeout (VI) - Main - tvb.com|website=programme.tvb.com}}</ref> It is also broadcast in Ireland by [[TG4]] with an Irish language voiceover and in Slovenia by [[TV3 Slovenia|TV 3]] with a Slovenian voice-over since season 3. *The Scandinavian countries Denmark, Norway, and Sweden produce separate versions of the show based on the same footage of contestants from the three countries competing against each other. *The Dutch version is a collaboration between the Netherlands and Belgium. *The American, British, Canadian and Australian versions are broadcast in Portugal on [[star Comedy|FX]] and also the Spanish and Argentine versions and a rerun of the first season in Portuguese on +tvi. *The Italian version is made from the American show, with the original audio still audible; some episodes are taken from the British version, ''[[Total Wipeout]]''. *In Mexico, the original American version of the show aired on [[Televisa]]'s sister network, [[Canal 5 (Mexican TV channel)|Canal 5]] under a different name, Resbalón Recargado, which is dubbed in Spanish. All 7 seasons aired on the network.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.televisa.com/canal5/series/resbalon-recargado|title=Televisa - Resbalon Recargado}}</ref> *[[Pluto TV]] launched a ''Wipeout''-themed channel in 2019, which solely broadcasts the British, Canadian and Australian versions.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.facebook.com/PlutoTV/posts/dont-miss-new-episodes-of-smashes-crashes-and-splashes-on-pluto-tvs-hardest-hitt/2439713086090966/|title=Facebook|website=www.facebook.com}}</ref> *Seasons 1–3 of the American version, along with the British and Australian versions were first broadcast on [[Nine Network|Nine]]/[[9Go!|GO!]] in Australia. In 2015, an uncut British version was broadcast on [[ABC Family (Australian TV channel)|ABC2]] and seasons 2 and 3 of the American version were broadcast on [[7mate]]. Currently, the British version is broadcast on [[Nickelodeon (Australian TV channel)|10 Shake]], and seasons 4–7 and the TBS reboot of the American version are broadcast on [[Fox8]]. *The Chinese version is unlicensed, and was not made by Endemol.
==References== {{Reflist}}
== Further reading == * {{cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2009/07/22/arts/television/22wipe.html |title=Gluttons for Punishment Are Balm for ABC |work=The New York Times |first=Brian |last=Stelter |date=July 21, 2009}} * {{cite news |url=http://www.pantagraph.com/entertainment/television/article_1772ff34-6b39-5bb5-b4fb-407dd7a8cd9d.html |title='Wipeout' harder, much harder, than it looks on TV |work=Associated Press via Pantagraph.com |first=Derrik J |last=Lang |date=May 26, 2009}}
==External links== {{Commons category}} *[https://abc.com/shows/wipeout Official website]{{dead link|date=May 2026|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} *{{Facebook User|Wipeout|Wipeout}} *{{IMDb title|1156535|Wipeout}} *Filming location: {{coord|34.3761|-118.4113|region:US-CA_type:landmark|display=inline,title|name=Wipeout (American game show)}}
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