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From the moment you first saw the Red Balls, we know you wanted to run the Wipeout course yourself! (We admit, we did too). Those bounces, smashes and splashes certainly look like a lot of wet fun—and a chance at a $50,000 grand prize as well?  Sign us up!

Each week we watch twenty-four newbies—all ages, shapes and sizes, step up to the start of the world's largest extreme obstacle course—all with the confidence that THEY will be named the "Wipeout Champion." Hosts  John Anderson and John Henson provide the running commentary as we  watch the contestants  compete in such wild and crazy stunts like "The Catapult," "Plank in the  Face,"(yes, we think the name says it all), "Hurtles" and more. And if the splash or crash isn't enough fun to watch just once, check it out in super slo-mo! Or backwards and forwards. Wowza.

And just to keep it fresh, even more outrageous stunts are added to the course each week.  Meanwhile gorgeous Jill Wagner is downside "course-side" giving us all the one-on-one interviews with these crazy-minded folks going for it.

In the end, after being pummeled in the qualifier, thrashed in the second round, plastered in the grueling third set of obstacles, we cheer as the four finalists head for the big kahuna, the Wipeout Zone.  The bright lights, big splashes and even tougher obstacles are jaw dropping. We truly feel for these tired contestants, hoping for our favorite to cross the finish line first, bringing home the title and cash on another week of Wipeout.

And, if indeed, you really do want to be part of the Wipeout action, go to our casting page and check out the details!

The Executive producers are Matt Kunitz and Scott Larsen (Fear Factor). Shye Sutherland, Kevin Wehrenberg, Trice Barto and J. Rupert Thompson are co-executive producers.

Wipeout is produced by Endemol USA, a leading producer of television programming specializing in reality and non-scripted genres for network and cable television. Additionally, the company produces the break-out hits Deal or No Deal, Fear Factor, Extreme Makeover: Home Edition and Big Brother.  Endemol USA is a division of Endemol Holding, a prominent international content developer,  producer and distributor of television and online programming. The company, headquartered in the  Netherlands, has subsidiaries and joint ventures in 21 countries, including the major European  markets, the U.S., South Africa, Argentina, Brazil, Mexico and Australia. Endemol Entertainment is a fully owned subsidiary of telecommunications giant Telefónica S.A., one of the largest companies in Spain.