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Wipeout
ABC
8p ET Tuesdays

Recaps by Joe Mello, GSNN

FACT FILE:
Hosts: John Anderson & John Henson
Correspondent: Jill Wagner
Creator/EP: Matt Kunitz
Packager: Pulse:creative, Endemol USA
Website: www.abc.com/primetime/wipeout
Airs: 8p ET Tuesdays on ABC

 

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Episode 1
June 24

24 people, $50,000.  Only thing that separates the two are pain, humiliation, and a bunch of ruthless obstacles.

Before getting down to the single winner, we must get down to 12.  That’s done through the Qualifier.  Here’s how the course breaks down.

Contestants start going down a ramp and over some floating pads into the first obstacle.

These are the Topple Towers, 6 sets of three-tiered pads that players must get across without falling.

Next is the Sucker Punch.  Players must climb across this collection of boxing gloves, set to go off in seemingly random intervals.

Third, the Big Balls, 4 rubber spheres about 5 feet in diameter.  They’re quite springy.

Finally, the Cookie Cutter Swing.  Once you get to the landing pad, the clock stops and the dozen who finish fastest advance.

First is Jen Spada.  She doesn’t properly complete any of the obstacles, but manages to swim her way to a time of 3:56.6.

Now, Margie Stubbs.  She needs the money, but she also needs to cover her plumber’s crack.  10:48.4

Montage time, featuring them Big Balls, then Sucker Punch.

Nick Leland is a cop.  His buds got him dressed for the occasion…in all yellow.  He clears the Topple Towers and the Cookie Cutter to finish in 1:59.2.

Topple Tower montage.

Jessi Duran is a go-go dancer.  She loses a nail, but gets 2:26.4 instead.

Travis Mitchell apparently ran a 4-3 40.  Didn’t help him on the Big Balls, but a clean finish gives him 1:55.6

More pain.  We get the idea.

Nancy Novak climbed Mt. Whitney solo.  12:33.5 ain’t gonna stay on this mountain.

Last up, jazz dancer Arthur Sevcik.  He’s lots of fail, but 2:02.4 is good enough to make it to the Top 12.  Here’s your full dozen.

Round 2 is the Sweeper.  It’s just like that game where the kid in the center swings the jump rope around and you have to avoid it, only this is on 10-foot platforms.  Last 6 to stay up move on; last 1 to stay up pockets a cool $1,000.

Pass 1, ok.  Pass 2…Kim is out.  3…4…5…Amy, Glenn-Marie, and Ruben go down in a chain reaction.  Pass 6…7…8…David’s out; one to go.  Pass 9…10…11…12…Jerry and Arthur go down, but Jerry splashed first, so he’s last one out.  We have our six, but there’s still $1,000 to give away.

Kevin’s done…Travis barely survives once…twice…but not three times.  Jessi exults, but gets caught in the midsection.  Two remain.  Nick gets clipped, leaving Andrew to get a free grand.  Our final six are these:

The semifinal event is the Dizzy Dummy.  First, our contestants spin, then try to complete a mini-course.  First to cross gets a pass to the Wipeout Zone.  Fall, and you have to restart; lose, and you have to go through the next elimination.

Heats 1 and 3 are on the Tipping Tables. 

Heats 2 and 4 will be on the Hopping Blocks.

Arthur gets the hole shot in Heat 1, but it doesn’t pan out.  Travis gets to the end and is allowed to relax.

Heat 2: Arthur gets the hole shot again, but gets passed.  Kevin almost makes it, but falls.  Arthur chugs along and gets the win.

Heat 3: Andrew looks awful, but gets the hole shot.  He clears both tables, but can’t stick the landing.  Nick, though, breezes through and moves on.

Before the final round, Andrew has to bow out.  The spinning was doing too much damage.  That means two in heat 4.  Jessi gets to the halfway point, as does Kevin.  Jessi falls, as does Kevin.  They both get into the second half, but Jessi is able to eke out the win, so we have our four.

Tonight’s Wipeout Zone is 4 obstacles.  Fastest time wins $50,000.

First is the Wicked Surf.  A steep inner tube ride down the ramp. 

Second is the Barrel Run.  It’s Donkey Kong on a ramp.

After a brief horizontal wall climb, it’s the Spinner.

Finally, four mini-tramps known as the launch pads.

We start with Nick.  He gets past the wall at 1:13.  He tried to jump on and off in one go, but misses and has to restart the obstacle.  He clears it in 3:27.  He falls off the 2^nd tramp, but gets it in the 2^nd try and clears in 5:43.60

Jessi is next.  She gets through the first two obstacles in under a minute but falls off the wall.  It takes her about 3 minutes to get back up.  She clears the spinner with about 50-plus seconds to go.  It gets dicey on the 4^th Launch Pad, but is able to persevere and finish in 5:33.77.  She’s now in the lead.

Now it’s Arthur’s turn.  His run is clean after the halfway point, 45 seconds in.  He’s off the Spinner at 1:03, but falls off the 3^rd pad.  He’s good the next time around and sits pretty at 2:40.70

It’s now all down to Travis.  His pace is not as fast, but gets off the Spinner with 80 seconds to go.  However, the 3^rd pad is his undoing as well.  Unlike Arthur, Travis can’t recover, so the jazz dancer gets $50,000 and takes a victory dive.

So that’s Wipeout.  Stay tuned for more pain, more splashing, and more $50K giveaways.