Episode
4.3 - Winter Wipeout: Baby, It's Blob Outside
January 27
America's favorite obstacle course has just been
winterized, and 'tis the season to be freezin'. On our course today, ice slicked
spills, frosbitten falls, and bone-chilling tumbles...
THE WINTER WONDERLAND QUALIFIER
Tonight, the Qualifier consists of...
- Back by popular demand, the Winter Brr
Blob. Get on the blob, and the weight of the world will launch you into
the course.
- The Big Balls... Now with a new Snow-tivator conveyor belt
- The Snowplow Sweepers... Four arms and 12 pedestals
- The Yule Log Jam... Two teeter totters and one sweeper separating
them.
The 24 will take on the course, and the
12 with the fastest times will advance to stage 2.
ADVANCING TO ROUND 2
"Hand Talker" Steven Barnthouse Jr.
"The Last Human" Robert Ponce
Mike "Perfect 10" Camerota
Adriana "Lucky 13" Carreon
Terry "Mad Flow" Archer
Brad "Mr. Awesome" Hitchcock
Susan "The Suze" Edie
Mika "Mikachu" Mori
Kenna Ryman
Josephine Ung
Betsy Uhler
Dana "Daddy Longlegs" Logsdon
THE SKI LIFT
Contestants will start above elevated
platforms ten feet above icy cold water. As they go around and around,
they have to get over sweeper arms that will be ascending higher and
higher as the time progresses. The six people who last the longest will
advance, but the last person to hang on will receive $1000.
ADVANCING TO ROUND 3
"Hand Talker" Steven Barnthouse Jr.
"The Last Human" Robert Ponce
Mike "Perfect 10" Camerota
Terry "Mad Flow" Archer
Mika "Mikachu" Mori
Dana "Daddy Longlegs" Logsdon - $1000 BONUS
THE 7-LETTER WORD
Starting at the W, the contestants will
have to avoid two sweeper arms on the W and the sliding I, a P puddle, a
bouncing E plank, a spinning O, the U hurdles, and the T finish. If they
wipeout before the P, E, and U, you swim back to the end of the last
checkpoint. We're playing three heats, and the winners go on to the
Wipeout Zone. That's right, three instead of four.
And this week... there's even a bear.
ADVANCING TO THE WIPEOUT ZONE
"Hand Talker" Steven Barnthouse Jr.
Mika "Mikachu" Mori
Dana "Daddy Longlegs" Logsdon - $1000 BONUS
THE WINTER WIPEOUT ZONE
Boldly and coldly going forward where no
player has gone before... the Winter Wipeout Zone! Tonight...
- The Bobsled Blastoff
- The Icy Stairway From Hell: a half-dozen of hydraulic blocks.
- The Frostbite: three toothy sweepers as you make your way from one side to
the others
- The Sinister Snowflake: no two wipeouts are the same in this gauntlet.
Fifty large goes to the quickest time.
First up, Steven Barnthouse Jr., who got
second place in the qualifier. Steven's making good time in the
Stairway. He makes it in one, the first one to do so this season... and
the Frostbite makes him pay for it. He tumbles down the exit ramp and
has to go all the way back to the start of the Frostbite because both of
his feet have not planted on the platform. But he clocks in a time of
12:10.53.
Next up, Mikachu Mika Mori. A great
blastoff into the Zone, but how will our fun-sized shorty handle the Icy
Stairway from Hell? Her size is a disadvantage here (she's five-foot
nothing), but she makes it at the four-minute mark. She outruns the
Frostbite, taking the lead, but will she hold onto it? SHE DOES! Time to
beat now, 8:13.
Can Daddy Longlegs, Dana Logsdon, beat
it? He's been money all day... but not in the Zone. He has three minutes
to clear the Sinister Snowflakes. WHAT A FINISH! The final time... 7:58,
and DANA LOGSDON, WHO'S YOUR DADDY? HE HITS THE MONEY SPOT FOR $51,000!
Twenty-four more players try not to get chopped
and screwed by the courses next time. Until then, goodnight... and Big Balls.
To view this episode in its entirety or to apply to be a contestant on
"Wipeout", go to abc.com/wipeout
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