Episode
4.13 - Spring Wipeout: The Most Dramatic Rose Ceremony
EVER!
May 5
There's an old Buddhist saying... "Winter
never fails to turn into spring." We had the winter of our discontent
for the last eight episodes... But today, here comes the sun! Get ready
for SPRING WIPEOUT!
THE QUALIFIER
Tonight, the Qualifier consists of...
- Spring Training... It's a zipline
toward a platform or two. Oh, did we mention a giant boxing glove at the
end? Because THAT's important.
- The Big Balls... Now with a new SPRING-ovator conveyor belt. No spring
there, though. Plenty of spring on the Balls, though.
- The Spring Fling... Another zipper going to the giant swing going in the wrong direction.
- The Wipeout Kitchen... candy is dandy, but rolling pin hurdles are ...
hurty.
The 24 spring breakers will take on the course, and the
12 with the fastest times will advance to stage 2.
ADVANCING TO ROUND 2
- Perry "Ladies' Man" Carter
- Jamie "The Cosmetologist" Leonard
- Deanna "The Professional" Fellows
- Genein "The Recording Artist" Letford
- Courtney "The Eye" Scales
- Craig Sinclair
- Suzanne Smith
- Matt "Ginger Ninjer" Corrigan
- Robyn "Hood" Kalota
- Ben "The Principal" Carpenter
- Matt "The Fashionista" Franchina
- Bill "The Proposer" Carlson
THE SCARE-OUSEL
What's a spring fling without a carnival
classic? Contestants will start on the red track, grab a red dangler,
and make it to a red spot that leads to a yellow dangler and do the same
thing with a yellow dangler. If they wipeout before the spot, they'll
have to go back to the start, but the first six to avoid the sweeper
arms and make it to the finish target move on to the next stage.
ADVANCING TO ROUND 3
- Jamie "The Cosmetologist" Leonard
- Matt "Ginger Ninjer" Corrigan
- Robyn "Hood" Kalota
- Ben "The Principal" Carpenter
- Matt "The Fashionista" Franchina
- Bill "The Proposer" Carlson
THE SUPERTRAMP
Our final six are standing on launchpads
waiting for a sweeper arm to come around. They have to jump over it to
stay in the game. If they get knocked over or if they go under the bar,
they're out. Last person standing in each round moves on to the Wipeout
Zone.
ADVANCING TO THE WIPEOUT ZONE
- Matt "Ginger Ninjer" Corrigan
- Matt "The Fashionista" Franchina
- Bill "The Proposer" Carlson
THE SPRING WIPEOUT ZONE
Back and with a spring fresh smell, it's
the toughest of the courses, the Spring Wipeout Zone! Tonight's
lineup...
- The Chairborne: a rocket chair will
launch our players into the Zone.
- The Over and Out: two rotating cliffhangers with floors on both the
top and the bottom... but the bottom... or is it the top... has a hole.
- The Point Break: climb up one end, then time the slide down to the
other.
- The Coin Toss: heads or tails, it adds up to eight spinning platforms
on to the finish.
Fifty large goes to the quickest time.
First up, the Ginger Ninjer Matt Corrigan
launches at 35 MPH into the night sky. And then into the drink. He uses
the wedge technique on the Over and Out and it works for him, but he
backflips into the water on the slide of Point Break. Perfect timing
second time out. Coin Toss flips him, and he sets a time to beat of
8:36.
Meanwhile, Bill Carlson is down on the
sidelines with his girlfriend. Bill is ready with the ring should he win
the game. But in case he doesn't, he asks Jill if he can do it early.
And he does... And ... IT'S GOOD! Our first Wipeout proposal. Now that
he's already a winner, let's get back to business. It takes him seven
minutes just to get to the center platform of Over and Out... and he has
one minute to get past the other two obstacles... doesn't happen. At
least he has the love of a good woman.
But can Matt Franchina the Fashionista
snipe the cash away? He's well ahead of Ginger Ninjer's time as he
arrives to Point Break, but he is now fashionably late. It's going to be
close at the Coin Toss. He looks like he's going to make it... BUT HE
SLIPS AT THE FINISH PLATFORM! GIVE THE MONEY TO THE NINJA!
This episode, already one for the books.
That was literally the icewater. Come back for more of said ice water
and more wipeouts. Until then, good night... 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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