Disney Channel Games

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The Disney Channel Games is an olympic-based miniseries that has aired in the summer months since 2006. The Disney Channel Games have recently finished their second year, and is produced by 7"8"9 Entertainment, located in Hollywood, California. It was confirmed on a commercial break during Disney Channel's Happy U Year Celebration, which featured a look back at the 2007 Disney Channel Games, that the games will return in 2008.

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[edit] Premise

This takeoff on Battle of the Network Stars, takes Disney Channel stars and divides them into four teams (originally 3 in the 2006 games). Each week, selected members of each team compete against each other in obstacles and games. Depending on how well each team does, a certain number of points will be added to each team's score. 1st 200, 2nd 150, 3rd 100, 4th 75. While this is the primary way teams get points, fans can also play selected games on Disney Channel's official website and submit the points they earn to their favorite team. The team with the most points submitted in is given bonus points. Also, one week after each event, the Most Valuable Player MVP (who is voted upon by viewers online) is announced. After eight weeks of competition, (five weeks as of 2008) the winning team is announced.

The Disney Channel Games airs on Saturday nights from 8pm-10pm ET/PT on Disney Channel during the summer seasons. The competitions are shown in between new episodes of four Disney Channel shows.

[edit] Disney Channel Games 2006

The Disney Channel Games 2006 were the first annual competitions. They began airing in the US on June 10, 2006, along with the So Hot Summer! 2006. It was later aired in the UK November 3, 2006, Australia on January 5, 2007, and in Latin America on February 26, 2007. It was recently aired in Canada on the Family Channel on June 19, 2007.

There were three teams: the Red Team, the Blue Team and the Green Team. The stars on the teams were from various Disney Channel Original Series and the Disney Channel Original Movies that would air that summer. Each member of the team was given a nickname and Brenda Song, Ashley Tisdale and Zac Efron acted as team captains. The events were hosted by Brian Stepanek and Phill Lewis (respectively, Arwin and Mr. Moseby from The Suite Life of Zack and Cody). Characters and their voices from the animated series acted as studio hosts. These included Christy Carlson Romano (Kim Possible), John DiMaggio (Dr. Drakken and Fu Dog), Dante Basco (Jake Long), J.P. Manoux (Kuzco) and Patrick Warburton (Kronk).

[edit] Programming

[edit] Teams

Blue Team
(winner in US, New Zealand, Australia and Latin America)

The MVPs of the blue team were Vanessa Hudgens (The Heart Breaker), Brenda Song (The Captain) and Cole Sprouse (The Conqueror).Corbin Bleu (The Cooler) returned to the blue team the following year.

Green Team
(winner in the UK, runner up in New Zealand, Australia and the US)

The MVPs of the green team were Kyle Massey (The Funk) and Miley Cyrus (The Triple Threat) (twice). Lucas Grabeel (The Jazz and cooler) returned to the green team the following year.

Red Team
(winner in Germany, Italy and runner up in UK)

The MVPs of the red team were Zac Efron (The Captain) and Kay Panabaker (The Closer). Moises Arias (The Secret Weapon) returned to the red team the following year.

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[edit] Scoring Chart

Bold scores for the highest and Italic Scores stand for the lowest.

Team Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Total
Blue 50 100 100 100 200 0 100 100 750
Green 25 50 150 100 50 200 25 50 650
Red 100 25 50 200 50 100 50 0 575

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[edit] Disney Channel Games 2007

The Second Annual Disney Channel Games are over as of 25th August 2007. As advertised, these have proven to be the biggest of them all. Hosted at Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, stars from other nations' Disney Channels have joined the teams, making room for the new Yellow Team. In addition, each team is playing for a charity (including Boys & Girls Club, UNICEF, Make-a-Wish Foundation and Starlight Starbright Childrens Foundation.

Contestants from the first edition who did not return for the second include Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Kay Panabaker, and Anneliese van der Pol. At the time, Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron were on vacation in Hawaii. Several new additions from new Disney Channel Original Series, Disney Channel Original Movies, and across the globe have joined the teams, including Maiara Walsh and Jason Dolley of Cory in the House. Each team member did not receive a nickname, although Brenda Song remained a captain, Dylan Sprouse, Kyle Massey, and Corbin Bleu took over for the other teams. Phill Lewis and Brian Stepanek returned as hosts while Cory in the House's Madison Pettis served as a guest judge on one occasion. Several animated characters are also seen in the audience of the games. They include Nancy Cartwright and Grey DeLisle (Todd and Riley), Dante Basco (Jake Long), John DiMaggio (Fu Dog and Dr. Drakken), Christy Carlson Romano (Kim Possible) and cheerleaders, and J.P. Manoux (Kuzco), among several others.


[edit] Concert Performances

The opening ceremonies for the 2007 Games premiered on June 15, 2007 with concert performances by Corbin Bleu and Hannah Montana.

The closing ceremonies aired on August 25, 2007 with concert performances by The Cheetah Girls, The Jonas Brothers, and Miley Cyrus, performing as herself and not as Hannah Montana for the first time.

A new DVD with all the concert performances will be released sometime in November.

Opening Ceremony Song List:

Closing Ceremony Song List:

D*Concert Song List:

Unaired Performances:

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[edit] Teams

These are the teams for the 2007 Disney Channel Games. Next to each name is the final score of each team. The 2007 Disney Channel Games also featured competitors from Disney Channel's around the world. Those not from the US Disney Channel have their originating country next to their name.

Green Team - The Winning Team With 1400 Points in the US and The Winning team in Australia & New Zealand with 1300 Points.

The green MVPs were Dylan Sprouse (Captain) (twice), Monique Coleman, Lucas Grabeel and Kouki Okada.

Yellow Team - The Runner Up With 1225 Points, 3rd place in New Zealand and Australia.

There were no yellow MVPs. However, the yellow team is the newest team for Disney Channel Games.

Red Team - 3rd Place With 1125 Points, Runner up in Australia & New Zealand with 1225 Points (won in the UK and Latin America)

The red MVPs were Brenda Song, Ashley Tisdale and Jason Earles (twice).

Blue Team - Last Place in the US (With 850 Points), New Zealand and Australia

There were no blue MVPs either.

[edit] Competitions

Disney Channel allowed viewers to vote for which events they would like to see online.

Disney Channel Games Description Air Date Winning Team
Extreme Rock Paper Scissors Players will compete 1-on-1 at classical Rock-Paper-Scissors; however, if it ends in a tie, the players will joust over it. June 16, 2007 Yellow Team
Outrageous Obstacle Course Two players go head to head in a giant inflatable obstacle course. June 23, 2007 Red Team
Dance Dunk-off In this judged event players will have to show off their dancing skills and then their dunking skills on a modified (padded and shorter) basketball rim. June 30, 2007 Blue Team
Extreme Egg Toss Players toss eggs and try to catch them, and in each round, the players move farther away from each other. July 7, 2007 Yellow Team
Dunk Tank Players from all teams go up against players from other teams and try to hit a target on the booth. July 21, 2007 Green Team
Hamster Ball Bowling Players are enclosed inside a giant ball and roll towards giant pins and attempt to knock them down. July 28, 2007 Yellow Team
Super Soccer Players score 'goals' with a huge inflatable soccer ball. One of the best game rated. August 4, 2007 Yellow Team
Simon Says In this game of Simon Says, Brian Stepanek is Simon and he controls what the players do and not do. (Jason Earles was the winner of the whole Simon Says game!) August 11, 2007 Red Team

[edit] Scoring Chart

Bold scores indicate the highest and Italic Scores stand for the lowest.

Team Week 1 Week 2 Week 3 Week 4 Week 5 Week 6 Week 7 Week 8 Total
Green 100 150 150 150 200 75 150 75 1225
Yellow 200 100 75 200 100 200 200 150 1155
Red 150 200 100 75 150 100 150 200 1050
Blue 75 75 200 100 75 150 75 100 850

[edit] The Winning Team

The Green Team won the competition and donated the $25,000 to the The Boys and Girls Club Of America. However, in a final twist, Disney gave each team $25,000 too, resulting in all teams donating equal money for their charity.

[edit] MVPs

[edit] Disney Channel Games 2008

The Disney Channel Games will return for Summer 2008. The games will be held in July and August. There are two movies that will be premiere during the Games, which are Camp Rock (June 20) and The Cheetah Girls One World (August 22). Phill Lewis will not return to host Disney Channel Games 2008. Unlike the previous two games, the 2008 edition of the games will only feature 5 events.

Hosts:

Teams:

Green Team - The Cyclones:

Yellow Team - The Comets:

Blue Team - The Lightning:

Red Team - The Inferno:

Performers:

  1. "See You Again"
  2. "Fly on the Wall"
  3. "Breakout"
  1. "One Love"
  2. "New Song" (Unknown Title)
  1. "Burnin' Up"
  2. "SOS"
  1. "Dance Me If You Can"
  2. "One World"
  3. "Cheetah Love"
  1. "That's How You Know"
  2. "Get Back"
  3. "This is Me" (with The Jonas Brothers)

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