| Disney Channel Games | |
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The logo for the 2007 and 2008 Disney Channel Games |
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| Genre | Sport |
| Format | Olympic Games Reality Children Game Show |
| Created by | Art Spigel |
| Presented by | Phill Lewis (2006–2007) Brian Stepanek (2006–2008) |
| Starring | Various Disney Channel stars |
| Opening theme | Let's Go! (2008) |
| Country of origin | United States |
| Language(s) | English |
| No. of seasons | 3 |
| No. of episodes | 24 (1st: 9, 2nd: 10, 3rd: 5) |
| Production | |
| Executive producer(s) | Danny Kallis Kevin Lima |
| Location(s) | Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex, Florida |
| Camera setup | Multiple-camera setup |
| Running time | 2 hours (2006–2007) 30 minutes (2008) |
| Broadcast | |
| Original channel | Disney Channel |
| Picture format | 480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV) |
| Audio format | Hi-Fi Stereo Dolby Surround |
| Original run | 2006 – 2008 |
| Chronology | |
| Followed by | Disney's Friends for Change Games |
The Disney Channel Games were annual Olympic-based televised games that aired on the Disney Channel from 2006–2008. The 2006 Games were filmed in California and produced by 7ATE9 Entertainment.[1] In 2007 and 2008 the Games were filmed at Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort, Florida. The 2007 Games were produced by Disney Channel,[2] and 2008 were produced by Buena Vista Television and Penn/Bright Entertainment.[3]
The Games did not air in 2009 and 2010. Disney's Friends for Change Games premiered June 24, 2011 on Disney Channel, replacing Disney Channel Games.
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The 2006 version of the Games was the first competition held. The 2006 series began airing in the United States on June 10, 2006, along with the So Hot Summer! 2006. It was later aired in the United Kingdom on November 3, 2006, Australia on January 5, 2007, in Latin America on February 26, 2007, and in Canada on Family on June 19, 2007.
| Star | Country | Nickname | Show/Movie Representing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brenda Song (Captain) | United States | Captain | The Suite Life Of Zack And Cody |
| Corbin Bleu | United States | Cooler | High School Musical |
| Vanessa Hudgens | United States | Heart Breaker | High School Musical |
| Jason Earles | United States | Ice Man | Hannah Montana |
| Cole Sprouse | United States | Conqueror | The Suite Life of Zack & Cody |
| Monique Coleman | United States | Maverick | High School Musical |
The team MVPs were Song, Hudgens and Earles. Bleu and Sprouse returned to the blue team the following year.
| Star | Country | Nickname | Show/Movie Representing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Zac Efron (Captain) | United States | Captain | High School Musical |
| Shin Koyomada | Japan | The Rock | Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior |
| Kay Panabaker | United States | Closer | Life is Ruff Read It and Weep |
| Anneliese Van Der Pol | The Netherlands | Knockout | That's So Raven |
| Dylan Sprouse | United States | Dominator | The Suite Life of Zack & Cody |
| Moises Arias | United States | Secret Weapon | Hannah Montana |
The team MVPs were Efron and Panabaker. Arias returned to the red team the following year.
| Star | Country | Nickname | Show/Movie Representing |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ashley Tisdale (Captain) | United States | Captain | The Suite Life of Zack & Cody High School Musical |
| Lucas Grabeel | United States | Jazz | High School Musical |
| Kyle Massey | United States | Funk | Cory in the House |
| Miley Cyrus | United States | Triple Threat | Hannah Montana |
| Mitchel Musso | United States | Muscle | Hannah Montana |
| Emily Osment | United States | Eliminator | Hannah Montana |
The team MVPs were Cyrus (twice) and Massey. Cyrus and Grabeel returned to the green team the following year.
The opening and closing ceremonies did not feature any concert performances at the 2006 Games, but both had additional events during the ceremonies. The opening ceremony premiered on June 19, 2006 and the first event was held. The closing Ceremony aired on August 19, 2006. The top 10 favorite moments from the Games were featured. The Blue Team was the declared winner of the games and was awarded with a trophy, while the other teams were awarded medals for 2nd place and 3rd place.
| Week | Event[4] | Description | Air Date | Winning Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Opening Ceremony/Obstacle Course | Two players go head-to-head in a giant inflatable obstacle course. | June 10, 2006 | Red Team |
| 2 | Rock Paper Scissors Showdown | Players competed one-on-one at classical Rock-Paper-Scissors. | June 24, 2006 | Blue Team |
| 3 | Hamster Ball Relay | Players race while inside a hamster ball. | July 1, 2006 | Green Team |
| 4 | Dunk Tank | Players from all teams go up against players from other teams and try to hit a target on the booth. | July 8, 2006 | Red Team |
| 5 | Alphabet Goop/Egg Toss | Players reach inside a goop to find missing letters. Players toss eggs and try to catch them, and in each round, the players move farther away from each other. | July 15, 2006 | Blue Team |
| 6 | Mountain Climb Relay | July 29, 2006 | Green Team | |
| 7 | Quiz Show Relay | August 5, 2006 | Blue Team | |
| 8 | Simon Says | In this game of Simon Says, Brian Stepanek is Simon and he controls what the players do. Jason Earles and Monique Coleman, both of the Blue Team, were the last two standing. Monique was the winner of the Simon Says game after Jason forfeited. | August 12, 2006 | Blue Team |
| 9 | Closing Ceremony | August 19, 2006 | Blue Team |
| Team | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red | 100* | 25 | 50 | 200 | 50 | 100 | 75** | 0** | 725 |
| Blue | 50 | 100* | 75* | 100* | 200* | - | 100+ | 175 | 925 |
| Green | 25 | 50 | 150 | 100 | 50 | 200++* | 50 | 50 | 725 |
| # Week |
Star | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Vanessa Hudgens | Blue |
| 2 | Kyle Massey | Green |
| 3 | Brenda Song | Blue |
| 4 | Zac Efron | Red |
| 5 | Miley Cyrus | Green |
| 6 | Kay Panabaker | Red |
| 7 | Miley Cyrus | Green |
| 8 | Jason Earles | Blue |
The second annual Disney Channel Games ended in August 2007. Hosted at Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, stars from international Disney Channels joined the teams, making room for the new Yellow Team. In addition, each team played for a charity (including Boys & Girls Club, UNICEF, Make-a-Wish Foundation and Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation). Disney promoted these games as environmentally friendly.
Contestants from the first games who did not return for the second include Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Kay Panabaker, and Anneliese van der Pol. Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron were not available for the event. Several new additions from new Disney Channel Original Series, Disney Channel Original Movies, and across the globe 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 and 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 voice actors of animated characters are also seen in the audience of the games. They include Todd and Riley from The Replacements, Jake Long and Fu Dog from American Dragon: Jake Long, Dr. Drakken and Kim Possible from Kim Possible, and Kuzco from The Emperor's New School, among several others.
The winning team was the Green Team and a donation of $25,000 was made to The Boys and Girls Club Of America. The other three teams were also awarded with $25,000, resulting in all teams donating equal amounts of money to their charity.
| Star | Country | Show/Movie Representing |
|---|---|---|
| Dylan Sprouse (Captain) | United States | The Suite Life of Zack & Cody |
| Brandon Baker | United States | Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board |
| Pax Baldwin | United Kingdom | Disney Channel UK |
| Giulia Boverio | Italy | Disney Channel Italy |
| Monique Coleman | United States | High School Musical 2 |
| Miley Cyrus | United States | Hannah Montana |
| Lucas Grabeel | United States | High School Musical 2 |
| Bela Klentze | Germany | Disney Channel Germany |
| Kouki Okada | Japan | Disney Channel Japan |
The team MVPs were Sprouse (twice), Okada, Coleman and Grabeel. Sprouse returned to the green team the following year.
| Star | Country | Show/Movie Representing |
|---|---|---|
| Brenda Song (Captain) | United States | The Suite Life of Zack & Cody |
| Moises Arias | United States | Hannah Montana |
| Adrienne Bailon | United States | The Cheetah Girls 2 |
| Ashley Tisdale | United States | The Suite Life of Zack & Cody |
| Jason Earles | United States | Hannah Montana |
| Sergio Martín | Spain | Disney Channel Spain |
| Mitchel Musso | United States | Hannah Montana |
| Sydney White | United Kingdom | Disney Channel UK |
| François Civil | France | Disney Channel France |
The team MVPs for the Red Team were Earles (twice) and Tisdale. Earles, Musso, Bailon and Song returned to the red team the following year with Song acting as captain again.
| Star | Country | Show/Movie Representing |
|---|---|---|
| Kyle Massey (Captain) | United States | Cory in the House |
| Jason Dolley | United States | Cory in the House |
| Sabrina Bryan | United States | The Cheetah Girls 2 |
| Emily Osment | United States | Hannah Montana |
| Andrea Guasch | Spain | Disney Channel Spain |
| Côme Levin | France | Disney Channel France |
| Shin Koyamada | Japan | Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior |
| Robson Nunes | Brazil | Disney Channel Brazil |
There were no team MVPs for the Yellow Team; however, the Yellow Team was a new team to the Disney Channel Games. Massey, Bryan, and Guasch returned to the yellow team the following year.
| Star | Country | Show/Movie Representing |
|---|---|---|
| Corbin Bleu (Captain) | United States | Jump In! High School Musical |
| Jake T. Austin | United States | Wizards Of Waverly Place |
| Roger González | Mexico | Disney Channel Mexico |
| Giulio Rubinelli | Italy | Disney Channel Italy |
| Isabella Soric | Germany | Disney Channel Germany |
| Cole Sprouse | United States | The Suite Life of Zack & Cody |
| Maiara Walsh | United States | Cory in the House |
| Kiely Williams | United States | The Cheetah Girls 2 |
There were no team MVPs for the Blue Team. Sprouse, Williams, González, and Soric returned to the blue team the following year.
The opening ceremony for the 2007 Games premiered on June 15, 2007 with concert performances by Corbin Bleu and Miley Cyrus as Hannah Montana. The closing ceremony 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.
| Singer | Songs | Ceremony |
|---|---|---|
| Corbin Bleu | "Deal With It" "Push It to the Limit" "She Could Be" |
Opening Ceremony D*Concert iTunes Exclusive |
| Hannah Montana | "Life's What You Make It" "Nobody's Perfect" |
Opening Ceremony D*Concert |
| Miley Cyrus | "G.N.O. (Girl's Night Out)" "See You Again" |
Closing Ceremony Unaired Performances |
| The Cheetah Girls | "Strut" "So Bring It On" "Girl Power" |
Closing Ceremony D*Concert Unaired Performances |
| Jonas Brothers | "Kids of the Future" "Hold On" "Year 3000" |
Closing Ceremony D*Concert Unaired Performances |
Disney Channel allowed viewers to vote for which events they would like to see online.
| Week | Event[5] | Description | Air Date | Winning Team |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Opening Ceremony | The international parade of flags, the introduction of the four teams, and concert performances by High School Musical's Corbin Bleu and Miley Cyrus as Hannah Montana. | June 15, 2007 | |
| 1 | Extreme Rock, Paper, Scissors | Players competed 1-on-1 at classical Rock-Paper-Scissors; however, if it ended in a tie, the players jousted over it. This challenge was the first challenge in the 2007 Disney Channel Games | June 16, 2007 | Yellow Team |
| 2 | Outrageous Obstacle Course | Two players go head to head in a giant inflatable obstacle course. | June 23, 2007 | Red Team |
| 3 | 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 |
| 4 | Eggs-treme Egg Toss | Players toss eggs and try to catch them, and in each round, the players move further away from each other. | July 7, 2007 | Yellow Team |
| 5 | 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 |
| 6 | Human 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 |
| 7 | Super Soccer | Players score 'goals' with a huge inflatable soccer ball. | August 4, 2007 | Yellow Team |
| 8 | Simon Says | In this game of Simon Says, Brian Stepanek is Simon and he controls what the players do. (Jason Earles was the overall winner of the Simon Says game.) | August 11, 2007 | Red Team |
| 9 | Closing Ceremonies | The finale of the 2007 Disney Channel Games. The winner was revealed, plus special performances by Miley Cyrus, The Cheetah Girls, and the Jonas Brothers. | August 25, 2007 | Green Team |
| Team | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Week 6 | Week 7 | Week 8 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red | 150 | 350 | 450 | 525 | 675 | 775 | 925 | 1125 | 1125 |
| Blue | 75 | 150 | 350 | 450 | 525 | 675 | 750 | 850 | 850 |
| Green | 150* | 350* | 550* | 750* | 1000* | 1125* | 1400* | 1400* | 1400* |
| Yellow | 200 | 300 | 375 | 575 | 675 | 875 | 1075 | 1225 | 1225 |
| Week # |
Star | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Dylan Sprouse | Green |
| 2 | Kouki Okada | Green |
| 3 | Monique Coleman | Green |
| 4 | Dylan Sprouse | Green |
| 5 | Jason Earles | Red |
| 6 | Lucas Grabeel | Green |
| 7 | Ashley Tisdale | Red |
| 8 | Jason Earles | Red |
The 2008 Disney Channel Games took place in the summer of 2008. The games were held July 27 through August 30, 2008. The Disney Channel Games had two extra hosts Cody Linley and Meaghan Jette Martin. Unlike the previous two games, the 2008 edition of the games only featured 5 events and online hosts. Dylan and Cole Sprouse missed the first episode as they "missed" the bus.
For this edition, thirty-seven Disney Channel stars from around the world convened at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida for "Disney Channel Games," featuring relay races, obstacle courses and other events in five special half-hour telecasts, "Disney Channel Games," were presented each week beginning Sunday, July 27 (8:00 p.m. ET/PT)/(12:00 AM UTC) on Disney Channel and was hosted by Brian Stepanek (The Suite Life of Zack & Cody). Phill Lewis did not host the games in 2008. The special telecasts closed with a post-Games concert featuring performances by Miley Cyrus, the Jonas Brothers, The Cheetah Girls, Demi Lovato and Jordan Pruitt.
The event was filmed at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, and benefited four children's charities: Make-A-Wish Foundation, Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation, UNICEF and Boys & Girls Clubs of America.
Each of the five subsequent "Disney Channel Games" 2008 special telecasts were presented Saturdays (8:00 p.m., ET/PT)/(12:00 NN UTC) through August 30. The 27 Disney Channels worldwide aired the five special telecasts thereafter with local Disney Channel stars hosting their country's telecast. The "Inside Track," exclusively on www.disneychannelgames.com, hosted by Meaghan Jette Martin (Camp Rock) and Cody Linley (Hannah Montana), went behind the scenes of the Disney Channel Games 2008. DisneyChannel.com users could vote for their favorite players and dive into the action via online versions of the Disney Channel Games seen each week.
In the end, with the announcement made by Miley Cyrus during the final closing ceremony, it was Team Inferno that won the Disney Channel Games Cup.
The Fan Favorite awards for Team Inferno went to Brenda Song, and Nick Jonas. Rafa Baronesi won a Mini Week 5 award for his team.
| Star | Country | Show/Movie Representing |
|---|---|---|
| Kevin Jonas (Captain) | United States | Camp Rock |
| Kyle Massey | United States | Cory in the House |
| Kunal Sharma | India | Disney Channel India |
| Sabrina Bryan | United States | The Cheetah Girls: One World |
| Moises Arias | United States | Hannah Montana |
| Andrea Guasch | Spain | Disney Channel Spain |
| Yi Chun | Taiwan | Disney Channel Taiwan |
| Selena Gomez | United States | Wizards of Waverly Place |
| Martin Barlan | France | Disney Channel France |
The Fan Favorite award for Team Comets went to Selena Gomez for looking most like her baby picture. Moises Arias won a Mini Week 5 award saying that he was the Disney Channel Games Class Clown.
The Fan Favorite Award was Dylan Sprouse for most competitive.
| Star | Country | Show/Movie Representing |
|---|---|---|
| Kiely Williams (Captain) | United States | The Cheetah Girls: One World |
| Demi Lovato | United States | Camp Rock |
| Shin Koyamada | Japan | Disney Channel Japan |
| Roshon Fegan | United States | Camp Rock |
| Isabella Soric | Germany | Disney Channel Germany |
| Alyson Stoner | United States | Phineas and Ferb, Camp Rock |
| Cole Sprouse | United States | The Suite Life of Zack & Cody |
| Farez Bin Juraimi | Singapore | Disney Channel South East Asia |
| Roger Gonzalez | Mexico | Disney Channel Latin America |
The Fan Favorite Award For The Lightnings was Alyson Stoner for the most skills in the Foos It Or Loose It challenge. Shin Koyomada won a Mini Award Week 5 for his team.
| Singer | Songs | When Aired |
|---|---|---|
| Miley Cyrus | "Breakout" "Fly on the Wall" "See You Again" |
Event #1 Commercials Unaired |
| Jonas Brothers | "Burnin' Up" "S.O.S." |
Event #2 Commercials |
| Joe Jonas Demi Lovato |
"This is Me" | Event #4 |
| Jordan Pruitt | "My Shoes" "One Love" |
Event #3 Commercials |
| Demi Lovato | "That's How You Know" "Get Back" |
Commercials Event #4 |
| The Cheetah Girls | "Dance Me If You Can" "One World" "Cheetah Love" |
Event #5 Closing Ceremonies Commercials |
| Week | Event[6] | Description | Air Date | Winning team | Winners club |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Chariot of Champions | The Disney Channel stars competing arrived at the stadium and were divided into 4 teams, Lighting, Cyclones, Comets and Inferno. They were sent to Team Headquarters. The First Challenge was the Chariot of Champions, where the four teams built a chariot and raced it to the finish. Miley Cyrus performed her new song "Breakout". | July 27, 2008 | Blue Team | Hawaiian Luau |
| 2 | Hang Tight | The stars lined up in their teams as Dylan and Cole Sprouse arrived and were put into their teams. While linked together, the teams must complete an obstacle course and other challenges. The Jonas Brothers perform songs from their upcoming album, "A Little Bit Longer". | August 2, 2008 | Yellow Team | Game Room |
| 3 | Babyface-Off | The teams compete in a challenge where they have to match their opponents to their baby pictures. The consequence of being wrong is making a splash in the dreaded dunk booth. | August 9, 2008 | Red Team | Free Bling Tent |
| 4 | Foos It or Lose It | The teams compete in a human foos ball match. | August 16, 2008 | Yellow Team | Hip-Hop House Party |
| 4.5 | Tug of Four | A four-way tug of war in which Dylan Sprouse and Joe Jonas from the Cyclones, Cole Sprouse and Kiely Williams from the Lightning, Kevin Jonas and Sabrina Bryan from the Comets and Adrienne Bailon and Nick Jonas from the Inferno compete for 5 extra points and a ride by the losing members in their chariot made in the first event. | August 16, 2008 | Green Team | 5 extra points and a Chariot Ride |
| 5 | UltraMegaUltimateObstacular Relay! | The teams face-off in the Ultra Mega Ultimate Obstac-tacular Relay Challenge, racing through the obstacles in a giant relay. The Cheetah Girls give a concert in the closing ceremonies. | August 30, 2008 | Red Team | None |
| Team | Week 1 | Week 2 | Week 3 | Week 4 | Week 5 | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Red (Inferno) | 10 | 20 | 40 | 55 | 75 | 75 |
| Blue (Lightning) | 20 | 25 | 40 | 50 | 55 | 55 |
| Green (Cyclones) | 15 | 30 | 35 | 45* | 55 | 55 |
| Yellow (Comets) | 5 | 25 | 35 | 55 | 70 | 70 |
| Week # |
Star | Team |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Brenda Song | Inferno |
| 2 | Dylan Sprouse | Cyclones |
| 3 | Selena Gomez | Comets |
| 4 | Alyson Stoner | Lightning |
| 5 | Nick Jonas | Inferno |
| Star | Team |
|---|---|
| Shin Koyamada | Lightning |
| Rafa Baronesi | Inferno |
| Moises Arias | Comets |
A Disney spokesperson confirmed on February 4, 2009 that the Disney Channel Games would not be held in that year due to lack of actor availability due to program filming, concert tours, time off and other reasons. Instead the network has instead devoted charity efforts under the Disney's Friends for Change initiative. Likewise, an edition in 2010 was unplanned.[7]
It has been announced that that the Friends for Change Games would replace the Disney Channel Games in 2011. Over 30 participants from Disney Channel, Disney XD and around the world will be competing. Tiffany Thornton and Jason Earles were be the hosts.