Celebrity Splash!

Celebrity Splash! is a reality television franchise created by Dutch company Eyeworks, started from their Dutch reality show Sterren Springen Op Zaterdag which premièred in 2012. The franchise involves celebrities diving into the pool.

Format

Origins and history

Splash has its origin and idea from German Olympic-themed variety TV show TV total Turmspringen (TV total Diving), it was first aired on 16 December 2004, in the TV total show, on ProSieben and was founded by Stefan Raab and hosted by Sonya Kraus. Other hosts/reporters include Ingolf Lück (2004), Kai Pflaume (2005), Oliver Welke and Matthias Opdenhövel (2007, 09), Steven Gätjen (2011–12) and Olaf Schubert (2011–12 reporter).

It has been held every year since, with the exception of 2006. The eighth competition was on 24 November 2012 re-fought at the Olympic Pool, Munich.

The idea for the German show has been adopted by US network FOX and aired as a two-hour special, renamed Stars in Danger: The High Dive, on 9 January 2013. Fox's rival show is the American version of Splash, which airs on ABC since March 2013.

Both shows are similar in concept to the Netherlands-born Splash reality show format, which launched in August 2012^[1] and is now produced in at least 10 other countries.

Versions

     Currently airing franchise

     Franchise with an upcoming season

     Franchise no longer aired

Country	Local title	Channel	Winners	Judges	Main presenters
Argentina	Celebrity Splash!	Telefe	Series 1, 2013: Nazareno Móttola	Pampita Ardohain Maximiliano Guerra Miguel Ángel Rodríguez Mariana Montes	Marley Wiebe
Australia	Celebrity Splash!	Seven Network	Series 1, 2013: Andrew Symonds	Alisa Camplin Greg Louganis Matthew Mitcham	Larry Emdur Kylie Gillies
Belgium	De Grote Sprong	vtm	Series 1, 2013: Tanja Dexters	Frans Van De Konijnenburg Anna Bader Fréderic Deburghgraeve	Kürt Rogiers Evi Hanssen
Brazil	Saltibum	Rede Globo	Season 1, 2014: Rômulo Neto Season 2, 2015: Season airing	Current Eduardo Falcão Roberto Biagioni (2–) Former Hugo Parisi (1)	Luciano Huck
Chile	Salta si puedes!	Chilevisión	Series 1, 2013: Katherine Orellana Series 2, 2013: Cristián Menares	Sebastián Keitel Francisca García-Huidobro Yoel Gutiérrez Sergio Freire	Rafael Araneda Carolina de Moras
China	Splash!	Zhejiang TV	Series 1, 2013: Xian Zi	Zhou Jihong Li Na Li Xiaopeng Zhang Tielin	Huang Jianxiang Yi Yi ("伊一" in Chinese)
Finland	Splash!	Nelonen	Series 1, 2013: Martina Aitolehti	Joona Puhakka Janne Kataja Rosa Meriläinen	Ellen Jokikunnas Sebastian Rejman
France	Splash : le grand plongeon	TF1	Series 1, 2013: Clément Lefert	Laure Manaudou Taïg Khris Muriel Hermine Grégory Couratier	Estelle Denis Gérard Vives Julie Taton
Germany	Die Pool Champions - Promis unter Wasser	RTL	Series 1, 2013: Magdalena Brzeska	Verona Pooth Franziska van Almsick Christian Keller Gerd Völker	Marco Schreyl Nazan Eckes
Greece		ANT1	Series 1, 2014: Upcoming season	TBA	TBA
South Korea	Splash	MBC	Canceled[2]		Shin Dong-yup Jun Hyun-moo
Lebanon	Splash	LBCI	Series 1, 2013: Silvio Chiha Series 2, 2014: Upcoming series	Elie Saad Sandrine Atallah Todor Spasov	Rola Bahnam Aiman Kaissouni
Lithuania	Šuolis!	TV3 Lithuania[3]	Series 1, 2014: Eglė Straleckaitė	Series 1, 2014: Ignas Barkauskas Kęstutis Autukas Guest judge	Series 1, 2014: Monika Vaičiulytė Mindaugas Stasiulis
Mexico	El gran chapuzón	Canal de las Estrellas	Series 1, 2014: Upcoming series	Yahel Castillo Paola Espinosa Tatiana Ortiz	Alan Tacher
Netherlands	Sterren Springen	SBS 6	Series 1, 2012: Liza Sips Series 2, 2014: Jeffrey Wammes	Current Frans van de Konijnenburg (1–) Inge de Bruijn (2–) Former Daphne Jongejans (1) Quintis Ristie (1)	Current Gerard Joling (1–) Kim-Lian van der Meij (2–) Former Tess Milne (1)
Norway	Skal vi stupe	TV 2	Seres 1, 2013:	TBC	Freddy dos Santos Sarah Natasha Melbye
Poland	Celebrity Splash!	Polsat	Series 1, 2015: Andrzej SZczęsny	Otylia Jędrzejczak Tomasz Zimoch Danuta Stenka	Krzysztof Jankowski Łukasz Grass
Portugal	Splash! Celebridades	SIC	Series 1, 2013: Ricardo Guedes Series 2, 2013: Pedro Azevedo	Marco Horácio Sílvia Rita Simão Morgado Ricardo Guedes (2)	Júlia Pinheiro Rui Unas
Romania	Splash! Vedete la Apă	Antena 1	Series 1, 2013: Piticu` Series 2, 2014: Cosmin Soare	Current Ozana Barabancea (2–) Cosmin Seleși (2–) Cătălin Preda (1–) Former Anda Adam (1) Daniel Buzdugan (1)	Current Pepe (1–) Bianca Drăgușanu (2–) Roxana Ionescu (1–) Former Roxana Vancea (1)
Spain	Splash! Famosos al agua	Antena 3	Series 1, 2013: Gervasio Deferr	Guti Emilio Ratia Santiago Segura Anna Tarrés	Arturo Valls Ainhoa Arbizu
Sweden	Kändishoppet	TV3	Series 1, 2013: Tobbe Blom Series 2, 2013: Frank Andersson	TBC	Adam Alsing Carin da Silva
United Kingdom	Splash!	ITV	Series 1, 2013: Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards Series 2, 2014: Perri Kiely	Andy Banks Jo Brand Leon Taylor	Gabby Logan Vernon Kay
United States	Splash	ABC	Series 1, 2013: Rory Bushfield	David Boudia Steve Foley	Joey Lawrence Charissa Thompson
Ukraine	Вишка Vyshka	1+1	Series 1, 2013: Olga Harlan	Vladimir Zelenskiy Tamara Tokmachova Dmitry Sautin	Solomiya Vitvitska Andriy Domanskyi

Criticism and controversy

The show was widely derided by critics for its lack of originality, excitement and poor format.

Originality

In 2012, French-based production group Banijay International requested an injunction against Dutch group Eyeworks, claiming the show is a copy of the older German format, TV Total Turmspringen, created by Banijay subsidiary Brainpool TV.^[4][5]

References

1. ↑ "Eyeworks Netherlands Winner Opening Weekend New TV-Season". Eyeworks. 27 August 2012. Retrieved 11 May 2013. 
2. ↑ "MBC cancels 'Star Diving Show Splash' for safety reasons". allkpop.com. 12 September 2013. Retrieved 13 September 2013. 
3. ↑ Lithuania
4. ↑ Roxborough, Scott (18 October 2012). "Banijay International Requests Injunction Against Eyeworks Diving Format 'Celebrity Splash'". The Hollywood Reporter. Cologne. Retrieved 11 May 2013. 
5. ↑ Knox, David (19 October 2012). "Celebrity Splash dives into legal battle". TV Tonight. Retrieved 11 May 2013. 

External links

• Celebrity Splash! at Eyeworks