Celebrity Splash!

Celebrity Splash! (also known as 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.

Celebrity Splash!
Created by	Eyeworks
Original work	Sterren Springen Op Zaterdag (Netherlands)
Films and television
Television series	Celebrity Splash! (independent international versions, see below)
Miscellaneous
First aired	25 August 2012
Official website
Production website

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: Priscila Fantin & Rodrigo Simas Season 3, 2016: Maíra Charken & Bruno Chateaubriand	Eduardo Falcão(1-2) Roberto Biagioni (2) 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
Italy	Jump! Stasera mi tuffo	Canale 5	Series 1, 2013: Stefano Bettarini	Giorgio Cagnotto Alessia Filippi Anna Paola Concia Maurizio ″Mister Ok″ Palmulli Paolo Bonolis	Teo Mammucari
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: Maya Karunna	Yahel Castillo Paola Espinosa Tatiana Ortiz	Alan Tacher
Netherlands	Sterren Springen	SBS 6	Series 1, 2012: Liza Sips Series 2, 2014: Jeffrey Wammes	Frans van de Konijnenburg (1–2) Inge de Bruijn (2) Daphne Jongejans (1) Quintis Ristie (1)	Gerard Joling (1–2) Kim-Lian van der Meij (2) Tess Milne (1)
Norway	Skal vi stupe	TV 2	Series 1, 2013: Mini Jakobsen and Roar Strand	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 Series 3, 2015: Vladmir Drăghia	Ozana Barabancea (2–3) Cosmin Seleși (2–3) Cătălin Preda (1–3) Anda Adam (1) Daniel Buzdugan (1)	Pepe (1–3) Diana Munteanu (3) Alina Pușcaș (3) Roxana Vancea (1) Bianca Drăgușanu (2) Roxana Ionescu (1–2)
Russia	Вышка Vyshka	Channel One Russia	Season 1, 2013: Maksim Sharafutdinov	Stanislav Sadal'skiy Emmanuel Vitorgan Tatyana Ustinova Elena Waicehovskaya Dmitriy Dibrov Andrey Urgant	Viktor Vasiliev Katerina Shpica
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
Turkey	Ben Burdan Atlarım	Show TV			Chloe Loughnan
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: Olha Kharlan	Vladimir Zelenskiy Tamara Tokmachova Dmitry Sautin	Solomiya Vitvitska Andriy Domanskyi

Controversy

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. Archived from the original on 21 September 2013. 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