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A contestant on "Wipeout" has died after completing the game show's obstacle course, authorities and sources close to the production said Friday. The man, who was in his 30s, was declared dead at a hospital shortly before 7 p.m. Wednesday, Los Angeles County coroner's spokeswoman Sarah Ardalani said. The cause of death has not been released, and the man's name is being withheld until relatives can be notified.

The reality competition show, in which contestants navigate an extreme obstacle course featuring giant balls and pitfalls that often result in spectacular crashes, ran on ABC from 2008 until 2014 and is being rebooted by TBS and production company Endemol Shine North America.

Two people close to the production said the man had completed the course on the show's set in Santa Clarita, California, when he needed medical attention. He was helped by on-site medical staff until paramedics arrived and took him to the hospital. The people spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to speak publicly.

Well that’s one way to celebrate 

"Tell him what he's won, Bob!!"

Edited by Steel Shank

This is television, that's all it is. It's nothing to do with people, it's to do with ratings! For fifty years, we've told them what to eat, what to drink, what to wear... for Christ's sake, Ben, don't you understand? Americans love television. They wean their kids on it. Listen. They love game shows, they love wrestling, they love sports and violence. So what do we do? We give 'em *what they want*! We're number one, Ben, that's all that counts, believe me. I've been in the business for thirty years.

So you're saying he'll only be back in a re-run?  

(too soon?)  

This is just one step closer to the ultimate entertainment....

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3 minutes ago, Newdoc said:

This is just one step closer to the ultimate entertainment....

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Reality TV running government? Just seems unrealistic to me

3 minutes ago, Captainant said:

Reality TV running government? Just seems unrealistic to me

It runs 80% of our populations lives anyway.  I'm willing to bet more people can name two Kardashians than the VP

Wipeout may have gone overboard with their "Hungergames" episode

Finally, a game show that lives up to its hype.

Pioneering game show deaths is a big accomplishment.  It's only a matter of time before Survivor, Big Brother, Amazing Race, etc. start to accumulate deaths.  It will be interesting to watch unfold.  

The was a gameshow on Discovery call Dodgeball Thunderdome that looked like a wrongful death suit waiting to happen.

 

16 hours ago, Neonmoon said:

The reality competition show, in which contestants navigate an extreme obstacle course featuring giant balls and pitfalls that often result in spectacular crashes

Gotta keep the story light 

Have any contestants died on Naked and Afraid, yet?

6 hours ago, Bevo said:

Have any contestants died on Naked and Afraid, yet?

Not that I know of, a couple got dengue fever and that one guy was snakebit. All survived, but lifelong consequences.

12 hours ago, Bevo said:

Have any contestants died on Naked and Afraid, yet?

One dude got like 3 diseases in Brazil and it fucked him up for life.  Pretty sure they settled out of court.  It was the episode where his partner outlasted him but tapped out the day after eating the brain from a decapitated parrot head she just found on the ground.

19 hours ago, TKthunder2 said:

his partner outlasted him but tapped out the day after eating the brain from a decapitated parrot head she just found on the ground.

What a poon.  As if a little seasoned parrot brain is going to do you in.  

19 hours ago, TKthunder2 said:

One dude got like 3 diseases in Brazil and it fucked him up for life. 

Brazilian 3 Disease is a great band name.

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