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 :de:TV total Turmspringen|TV total Turmspringen, 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, Kai Pflaume, Oliver Welke and :de:Matthias Opdenhövel|Matthias Opdenhövel, Steven Gätjen and :de:Olaf Schubert|Olaf Schubert.
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 , 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 and is now produced in at least 10 other countries.

Versions

CountryLocal titleChannelWinnersJudgesMain presenters
Celebrity Splash!TelefeSeries 1, 2013: Nazareno MóttolaPampita Ardohain
Maximiliano Guerra
Miguel Ángel Rodríguez
Mariana Montes		Marley Wiebe
Celebrity Splash!Seven NetworkSeries 1, 2013: Andrew SymondsAlisa Camplin
Greg Louganis
Matthew Mitcham		Larry Emdur
Kylie Gillies
De Grote SprongvtmSeries 1, 2013: Tanja DextersFrans Van De Konijnenburg
Anna Bader
Fréderic Deburghgraeve		Kürt Rogiers
Evi Hanssen
SaltibumRede GloboSeason 1, 2014: Rômulo Neto
Season 2, 2015: Priscila Fantin & Rodrigo Simas
Season 3, 2016: Maíra Charken & Bruno Chateaubriand		Current
Eduardo Falcão
Roberto Biagioni
Former
Hugo Parisi 		Luciano Huck
:es:Salta si puedes|Salta si puedes!ChilevisiónSeries 1, 2013: Katherine Orellana
Series 2, 2013: Cristián Menares		Sebastián Keitel
Francisca García-Huidobro
Yoel Gutiérrez
Sergio Freire		Rafael Araneda
Carolina de Moras
Splash!Zhejiang TVSeries 1, 2013: Xian ZiZhou Jihong
Li Na
Li Xiaopeng
Zhang Tielin		Huang Jianxiang
Yi Yi
Splash!NelonenSeries 1, 2013: Martina AitolehtiJoona Puhakka
Janne Kataja
Rosa Meriläinen		Ellen Jokikunnas
Sebastian Rejman
'TF1Series 1, 2013: Clément LefertLaure Manaudou
Taïg Khris
Muriel Hermine
Grégory Couratier		Estelle Denis
Gérard Vives
Julie Taton
Die Pool Champions - Promis unter WasserRTLSeries 1, 2013: Magdalena BrzeskaVerona Pooth
Franziska van Almsick
Christian Keller
Gerd Völker		Marco Schreyl
Nazan Eckes
ANT1Series 1, 2014: Upcoming seasonTBATBA
Jump! Stasera mi tuffoCanale 5Series 1, 2013: Stefano BettariniGiorgio Cagnotto
Alessia Filippi
Anna Paola Concia
Maurizio ″Mister Ok″ Palmulli
Paolo Bonolis		Teo Mammucari
SplashMBCCanceledShin Dong-yup
Jun Hyun-moo
SplashLBCISeries 1, 2013: Silvio Chiha
Series 2, 2014: Upcoming series		Elie Saad
Sandrine Atallah
Todor Spasov		Rola Bahnam
Aiman Kaissouni
Šuolis!TV3 LithuaniaSeries 1, 2014: Eglė Straleckaitė
Series 1, 2014:
Ignas Barkauskas
Kęstutis Autukas
Guest judge		Series 1, 2014:
Monika Vaičiulytė
Mindaugas Stasiulis
El gran chapuzónCanal de las EstrellasSeries 1, 2014: Maya KarunnaYahel Castillo
Paola Espinosa
Tatiana Ortiz		Alan Tacher
Sterren SpringenSBS 6Series 1, 2012: :nl:Liza Sips|Liza Sips
Series 2, 2014: Jeffrey Wammes		Current
Frans van de Konijnenburg
Inge de Bruijn
Former
Daphne Jongejans
Quintis Ristie 		Current
Gerard Joling
Kim-Lian van der Meij
Former
Tess Milne
Skal vi stupeTV 2Series 1, 2013:TBCFreddy dos Santos
Sarah Natasha Melbye
Celebrity Splash!PolsatSeries 1, 2015: Andrzej SzczęsnyOtylia Jędrzejczak
Tomasz Zimoch
Danuta Stenka		Krzysztof Jankowski
Łukasz Grass
:pt:Splash! Celebridades|Splash! CelebridadesSICSeries 1, 2013: Ricardo Guedes
Series 2, 2013: Pedro Azevedo		Marco Horácio
Sílvia Rita
Simão Morgado
Ricardo Guedes 		Júlia Pinheiro
Rui Unas
Splash! Vedete la ApăAntena 1Series 1, 2013: Piticu`
Series 2, 2014: Cosmin Soare
Series 3, 2015: Vladmir Drăghia		Current
:ro:Ozana Barabancea|Ozana Barabancea
:ro:Cosmin Seleși|Cosmin Seleși
:ro:Cătălin Preda|Cătălin Preda
Former
:ro:Anda Adam|Anda Adam
:ro:Radio ZU|Daniel Buzdugan 		Current
:ro:Pepe |Pepe
:ro:Diana Munteanu|Diana Munteanu
:ro:Alina Pușcaș|Alina Pușcaș
Former'
:ro:Roxana Vancea|Roxana Vancea
:ro:Bianca Drăgușanu|Bianca Drăgușanu
:ro:Roxana Ionescu|Roxana Ionescu
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Vyshka		Channel One RussiaSeason 1, 2013: Maksim SharafutdinovStanislav Sadal'skiy
Emmanuel Vitorgan
Tatyana Ustinova
Elena Waicehovskaya
Dmitriy Dibrov
Andrey Urgant		Viktor Vasiliev
Katerina Shpica
:es:Splash! Famosos al agua|Splash! Famosos al aguaAntena 3Series 1, 2013: Gervasio DeferrGuti
Emilio Ratia
Santiago Segura
Anna Tarrés		Arturo Valls
Ainhoa Arbizu
:sv:Kändishoppet|KändishoppetTV3Series 1, 2013: Tobbe Blom
Series 2, 2013: Frank Andersson		TBCAdam Alsing
Carin da Silva
:tr:Ben Burdan Atlarım|Ben Burdan AtlarımShow TVChloe Loughnan
Splash!ITVSeries 1, 2013: Eddie "The Eagle" Edwards
Series 2, 2014: Perri Kiely		Andy Banks
Jo Brand
Leon Taylor		Gabby Logan
Vernon Kay
SplashABCSeries 1, 2013: Rory BushfieldDavid Boudia
Steve Foley		Joey Lawrence
Charissa Thompson
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Vyshka		1+1Series 1, 2013: Olga HarlanVladimir 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.