Wipeout Canada

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title: "Wipeout Canada" type: doc version: 1 created: 2026-02-28 author: "Wikipedia contributors" status: active scope: public tags: ["2011-canadian-television-series-debuts", "wipeout-(endemol-tv-series)", "2010s-canadian-reality-television-series", "2010s-canadian-game-shows", "2011-canadian-television-series-endings", "canadian-television-series-based-on-american-television-series", "television-shows-filmed-in-argentina"] description: "Canadian English-language game show" topic_path: "arts" source: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wipeout_Canada" license: "CC BY-SA 4.0" wikipedia_page_id: 0 wikipedia_revision_id: 0

::summary Canadian English-language game show ::

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Field	Value
image	Wipeout canada intertitle.jpg
genre	Game show
presenter	Jonathan Torrens
Ennis Esmer
Jessica Phillips
narrated	Jonathan Torrens
Ennis Esmer
country	Canada
language	English
num_seasons	1
num_episodes	13
location	Buenos Aires, Argentina
runtime	60 minutes
(including commercials)
company	Lone Eagle Entertainment
network	TVTropolis
first_aired
last_aired
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Gameplay

The series follows a similar format to the American version of the game. Twenty contestants (four fewer than the US version), aged 18 years and older, compete in four rounds: "The Qualifier", "The Sweeper", "The Dizzy Dummy", and "The Wipeout Zone". The last contestant standing in the Sweeper Round bypasses the Dizzy Dummy and automatically advances to the Wipeout Zone, unlike the US version where the last contestant standing wins a $1,000 bonus. Four contestants make it to the final round, called the "Wipeout Zone", for the chance to win $50,000.

Production

The Wipeout format is licensed to Lone Eagle Entertainment, an independent production company based in Toronto. The company announced multiple casting calls for English-speaking Canadians over 19 years of age. The application process for season 1 was open from June 2 to July 1, 2010. Out of 44,619 applicants, 260 were chosen to be contestants. In October 2010, thirteen one-hour episodes were taped on the Wipeout set in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

Wipeout Canada was not renewed for a second season.

References

References

1. Dowling, Amber. (4 June 2010). "'Wipeout' at home". TV Guide Canada.
2. Stephen Brun. (2010-10-11). "TV's Torrens brings wit to 'Wipeout'". Summerside Journal Pioneer.
3. "Wipeout Gameplay". Buzzer Blog.
4. "Wipeout Canada contestant applications surpass 44,000 in just one month". CWN.
5. "We weren't renewed. Only the one season".

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