Over at ABC, the winter season premiere of Wipeout premiered last night to the usual banter of contestants beeing booted, slapped, slopped, bonked and what not on their unusually aggressive holiday-themed course and a new co-host was introduced. (I’m sorry, but that just never gets old.) Plus, I take a peek at where Jill Wagner went!
And with Wipeout‘s winter season premiere, comes the new co-host down on the floor with the contestants, Vanessa Lachey (previously known as Vanessa Minnillo).
The course had a few bunch of newbie obstacles. One was a boot that when timed right, literally gave the boot to contestants running by it. It would kick them and they would go flying, cartwheeling off into the air and in to the water below.
The next new piece, which was of course, Christmas themed, was Santa waiting for contestants on the launch ramp for the Big Balls. And there was a stage where evil elves were throwing things at the contestants.
After the preliminary round, the next elimination round included a fishing hole where contestants had to drop through to land on a rotating bar and it goes from there.
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The course seemed more aggressive than usual, and I’m OK with that.
But there’s always been one section of the Wipeout courses that bugs me a bit. That’s where they have people throwing things at the contestants. It feels a little bit mean and removes the neutral feeling one gets from the other ass-kicking tricks the contestants get. Sure, there are people running those too, but it seems less personal when you can’t see them running the stunts. (And probably laughing their butts off in some control room.)
It’s not a huge deal for me, but I usually never end up liking the sections of Wipeout‘s courses where the real people are.
Other wise, it’s a blast!
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