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Encyclopedia > Dog Eat Dog (television series)

Dog Eat Dog was a reality British game show on the BBC hosted by Ulrika Jonsson, which ran from 2001 to 2003. The programme started off by showing the six contestants at a training day where they underwent various tests to assess their strengths and weaknesses. The contestants talked about themselves and their fellow competitors. Reality television is a genre of television programming which generally is unscripted, documenting actual events over fiction, and featuring ordinary people over professional actors. ... A game show is a radio or television program, involving members of the public or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, playing a game, perhaps involving answering quiz questions, for points or prizes. ... Corporate logo of the British Broadcasting Corporation The British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC) is the national public service broadcaster of the United Kingdom (see British television). ... Ulrika Jonsson (born 16 August 1967, in Sollentuna, near Stockholm) is a Swedish television presenter whose most famous work has been on British television. ... 2001: A Space Odyssey. ... 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... Strength may refer to Physical strength of organisms means (especially the muscles of most metazoa) of locomotion and movement Strength of materials in physics, engineering and materials science Strength is a rap compilation presented by Asiatic Warriors Strength (VIII) is a Major Arcana card in Tarot. ... Weakness can mean: The opposite of strength Weakness (medical) This is a disambiguation page — a navigational aid which lists pages that might otherwise share the same title. ...


In the studio, the contestants nominated who they thought would fail a given challenge, which would either be a mental or physical one. If they failed, they went to the "Loser's Bench," and if they won, they got to choose who went to that area of the studio. Art studio Adriaen van Ostade. ... The mind is the term most commonly used to describe the higher functions of the human brain, particularly those of which humans are subjectively conscious, such as personality, thought, reason, memory, intelligence and emotion. ... Antonym of psychical. ...


The last remaining contestant had the chance of winning the £10,000 prize, but had to face a general knowledge round against the other five competitors. If they could predict which three would get their questions wrong, they won the money; however, if the losers got three of their questions right, they split the prize between them, i.e. £2,000 each, and the overall winner of the show went home with nothing.


The United States version of the show aired on NBC, was hosted by Brooke Burns and ran for two summer seasons in 2002 and 2003. The prize was $25,000 and the "Loser's Bench" was called the "Dog Pound." The first season scored decent ratings and gained some attention due to stunts like stripping off clothes if you answered trivia questions incorrectly and one woman completely stripped off her clothes and underwear. NBC did not renew the show for a third season due to low ratings. The Singapore chinese version of the show was hosted by Guo Liang. The National Broadcasting Company or NBC is an American television broadcasting company based in New York Citys Rockefeller Center. ... For other people named Burns, see Burns (disambiguation). ... 2002 (MMII) is a common year starting on Tuesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... 2003 (MMIII) is a common year starting on Wednesday of the Gregorian calendar. ... A pair of mens briefs Undergarments, also called underwear or sometimes intimate clothing, are clothes worn next to the skin, usually under other clothes. ...


An Australian version was briefly aired but cancelled after receiving dismal ratings. The show gained more notoriety after it was axed than before it due to a number of tabloid stories regarding contestants who had won money on the show but not received it because the program they participated on never went to air.


Stunts

  • Flag capture - Climb a net and get the greatest number of flags in a limited amount of time.
  • Little Genius - Play a trivia game against a kid genius
  • Stripping (Girls) - Play a bean bag toss. Every time you miss you strip one piece of clothing
  • Stripping (Boys) - Play hangman. Every time you miss a letter you strip one piece of clothing
  • Water Walk - Walk on a platform while being hit by water.
  • Treadmill trivia - Run on a treadmill trying to answer ten questions right before falling off the treadmill from fatigue. Every time a question is answered wrong, the speed on the treadmill increases.
  • Rainstorm hanging - Two contestants hang on a bar with just their hands in pouring rain and the first to fall loses.

External links

  • UK Gameshows Page: Dog Eat Dog

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Dog Eat Dog (game show) - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia (932 words)
Dog Eat Dog was a reality British game show on the BBC hosted by Ulrika Jonsson, which ran from 2001 to 2003.
The United States version of the show aired on NBC, was hosted by Brooke Burns and ran for two summer seasons in 2002 and 2003.
The prize was $25,000 and the "Loser's Bench" was called the "Dog Pound." The US version was somewhat less cerebral than the original British version, as most of the challenges were physical challenges.
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