Exathlon

Exathlon (Exatlon in some countries) is a reality competition series where two teams of physically fit contestants compete against each other. Following the reality TV format the show has many parts that are planned ahead. The teams are composed of athletes (current, former, Olympic etc.), sports professionals and celebrities on one team and ordinary people with athletic ability, from all walks of life on the other team. All must have strong physical skills and sporting abilities.

Exathlon
Also known asExatlon
GenreSports Reality Competition
Opening themeExathlon
Country of originTurkey
Original languagesSpanish
Portuguese
Romanian
Hungarian
Production
Production locationDominican Republic
Distributor
  • Acun Medya
  • Inter Medya
Release
Original networkRede Bandeirantes
First shown inBrazil
Original release2017 (2017) 
present
External links
Website

Exathlon is a team-oriented competition which moves to an individual mode in its final weeks, culminating in a final round where a male and female are crowned the Exathlon champions. The format finale varies in certain markets where the male and female compete for one of them to be crowned the Exathlon champion.

Exathlon first aired in Brazil[1] on (Rede Bandeirantes) in 2017 and since then has been a rating success in Mexico[2] (TV Azteca), Romania[3] (Kanal D), Colombia[4] (Canal RCN), US Hispanic (Telemundo) and Hungary (TV2).

Format

An Exathlon season is stretched across 4 to 6 nights a week from a minimum of 12 weeks to as many as 30 weeks.

Each day the teams compete on specially designed parkour courses. The parkour courses are designed as head-to-head races (tête-à-tête). The first team to achieve 10 wins is crowned that days winning team - 10 is the Winner.

Exathlon's key point of difference is its complex parkour courses that can test the most accomplished athlete. These stable parkours combine running tracks with swimming pools, hurdles, obstacles, balance beams, toboggan slides, sand & mud crawl nets, crawl tunnels, under/over bars, dropping platforms, and physical sporting mechanismus. Each parkour has a further skill-based ending that is changed according to the game requirements. The game endings are interchangeable across the parkours with over 50 possible choices. The parkours are long testing tracks that require a number of sporting skills. Each one can involve any combination of speed, swimming, jumping, balance, flexibility, strength, dexterity, coordination, muscle memory and sporting intelligence. The Exathlon parkours test all aspects of an athlete's abilities.

Individuals need to perform at their highest level consistently as this is the only way they can secure a strong position within their team rankings. These rankings are important as regularly, over the course of the series, contestants will be eliminated from either team.

Exathlon's host plays and important role in the show commentating on each parkour, guiding the viewer through each game. A unique characteristic of this sports-reality format is the sports style commentary.

The Team Stage

Eight to ten Athletes in each team face-off week on week, with athletes eliminated each week.

A typical week in Exathlon includes but is not limited to: the House game, the Money game and Money Smash, the Individual Medal game, the International game, the Best-off game, the Special game, the Elimination game and the Play-off game.

Once Exathlon reaches its final eight athletes the format moves from the team stage to the individual stage.

The Individual Stage

The final eight compete individually to crown the Exathlon Champion or Champions.

Aside from the parkour games, Exathlon also includes Quiz & Word games played once a week between the two teams.

Exathlon's format evolves in future season's creating international tournaments and competitions across multi-national, regional and world championships.

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Exathlon Series

Legend:

  Currently Airing Franchise
  Franchise With an Upcoming Season
  Franchise no Longer Aired
  Status Unknown
Country/Region Local Title
Network(s) Winners Hosts
 Brazil Exathlon Brasil
Band

Season 1, 2017: Marcel Stürmer

Luís Ernesto Lacombe
 Colombia Exatlón Colombia
RCN Televisión

Season 1, 2018: José Rodríguez

Roberto Manrique
 Hungary Exatlon Hungary TV2 Season 1, 2019: Katalin Huszti
Season 2, 2020: Dávid Böjte & Dr. Gabriella Busa
Season 3, 2020-21: Current season
Palik László
 Mexico Exatlón México
Azteca 7 (Season 1)
Azteca Uno (Season 2-present)
Season 1, 2017-18: Ernesto Cazáres
Season 2, 2018-19: Aristeo Cazáres & Aidée Hernández
Season 3, 2019-20: Heliud Pulido & Mati Álvarez
Season 4, 2020-21: Current season
Antonio Rosique
 Romania Exatlon România
Kanal D Season 1, 2018: Vladimir Drăghia
Season 2, 2018: Beatrice Olaru
Season 3, 2019: Andreea Arsine & Ion Surdu
Cosmin Cernat
 Turkey
Exatlon Challenge Türkiye
Netflix Season 1, 2020: Barış Erdoğan & Yağmur Karabal
Orkun Işıtmak
 United States
(in Spanish)
Exatlón Estados Unidos
Telemundo Season 1, 2018: Marisela Cantú
Season 2, 2019: Valeria Sofía Rodríguez
Season 3, 2019: Alberto Medina
Season 4, 2020: Nate Burkhalter
Season 5, 2021: Current season
Erasmo Provenza (Seasons 1-4)
Frederik Oldenburg (Season 5-)

References

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