Splash (U.S. TV series)

Production history

The series was first publicized on October 5, 2012, when it was announced that ABC ordered what was called Celebrity Splash straight to series. Based on the Dutch series of the same name, it had celebrities performing dives from extreme heights and challenges increasing in difficulty each week.

Eight out of ten of the cast were revealed on January 25, 2013, which is also when the series changed its name to its final title of Splash. The two unrevealed cast members were revealed on February 4, 2013. The final two to be revealed were Kareem Abdul-Jabbar and Rory Bushfield. The hosts were Joey Lawrence and Charissa Thompson.

The shows were filmed at the Riverside Aquatics Complex on the campus of Riverside City College.

The contestants each had humorous personalized walkout songs, written by supervising producer Rick Austin with music by jingle-writing company Jingle Punks. Producers decided to write the songs because it would've been too expensive to clear real hit songs. In an interview with TV Guide, Austin said that the songs are supposed to be "intentionally bad," but "fun."

Injuries

On March 26, 2013 (Week 2), Chuy Bravo withdrew the competition with an injury to his heel. Brandi Chastain replaced Bravo after the injury.

Rory Bushfield suffered a ruptured eardrum in practice in Week 3. He had to go to four doctors before one would clear him to continue.

Katherine Webb suffered a back injury and withdrew from the show.

Reportedly Nicole Eggert was injured in the third week of April during a taping of the show. In the days following, she denied sustaining any serious injury.

During rehearsal for episode six of the show, Drake Bell attempted a dive he had not previously practiced and got a concussion as well as two black eyes.

Nicole Eggert fell on her back during her final dive on May 7. She was okay, but ended up losing to Rory Bushfield.

Scoring chart

     Indicates the celebrity eliminated that week.      Indicates the celebrity in the Dive-off that week but not eliminated.      Indicates the winning celebrity.      Indicates the runner-up celebrity.      Indicates the third place celebrity.      The diver withdrew from the competition. Red numbers indicate the lowest score for each week. Green numbers indicate the highest score for each week. "—" The celebrity did not dive that week.

Week 1

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Week 2

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Week 3

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The challenge this week was to do a dive with a partner. Kendra Wilkinson withdrew from the competition due to personal reasons prior to Week 4's start. She was taped for Week 3 preparing for the dive, but she didn't dive in the live show, thus eliminating her directly.

Week 4

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The challenge this week was to do a flip.

Week 5

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The challenge this week was to jump off the 10 meter platform.

Note: Brandi Chastain was in the bottom two, but with Louie Anderson withdrawing, she became safe.

Week 6

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The challenge this week was to jump in synchronization with a junior diving champ.

Week 7

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The challenge this week was for each diver to choose which board to jump from and be given their dive by Greg.

Week 8

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