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 as | Exatlon |
| Genre | Sports Reality Competition |
| Opening theme | Exathlon |
| Country of origin | Turkey |
| Original language(s) | Spanish Portuguese Romanian Hungarian |
| Production | |
| Production location(s) | Dominican Republic |
| Distributor |
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| Release | |
| Original network | Rede Bandeirantes |
| First shown in | Brazil |
| Original release | 2017 – present |
| External links | |
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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.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
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Exathlon Brasil |
Band |
Season 1, 2017: Marcel Stürmer |
Luís Ernesto Lacombe |
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Exatlón Colombia |
RCN Televisión |
Season 1, 2018: José Rodríguez |
Roberto Manrique |
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Exatlon Hungary | TV2 | Season 1, 2019: Katalin Huszti Season 2, 2020: Dr. Busa Gabriella & Böjte Dávid |
Palik László |
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Exatlón México |
Azteca 7 (Season 1) Azteca Uno (Season 2-3) |
Season 1, 2017-18: Ernesto Cazáres Season 2, 2018-19: Aidee Hernández & Aristeo Cazáres Season 3, 2019-20: Mati Álvarez & Heliud Pulido |
Antonio Rosique |
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Exatlon România |
Kanal D | Season 1, 2018: Vladimir Drăghia Season 2, 2018: Beatrice Olaru Season 3, 2019: Andreea Arsine & Ion Surdu |
Cosmin Cernat |
 (in Spanish) |
Exatlón Estados Unidos |
Telemundo | Season 1, 2018: Season 2, 2019:  Season 3, 2019: Season 4, 2020: Season Suspended |
Erasmo Provenza |