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2 Days & 1 Night (박)
2 Days & 1 Night (1박 2일, 1N2D) is a KBS2 Korean reality-variety show premiering August 5, 2007, where cast members take two-day road trips across South Korea with bokbulbok games deciding meals and lodging; created by Lee Myung-han and Na Young-seok.
Baak Maan Fu Yung (百万富翁)
Baak Maan Fu Yung (百萬富翁) was ATV's Cantonese Hong Kong version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, hosted by Kenneth Chan from 2001, 15 questions for HK$1,000,000, peaking at 18 rating points, revived in 2018.
Bake Squad
Bake Squad is a Netflix reality baking competition hosted by Milk Bar founder Christina Tosi, in which four bakers, Broussard, Holt, Jimenez, and Rull, compete for a client's dessert choice; no eliminations, two seasons from 2021.
Baking Impossible
Baking Impossible is a 2021 Netflix American reality competition series pairing bakers with engineers as 'bakineers' in nine two-person teams building edible creations that survive stress tests for a $100,000 prize, hosted by Justin Willman.
Baking It
Baking It is a Peacock holiday baking competition series (2021-2023), a spin-off of Making It, hosted by Maya Rudolph with Andy Samberg then Amy Poehler, judged by four grandmothers for a $50,000 prize.
Barbecue Showdown
Barbecue Showdown (originally The American Barbecue Showdown) is a Netflix reality competition series, premiered September 18, 2020, in which American pitmasters compete for the American Barbecue Champion title and a $50,000 prize, judged by Kevin Bludso and Melissa Cookston across three seasons.
Beat Shazam
Beat Shazam is a Fox musical game show, premiering May 25, 2017, hosted by Jamie Foxx with daughter Corinne Foxx as DJ; created by Jeff Apploff and Wes Kauble, it has teams of two identify hit songs, with the winning team facing the Shazam app for up to $1 million.
Beat the Chasers
Beat the Chasers, also known as The Super Chase, is a British quiz show. It pits a single contestant against a panel of Chasers in a timed head-to-head race.
Drag Race Down Under
Drag Race Down Under (formerly RuPaul's Drag Race Down Under) is the Australian and New Zealand version of RuPaul's Drag Race, debuting 2021 on Stan, produced by World of Wonder with TVNZ, filmed in Auckland; RuPaul hosted three seasons before Michelle Visage took over for the acclaimed season 4.
Drag Race España
Drag Race España (RuPaul's Drag Race España) is the Spanish adaptation of RuPaul's Drag Race, airing since 30 May 2021 on Atresplayer Premium, hosted by Supremme de Luxe with judges Javier Calvo, Javier Ambrossi, and Ana Locking, six seasons plus a 2024 All Stars edition, and a €50,000 prize.
Drag Race Holland
Drag Race Holland is a Dutch reality competition series adapting RuPaul's Drag Race, hosted by Fred van Leer on Videoland since September 18, 2020; its winners are Envy Peru and Vanessa van Cartier.
Floor Is Lava
Floor Is Lava is a Netflix physical game show (2020-2022, 3 seasons, 20 episodes) created by Irad Eyal and Megan McGrath, hosted by Rutledge Wood, in which three-person teams cross lava-flooded rooms for $10,000, filmed in a Burbank IKEA warehouse.
Hyperdrive
Hyperdrive is a 2019 American reality competition series on Netflix, hosted by Mike Hill, Lindsay Czarniak, Rutledge Wood, and Michael Bisping, in which 28 drivers race their hand-built cars through an automotive obstacle course.
La Más Draga
La Más Draga is a Mexican drag competition web series produced by La Gran Diabla since 2018, streamed free on YouTube, a 'tropicalized' Drag Race variant with seven seasons and the Sólo Las Más spin-off.
LOL - Chi ride è fuori
LOL - Chi ride è fuori (LOL: Last One Laughing Italy) is a Prime Video Italian comedy show adapting Hitoshi Matsumoto's Japanese format Documental: ten comedians, six hours, no laughing, €100,000 to charity, debuting 1 April 2021.
Most Extreme Elimination Challenge
Most Extreme Elimination Challenge (MXC) is an American Spike TV comedy series, 2003-2007, that re-edited and redubbed Japanese Takeshi's Castle footage as a parody extreme-sports show with Groundlings voice actors.
Ninja Warrior (franchise)
Ninja Warrior is the international name for the SASUKE obstacle-course TV format created by Japan's TBS in 1997. Sold in over 160 countries, with American Ninja Warrior on NBC since 2009 and an Olympic obstacle-racing link for LA 2028.
Produce 101 China (创造101)
Produce 101 China (创造101) was Tencent Video's licensed 2018 adaptation of Korea's Produce 101; 101 trainees competed, and the top 11 formed Rocket Girls 101, whose two-year contract dispute with Yuehua and Mairui defined the show's aftermath.
Sa Re Ga Ma Pa (सा रे गा मा पा)
Sa Re Ga Ma Pa (सा रे गा मा पा), Zee TV's long-running singing reality franchise named after the sargam syllables, judged for playback versatility; Shreya Ghoshal won in 2000; Hindi, Bangla, Tamil editions.
Songland
Songland (2019-2020) was an NBC songwriting competition where undiscovered songwriters pitched to guest artists with panel Ryan Tedder, Ester Dean, and Shane McAnally; 21 episodes over 2 seasons, one song released per episode, cancelled after season 2.
The Greatest Canadian
The Greatest Canadian: CBC's 2004 TV series and national poll, modeled on BBC's Great Britons; 140,000 nominations, 1.2 million votes; Tommy Douglas won, ahead of Terry Fox and Pierre Trudeau.
The Misery Index (TV series)
The Misery Index (TBS, 2019-2022) was a comedy game show hosted by Jameela Jamil, adapted from the card game Sh*t Happens, in which contestants and the Impractical Jokers quartet ranked miserable real-life events 1-100 for a $30,000 prize across three seasons.
The Real Housewives of Potomac
The Real Housewives of Potomac (RHOP) is a Bravo reality series that premiered January 17, 2016, the franchise's eighth installment, following a predominantly Black cast in affluent Potomac, Maryland; now in season 11 (2026).
The Titan Games
The Titan Games is an NBC athletic competition series (2019-2020) created and hosted by Dwayne Johnson, in which everyday competitors face head-to-head challenges and the Mount Olympus obstacle course for $100,000; two seasons, then cancelled.
Top Shot
Top Shot is a History Channel reality competition series (premiered June 6, 2010) hosted by Colby Donaldson, in which 16 marksmen per season compete with historical weapons for a $100,000 prize; produced by Pilgrim Films & Television.
Total Wipeout
Total Wipeout is a British physical game show that aired on BBC One from 2009 to 2012. It featured twenty contestants tackling obstacle courses in Buenos Aires, Argentina.
Wipeout (2008 game show)
Wipeout is an ABC obstacle-course reality game show that premiered June 24, 2008, created by Matt Kunitz; 24 contestants compete for $50,000, hosted by John Anderson, John Henson, and Jill Wagner, with a 2021 TBS reboot.
World's Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji
World's Toughest Race: Eco-Challenge Fiji is a 2020 Amazon Prime Video 10-episode reality series, hosted by Bear Grylls and produced by Mark Burnett, documenting the 2019 revival of the Eco-Challenge adventure race: 66 teams racing 671 km non-stop across Fiji for 11 days.