Wipeout (season 3)
| Wipeout (season 3) | |
|---|---|
| Country of origin | United States |
| No. of episodes | 18 |
| Release | |
| Original network | ABC |
| Original release | June 1 – September 14, 2010 |
| Season chronology | |
The following is a comprehensive listing of all the episodes from the third season of American game show Wipeout.
(10:21.11) - Jayson
(09:31.82) - Katelyn
* Jayson Lansburg & Katelyn Reina both crossed the Big Balls as the first and second contestants of Season 3. ** Jackie Evans became the first person to cross the Trampoline Sweepers. *** First two to pass the Spin Cycle.
* Peet became the third person to clear the Big Balls. ** Burt became the 1st person to successfully crossed the Shape Shifter. *** First person to pass the Double Cross the quickest. **** Right before John was going to sign off, Eddie finished the Wipeout Zone.
* Debbie Markham became the first single mother ever in the Wipeout Zone to win the game. * Debbie Markham became the first to cross "The Gut Buster" successfully. **Tucker Carney's nickname was originally "Mother Tucker," but the producers were forced to re-record the commentary with the new name of "Mommy Dearest" after ABC censors balked at the name. Carney was later asked back as "Mother Tucker" in the Season 4 All-Star Competition (after Modern Family used the same name for an episode) in season 4, but was eliminated in the first round and edited out of the program. *** Isaia Ofoia is the 1st person to survive the Door Knock. Later, Amanda Raddatz was the 2nd. Rene Thorn & Tucker Carney passed as well, but it was not shown.
Title reference: During the Qualifier, Jill and John Henson can be seen doing "The Bus Driver" dance, but Anderson wasn't.
* This is the first time that women have won consecutive episodes of Wipeout. Title reference: World Cup-themed course.
Jennika Farley became the 5th female to have the best time in the Qualifier (April Robles, Shara O' Leary, Janica Polmanteer and Kristen Egizi were the first, the second, the third and the fourth).
The Big Balls were modified to look like soccer balls
* Quan Pham became the 1,000th contestant on Wipeout. He also became the first of Season 3 to cross the Sucker Punch and the fourth person to clear the Big Balls. He was also the second to survive getting hit by the Motivator (Terry Smith was the first). The 2,000th contestant will be competing in season 6.
Title reference: "Wipeout: The Game for Wii" has been promoted on the show.
* Robin Burton became the first to conquer the Shake-a-lator and fifth person to clear the Big Balls. Later on, she, reached the 20:00.00 time limit. However, her partner did compete with the time set back to 00:00.00. This was a very weird Zone.
** Mrs. Wishy-Washy appeared to have quit after her back-breaking fall into the water screaming "Give me a minute!". Mr. Wishy-Washy's run began after the commercial break with the time set back to 00:00.00.
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