Fear Factor (franchise)

Fear Factor
Created byJohn de Mol Jr.
Original workNow or Neverland (The Netherlands)
OwnerBanijay Entertainment[1]
Years1998–present

Fear Factor is a Dutch stunt/dare game show TV format that first aired in the Netherlands. The show was adapted from the original Dutch version Now or Neverland and renamed Fear Factor by NBC for the American market.

The show pits contestants against each other in a variety of three stunts for a grand prize.

International versions

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Country Name Host(s) Channel Broadcast Jackpot
Albania Fear Factor Vizion Plus
Arab world Fear Factor تحدى الخوف Najla Badr & Ibrahim Abu Jawdeh MBC1 February 13, 2004 50.000 SR
Argentina Factor Miedo David Kavlin Telefe 2003
Australia Fear Factor Australia Marc Yellin Nine Network 2002 A$50.000
Belgium Fear Factor Walter Grootaers VTM 2005
Alex Agnew Play 4 November 15, 2022 TBA
Brazil Hipertensão Zeca Camargo (2002)
Glenda Kozlowski (2010–11)
Globo April 14, 2002 – October 27, 2011 R$500,000
Bulgaria Страх Atanas Mihailov Nova Television 2009–11 15.000 лв
Canada Facteur de Risques Benoit Gagnon, Josée Lavigueur TVA September 21, 2004 CAN$30,000
Chile Fear Factor Chile Tonka Tomicic Canal 13 November 13, 2010 CL$3.000.000
Colombia Frente al miedo Juan Pablo Llano Caracol TV 2005
Croatia Fear Factor Antonija Blaće RTL
Czech Republic Faktor strachu Tomas Matonoha Prima Cool 2009
Denmark Fear Factor Biker-Jens TV 3 2003
Dominican Republic Enfrentando al Miedo Irving Alverti Telesistema 11 December 12, 2006 RD$20.000.000
Egypt Fear Factor Extreme أرض الخوف Sally Chahin Al Hayat TV April 2009 US$50,000
Finland Pelkokerroin Aleksi Valavuori Nelonen September 13, 2008 €10,000
France Fear Factor France Denis Brogniart TF1 2003–04 €10,000
Germany Fear Factor Sonja Zietlow RTL 2004
Greece Fear Factor Kostas Sommer ANT1 June 2006
Hungary A Rettegés Foka Kovalcsik Ildikó(Lilu) RTL Klub 2005 5.000.000 Ft
India Fear Factor India Mukul Dev SET Asia 10 March 2006
Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi Akshay Kumar (2008–09; 2011)
Priyanka Chopra (2010)
Rohit Shetty (2014-15, 2017-)
Arjun Kapoor (2016)
Colors July 21, 2008
Fear Factor: Khatron Ke Khiladi - Made in India Farah Khan
Rohit Shetty
August 1, 2020
Indonesia Fear Factor Indonesia Agastya Kandau RCTI November 19, 2005 Rp.50.000.000
Italy Fear Factor Paolo Ruffini GXT and Italia 2 October 2005 – June 2013
Malaysia Fear Factor Malaysia Shamser Sidhu
Aaron Aziz (Astor Ria and Maya HD)
NTV7
Astro Ria
Astro Maya HD
August 27, 2005
February 15, 2014 (Upcoming season's): Astro Ria
Astro Maya HD
RM10.000
RM320,000
(Astro Ria and Maya HD)
Fear Factor Selebriti Malaysia Aaron Aziz[2] Astro Ria and Astro Mustika HD December 29, 2012
Mexico Fear Factor: Factor Miedo Julio Bracho (2002–04)
"El Rasta" (2004–05, 2010)
Televisa 2002, Fear Factor Vip 2010 MX$150.000
Netherlands Now or Neverland
Fear Factor
Fabienne de Vries Veronica 1998 fl 20 000
€8 000
Norway Fear Factor TV 3 2002
Pakistan[3] Madventures Pakistan Ahsan Khan (2013)
Ahmad Ali Butt (2015)
ARY Digital 2013 – present
Philippines Pinoy Fear Factor Ryan Agoncillo ABS-CBN November 10, 2008 – February 20, 2009 P2.000.000
Poland Fear Factor – Nieustraszeni Roman Polko Polsat October 8, 2004 – December 3, 2004 50,000 zł
Portugal Fear Factor – Desafio Total Leonor Poeiras
José Carlos Araújo
Televisão Independente 2004
Romania Pariu cu Frica – Fear Factor Sport.ro April 6, 2008
Russia Фактор страха Vladimir Turchinsky (2003–2004)
Kirill Nabutov (2005)
Anatoly Tsoy (2021)
NTV 2003–2005, 2021[4] 100.000 ₽
Alexey Chadov STS 2023 300.000 ₽
South Africa Fear Factor Africa Colin Moss
Thapelo Mokoena
Lungile Radu
M-Net
e.tv
2002
2006–07
R300,000
Spain Factor Miedo Alonso Caparros Antena 3 2005
Sweden Fear Factor Sweden Paolo Roberto TV3 2002
Turkey Fear Factor Türkiye
Fear Factor Extreme
Fear Factor Extreme 2
Fear Factor Aksiyon
Acun Ilıcalı
Asuman Krause
Asuman Krause
Asuman Krause
Show TV
Star TV
Star TV
Fox Turkey
2006
2009
2010
2013
TL 100.000
United Kingdom Fear Factor UK Ed Sanders Sky1 Series 1: 3 September 2002 – 26 November 2002
Series 2: 18 September 2003 – 11 December 2003
Celebrity Series: 18 July 2004 – 22 August 2004
£20,000
United States Fear Factor Joe Rogan NBC June 11, 2001 – September 12, 2006
December 12, 2011 – July 16, 2012
US$50,000
Ludacris MTV May 30, 2017 – August 21, 2018

References

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  1. ^ https://www.banijayrights.com/programmes/11976 [bare URL]
  2. ^ FERIDE HIKMET, ATAK (29 September 2012). "'Fear Factor Selebriti Malaysia' Elak Perkara Tidak Senonoh". mStar Online. Archived from the original on 3 December 2012. Retrieved 5 December 2012.
  3. ^ "Happenings Pakistani version of Fear Factor to have Indian actresses". Archived from the original on 2014-01-08. Retrieved 2014-01-08.
  4. ^ ntv.ru. Мировой хит возвращается в Россию: НТВ запускает «Фактор страха». НТВ (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-05-26.