| Splatalot! | |
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| Genre | Children's game show |
| Created by | Mark J.W. Bishop Matt Hornburg |
| Directed by | Rae Upton |
| Presented by | Jason Agnew and Matt Chin (Canada) Dick and Dom (UK) Kayne Tremills and Scott Tweedie (Australia) Stacey Harkey and Tori Pence (USA) |
| Composer | Angelo Oddi |
| Country of origin | Canada United Kingdom Australia |
| Original language | English |
| No. of seasons | 2 |
| No. of episodes | 53 (52 + 1 special) |
| Production | |
| Executive producers | Alan Bishop (challenge producer) Mark J.W. Bishop Matt Hornburg |
| Producer | Steve Sloan |
| Production locations | Amaranth, Ontario, Canada 44°02′19″N 80°13′51″W / 44.03861°N 80.23083°W |
| Running time | 22 minutes |
| Production company | marblemedia |
| Original release | |
| Network | YTV (Canada) CBBC (United Kingdom) ABC3 (Australia) |
| Release | 14 March 2011 – 29 August 2013 |
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Splatalot! is a medieval-themed physical game show that premiered in Canada on Corus Entertainment's YTV on 14 March 2011, hosted by Jason Agnew and Matt Chin. It premiered in the United Kingdom on CBBC on 13 June 2011 with Dick and Dom as hosts and in Australia on ABC3 on 5 November 2011 with Kayne Tremills and Scott Tweedie as hosts. The series was inspired by the game show Wipeout, designed for a younger demographic. The British and Australian CBBC and ABC3 broadcasts of the show used the same filmed footage as the original Canadian YTV version, but with local presenters providing commentary.
Splatalot! was produced by marblemedia and commissioned as an international co-production by Corus Entertainment, the British Broadcasting Corporation and the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. It featured a large, extreme obstacle course and three rounds of competition: "Cross the Moat", "Ditch the Dungeon" ("Escape the Stockade" in the first series), and "Capture the Crown". Each episode features a different group of 12 teenage contestants (known as Attackers) competing against not only the obstacles and the clock but also the Defenders. The Defenders are an international squad of nine medieval-themed gladiators who are tasked with protecting the castle from the Attackers. The winning Attacker is crowned King or Queen of Splatalot!. This king or queen is able to then choose a defender to punish in one of many ways, such as throwing them into the water with a catapult.