Fear Factor (franchise)

Fear Factor
Fear Factor
Created by	John de Mol Jr.
Original work	Now or Neverland (The Netherlands)
Owner	Banijay Entertainment
Years	1998–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

Currently airing franchise

Franchise with an upcoming season

Franchise that has an unknown status

Franchise that has suspended production

Franchise that has ended

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
Belgium	Fear Factor	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	Colors	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)
Malaysia	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 ₽
Russia	Фактор страха	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
United States	Fear Factor	Ludacris	MTV	May 30, 2017 – August 21, 2018	US$50,000

References

^ https://www.banijayrights.com/programmes/11976 ^{[bare URL]}
^ 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.
^ "Happenings Pakistani version of Fear Factor to have Indian actresses". Archived from the original on 2014-01-08. Retrieved 2014-01-08.
^ ntv.ru. Мировой хит возвращается в Россию: НТВ запускает «Фактор страха». НТВ (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-05-26.

[1] ttps://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] tv.ru. Мировой хит возвращается в Россию: НТВ запускает «Фактор страха». НТВ (in Russian). Retrieved 2021-05-26.

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