Splash (U.S. TV series)

Splash
Genre	Reality
Presented by	Joey Lawrence ; Charissa Thompson
Starring	Greg Louganis
Judges	Steve Foley; David Boudia
Country of origin	United States
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Executive producer(s)	Brant Pinvidic ; J.D. Roth ; Josh Greenberg; Todd A. Nelson
Production location(s)	Riverside City College [1]
Production company(s)	Eyeworks USA
Release
Original network	ABC
Picture format	480i (SDTV); 720p (HDTV)
Original release	March 19 –; May 7, 2013
Chronology
Related shows	Celebrity Splash!

Last updated February 23, 2019

Splash is an American competition-based reality show with celebrity diving competitions which broadcast on ABC from March 19 to May 7, 2013. It was based on the Dutch reality franchise Celebrity Splash! created by Eyeworks for the series Stars Jumping on Saturday (Dutch: Sterren Springen Op Zaterdag) that premiered in 2012.^[2] The show was hosted by actor Joey Lawrence and sportscaster Charissa Thompson with former Olympic divers Steve Foley from Australia and David Boudia from the U.S. as judges. Greg Louganis, also a former U.S. Olympic diver, was the diving instructor and mentor to the celebrities.^[3]

The American Broadcasting Company (ABC) is an American commercial broadcast television network that is a flagship property of Disney–ABC Television Group, a subsidiary of the Disney Media Networks division of The Walt Disney Company. The network is headquartered on Columbus Avenue and West 66th Street in Manhattan, New York City. There are additional major offices and production facilities elsewhere in New York City, as well as in Los Angeles and Burbank, California.

The Netherlands is a country located mainly in Northwestern Europe. The European portion of the Netherlands consists of twelve separate provinces that border Germany to the east, Belgium to the south, and the North Sea to the northwest, with maritime borders in the North Sea with Belgium, Germany and the United Kingdom. Including three island territories in the Caribbean Sea—Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba— it forms a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands. The official language is Dutch, but a secondary official language in the province of Friesland is West Frisian.

Celebrity Splash! is a reality television franchise created by Dutch company Eyeworks, started from their Dutch reality show Sterren Springen Op Zaterdag which premièred in 2012. The franchise involves celebrities diving into the pool.

Production history

The series was first publicized on October 5, 2012, when ABC announced it had ordered a celebrity diving reality competition show straight to series from Eyeworks. Originally titled Celebrity Diving, the show would use the format created for Dutch reality franchise Celebrity Splash! in which celebrities perform regulation springboard and platform dives with different challenges increasing in difficulty each week after training with professional diving instructors between episodes.^[4]

In January 2013, the show was renamed Splash and eight of ten celebrity cast members were announced; the final two cast members were named the following month.^[5]^[6] In March 2013, actor Joey Lawrence and sportscaster Charissa Thompson were announced as hosts.^[7]

The shows were filmed in Riverside, California at the Aquatics Complex on the Riverside City College campus.^[1]

Riverside City College (RCC) is a community college in Riverside, California, United States. The college is part of the Riverside Community College District, as well as the larger California Community Colleges System.

A humorous, personalized walkout song was composed for each celebrity by supervising producer and lyricist Rick Austin with music by Jingle Punks. The show's producers decided to write original pieces to avoid the cost of obtaining rights to hit songs. Austin said the idea was create songs that were "intentionally bad", but "fun".^[8]

Cast

Celebrity	Occupation / known for	Status
Keshia Knight Pulliam	The Cosby Show actress	Eliminated 1st on March 19, 2013
Chuy Bravo	Chelsea Lately personal assistant	Withdrew on March 26, 2013
Ndamukong Suh	NFL defensive tackle	Eliminated 2nd on March 26, 2013
Kendra Wilkinson	Model & reality television star	Withdrew on April 2, 2013
Katherine Webb	Miss Alabama USA 2012	Withdrew on April 16, 2013
Louie Anderson	Comedian & television host	Withdrew on April 16, 2013
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	Former NBA center	Eliminated 3rd on April 23, 2013
Brandi Chastain	Former USA soccer team defender	Eliminated 4th on April 30, 2013
Drake Bell	Television actor & singer	Third place on May 7, 2013
Nicole Eggert	Baywatch actress	Runner-up on May 7, 2013
Rory Bushfield	Extreme skier	Winner on May 7, 2013

Injuries

On March 26, 2013 (Week 2), Chuy Bravo withdrew the competition with an injury to his heel. Brandi Chastain replaced Bravo after the injury.
Rory Bushfield suffered a ruptured eardrum in practice in Week 3. He had to go to four doctors before one would clear him to continue.^[9]
Katherine Webb suffered a back injury and withdrew from the show.^[10]
Reportedly Nicole Eggert was injured in the third week of April during a taping of the show.^[11] In the days following, she denied sustaining any serious injury.^[12]
During rehearsal for episode six of the show, Drake Bell attempted a dive he had not previously practiced and got a concussion as well as two black eyes.
Nicole Eggert fell on her back during her final dive on May 7. She was okay, but ended up losing to Rory Bushfield.

Chuy Bravo is a Mexican-American actor and entertainer. He was the sidekick of host Chelsea Handler on the talk show Chelsea Lately during its run from 2007 to 2014. He usually relayed comedic relief and was the topic of many of Handler's jokes.

Brandi Denise Chastain is an American retired soccer player, two-time FIFA Women's World Cup champion, two-time Olympic gold-medalist, coach, and sports broadcaster. She played for the United States women's national soccer team from 1988–2004. In her 192 caps on the team, she scored 30 goals playing primarily in the defender and midfielder positions. She scored a World Cup-winning penalty shootout goal against China in the 1999 FIFA Women's World Cup final.

Rory Bushfield is a Canadian professional skier, filmmaker, and reality show star.

Scoring chart

Celebrity	Place	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8
Rory Bushfield	1	8.00	—	—	7.25	8.75	8.00	8.75	9.25
Nicole Eggert	2	—	7.75	6.75	8.25	8.50	8.25	7.25	8.50
Drake Bell	3	—	7.75	9.25	6.25	7.75	7.00	5.75	7.00
Brandi Chastain	4	—	7.00	6.75	6.25	4.75	9.75	3.25
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	5	7.25	—	5.75	6.25	7.25	7.25
Louie Anderson	6	7.25	—	5.75	5.75	7.25
Katherine Webb	7	6.75	—	9.25	6.00	WD
Kendra Wilkinson	8	—	7.75	WD
Ndamukong Suh	9	—	6.75
Chuy Bravo	10	—	WD
Keisha Knight Pulliam	11	6.00

Indicates the celebrity eliminated that week.

Indicates the celebrity in the Dive-off that week but not eliminated.

Indicates the winning celebrity.

Indicates the runner-up celebrity.

Indicates the third place celebrity.

The diver withdrew from the competition.

Red numbers indicate the lowest score for each week.

Green numbers indicate the highest score for each week.

"—" The celebrity did not dive that week.

Average chart

Rank by average	Place	Celebrity	Total points	Number of dives	Average
1	1	Rory Bushfield	50.00	6	8.33
2	2	Nicole Eggert	55.25	7	7.89
3	8	Kendra Wilkinson	7.75	1	7.75
4	7	Katherine Webb	22.00	3	7.33
5	3	Drake Bell	50.75	7	7.25
6	5	Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	33.75	5	6.75
7	9	Ndamukong Suh	6.75	1	6.75
8	6	Louie Anderson	26.00	4	6.50
9	4	Brandi Chastain	37.75	6	6.29
10	11	Keshia Knight Pulliam	6.00	1	6.00
11	10	Chuy Bravo	0.00	0	0.00

Live show details

Week 1

Running order

Celebrity	Scores			Result
Celebrity	Boudia	Foley	Average	Result
Keisha Knight Pulliam	6.00	6.00	6.00	Eliminated
Louie Anderson	7.50	7.00	7.25	Safe
Katherine Webb	7.00	6.50	6.75	Bottom two
Rory Bushfield	8.50	7.50	8.00	Safe
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	7.50	7.00	7.25	Safe

Week 2

Running order

Celebrity	Scores			Result
Celebrity	Boudia	Foley	Average	Result
Brandi Chastain	8.00	6.00	7.00	Bottom two
Drake Bell	7.50	8.00	7.75	Safe
Nicole Eggert	7.50	8.00	7.75	Safe
Ndamukong Suh	7.00	6.50	6.75	Eliminated
Kendra Wilkinson	8.50	7.00	7.75	Safe
Chuy Bravo	N/A	N/A	N/A	Withdrew

Week 3

Running order

The challenge this week was to do a dive with a partner. Kendra Wilkinson withdrew from the competition due to personal reasons prior to Week 4's start. She was taped for Week 3 preparing for the dive, but she didn't dive in the live show, thus eliminating her directly.

Celebrity	Scores			Result
Celebrity	Boudia	Foley	Average	Result
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	6.00	5.50	5.75	Safe
Louie Anderson	6.00	5.50	5.75	Safe
Nicole Eggert	7.00	6.50	6.75	Safe
Brandi Chastain	7.00	6.50	6.75	Safe
Drake Bell	10.00	8.50	9.25	Safe
Katherine Webb	10.00	8.50	9.25	Safe
Kendra Wilkinson	N/A	N/A	N/A	Withdrew
Rory Bushfield	N/A	N/A	N/A	Safe

Week 4

Running order

The challenge this week was to do a flip.

Celebrity	Scores			Result
Celebrity	Boudia	Foley	Average	Result
Kareem Abdul-Jabbar	6.00	6.50	6.25	Safe
Katherine Webb	6.00	6.00	6.00	Bottom two
Nicole Eggert	8.50	8.00	8.25	Safe
Rory Bushfield	7.00	7.50	7.25	Safe
Drake Bell	6.50	6.00	6.25	Safe
Brandi Chastain	6.00	6.50	6.25	Safe
Louie Anderson	5.50	6.00	5.75	Eliminated

Week 5

Running order

The challenge this week was to jump off the 10 meter platform.

Note: Brandi Chastain was in the bottom two, but with Louie Anderson withdrawing, she became safe.

Celebrity	Scores			Result
Celebrity	Boudia	Foley	Average	Result
Louie Anderson	7.50	7.00	7.25	Withdrew
Drake Bell	8.00	7.50	7.75	Safe
Brandi Chastain	5.00	4.50	4.75	Bottom two
Kareem Abdul-Jabaar	7.50	7.00	7.25	Safe
Nicole Eggert	9.00	8.00	8.50	Safe
Rory Bushfield	9.00	8.50	8.75	Safe
Katherine Webb	N/A	N/A	N/A	Withdrew

Week 6

Running order

The challenge this week was to jump in synchronization with a junior diving champ.

Celebrity	Scores			Junior Diver	Result
Celebrity	Boudia	Foley	Average	Junior Diver	Result
Brandi Chastain	10.00	9.50	9.75	Daria	Safe
Kareem Abdul-Jabaar	7.50	7.00	7.25	Michelle	Eliminated
Rory Bushfield	8.00	8.00	8.00	Jake	Safe
Drake Bell	7.00	7.00	7.00	Luca	Bottom two
Nicole Eggert	8.00	8.50	8.25	Sofie	Safe

Week 7

Running order

The challenge this week was for each diver to choose which board to jump from and be given their dive by Greg.

Celebrity	Scores			Result
Celebrity	Boudia	Foley	Average	Result
Drake Bell	5.50	6.00	5.75	Bottom three
Nicole Eggert	7.00	7.50	7.25	Bottom three
Brandi Chastain	3.50	3.00	3.25	Eliminated
Rory Bushfield	9.00	8.50	8.75	Safe

Week 8

Running order

Celebrity	Scores			Result
Celebrity	Boudia	Foley	Average	Result
Nicole Eggert	8.50	8.50	8.50	Runner-up
Rory Bushfield	9.50	9.00	9.25	Winner
Drake Bell	7.00	7.00	7.00	Third place

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↑ Kondolojy, Amanda (December 4, 2012). "ABC Announces Midseason Premiere Dates for 'Body of Proof', 'Dancing With the Stars' + New Series 'Red Widow', 'Family Tools', 'The Taste' & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved December 4, 2012.
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↑ Andreeva, Nellie. "ABC Orders Celebrity Diving Reality Competition Series From Eyeworks USA". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
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↑ "ABC Announces the final two celebrities jumping into the debut season of "Splash"". American Broadcasting Companies. Retrieved February 10, 2013.
↑ Kwiatkowski, Elizabeth (March 8, 2013). "Joey Lawrence and Charissa Thompson to host ABC's 'Splash' celebrity diving competition". Reality TV World. Retrieved May 11, 2013.
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[straehley1-1] 1 2 Straehley, Dayna. "Celebrity diving show to make 'Splash' at RCC". The Press Enterprise. Retrieved 19 March 2013.

[2] Kondolojy, Amanda (December 4, 2012). "ABC Announces Midseason Premiere Dates for 'Body of Proof', 'Dancing With the Stars' + New Series 'Red Widow', 'Family Tools', 'The Taste' & More". TV by the Numbers. Retrieved December 4, 2012.

[3] "Olympic Diving Legend and Four-Time Gold Medalist Greg Louganis Signs on as Judge for ABC's Diving Competition Series Based on Hit International Format, "Celebrity Splash"". The Futon Critic. Retrieved February 10, 2013.

[4] Andreeva, Nellie. "ABC Orders Celebrity Diving Reality Competition Series From Eyeworks USA". Deadline Hollywood. Retrieved February 10, 2013.

[5] "ABC Announces the First Round of Celebrities Diving Into the Debut Season of "Splash" (formerly "Celebrity Diving")". The Futon Critic. Retrieved February 10, 2013.

[6] "ABC Announces the final two celebrities jumping into the debut season of "Splash"". American Broadcasting Companies. Retrieved February 10, 2013.

[7] Kwiatkowski, Elizabeth (March 8, 2013). "Joey Lawrence and Charissa Thompson to host ABC's 'Splash' celebrity diving competition". Reality TV World. Retrieved May 11, 2013.

[8] Eng, Joyce. "Splash: The Story Behind Those Ridiculous Theme Songs". TV Guide. Retrieved 22 April 2013.

[9] Eng, Joyce. "Splash's Rory Bushfield: I Came in with an Advantage". TV Guide. Retrieved 8 May 2013.

[10] Barker, Olivia (19 April 2013). "TMZ: Nicole Eggert hospitalized after 'Splash' dive". USA Today. Retrieved 20 April 2013.

[11] Campbell, Jon (April 19, 2013). "Nicole Eggert Hospitalized: 'Splash' Dive Goes Badly Wrong for Actress". The Christian Post . Retrieved May 11, 2013.

[12] "On the mend: Nicole Eggert steps out with her daughter as she denies being hospitalised after botched high dive". Daily Mail . April 20, 2013. Retrieved May 11, 2013.