# Contestant dies after completing “Wipeout” obstacle course

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**Category:** Cafe Society\
**Tags:** reality-or-game-show\
**Created:** [November 21, 2020, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contestant-dies-after-completing-wipeout-obstacle-course/926085 "2020-11-21T01:17:23Z")\
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**Author:** ![Snowboarder\_Bo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/snowboarder_bo/32/229_2.png) [@Snowboarder\_Bo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Snowboarder_Bo)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2020, 1:17am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contestant-dies-after-completing-wipeout-obstacle-course/926085/1 "2020-11-21T01:17:24Z")

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> **[Contestant dies after completing "Wipeout" obstacle course](https://apnews.com/article/north-america-los-angeles-california-game-shows-974ee5c62106a566b39acdf23d0048b8)**
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> LOS ANGELES (AP) — A contestant on “Wipeout” has died after completing the game show's obstacle course, authorities and sources close to the production said Friday...

Every time I tried to watch one of these shows, even the original Japanese ones, I was amazed that no one had snapped their neck or had a serious concussion or something. The “stunts” are almost completely ill-conceived for safety.

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**Author:** ![BippityBoppityBoo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/bippityboppityboo/32/5745_2.png) [@BippityBoppityBoo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BippityBoppityBoo)\
**Post date:** [November 21, 2020, 2:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/contestant-dies-after-completing-wipeout-obstacle-course/926085/2 "2020-11-21T02:44:14Z")

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> [@Snowboarder\_Bo](#):
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> Every time I tried to watch one of these shows, even the original Japanese ones, I was amazed that no one had snapped their neck or had a serious concussion or something. The “stunts” are almost completely ill-conceived for safety.

They do, we just don’t hear about them. I have a traumatic brain injury and met, in a brain injury support group, a person in his/her mid 30s who sustained a life-altering traumatic brain injury during a taping of the national finals of one of these reality competitions. The show broadcast them sustaining the injury and then going on to finish the course. The show must go on.