A preview of ABC’s new stunt show WipeOut - VIDEO

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“We wanted to show all of the fun of Fear Factor, but none of the gross,” says executive producer Matt Kunitz of WipeOut. ABC’s new summer reality series will feature 24 contestants who race on the world’s largest extreme obstacle course. Now, that isn’t like American Gladiators. WipeOut, hosted by John Henson (Talk Soup) and John Anderson (SportsCenter), wanted average society to compete on their show. Kunitz says that he specifically didn’t want any extreme athletes. Somewhere Bam Margera and Steve-O are crying.

Mahalo Daily took a trip to

the gigantic set of ABC’s new summer show. That day, they were analyzing the storm simulator. It costs $100,000 just to turn on. Mahalo Daily additionally talked to the casting director (for those of you who are interested in trying out for season two). The video is after the jump.

WipeOut premieres tonight at 8:00 p.m. ET / PT on ABC. Will you be tuning in?

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Original post by Kristin Sample