Dominoes Returns to TV: How Rockfall Was a Big Hit

RTL 4 will broadcast a new domino challenge from Saturday evening. Enter led by presenter Ruben Nicolai Domino Challenge Eight of the best construction teams in the Netherlands compete against each other. Years after success domino day Another domino show in the tube. Let’s go back to this hearing aid.

under the name of domino day From the 1980s onwards, the construction and conversion of complete circuits with dominoes captivated the Dutch and international public for almost two decades. He was still hovering around his record for most dominoes dropped.

In the 1980s, the annual event had not yet been mentioned. domino day and was it part of the TROS program? First, gave way to all kinds of record attempts. The first broadcast was in December 1986. The first record was broken in 1988 with more than 1.3 million crushed stone. This resulted in an inscription Guinness Book of RecordsI

It was not until ten years later that another record attempt was made, and not in his name. Dominoes on D-Day It was broadcast on SBS6. The program is drawn up by Endemol. The name of the program was changed to “D-Day” after a complaint from Germany that the name D-Day would refer too much to World War II. domino day† 1.6 million rocks set a world record with a domino effect.

Big stars roll the first stone

This has become an annual event, which generally attracted more than two million Dutch people in 2009. It has attracted more than 50 million viewers worldwide, spread over ten European countries.

Over the years, millions of stones have been placed in a huge hall in Leeuwarden, all kinds of creative buildings with different themes, such as Europe or music. The goal has always been to set a world record. Broadcast on SBS6 last year, it was a world record attempt of 4.8 million bricks. During this time, manufacturers faced all kinds of “challenges”. For example: walk blindfolded through a maze and place a large domino at the end.

Hans Kraaij Jr. became the regular face as the show’s host, first with Wendy van Dijk and later with Nance. A regular episode was the cornerstone pushed by a celebrity. It started with Dutch stars such as Linda de Mol and Hans Klok, but has gradually become international. Lionel Richie, Kylie Minogue, Shania Twain, Nick Carter, Anastacia, Kim Wilde and Katie Melua came in to push the first stone and start the whole game.

sparrow incident

The 2005 edition is known as the “dominomus” edition. During the preparations, the bird flew into the hall and knocked over 23,000 dominoes. A conservation officer shot the sparrow, provoking many angry reactions.

Employee received death threats and a website no style and radio DJ Ruud de Wild wanted to sabotage the domino program. They offered a reward to the person who knocked over a million bricks before the broadcast.

Later, the Ministry of Agriculture said the sparrow had been illegally culled. The show went on as usual and a new world record was set. Sparrow was later founded and exhibited by the Fryslan Nature Museum.

the last broadcast. currently dating from 2009 domino dayIt was canceled the following year due to the financial crisis. There were no other sponsors to be found. The domino record of 4,491,863 falling rocks dates back to this year.

Domino Day’s return has been delayed

Producer Endemol Shine announced in 2020 domino day was supposed to return that year, but the program was delayed due to the corona crisis. Therefore, the program could not continue in 2021.

RTL has announced an alternative that will be visible from Saturday evening. It’s not about breaking the world record, it’s about “the most creative and impressive masterpieces of dominoes”. Eight building teams compete against each other with two million dominoes in their hands.

In this way, RTL has been diving into the popular toy genre in recent years and makes programs with, among other things, Lego blocks, marbles, miniatures and radio-controlled cars.

Domino Challenge See you every Saturday evening at 8 o’clock on RTL 4.