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Template:Short description Script error: No such module "Nihongo". is a component of the Japanese variety show The Tunnels' Thanks to Everyone. Video clips from the show proliferated on video-sharing websites and the concept was eventually adopted by several other countries. It became popularly known to non-Japanese speakers and YouTube fans as simply Human Tetris or Hole in the Wall, named for its involvement of the physical body and a supposed close resemblance to the rules of the video game Tetris.
Game rules
The rules of the game are the same, and how points are awarded varies from country to country.
- Contestants wearing helmets and elbow and knee pads and a silver (or gold in some countries) spandex unitard stand on the "Play Area". A Styrofoam wall, Script error: No such module "convert". wide by Script error: No such module "convert". tall, consisting of cut-outs resembling Tetris blocks, is revealed and moves towards the contestants in a Script error: No such module "convert". path. They have to make use of their wits in seconds to assume the position that will allow them to fit through the opening(s). Later episodes involve the use of more complicated shapes, such as words, gymnastic positions, shapes from popular culture, and even above-ground-level shapes. Contestants usually have to twist and bend their bodies with agility and dexterity to fit through the hole in the wall.
- If contestants fail to fit through the hole, they are pushed by the wall into a pool of water that is Script error: No such module "convert". deep behind them and no points are awarded.
- Contestants play in teams and only win points if they are able to fit though the wall. Points are awarded if the contestant(s) in the round are able to successfully cross the Styrofoam wall completely, except in the following situations :
- No points are awarded if any of the contestants fall into the water due to any reason, even if they successfully pass through the wall. (There have been instances where the wall is cleared but contestants find themselves trapped over the water)
- No points are awarded if the contestants crash through the styrofoam wall causing it to break apart.[1]
The first component of the game involves a solo contestant, while later components involve groups of two people or more.
International versions
The production rights to the show outside Japan is owned by Fremantle and the program has been produced in over 45 countries.
| Country | Name | Host | Network | First day aired |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| File:Flag of Albania.svg Albania | Sfida | Ilda Bejleri and Denard Xhillari | DigitAlb | 2016 |
| Template:Flagicon Arab world[2] | جدار جبار Jidar Jabbar |
Mansour El Ghassani (Season 1, 2010)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Abu Dhabi TV | September 20, 2010 |
| Said Al Memari (Season 2, 2011)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||
| File:Flag of Argentina.svg Argentina[3] | Template:Vanchor | Alejandro Wiebe | Telefe | March 3, 2008 |
| File:Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia[4] | Hole in the Wall | Jules Lund | Nine Network | August 6, 2008 |
| File:Flag of Brazil.svg Brazil[5] | De cara no muro | Fausto Silva | Rede Globo | May 2009 |
| File:Flag of Belgium (civil).svg Belgium (Flemish)[6] | Hole in the Wall | Roos van Acker | VT4 | September 2009 |
| File:Flag of Bulgaria.svg Bulgaria[7] | Дупка в Стената Dupka v Stenata |
Rumen Lukanov | Nova TV | July 18, 2008 |
| File:Flag of Cambodia.svg Cambodia[8] | Hole in the Wall: ល្បែងជ្រែកជញ្ជាំង | Udom Vivath Sarita Reth VJ Anbe (2011–2013) Tim Ratha (2013–2015) |
CTN (2011–2013) MyTV (2013–2015) |
September 10, 2011 |
| File:Flag of Canada (Pantone).svg Canada (French)[9] | Le mur | Benoît Gagnon | V | September 3, 2009 |
| File:Flag of Chile.svg Chile[10] | La muralla infernal | Javiera Contador and José Miguel Viñuela | Megavisión | 2009 |
| Fernando Godoy and Lucila Vit | ||||
| File:Flag of Croatia.svg Croatia[11] | Pazi, zid! | Mia Kovačić | Nova TV | 2008 |
| File:Flag of Colombia.svg Colombia[12] | Duro contra el mundo | Carlos Calero | RCN TV | February 4, 2008 |
| Maleja Restrepo | August 20, 2022 | |||
| File:Flag of Costa Rica.svg Costa Rica | Ojo con la pared | Nancy Dobles | Teletica | June 2, 2012 |
| File:Flag of the People's Republic of China.svg China | 动洞墙 | Zhu Zhen (朱楨) and Xue Zhi Qian (薛之謙) | SMG | |
| 正大综艺-墙来啦 | Qiang Zhi (人强子) and Xun Zhu (朱迅) | CCTV | September 19, 2010 | |
| File:Flag of Denmark.svg Denmark | Hul i hovedet | Uffe Holm | TV3+ | |
| File:Flag of Estonia.svg Estonia | Auk Seinas | Tõnis Milling | TV3 | Spring 2009 |
| File:Flag of Egypt.svg Egypt | الجدار الكبير El-Giddar El-Kebir |
Ahmed Essam | DMC | 2020 |
| File:Flag of Finland.svg Finland | Reikä seinässä | Mari Kakko | Nelonen | March 15, 2009 |
| File:Flag of France.svg France | Le Mur Infernal | Laurence Boccolini | TMC | November 12, 2007 |
| File:Flag of Germany.svg Germany | Ab Durch die Wand | Sonja Zietlow and Dirk Bach | RTL | October 18, 2009 |
| File:Flag of Greece.svg Greece | Μια τρύπα στο νερό Mia trypa sto neró |
George Pyrpasopoulos | Mega TV | December 13, 2008 |
| File:Flag of Hong Kong.svg Hong Kong | 大咕窿 | Yishan Ng Calinda Yuen-wai Chan Dickson Wong |
TVB Jade | May 9, 2009 |
| File:Flag of Hungary.svg Hungary | Kalandra fal! | Balázs Sebestyén and János Vadon and Majka and Joci Pápai and Bence Istenes | RTL | May 4, 2009 |
| File:Flag of India.svg India | Hole in the Wall | Cyrus Sahukar | POGO | July 28, 2008 |
| File:Flag of Indonesia.svg Indonesia | Hole in the Wall | Pandji Pragiwaksono | RCTI | December 17, 2007 |
| Steny Agustaf (Mom Edition) | 2008 | |||
| Indra Herlambang | June 26, 2023 | |||
| Yossi Mokalu Udjo Permato |
Global TV | February 27, 2009 | ||
| File:Flag of Israel.svg Israel | ראש בקיר Rosh Bakir |
Shai Goldstein and Daror Rafaeli | Channel 10 | 2008 |
| File:Flag of Japan.svg Japan | 脳カベ Nōkabe |
Tunnels, Toshihiro Itō and Asami Miura (servant) |
Fuji TV | July 26, 2006 |
| File:Flag of Lithuania.svg Lithuania | Skylė sienoje | Aistė Paškevičiūtė and Džiugas Siaurusaitis | TV3 | 2008 |
| File:Flag of Malaysia.svg Malaysia | Bolos | Zizan Razak | Astro Ria | 2008 |
| File:Flag of Mexico.svg Mexico | Aguas con el muro | Martín Altomaro and María Inés | TV Azteca | May 11, 2008 |
| File:Flag of the Netherlands.svg Netherlands | Hole in the wall | Beau van Erven Dorens and Gerard Joling | SBS6 | October 10, 2009 |
| File:Flag of Norway.svg Norway | Ylvis møter veggen | Kjetil André Aamodt and Kjersti Idem along with Ylvis | TVNorge | September 15, 2008 |
| File:Flag of Paraguay.svg Paraguay | El muro | Roberto Willis | Canal 13 | November 2008 |
| File:Flag of Peru.svg Peru | Tecsuperate | George Slebi | Panamericana Televisión | June 2009 |
| File:Flag of the Philippines.svg Philippines | Hole in the Wall | Ogie Alcasid and Michael V. | GMA Network | April 20, 2009 |
| File:Flag of Poland.svg Poland | Hole in the Wall | Adam Małczyk, Adam Grzanka and Michał Pałubski | TV4 | March 7, 2009 |
| File:Flag of Portugal.svg Portugal | Salve-se Quem Puder | Diana Chaves and Marco Horácio | SIC and SIC K | June 1, 2009 |
| File:Flag of Romania.svg Romania | Vedete-n Figuri | Dan Fintescu and Dina Marina | Prima TV | January 16, 2009 |
| File:Flag of Russia.svg Russia | Стенка на стенку Stenka na Stenku |
Vasily Utkin, Gennady Bachinsky and Sergey Stillavin (2007) Ivan Urgant and Alexander Tsekalo (2007–2008) |
Channel One | October 6, 2007 |
| File:Flag of South Korea.svg South Korea | 지화자 Jiwhaza |
Choi Gwi-hwan | SBS | April 14, 2007 |
| File:Flag of Spain.svg Spain[13] | El Muro Infernal | Julian Iantzi | La Sexta | July 4, 2008 |
| File:Flag of Sweden.svg Sweden | Hål i väggen | Johan Petersson (Season 1, 2008)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Erik Ekstrand, Mackan Edlund (Season 2, 2009-2010)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
TV6 | September 14, 2008 |
| File:Flag of the Republic of China.svg Taiwan | 齊天大勝 Who's the Winner Topic: Hole in the Wall 爆衝型人Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Jacky Wu | TTV | June 16, 2007 – September 29, 2007 |
| File:Flag of Thailand.svg Thailand | เกมกำแพงซ่า Game-Kampang-Zaa Crazy Wall GameScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
Kanchai Kamnerdploy (September 3, 2011 – March 24, 2012)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Channel 7 | September 3, 2011 |
| 2012 | ||||
| Wattana Kumthorntip (March 25, 2012 – March 30, 2014)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Somjit Jongjohor (October 13, 2012 – March 30, 2014)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||
| เกมกําแพงซ่า น็อกเอาท์ Game-Kampang-Zaa-Knockout Crazy Wall Knockout GameScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||
| 2013 | ||||
| เกมกำแพงซ่า สไตรค์ Game-Kampang-Zaa-Strike Crazy Wall Strike GameScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | ||||
| 2014 | ||||
| File:Flag of Turkey.svg Turkey | Bak Şu Duvara | Behzat Uygur | Star TV | 2009 |
| File:Flag of Ukraine.svg Ukraine | Море по коліно More po kolino |
Dmytro Perepelkin | ICTV | August 29, 2010 |
| File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom | Hole in the Wall | Dale Winton | BBC One | September 20, 2008 |
| Anton du Beke | September 26, 2009 | |||
| File:Flag of the United States.svg United States | Hole in the Wall | Brooke Burns and Mark Thompson | FOX | September 7, 2008 |
| Teck Holmes | Cartoon Network | October 6, 2010 | ||
| Syndication | ||||
| File:Flag of Uruguay.svg Uruguay | El Muro | Roberto Larrañaga | Canal 10 | December 2008 |
| File:Flag of Vietnam.svg Vietnam | Người đi xuyên tường | Hoài Linh and Đại Nghĩa (Season 1 and 2)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Nguyên Khang (Season 3 and 4)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Liêu Hạ Trinh (Season 3)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Diệu Nhi (Season 4)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". |
VTV3 | December 26, 2014 |
| Người đi xuyên tường nhí (Kids version)Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". | Ốc Thanh Vân and Đình Toàn | HTV7 | July 2017 |
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