Checkpoint (TV program)
Dutch TV show
Checkpoint is a Dutch children's television show broadcast by the Evangelische Omroep on Zapp from 2009 to 2021. It can be described as a jumble between Brainiac, Jackass and Fear Factor for youth. The show is presented by Klaas van Kruistum.
In this show tests are carried out which can be sent in by the viewers. However, most tests are not based upon scientific methods. It is rather a show in which stunts are performed.
The ninth season of Checkpoint aired in September 2014.
Structure and development
Since 2009, when the show aired for the first time, its structure has chanced a couple of times.
During the first two seasons of Checkpoint, every episode consisted of three tests. The second one always was Boys vs Girls.
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