Webheads facts for kids

Quick facts for kids Webheads
Genre	Children's game show
Directed by	Steve Grant
Presented by	Carlos PenaVega
Composer(s)	Michael Baiardi
Country of origin	United States
Original language(s)	English
No. of seasons	2
No. of episodes	40
Production
Executive producer(s)	Ryan Seacrest Robert Norris Catto Brennan Huntington
Producer(s)	Gordon Cassidy Scott Saltzburg Tim Gaydos
Camera setup	Videotape; Multi-camera
Running time	30 minutes
Production company(s)	Ryan Seacrest Productions Nickelodeon Productions
Release
Original network	Nickelodeon (2014) Nicktoons (2015)
Picture format	480i (SDTV)
Original release	June 2, 2014 (2014-06-02) – October 9, 2015 (2015-10-09)

Webheads (originally titled as Go Viral while in development) is an American children's game show on Nickelodeon, hosted by former Big Time Rush star and band member Carlos PenaVega. The first season premiered on June 2, 2014, and ended on July 3, 2014. In the second season, the show was transferred to Nicktoons. The season premiered on September 14, 2015 and ended on October 9, 2015.

Format

Four contestants compete in a series of viral video viewing challenges.

Round 1: Buffering

Four videos are shown and on each video, it will pause at some point near the end. Then a question is asked and the contestants are given three possible answers of correct answer is they would choose A, B or C. Their job, of course, is to secretly pick the right one. The first video is worth 1 point, the second is worth 2, third is worth 3, and the last video is worth 5 points. The maximum point total is 11 points . The player with the lowest score is eliminated from the game which they would ride in the surf the web area and sprayed with water but would receive web head merchandise.

Round 2: Memory Overload

The surviving three players compete in the second elimination round with their scores reset to zero but has opportunity for points . The contestants are placed on an apparatus (either a large wheel that scrolls or a shaking trackpad). As they exercise on it, a series of videos are shown. When each video is finished, host Carlos will starting asking questions about the videos. On each question, the players must then buzz in (by hitting one of three buttons that would light up) the answer for question , if one contestant is wrong then another contestant would answer . Again, point values increase throughout the round. The first two videos have two questions each. The first pair is worth 10 and the second pair is worth 20. The last video has only one question, but it is worth 30 points. The maximum point total is 90 points. Again, the player with the lowest score is eliminated from the game and the two surviving players move on to the final round but still gets a prize.

Tiebreaker: Video Remix

If there is a tie for the lowest score in the first two rounds, then the tied players play a game called "Video Remix." To start, a question is asked about a video where a certain part would play over and over again. The video would then play after which the tied players locked in how many times that portion would play. The actual number would then be revealed and whoever has the closest guess advanced to the next round.

Round 3: Moment of Impact

Up to three videos are shown. Each one will be played twice first play they would just watch the video then they will have a horn sound to indicate the moment of impact. On the second play, the surviving two players will try to buzz in at the moment of impact. The player closest to buzzing in at the moment of the impact wins the video. Two videos would let them win the game move to play trending now and the right to play for big prizes and the slime wave and the other player will be Eliminated and get sprayed with water in the surf the web area along with the player was eliminated in memory overload but the contestant In the moment of impact received a consolation prize.

Bonus Round: Trending Now/The Spinning Wheel of Doom

During the final commercial break, the audience ranks four of the videos shown on that day's show from the worst to the best, and before the round starts the player is shown the four videos that were voted on in a random order of the videos that audiences chosen. The player's job is to guess the correct ranking order by grabbing four tablets representing the four clips one at a time, taking each in a spinning obstacle course called the Spinning Wheel of Doom consisting of several hurdles and a wall, and placing them in what s/he thinks is the proper order. When s/he is done, the winner comes out, presses the button on the podium and Carlos tell them how many he/she got right (similar to the "Race Game" on The Price is Right). After the first check out, the wall opens and will stay open for the rest of the round. On the second check out, Carlos tells the player that one of the videos in the correct position is locked in provided that any are right and the player would not need to change it . If the player can place them in that right order in 90 seconds or less, they win the grand prize and get to ride the "Slime Wave" when they get all four right confetti would get shot out . If not, s/he still receives a consolation prize and would get sprayed with water .

The Surf the Web Area

After each act, eliminated players (including the ones who lost the bonus round) get to ride a surfboard barefoot and wearing googles and have water sprayed on them, while the grand prize winner who won the bonus round would ride the slime wave which has the Nickelodeon Trademark slime

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