What is Fear Factor?
{{Infobox television | image = | runtime = 60 minutes | creator = | starring = [[Joe Rogan]] (Host) | country = [[United States]] | network = [[NBC]] | first_aired = '''Original series''': <br />{{Start date|2001|6|11}} – {{End date|2006|9|12}}<br />'''Revived series''':<br />{{Start date|2011|12|12}} | last_aired = {{End date|2012|7|16}} | num_episodes = 152 }} '''''Fear Factor''''' is an [[United States|American]] [[stunt]]/dare [[reality television|reality]] [[game show]]. It was created by [[Endemol]] [[Netherlands]]. The [[television programme|program]] was first aired on June 11, 2001. == About the show == The original [[Netherlands|Dutch]] version of the program was called ''Now or Neverland''. When [[Endemol]] [[United States|USA]] and [[NBC]] changed it to be shown in America in 2001, they changed the name to ''Fear Factor''. ''Fear Factor'' has many different versions which are shown in different [[country|countries]]. The program has [[contestant]]s [[competition|compete]] against each other in a series of [[stunt]]s. The person who finishes better and/or quicker than all the other contestants gets a prize of [[United States dollar|US$]]50,000. For the first five years the program was made, the contestants were usually three men and three women. Each person played for themselves. In the sixth year, the show changed. They started using four teams of two people. The members of each team had some relationship with one another, for example Father-daughter, Husband-wife, or friends. Each team played for a shared prize of the same amount. ''Fear Factor'' is [[Presenter|hosted]] by [[comedian]] [[Joe Rogan]] and [[Executive producer|executive produced]] by [[Matt Kunitz]]. The main [[music]] for the program is [[composer|composed]] and [[Songwriter|written]] by [[Russ Landau]]. Other music used on the show is made from [[rhythm]]ic themes most notably taken from the popular game ''[[Half-Life]]''. ''Fear Factor'' was an attempt by NBC to compete with the successful series, ''[[Survivor (TV series)|Su