Disney Channel Games

Disney Channel Games
The logo for the 2007 and 2008 Disney Channel Games
Genre	Sport
Format	Olympic Games Reality Children Game Show
Created by	Art Spigel
Presented by	Phill Lewis (2006–2007) Brian Stepanek (2006–2008)
Starring	Various Disney Channel stars
Opening theme	Let's Go! (2008)
Country of origin	United States
Language(s)	English
No. of seasons	3
No. of episodes	24 (1st: 9, 2nd: 10, 3rd: 5, 4rd: 12)
Production
Executive producer(s)	Danny Kallis Kevin Lima
Location(s)	Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex, Florida
Camera setup	Multiple-camera setup
Running time	2 hours (2006–2007) 30 minutes (2008)
Broadcast
Original channel	Disney Channel
Picture format	480i (SDTV) 1080i (HDTV)
Audio format	Hi-Fi Stereo Dolby Surround
Original run	2006 – 2008
Chronology
Followed by	Disney's Friends for Change Games

The Disney Channel Games were annual Olympic-based televised games that aired on the Disney Channel from 2006–2008. The 2006 Games were filmed in California and produced by 7ATE9 Entertainment.^[1] In 2007 and 2008 the Games were filmed at Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World Resort, Florida. The 2007 Games were produced by Disney Channel,^[2] and 2008 were produced by Buena Vista Television and Penn/Bright Entertainment.^[3]

The Games did not air in 2009 and 2010. Disney's Friends for Change Games premiered June 24, 2011 on Disney Channel, replacing Disney Channel Games.

Disney Channel Games 2006

The logo for the first-ever Disney Channel Games in 2006

The 2006 version of the Games was the first competition held. The 2006 series began airing in the United States on June 10, 2006, along with the So Hot Summer! 2006. It was later aired in the United Kingdom on November 3, 2006, Australia on January 5, 2007, in Latin America on February 26, 2007, and in Canada on Family on June 19, 2007.

Teams

Blue Team (Winners)

Star	Country	Nickname	Show/Movie Representing
Brenda Song (Captain)	United States	Captain	The Suite Life Of Zack And Cody
Corbin Bleu	United States	Cooler	High School Musical
Vanessa Hudgens	United States	Heart Breaker	High School Musical
Jason Earles	United States	Ice Man	Hannah Montana
Cole Sprouse	United States	Conqueror	The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
Monique Coleman	United States	Maverick	High School Musical

The team MVPs were Song, Hudgens and Earles. Bleu and Sprouse returned to the blue team the following year.

Red Team

Star	Country	Nickname	Show/Movie Representing
Zac Efron (Captain)	United States	Captain	High School Musical
Shin Koyomada	Japan  United States	The Rock	Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior
Kay Panabaker	United States	Closer	Life is Ruff Read It and Weep
Anneliese Van Der Pol	The Netherlands  United States	Knockout	That's So Raven
Dylan Sprouse	United States	Dominator	The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
Moises Arias	United States	Secret Weapon	Hannah Montana

The team MVPs were Efron and Panabaker. Arias returned to the red team the following year.

Green Team

Star	Country	Nickname	Show/Movie Representing
Ashley Tisdale (Captain)	United States	Captain	The Suite Life of Zack & Cody High School Musical
Lucas Grabeel	United States	Jazz	High School Musical
Kyle Massey	United States	Funk	Cory in the House
Miley Cyrus	United States	Triple Threat	Hannah Montana
Mitchel Musso	United States	Muscle	Hannah Montana
Emily Osment	United States	Eliminator	Hannah Montana

The team MVPs were Cyrus (twice) and Massey. Cyrus and Grabeel returned to the green team the following year.

Concert Performances

The opening and closing ceremonies did not feature any concert performances at the 2006 Games, but both had additional events during the ceremonies. The opening ceremony premiered on June 19, 2006 and the first event was held. The closing Ceremony aired on August 19, 2006. The top 10 favorite moments from the Games were featured. The Blue Team was the declared winner of the games and was awarded with a trophy, while the other teams were awarded medals for 2nd place and 3rd place.

Competitions

Week	Event[4]	Description	Air Date	Winning Team
1	Opening Ceremony/Obstacle Course	Two players go head-to-head in a giant inflatable obstacle course.	June 10, 2006	Red Team
2	Rock Paper Scissors Showdown	Players competed one-on-one at classical Rock-Paper-Scissors.	June 24, 2006	Blue Team
3	Hamster Ball Relay	Players race while inside a hamster ball.	July 1, 2006	Green Team
4	Dunk Tank	Players from all teams go up against players from other teams and try to hit a target on the booth.	July 8, 2006	Red Team
5	Alphabet Goop/Egg Toss	Players reach inside a goop to find missing letters. Players toss eggs and try to catch them, and in each round, the players move farther away from each other.	July 15, 2006	Blue Team
6	Mountain Climb Relay		July 29, 2006	Green Team
7	Quiz Show Relay		August 5, 2006	Blue Team
8	Simon Says	In this game of Simon Says, Brian Stepanek is Simon and he controls what the players do. Jason Earles and Monique Coleman, both of the Blue Team, were the last two standing. Monique was the winner of the Simon Says game after Jason forfeited.	August 12, 2006	Blue Team
9	Closing Ceremony		August 19, 2006	Blue Team

Scoreboard

Team	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Total
Red	100*	25	50	200	50	100	75**	0**	725
Blue	50	100*	75*	100*	200*	-	100+	175	925
Green	25	50	150	100	50	200++*	50	50	725

• * 25 extra points for online voting
• + 25 extra points for winning The "Pre-Quiz Show Relay"
• ++ 25 extra points for winning The "Getcha Head In The Game Contest"
• - Not participating
• Highest Points
• Lowest Points

MVP of the Week

# Week	Star	Team
1	Vanessa Hudgens	Blue
2	Kyle Massey	Green
3	Brenda Song	Blue
4	Zac Efron	Red
5	Miley Cyrus	Green
6	Kay Panabaker	Red
7	Miley Cyrus	Green
8	Jason Earles	Blue

Disney Channel Games 2007

The second annual Disney Channel Games ended in August 2007. Hosted at Disney's Wide World of Sports Complex at Walt Disney World in Lake Buena Vista, Florida, stars from international Disney Channels joined the teams, making room for the new Yellow Team. In addition, each team played for a charity (including Boys & Girls Club, UNICEF, Make-a-Wish Foundation and Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation). Disney promoted these games as environmentally friendly.

Contestants from the first games who did not return for the second include Zac Efron, Vanessa Hudgens, Kay Panabaker, and Anneliese van der Pol. Vanessa Hudgens and Zac Efron were not available for the event. Several new additions from new Disney Channel Original Series, Disney Channel Original Movies, and across the globe joined the teams, including Maiara Walsh and Jason Dolley of Cory in the House. Each team member did not receive a nickname, although Brenda Song remained a captain and Dylan Sprouse, Kyle Massey, and Corbin Bleu took over for the other teams. Phill Lewis and Brian Stepanek returned as hosts while Cory in the House's Madison Pettis served as a guest judge on one occasion. Several voice actors of animated characters are also seen in the audience of the games. They include Nancy Cartwright and Grey DeLisle (Todd and Riley), Dante Basco (Jake Long), John DiMaggio (Fu Dog and Dr. Drakken), Christy Carlson Romano (Kim Possible) and cheerleaders, and J.P. Manoux (Kuzco), among several others.

The winning team was the Green Team and a donation of $25,000 was made to The Boys and Girls Club Of America. The other three teams were also awarded with $25,000, resulting in all teams donating equal amounts of money to their charity.

Teams

Green Team (Winners)

Star	Country	Show/Movie Representing
Dylan Sprouse (Captain)	United States	The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
Brandon Baker	United States	Johnny Kapahala: Back on Board
Pax Baldwin	United Kingdom	Disney Channel UK
Giulia Boverio	Italy	Disney Channel Italy
Monique Coleman	United States	High School Musical 2
Miley Cyrus	United States	Hannah Montana
Lucas Grabeel	United States	High School Musical 2
Bela Klentze	Germany	Disney Channel Germany
Kouki Okada	Japan	Disney Channel Japan

The team MVPs were Sprouse (twice), Okada, Coleman and Grabeel. Sprouse returned to the green team the following year.

Red Team

Star	Country	Show/Movie Representing
Brenda Song (Captain)	United States	The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
Moises Arias	United States	Hannah Montana
Adrienne Bailon	United States	The Cheetah Girls 2
Ashley Tisdale	United States	The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
Jason Earles	United States	Hannah Montana
Sergio Martín	Spain	Disney Channel Spain
Mitchel Musso	United States	Hannah Montana
Sydney White	United Kingdom	Disney Channel UK
François Civil	France	Disney Channel France

The team MVPs for the Red Team were Earles (twice) and Tisdale. Earles, Musso, Bailon and Song returned to the red team the following year with Song acting as captain again.

Yellow Team

Shin Koyammada at the 2007 Disney Channel Games in the Walt Disney World.

Star	Country	Show/Movie Representing
Kyle Massey (Captain)	United States	Cory in the House
Jason Dolley	United States	Cory in the House
Sabrina Bryan	United States	The Cheetah Girls 2
Emily Osment	United States	Hannah Montana
Andrea Guasch	Spain	Disney Channel Spain
Côme Levin	France	Disney Channel France
Shin Koyamada	Japan	Wendy Wu: Homecoming Warrior
Robson Nunes	Brazil	Disney Channel Brazil

There were no team MVPs for the Yellow Team; however, the Yellow Team was a new team to the Disney Channel Games. Massey, Bryan, and Guasch returned to the yellow team the following year.

Blue Team

Star	Country	Show/Movie Representing
Corbin Bleu (Captain)	United States	Jump In! High School Musical
Jake T. Austin	United States	Wizards Of Waverly Place
Roger González	Mexico	Disney Channel Mexico
Giulio Rubinelli	Italy	Disney Channel Italy
Isabella Soric	Germany	Disney Channel Germany
Cole Sprouse	United States	The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
Maiara Walsh	United States	Cory in the House
Kiely Williams	United States	The Cheetah Girls 2

There were no team MVPs for the Blue Team. Sprouse, Williams, González, and Soric returned to the blue team the following year.

Concert Performances

The opening ceremony for the 2007 Games premiered on June 15, 2007 with concert performances by Corbin Bleu and Miley Cyrus as Hannah Montana. The closing ceremony aired on August 25, 2007 with concert performances by The Cheetah Girls, the Jonas Brothers, and Miley Cyrus, performing as herself and not as Hannah Montana for the first time.

Singer	Songs	Ceremony
Corbin Bleu	"Deal With It" "Push It to the Limit" "She Could Be"	Opening Ceremony D*Concert iTunes Exclusive
Hannah Montana	"Life's What You Make It" "Nobody's Perfect"	Opening Ceremony D*Concert
Miley Cyrus	"G.N.O. (Girl's Night Out)" "See You Again"	Closing Ceremony Unaired Performances
The Cheetah Girls	"Strut" "So Bring It On" "Girl Power"	Closing Ceremony D*Concert Unaired Performances
Jonas Brothers	"Kids of the Future" "Hold On" "Year 3000"	Closing Ceremony D*Concert Unaired Performances

Competitions

Disney Channel allowed viewers to vote for which events they would like to see online.

Week	Event[5]	Description	Air Date	Winning Team
1	Opening Ceremony	The international parade of flags, the introduction of the four teams, and concert performances by High School Musical's Corbin Bleu and Miley Cyrus as Hannah Montana.	June 15, 2007
1	Extreme Rock, Paper, Scissors	Players competed 1-on-1 at classical Rock-Paper-Scissors; however, if it ended in a tie, the players jousted over it. This challenge was the first challenge in the 2007 Disney Channel Games	June 16, 2007	Yellow Team
2	Outrageous Obstacle Course	Two players go head to head in a giant inflatable obstacle course.	June 23, 2007	Red Team
3	Dance Dunk-Off	In this judged event, players will have to show off their dancing skills and then their dunking skills on a modified (padded and shorter) basketball rim.	June 30, 2007	Blue Team
4	Eggs-treme Egg Toss	Players toss eggs and try to catch them, and in each round, the players move further away from each other.	July 7, 2007	Yellow Team
5	Dunk Tank	Players from all teams go up against players from other teams and try to hit a target on the booth.	July 21, 2007	Green Team
6	Human Hamster Ball Bowling	Players are enclosed inside a giant ball and roll towards giant pins and attempt to knock them down.	July 28, 2007	Yellow Team
7	Super Soccer	Players score 'goals' with a huge inflatable soccer ball.	August 4, 2007	Yellow Team
8	Simon Says	In this game of Simon Says, Brian Stepanek is Simon and he controls what the players do. (Jason Earles was the overall winner of the Simon Says game.)	August 11, 2007	Red Team
9	Closing Ceremonies	The finale of the 2007 Disney Channel Games. The winner was revealed, plus special performances by Miley Cyrus, The Cheetah Girls, and the Jonas Brothers.	August 25, 2007	Green Team

Scoreboard

Team	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Week 6	Week 7	Week 8	Total
Red	150	350	450	525	675	775	925	1125	1125
Blue	75	150	350	450	525	675	750	850	850
Green	150*	350*	550*	750*	1000*	1125*	1400*	1400*	1400*
Yellow	200	300	375	575	675	875	1075	1225	1225

• *obtained 50 extra points
• Highest Points
• Lowest Points

MVP of the Week

Week #	Star	Team
1	Dylan Sprouse	Green
2	Kouki Okada	Green
3	Monique Coleman	Green
4	Dylan Sprouse	Green
5	Jason Earles	Red
6	Lucas Grabeel	Green
7	Ashley Tisdale	Red
8	Jason Earles	Red

Disney Channel Games 2008

The DCG logo for the 2008 games

The 2008 Disney Channel Games took place in the summer of 2008. The games were held July 27 through August 30, 2008. The Disney Channel Games had two extra hosts Cody Linley and Meaghan Jette Martin. Unlike the previous two games, the 2008 edition of the games only featured 5 events and online hosts. Dylan and Cole Sprouse missed the first episode as they "missed" the bus.

For this edition, thirty-seven Disney Channel stars from around the world convened at Walt Disney World in Orlando, Florida for "Disney Channel Games," featuring relay races, obstacle courses and other events in five special half-hour telecasts, "Disney Channel Games," were presented each week beginning Sunday, July 27 (8:00 p.m. ET/PT)/(12:00 AM UTC) on Disney Channel and was hosted by Brian Stepanek (The Suite Life of Zack & Cody). Phill Lewis did not host the games in 2008. The special telecasts closed with a post-Games concert featuring performances by Miley Cyrus, the Jonas Brothers, The Cheetah Girls, Demi Lovato and Jordan Pruitt.

The event was filmed at Walt Disney World Resort in Florida, and benefited four children's charities: Make-A-Wish Foundation, Starlight Starbright Children's Foundation, UNICEF and Boys & Girls Clubs of America.

Each of the five subsequent "Disney Channel Games" 2008 special telecasts were presented Saturdays (8:00 p.m., ET/PT)/(12:00 NN UTC) through August 30. The 27 Disney Channels worldwide aired the five special telecasts thereafter with local Disney Channel stars hosting their country's telecast. The "Inside Track," exclusively on www.disneychannelgames.com, hosted by Meaghan Jette Martin (Camp Rock) and Cody Linley (Hannah Montana), went behind the scenes of the Disney Channel Games 2008. DisneyChannel.com users could vote for their favorite players and dive into the action via online versions of the Disney Channel Games seen each week.

In the end, with the announcement made by Miley Cyrus during the final closing ceremony, it was Team Inferno that won the Disney Channel Games Cup.

Teams

The Inferno/Red Team (Winners)

Star	Country	Show/Movie Representing
Brenda Song (Captain)	United States	The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
Adrienne Bailon	United States	The Cheetah Girls: One World
Mitchel Musso	United States	Hannah Montana
Anna Maria Perez de Tagle	United States	Camp Rock
Deniz Akdeniz	Australia	Disney Channel Australia
Jason Earles	United States	Hannah Montana
Jake T. Austin	United States	Wizards of Waverly Place
Rafael Baronesi	Brazil	Disney Channel Brazil
Jasmine Richards	Canada	Camp Rock
Nick Jonas	United States	Camp Rock

The Fan Favorite awards for Team Inferno went to Brenda Song, and Nick Jonas. Rafa Baronesi won a Mini Week 5 award for his team.

The Comets/Yellow Team

Star	Country	Show/Movie Representing
Kevin Jonas (Captain)	United States	Camp Rock
Kyle Massey	United States	Cory in the House
Kunal Sharma	India	Disney Channel India
Sabrina Bryan	United States	The Cheetah Girls: One World
Moises Arias	United States	Hannah Montana
Andrea Guasch	Spain	Disney Channel Spain
Yi Chun	Taiwan	Disney Channel Taiwan
Selena Gomez	United States	Wizards of Waverly Place
Martin Barlan	France	Disney Channel France

The Fan Favorite award for Team Comets went to Selena Gomez for looking most like her baby picture. Moises Arias won a Mini Week 5 award saying that he was the Disney Channel Games Class Clown.

The Cyclones/Green Team

Star	Country	Show/Movie Representing
David Henrie (Captain)	United States	Wizards of Waverly Place
Joe Jonas	United States	Camp Rock
Jason Dolley	United States	Minutemen
Jennifer Stone	United States	Wizards of Waverly Place
Dylan Sprouse	United States	The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
Chelsea Staub	United States	Minutemen
Brad Kavanagh	United Kingdom	Disney Channel UK
Clara Alonso	Argentina	Disney Channel Latin America

The Fan Favorite Award was Dylan Sprouse for most competitive.

The Lightning/Blue Team

Star	Country	Show/Movie Representing
Kiely Williams (Captain)	United States	The Cheetah Girls: One World
Demi Lovato	United States	Camp Rock
Shin Koyamada	Japan	Disney Channel Japan
Roshon Fegan	United States	Camp Rock
Isabella Soric	Germany	Disney Channel Germany
Alyson Stoner	United States	Phineas and Ferb, Camp Rock
Cole Sprouse	United States	The Suite Life of Zack & Cody
Farez Bin Juraimi	Singapore	Disney Channel South East Asia
Roger Gonzalez	Mexico	Disney Channel Latin America

The Fan Favorite Award For The Lightnings was Alyson Stoner for the most skills in the Foos It Or Loose It challenge. Shin Koyomada won a Mini Award Week 5 for his team.

Concert Performances

Singer	Songs	When Aired
Miley Cyrus	"Breakout" "Fly on the Wall" "See You Again"	Event #1 Commercials Unaired
Jonas Brothers	"Burnin' Up" "S.O.S."	Event #2 Commercials
Joe Jonas Demi Lovato	"This is Me"	Event #4
Jordan Pruitt	"My Shoes" "One Love"	Event #3 Commercials
Demi Lovato	"That's How You Know" "Get Back"	Commercials Event #4
The Cheetah Girls	"Dance Me If You Can" "One World" "Cheetah Love"	Event #5 Closing Ceremonies Commercials

Competitions

Week	Event[6]	Description	Air Date	Winning team	Winners club
1	Chariot of Champions	The Disney Channel stars competing arrived at the stadium and were divided into 4 teams, Lighting, Cyclones, Comets and Inferno. They were sent to Team Headquarters. The First Challenge was the Chariot of Champions, where the four teams built a chariot and raced it to the finish. Miley Cyrus performed her new song "Breakout".	July 27, 2008	Blue Team	Hawaiian Luau
2	Hang Tight	The stars lined up in their teams as Dylan and Cole Sprouse arrived and were put into their teams. While linked together, the teams must complete an obstacle course and other challenges. The Jonas Brothers perform songs from their upcoming album, "A Little Bit Longer".	August 2, 2008	Yellow Team	Game Room
3	Babyface-Off	The teams compete in a challenge where they have to match their opponents to their baby pictures. The consequence of being wrong is making a splash in the dreaded dunk booth.	August 9, 2008	Red Team	Free Bling Tent
4	Foos It or Lose It	The teams compete in a human foos ball match.	August 16, 2008	Yellow Team	Hip-Hop House Party
4.5	Tug of Four	A four-way tug of war in which Dylan Sprouse and Joe Jonas from the Cyclones, Cole Sprouse and Kiely Williams from the Lightning, Kevin Jonas and Sabrina Bryan from the Comets and Adrienne Bailon and Nick Jonas from the Inferno compete for 5 extra points and a ride by the losing members in their chariot made in the first event.	August 16, 2008	Green Team	5 extra points and a Chariot Ride
5	UltraMegaUltimateObstacular Relay!	The teams face-off in the Ultra Mega Ultimate Obstac-tacular Relay Challenge, racing through the obstacles in a giant relay. The Cheetah Girls give a concert in the closing ceremonies.	August 30, 2008	Red Team	None

Scoreboard

Team	Week 1	Week 2	Week 3	Week 4	Week 5	Total
Red (Inferno)	10	20	40	55	75	75
Blue (Lightning)	20	25	40	50	55	55
Green (Cyclones)	15	30	35	45*	55	55
Yellow (Comets)	5	25	35	55	70	70

• Highest Points
• Lowest Points

MVP of the Week

Week #	Star	Team
1	Brenda Song	Inferno
2	Dylan Sprouse	Cyclones
3	Selena Gomez	Comets
4	Alyson Stoner	Lightning
5	Nick Jonas	Inferno

Mini Week 5 Awards

Star	Team
Shin Koyamada	Lightning
Rafa Baronesi	Inferno
Moises Arias	Comets

End of event

A Disney spokesperson confirmed on February 4, 2009 that the Disney Channel Games would not be held in that year due to lack of actor availability due to program filming, concert tours, time off and other reasons. Instead the network has instead devoted charity efforts under the Disney's Friends for Change initiative. Likewise, an edition in 2010 was unplanned.^[7]

Friends For Change Games 2011

Main article: Disney's Friends for Change Games

It has been announced that that the Friends for Change Games would replace the Disney Channel Games in 2011. Over 30 participants from Disney Channel, Disney XD and around the world will be competing. Tiffany Thornton and Jason Earles were be the hosts.

External links

• Disney Channel Games at TV.com
• The Disney Channel Games 2006 at the Internet Movie Database
• The Disney Channel Games 2007 at the Internet Movie Database
• The Disney Channel Games 2008 at the Internet Movie Database

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