Dutch Robot Wars

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Dutch Robot Wars
Presenter(s)	Rob Kamphues Bridget Maasland
Commentator(s)	Eric Corton
Judges	Noel Sharkey Martin Smith Mat Irvine
Original channel	BNN
Original run	2002 – 2003

Dutch Robot Wars (known as Robot Wars: The Dutch Battles in the Netherlands) was the Dutch version of the British television game show, Robot Wars. It was broadcast on the BNN network from 2002 to 2003. The show ran for two series, which were filmed alongside Series 5 and 6 of the UK version. Despite being made for a Dutch audience, recorded in the Dutch language and featuring mainly Dutch competitors, the series was actually filmed in the main Robot Wars TV studio in London, with the battles taking place in the main Robot Wars Arena. The series also featured many robots from Belgium (as the two countries share the same robot combat association), with the highest placed representative from each series being crowned the Belgian champion.

[edit] Presenters

Both series of Dutch Robot Wars were presented by Rob Kamphues, with Bridget Maasland as the pit reporter. Eric Corton provided commentary for both series.

[edit] Format

Each series of Dutch Robot Wars featured five heats, with the five heat winners advancing to the Grand Final. In the first series each heat featured six robots, with a "Losers Melee" deciding which defeated robot from the first round would reach the second round. In the second series each heat featured eight robots, with a more traditional knock-out format determining the heat winner. The Grand Final was made up of the five heat winners and a number of "wildcards", chosen from the defeated robots by the show's producers. The Series 1 Grand Final featured just one wildcard, and the six robots were split into two battles to determine the final four competitors. The Series 2 Grand Final featured three wildcards, and the eight robots battled each other in a simple knock-out format to decide the champion.

[edit] Dutch Champions

These are the champions, runners-up and semi-finalists of the two series of Dutch Robot Wars.

Series	Winner	Runner-up	Semi-Finalists
Dutch Robot Wars: Series 1	Slicer	Lizzard	Bamm Bamm, Botwork
Dutch Robot Wars: Series 2	PulverizeR	Philipper 2	Bamm Bamm, Scrap-2-Saur