| Host/Judge | |
| Rutledge Wood | |
| Judges | |
| Hertrech ("Hert") Eugene Jr. Dalal Elsheikh | |
| Broadcast | |
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| Packagers | |
| Endemol Shine North America Workerbee Mattel Television | |
Hot Wheels: Ultimate Challenge is the new NBC summer reality competition series where it revs up to give passionate car lovers and superfans of Mattel's Hot Wheels the opportunity of a lifetime by turning a nostalgic car from their past into the life-sized Hot Wheels of their dreams.
Premise[]
Two contestants compete in an Extreme Makeover-like competition where the objective is to turn their old cars from way back when, into Hot Wheels. The winner of each show gets $25,000 and the right to go for double or $50,000.
Inventor[]
Based on the Mattel toy line, Hot Wheels.
Trivia[]
This is the first live-action TV show based on the Hot Wheels toy line. All the others were animated shows. The first show was in fact called Hot Wheels and produced for ABC from 1969 to 1971. The second was the animated Family Channel TV series, Heroes on Hot Wheels, which was the American version of the French cartoon comic book adaptation Michel Vaillant.
This aired the same day as the premiere of the 18th season of America’s Got Talent.