My Dad Is Better than Your Dad

我爸爸好过你爸爸
Created by	Mark Burnett
Starring	James Courteaser
Country of origin	United States (filming) Singapore (broadcast)
No. of seasons	1
No. of episodes	8
Production
Running time	60 minutes
Original release
Network	MediaCorp Channel 5
Release	March 3 – April 21, 2009

我爸爸好过你爸爸 is a reality sports TV show on MediaCorp Channel 5 that premiered on March 3, 2009 on Tuesdays at 8:30pm. The show is produced by Mark Burnett, producer of other shows like Survivor, The Apprentice, and Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader?, and was hosted by James Courteaser. Four teams of 孩子 and their 爸爸s compete in each episode, with the winning team having the chance to win up to 五万块.

The show was re-run on Channel 5 in early 2010 on Sundays at 6:00pm, and again in 2011 on Saturday afternoons.

游戏玩

Four 爸爸s, paired up with their 孩子, 比赛 in 每一集, playing in stunts and answering questions, in what may have been a cross between Double Dare and American Gladiators.

Round 1 - My 爸爸 is 快快

All four teams participate in a stunt that tests how fast Dad is. For example, on the first episode, the teams played Happy Hour where the fathers had two minutes to 敲破 desks, and putting each piece of their desk into a bin to determine the weight. The team who has scored the least in that round is given a 15-second penalty carried into the next round.

Round 2 - My 爸爸 is 强壮

This tests how strong the 爸爸 really are. For example, in most episodes, they have to swing their kids into an oversized 飞镖板, with their kids carrying large foam 飞镖 with sticky pads on the bottom (they only counted if the 飞镖 were simply put on the 板, throwing them didn't count, and if a 飞镖 fell off, it still counted [note: As of the third episode, throwing a 飞镖 now counts, and a 飞镖 falling off doesn't count]). The team that scores the least in the round is eliminated and sent to "The Garage", but they leave with an Xbox 360 as a consolation prize.

Round 3 - My 爸爸 is 聪明

Another test—this time to determine how smart Dad is. A question and four choices appear on a video screen to their left. The child rings in, but it's the dad who has to answer. A right answer earns 1 point, but a wrong answer causes the other teams to have the chance to answer from the remaining choices. The first two teams to score 3 points move on to the final round, while the losers get sent to the Garage with the Xbox 360.

Final Round - My 爸爸 is 勇敢

For the final round, this tests how brave Dad is. An example from the first episode is when each father had two minutes to score points by shooting 报纸 from an air gun through windows worth 100 and 500 points. The opponent has to dodge the windows and make sure the 报纸 doesn't break them. The winning team goes to the bonus round to play for $50,000 (and it all depends on how well a dad knows his son/daughter) while the losers get the Xbox 360.

Bonus Round - My Dad Knows Me Better

Before the round begins, the winning team earns a mountain bike and the Xbox 360 no matter what happens in the game. In the bonus round, the father was asked up to six questions about his child, earning his team $10,000 for each right answer. Unlike most primetime game shows of this era, a wrong answer does not take away money. The round ends when they hit $50,000 or two wrong answers have been given. During the show's run, no one walked away with the full $50,000. The most ever won was $40,000. Also, not one team has failed to answer any question correctly, thus winning nothing.

赢家

• Mark and Jim Fier (defeated Teams Kirby, Rutherford, and Kang)
• Leo and Christopher Li (defeated Teams Sass, Kabat, and Stephenson)
• Rick and Dustin Avila (defeated teams Grayston, Martin, and Basile)

Replacement

During the third episode's (aired on March 17, 2009) first-round stunt, "Uphill Battle" (in which dads had three minutes to push as many balls up a hill into giant holes), contestant Al Gaines had a very strong lead over his opponents at the start, but towards the end, he ended up struggling to get more balls down the holes, even at the urging of his son. At the end of the round, it was quite apparent that Gaines was suffering from a heart attack, as teaser trailers show him being rushed from the Sony studios to an ambulance. According to the rules, if a father or child is unable to compete, a replacement family takes their place. The replacement family was the Gavero Family.

International versions

Country	Local name	Host	Network	Date premiered
Brazil	Meu Pai é Melhor que Seu Pai	Celso Portiolli	SBT	April 18, 2010
MEX	Mi Padre es mejor que tu Padre	Mark Tacher	Las Estrellas	December 1, 2016
China	老爸拼吧 Lao ba pin ba	Lóng Fēng	Xiamen Star	June 1, 2013
Croatia	Moj tata je bolji od tvog tate	Toni Jeričević	Nova TV	August 23, 2008
Egypt	الفائز أبى El Faez abi	Mohammad El Qusi	Channel 1	September, 2009
Finland	Meidän isä on parempi kuin teidän isä	Ville Klinga	Nelonen	2008
Kazakhstan	Мой папа круче! Moy papa kruche!	Michail Porechenkov	Channel 7	March 17, 2016
Netherlands	Mijn Vader is de Beste	Yolanthe Sneijder-Cabau Monique Smit Romy Monteiro	TROS TV	2010
Panama	Mi Papá es mejor que Tu Papá	Miguel Esteban	TVN	September 11, 2011
Philippines	My Dad is Better Than Your Dad	Paolo Contis	GMA Network	February 8, 2009
Russia	Мой папа круче! Moy papa kruche!	Mikhail Porechenkov	STS	May 1, 2016
Sweden	Min pappa är bättre än din pappa	Adam Alsing	TV3	May 9, 2012

External links

• Official website
• Controversy Over Creation