'We Are the Champions': Release date, plot, trailer and all you need to know about Netflix docuseries on quirkiest competitions
Competitions are not just for sports or spelling bees, are they? Netflix's upcoming docuseries will feature some of the quirkiest competitions that you never knew existed such as competitive cheese rolling, frog jumping and dog dancing. 'We Are the Champions' is executive produced by 'The Office' actor Rainn Wilson and is narrated by him. Read on to know more details about the upcoming docuseries.
Release date
'We Are the Champions' will be available to stream on Netflix on Tuesday, November 17, at 12 am PST.
Plot
'We Are the Champions' explores the quirkiest, most charming and oddly inspirational competitions you never knew existed. Each episode follows a unique competition, providing a window into a world of determined, passionate and incredibly skilled competitors who put it all on the line to become heroes in their own extraordinary worlds. Featured competitions include Cheese Rolling, Chili Eating, Fantasy Hair Styling, Yo-Yo, Dog Dancing and Frog Jumping. The synopses of the episodes are as follows.
'Cheese Rolling' — Each May, in a quiet English village, thousands of people gather to watch runners chase a wheel of cheese down a hill. A very steep hill. 'We Are the Champions' follows competitors as they sprint, tumble and crash down the hill at top speed — risking fractured limbs and broken collar bones — to cross the finish line first and be crowned the Cheese Rolling Champion.
'Chili Eating' — In his inaugural Pepper Eating Challenge, Smokin’ Ed Currie, inventor of the world's hottest chili pepper, promises to burn the tongue off of even the most determined pepper eating masochists. 'We Are the Champions' joins the brave contestants as they sweat through the heat and drop one-by-one, succumbing to the heat of Ed’s infamous and World Record-holding Carolina Reaper pepper. BYO milk.
'Fantasy Hair Styling' — The Bronner Brothers International Beauty Show is the nation’s largest multicultural beauty show — it’s also home to the Fantasy Hair Competition, the most outrageous and over-the-top display of hair on the planet. 'We Are the Champions' is in New Orleans where stylists have 90 minutes to craft elaborate, sculptural hair creations and transform their model into a head-to-toe vision of Mardi Gras.
'Yo-Yo' — Yo-Yos may be old, but their champions are barely out of their teens. 'We Are the Champions' is in Cleveland, Ohio, at the World Yo-Yo Contest, the most prestigious Yo-Yo competition on the planet where elaborate routines and original moves set to hot music take "walking the dog" to a whole new park.
'Dog Dancing' — 'We Are the Champions' joins the best dog dancers in the world at the Open European Championship (OEC), where the dogs master over 400 commands in a single four-minute routine. Whether it's heelwork or freestyle, these dogs prove that they're the perfect dance partners.
'Frog Jumping' — 'We Are the Champions' travels to Angels Camp, California, home of the world championship of Frog Jumping. The annual champion gets a star on the “Hop of Fame", a beautiful trophy and 500 American dollars. But the real goal is to break Rosie the Ribeter’s record of 21 feet and 5.75 inches — that will get you $5,000 and the title of Frog Jumping World Champion.
Producers
'We Are the Champions' is a Dirty Robber production. Executive producers and directors are Brian Golden Davis, Nick Frew and Martin Desmond Roe; Chris Uetwiller is executive producer; Rainn Wilson is executive producer and narrator.
Trailer
There is no trailer for 'We Are the Champions' yet but keep watching this space for future updates.
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