The series was first mentioned on October 5, 2012, when it was announced that ABC ordered what was called Celebrity Splash straight to series. Based on the Dutch series of the same name, it has celebrities perform dives from extreme heights and each week the challenges increase in difficulty. Eight out of ten of the cast were revealed on January 25, 2013, which is also when the series changed its name to its current title of Splash. The two unrevealed cast members were revealed on February 4, 2013. The final two to be revealed were Nicole Eggert and Rory Bushfield. The hosts for season one have been Joey Lawrence and Charissa Thompson. Season 1 was filmed at the Riverside Aquatics Complex on the campus of Riverside City College. The contestants each had humorous personalized walkout songs, written by supervising producer Rick Austin with music by jingle-writing company Jingle Punks. Producers decided to write the songs because it would've been too expensive to clear real hit songs. In an interview with TV Guide, Austin said that the songs are supposed to be "intentionally bad," but "fun."
Reportedly Nicole Eggert was injured in the third week of April during a taping of the show.
During rehearsal for episode six of the show, Drake Bell attempted a dive he had not previously practiced and got a concussion as well as two black eyes.
Nicole Eggert fell on her back during her final dive on May 7. She was okay, but ended up losing to Rory Bushfield.
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Live show details
Week 1
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Week 2
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Week 3
;Running order The challenge this week was to do a dive with a partner. Kendra Wilkinson withdrew from the competition due to personal reasons prior to Week 4's start. She was taped for Week 3 preparing for the dive, but she didn't dive in the live show, thus eliminating her directly.
Week 4
;Running order The challenge this week was to do a flip.
Week 5
;Running order The challenge this week was to jump off the 10 meter platform.
Week 6
;Running order The challenge this week was to jump in synchronization with a junior diving champ.
Week 7
;Running order The challenge this week was for each diver to choose which board to jump from and be given their dive by Greg.
