Brain Wall (脳カベ or Nōkabe) is a component of the Japanese game show The Tunnels' Thanks to Everyone (とんねるずのみなさんのおかげでした, Tonneruzu no Minasan no Okage deshita). Video clips from the show proliferated on video-sharing websites and the concept was eventually adopted by several countries. It became popularly known to non-Japanese speakers and YouTube fans as simply Human Tetris, or Hole in the Wall, named for its involvement of the physical body and a supposed close resemblance to the rules of the video game Tetris.
International versions[]
Country | Local Name | Network | Host(s) |
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Albania | Sfida | DigitAlb | Ilda Bejleri, Denard Xhillari |
Arab World | جدار جبار' Jibbar Jabbar |
Abu Dhabi TV | Mansour El Ghassani, Said Al Memari |
Argentina | El muro infernal | Telefe | Alejandro Weibe |
Australia | Hole in the Wall | Nine Network | Jules Lund |
Brazil | De cara no muro | Rede Globo | Fausto Silva |
Belgium | Hole In The Wall | VT4 | Roos Van Acker |
Bulgaria | Дупка в Стената Dupka v Stenata |
Nova TV | Rumen Lukanov |
Cambodia | Hole in the Wall: ល្បែងជ្រែកជញ្ជាំង | CTN | Udom Vivath, Sarita Reith, Sok Somavatey, Andy Bishop |
MyTV | Tim Ratha | ||
Canada | Le Mur | V | Benoît Gagnon |
Chile | La muralla infernal | Mega | Javiera Contador, José Miguel Viñuela, Fernando Godoy, Lucila Vit |
China | 动洞墙 | SMG | Zhu Zhen, Xue Zhi Qian |
正大综艺-墙来啦 | CCTV | Qiang Zhi, Xun Zhu | |
Colombia | Duro contra el muro | RCN TV | Carlos Calero, Maleja Restrepo |
Croatia | Pazi, zid! | Nova TV | Mia Kovačić |
Denmark | Hul i hovedet | TV3+ | Uffe Holm |
Egypt | الجدار الكبير El-Giddar El-Kebir |
DMC | Ahmed Essam |
Estonia | Auk Seinas | TV3 | Tõnis Milling |
Finland | Reikä seinässä | Nelonen | Mari Kakko |
France | Le Mur Infernal | TMC | Laurence Boccolini |
Germany | Ab Durch die Wand | RTL | Sonja Zietlow, Dirk Bach |
Greece | Μια τρύπα στο νερό Mia trypa sto neró |
Mega TV | George Pyrpasopoulos |
Hong Kong | 大咕窿 | TVB Jade | Yishan Ng, Calinda Yuen-wai Chan, Dickson Wong |
Hungary | Kalanda Fal! | RTL Klub | Balázs Sebestyén, János Vadon |
India | Hole in the Wall | Pogo TV | Cyrus Sahukar |
Indonesia | Hole in the Wall | RCTI | Pandji Pragiwaksono, Steny Agustaf, Indra Herlambang |
Global TV | Yossi Mokalu, Udjo Permato | ||
Israel | ראש בקיר Rosh Bakir |
Channel 10 | Shai Goldstein, Daror Rafaeli |
Japan | 脳カベ Nōkabe |
Fuji TV | Tunnels, Toshihiro Itō, Asami Miura |
Lithuania | Skylė sienoje | TV3 | Aistė Paškevičiūtė, Džiugas Siaurusaitis |
Malaysia | Bolos | Astro Ria | Zizan Razak |
Mexico | Aguas con el muro | TV Azteca | Martín Altomaro, María Inés |
Netherlands | Hole In The Wall | SBS6 | Beau van Erven Dorens, Gerard Joling |
Norway | Ylvis møter veggen | TVNorge | Kjetil André Aamodt, Kjersti Idem, Ylvis |
Paraguay | El muro | Canal 13 | Roberto Willis |
Peru | Tecsuperate | Panamericana Televisión | George Slebi |
Philippines | Hole in the Wall | GMA Network | Ogie Alcasid, Michael V. |
Poland | Hole in the Wall | TV4 | Adam Małczyk, Adam Grzanka, Michał Pałubski |
Portugal | Salve-se Quem Puder | SIC, SIC K | Diana Chaves, Marco Horácio |
Romania | Vedete-n Figuri | Prima TV | Dan Fintescu, Dina Marina |
Russia | Стенка на стенку Stenka na Stenku |
Channel One | Vasily Utkin, Gennady Bachinsky, Sergey Stillavin, Ivan Urgant, Alexander Tsekalo |
South Korea | 지화자 Jiwhaza |
SBS | Choi Gwi-hwan |
Spain | El Muro Infernal | LaSexta | Julian Iantzi |
Sweden | Hål i väggen | TV6 | Johan Petersson, Erik Ekstrand, Mackan Ecklund |
Taiwan | 齊天大勝 Who's the Winner |
TTV | Jacky Wu |
Thailand | เกมกำแพงซ่า Game-Kampang-Zaa |
Channel 7 | Kanchai Kamnerdploy |
เกมกําแพงซ่า น็อกเอาท์ Game-Kampang-Zaa-Knockout |
Wattana Kumthorntip, Somjit Jongjohor | ||
เกมกำแพงซ่า สไตรค์ Game-Kampang-Zaa-Strike | |||
Turkey | Bak Şu Duvara | Star TV | Behzat Uygur |
Ukraine | Море по коліно More po Kolino |
ICTV | Dmytro Perepelkin |
United Kingdom | Hole in the Wall | BBC One | Dale Winton, Anton du Beke |
United States | Hole In The Wall | Fox | Brooke Burns, Mark Thompson |
Cartoon Network | Teck Holmes | ||
Uruguay | El Muro | Canal 10 | Roberto Larrañaga |
Vietnam | Người đi xuyên tường | VTV3 | Hoài Linh, Đại Nghĩa |
HTV7 | Ốc Thanh Vân, Đình Toàn |