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Domino Day

Created by

Robin Paul Weijers

Presented by

Linda de Mol (1999–2002)
Frauke Ludowig (2004–06)

Country of origin

Netherlands

Seasons and episodes

11 seasons, 11 episodes

Production company

SBS Broadcasting
RTL Television

Original network

SBS6 (Netherlands)
RTL (Germany)

Original release

28 August 1998 – present


Domino Day was a world record attempt for the highest number of toppling domino stones, organized from 1998-2009 by Endemol Netherlands. Together with Weijers Domino Productions of Robin Paul Weijers, also known as Mr. Domino, parties teamed up to set a new world record. The production was mainly organized at the WTC-Expo in Leeuwarden, Netherlands.

Record attempts[]

Year Date Location Theme Total no. of dominoes No. of dominoes fallen First stone toppled by Result
1998 August 28 WTC Expo, Leeuwarden, Netherlands Domino D-Day: Visionland 2,300,000 1,605,757 Linda de Mol Success
1999 November 5 Prins Bernhardhoeve, Zuidlaren, Netherlands Domino Day: Europa ohne Grenzen (Europe Without Borders) 2,500,000 2,472,480 Hans Klok
2000 November 3 Domino Day: Action - Reaction 3,112,000 2,977,678 Lionel Richie
2001 November 16 MECC Maastricht, Maastricht, Netherlands Domino Day: Bridging the World 3,750,000 3,540,562 Kylie Minogue
2002 November 15 WTC Expo, Leeuwarden, Netherlands Domino Day: Expressions for Millions 4,000,000 3,847,295 Nick Carter
2004 November 12 Domino Day: The Challenge 4,250,000 3,992,397 Shania Twain
2005 November 18 Domino Day: Domino Theatre of Eternal Stories 4,321,000 4,002,136 Anastacia
2006 November 17 Domino Day: Music in Motion 4,400,000 4,079,381 Kim Wilde
2007 November 16 Domino Day: Falling into Life 4,500,000 3,671,465 Katie Melua Failed
2008 November 14 Domino Day: Celebrating 10 years of Domino Day 4,345,027 Salima Peippo Success
2009 November 13 Domino Day: The World in Domino - The Show with the Flow 4,800,000 4,491,863 Jeroen de Meij

International broadcast[]

Country Network(s) Year(s) Local title
Netherlands SBS6, NET 5 1998–2009, 2021– Domino D-Day
Domino Day
Belgium vtm 1998–2009
Austria ORF eins 2000–2009 Domino Day
Croatia RTL Televizija 2005–2009
Slovakia TV JOJ 2007–2009
Spain Antena 3 2001–2007
United Kingdom Channel 5 2005–2009
Germany RTL 1998–2009
RTL, Super RTL 2003 Domino Day – Highlights
France TF1, TMC 2001–2009 Domino Day – Record du monde
C8 2014–present Domino Day – Les records les plus incroyables
Greece Alpha TV 2008–2009 Ημέρα του ντόμινο
Hungary RTL Klub 2004–2009 Dominó Nap
Poland TVN 2005–2009 Dzień Domina
Russia REN TV 2005–2009 День Домино
United States ABC 2001 Domino Day 2001