The 15 Craziest Foreign Reality Competition Shows

America has its share of stupid reality shows, but, surprisingly enough, other countries might actually have us beat when it comes to the craziest ones. From outlandish Japanese game shows to the downright digusting Danish reality programs, not to mention British shows with robotic rabbits, it's hard to deny that there are some bizzare concepts that could (just nearly) put Jersey Shore to shame. Hard to believe? Check out our list of the Top 15 Foreign Reality Shows. And if you're not convinced yet, we should inform you that one of them includes a jet pack. Seriously.

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Country: United Kingdom

This BBC program is, simply put, The Apprenticeon steroids. Entrepreneurs are given the opportunity to pitch and attempt to sell their more-often-than-not crappy inventions to a panel of judges, who then proceed to give them feedback which is generally in the form of incredulous criticism. If the panel does like the pitch, said entrepreneur is given the chance to negotiate for a substantial financial investment, but that's not really any fun to watch, is it?

America does have its own version, Shark Tank, with equally as embarassing and hilarious pitches, but, like with most things, nothing quite beats the original.

Country: United Kingdom

In this truly weird show, contestants are asked a series of questions that they are expected to answer as they are being—you guessed it—distracted in some form or another. If anything, you can't accuse the show of misadvertising!

The only catch is, the various ways in which the people are distracted tend to be on the painful or embarrassing side, as demonstrated in the above clip, in which contestants have to answer questions while they become best friends with a cactus (the buzzer is located within it). Who in their right mind actually tries out for shows like this, anyway?

Country: Japan

Sasuke has been on the air since 1997 and is still going strong. It's essentially an obstacle course show, but it's an intense one; olympic athletes would have trouble getting through it, and we know this because several have been contestants on the show. Apparently, rolling logs to salmon ladders aren't events that medal-chasers prepare for all that much.

Country: United Kingdom

Don't Scare The Hare was cancelled after only three episodes aired for a reason—the show was absolutely terrible, and not in the hilarious, let's-rewatch-these-clips-on-YouTube-a-million-times-because-its-so-bad sort of way.

The concept literally revolved around a host who had a little robotic rabbit on wheels, and contestants had to perform crazy stunts and do ridiculous things with one goal: Don’t scare the hare. But it’s a robot, and we saw The Terminator, so we know how those mofos really act: They fear nothing, except perhaps Arnold Schwarzenegger, and since he never guest-starred on the show, it’s a void concept.

Country: The Netherlands

Just based on the title, we could have told you this was a terrible idea for a show. But, typically, terrible ideas just to happen to equal hilarious TV, and this one definitely didn’t disappoint. One of the worst drivers of the Netherlands—if not the worst—is driving through an obstacle course in the finale, loses control of the vehicle, and plows right into the host of the show and a cameraman. Luckily, everyone is OK, so we can laugh over this without feeling too bad about ourselves.

Country: Spain

This was one of Spain's most popular shows, as well as one of its most dangerous. El Gran Juego de la Oca (translation: The Great Game Of The Goose) consisted of a gigantic game board, on which contestants had to move around to complete various challenges. Sounds innocent enough, right? Not quite.

As displayed in the clip above (featuring Mr. T!), the challenges were anything but easy. In his challenge, Mr. T had to disable a series of bombs before time ran out. Spoiler alert: He didn't succeed. Before the bombs detonated, he let himself fall to safety, and, moments later there was an actual explosion. WTF, anyone?

Country: Italy

Consider the Italian version of Ashton Kutcher-produced The Beauty And The Geek, but clearly the challenges are a bit different per country. In this clip, you can see a rather attractive, blindfolded woman walking across the chests and, yes, a group of men, completely clueless as they grimace in pain beneath her. They say love hurts, but we can't help but wonder: What is the actual point of that challenge?

Country: Japan

Japan is widely known for its crazy reality game shows, but this one takes the cake in our opinion. Basically, a contestant is asked a series of questions, and each time they answer one wrong, they're forced to...well...smell some dude's ass. The series had other variations of this, and the basic idea was that contestants had to perform certain tasks or say certain things correctly, lest they wanted to be tortured in some form or another.

Country: India

Dadagiri is marketed as one of the meanest shows on TV, and for once it seems like advertisers got it right. The show basically revolves around contestants who are, well, bullied. There's a cash prize waiting for them at the end if they can stand the torture.

An interesting, if not hostile concept, but we're not complaining...or we weren't until we heard about this. The female host of the show slapped a male contestant, and he, well, slapped right back, to which we must say, "Not cool, dude." Luckily, the rest of the crew felt the same way as they immediately stormed said contestant and restrained him. Unfortunately, he didn't get knocked the fuck out.

Country: Japan

There's really no point to this game show other than trying to gauge how many people play along with stupid jokes. A man walks around and pretends to "shoot" them, to see if they react or ignore him. Surprisingly, the majority of people do play along, which is weird but also makes for some odd footage to laugh over.

Country: Japan

You may recognize the above challenge from the ABC Family series I Survived A Japanese Game Show, but you probably won’t because who watched that show, anyway? Brain Wall, sometimes called "Human Tetris," is a show where people must figure out a way to fit themselves through holes in rapidly approaching walls. If they don't succeed, they'll be pushed into a pit of water behind them, and if they do succeed, they're pretty fucking awesome.

Truth be told, a lot of the shapes they have to manipulate themselves through aren't terribly hard to figure out, so it's funny seeing the majority of people, well, fail, sometimes even breaking the walls in half. That's got to hurt.

Country: Japan

We don’t really know anything about this show, not even its title; what we do know, though, is the fact that it includes shooting contestants off a pier with rather makeshift jetpacks. And, really, that's more than enough. It’s not the stuff of Back To The Future Pt. II by any means, but it’s still pretty awesome. A jet pack is a jet pack!

Country: Norway

In this Danish show, contestants are thrown into a pitch black room, and, unable to see a thing, they must complete a series of challenges. The clip above strikes us as the most memorable, if not also the most terrible. All we'll say is that it's strikingly similar to another show on this list, Gaki no Tsukai, only much, much worse.

Country: United Kingdom

As illustrated in the clip above, the U.K.'s Space Cadets was a pretty unique show. Contestants were made the believe that they were being sent up into space for five days, when in reality they were just hanging out in a fake spaceship on a soundstage that had been designed to the last detail; it was like Candid Camera, only in "space," if you will. It all culminated in a very elaborate hoax that cost the network about £5 million. Worth it?

Country: Japan

In this series (roughly translated as This Is No Task For Kids!!), a group of guys get dared to do things inside a place in which they have to remain silent, ergo, the setting being a library. The tasks can range from eating a wasabi roll to getting a nose hair plucked out, as well as smelling something absolutely vile, all silently. It's the inspiration for MTV series Silent Library, so it’s sort of like seeing sadistic history in the making.