THE SUPERSTARS

Welcome to my Superstars® page!

The Superstars was a television sports competition that was very popular in the 1970's and still continues to this day. Superstars competitions involved the great athletes from around the world in sports other than their own. Its success led to other "trash sports" such as the World's Strongest Man, Battle of the Network Stars and Challenge of the Sexes.

UPDATE:

Finished updating through 2001, plus the 2003 British Superstars competitions, but I am still missing the results of several competitions, especially between 1975 and 1979. Patrick Premo sent me a copy of a Superstars program from 1981, many thanks Patrick!

Thanks to Warren Pilkington for sending me DVD's of the 2003 Men's and Women's British Finals! Warren also sent me a bunch of European and British competitions that have been aired on ESPNClassic in Britain.

On the following pages, you will be able to find results of many of the competitions over the years, and more information will be added in the future. Anyone who can help me by providing information that I may be missing, especially of competitions in foreign countries, please email me. Also send me a note if you encounter a broken link of misinformation. If anyone has any videotapes of competitions from 1983 or earlier (or the 1990 finals), I would love to get a hold of a copy. I will make a DVD copy and return you the DVD and VHS.

NEWS:

BIG NEWS! ABC-TV has announced that there will be a six-week Superstars series this summer. The competiton format will be different as eight celebrities will be teamed with athletes and compete in a series of athletic events. For the article in Variety, click here.

Sadly, Brian Budd recently passed away. The three-time World Superstars champion died of a heart attack on June 11, 2008 at the age of 56.

Another sad piece of news. David Vine, the host of the BBC coverage of Superstars events in the 1970's and 1980's and the author of the book The Superstars in 1977, passed away on January 11th. He died of a heart attack just more than a week after celebrating his 73rd birthday. Our thoughts go out to his family and friends.

There was a Superstars competition in Britain this summer. It was a team competition and featured some notable British athletes of the recent past. For more information: click here.

SUPERSTARS CHAMPIONS


BOB SEAGREN	DAVID HEMERY	ARD SCHENK	KYLE ROTE, JR.	O.J. SIMPSON
1973 Superstars Champion 1974 Preliminary 1 1975 Preliminary 1 1977 World Superstars 1982 Preliminary 2	1973 UK Superstars 1976 UK Superstars	1974 Preliminary 2 1975 European Heat 3	1974 Preliminary 3 1974 Superstars Champion 1975 Preliminary 2 1976 Preliminary 1 1976 Superstars Champion 1977 Preliminary 3 1977 Superstars Champion	1974 Preliminary 4 1975 Preliminary 3 1975 Superstars Champion


JOHN CONTEH	MICKI KING	MARY JO PEPPLER	TIES KRUIZE	MALCOLM MACDONALD
1974 UK Superstars 1976 European Heat 1	1975 Women's Preliminary 1	1975 Women's Preliminary 2 1975 Women's Final	1975 European Heat 1	1975 European Heat 2


GUY DRUT	KJELL ISAKSSON	ROBERT DUVALL	RALPH BOSTON	MIKE SCHMIDT
1975 European Heat 4 1977 Preliminary 2	1975 European Heat 5 1975 European Final 1976 European Heat 4 1976 European Final	1975 Celebrity	1976 Preliminary 2	1976 Preliminary 3 1981 Preliminary 2 1982 Preliminary 1


LOU FERRIGNO
1976 Preliminary 4

CHAMPIONS OVER THE YEARS

Men's Superstars®
1973 - Bob Seagren, Pole Vault
1974 - Kyle Rote, Jr., Soccer
1975 - O.J. Simpson, Football
1976 - Kyle Rote, Jr., Soccer
1977 - Kyle Rote, Jr., Soccer
1978 - Wayne Grimditch, Water Skiing
1979 - Greg Pruitt, Football
1980 - Charles White, Football
1981 - Renaldo Nehimiah, Hurdles
1982 - Renaldo Nehimiah, Hurdles
1983 - Renaldo Nehimiah, Hurdles
1984 - Tom Petranoff, Javelin
1985 - Mark Gastineau, Football
1986 - Renaldo Nehimiah, Football
1987 - Herschel Walker, Football
1988 - Herschel Walker, Football
1989 - Willie Gault, Football
1990 - Willie Gault, Football
1991 - Kelly Gruber, Baseball
1992 - Mike Powell, Long Jump
1993 - Dave Johnson, Decathlon
1994 - Dave Johnson, Decathlon
1998 - Jason Sehron, Football
1999 - Jason Sehorn, Football
2000 - Jason Sehorn, Football
2001 - Hermann Maier, Alpine Skiing
2002 - Bode Miller, Alpine Skiing
2003 - Jeremy Bloom, Freestyle Skiing

Women's Superstars®
1975 - Mary Jo Peppler, Volleyball
1976 - Anne Henning, Speed Skating
1977 - Anne Henning, Speed Skating
1978 - Anne Henning, Speed Skating
1979 - Linda Fernandez, Volleyball
1980 - Linda Fernandez, Volleyball
1981 - Ann Meyers, Basketball
1982 - Ann Meyers, Basketball
1983 - Ann Meyers, Basketball
1984 - Nancy Lieberman, Basketball

World Superstars®
1977 - Bob Seagren, USA - Pole Vault
1978 - Brian Budd, CAN - Soccer
1979 - Brian Budd, CAN - Soccer
1980 - Brian Budd, CAN - Soccer
1981 - Jody Sheckter, RSA - Auto Racing
1982 - Brian Hooper, GBR - Pole Vault

Superteams
1975 - Los Angeles Dodgers
1976 - Pittsburgh Steelers
1977 - Cincinnati Reds
1978 - (tie) Dallas Cowboys & Kansas City Royals
1979 - unknown
1980 - unknown
1981 - Philadelphia Eagles
1982 - Oakland Athletics
1983 - Washington Redskins

British Superstars
1973 - David Hemery, 400 Hurdles
1974 - John Conteh, Boxing
1976 - David Hemery, 400 Hurdles
1977 - Tim Crooks, Rowing
1978 - Brian Jacks, Judo
1979 - Brian Jacks, Judo
1981 Challenge of Champions - Keith Fielding, Rugby
1981 - Keith Fielding, Rugby
1982 - Brian Hooper - Pole Vault
1983 - Brian Hooper, Pole Vault
1984 - Gary Cook, 400 Meters
1985 - Robin Brew, Swimming
2002 Sports Relief - Austin Healey - Rugby
2003 - Du'aine Ladejo, 400 Meters
2003 Women - Zoë Baker, Swimming & Lesley McKenna, Snowboarding
2005 - Alain Baxter, Alpine Skiing

Other Events
1975 European Superstars® - Kjell Isaksson, SWE - Pole Vault
1976 European Superstars® - Kjell Isaksson, SWE - Pole Vault
1977 European Superstars® - Ties Kruize, NED - Field Hockey
1978 European Superstars® - (tie) - Ties Kruize, NED - Field Hockey & Brian Jacks, GBR - Judo
1979 European Superstars® - Brian Jacks, GBR - Judo
1978 Irish Superstars - Pat Spillane, Gaelic Football
1979 Irish Superstars - Bernard Brogan, Gaelic Football
1980 Irish Superstars - Declan Burns, Kayaking
1981 Irish Superstars - Gerry Loftus, Trampolining
1996 Swedish Superstars® - Ingemar Stenmark - Alpine Skiing
1997 Swedish Superstars® - Mattias Sunneborn - Long Jump
1998 Swedish Superstars® - Thomas Ahlsgard, NOR - Nordic Skiing
1977 Canadian Superstars® - Tony Gabriel, Football
1978 Canadian Superstars® - Brian Budd - Soccer
1979 Canadian Superstars® - Brian Budd - Soccer
1980 Canadian Superstars® - Brian Budd - Soccer
1981 Canadian Superstars® - Gaetan Boucher - Speed Skating
2000 Candian Superstars® - Travis Moore - Football

For a look at specific competitions, go to the appropriate decade:

Other areas of this site:

A brief history

The athletes

Superstars records

Top 100 in each event (in progress)

The events

All-Time Money Leaders

My thoughts on the present & future of the Superstars®

This website is not affiliated with or sponsored by Candid Productions, Incorporated or THE SUPERSTARS competition. THE SUPERSTARS is a registered trademark of Candid Productions, Incorporated.