"The Contender"
Series Finale (2005)

TV Series:

"The Contender" (2005)

Original Air Date:

24 May 2005 (Season 1, Episode 16)

Genre:

Reality-TV | Sport

Plot:

Plot Keywords:

Boxing | Non Fiction

Cast

Sylvester Stallone	...	Host / Boxing Mentor
Sugar Ray Leonard	...	Boxing Mentor
Jackie Kallen	...	Manager
Tommy Gallagher	...	Trainer
Dub Huntley	...	Trainer
Jeremy Williams	...	Trainer
Jeff Connor	...	Ring Announcer
rest of cast listed alphabetically:
Anthony Bonsante	...	Fighter
Jesse Brinkley	...	Fighter
Brent Cooper	...	Fighter
Joe Cortez	...	Himself - Referee
Juan de la Rosa	...	Fighter
Miguel Espino	...	Fighter
Jeff Fraza	...	Fighter
Joey Gilbert	...	Fighter
Alfonso Gomez Jr.	...	Fighter
Hush	...	Himself
Ahmed Kaddour	...	Fighter
Jimmy Lange	...	Fighter
Peter Manfredo Jr.	...	Fighter
Sergio Mora	...	Fighter
Jonathan Reid	...	Fighter
Tarick Salmaci	...	Fighter
Ishe Smith	...	Fighter
Al Trautwig	...	Host / Commentator
Najai Turpin	...	Fighter
Paula Abdul	...	Herself (uncredited)
James Brolin	...	Himself (uncredited)
Josh Brolin	...	Himself (uncredited)
Brooke Burke	...	Herself (uncredited)
James Caan	...	Himself (uncredited)
Bo Derek	...	Herself (uncredited)
Cameron Diaz	...	Herself (uncredited)
Jennifer Flavin	...	Herself (uncredited)
Cuba Gooding Jr.	...	Himself (uncredited)
Thomas Hearns	...	Himself (uncredited)
Hulk Hogan	...	Himself (uncredited)
Bruce Jenner	...	Himself (uncredited)
Eddie Murphy	...	Himself (uncredited)
Nicole Mitchell Murphy	...	Herself (uncredited)
Gene Simmons	...	Himself (uncredited)
LeRoy Taylor	...	Boxing Trainer (uncredited)
Justin Timberlake	...	Himself (uncredited)

Produced by
Roberta Brodsky	....	segment producer
Christopher Campbell	....	co-producer
Gayle P. DePoli	....	technical producer
Barbara L.S. Donahue	....	coordinating producer
Dean Houser	....	segment producer
Jeff Wald	....	co-executive producer
Peter Woronov	....	producer

Original Music by
James Dooley		(as James Michael Dooley)

Film Editing by
Nicholas J. Don Vito
Jason Groothuis

Art Department
Stephanie J. Gordon	....	lead set designer
Bryan Langer	....	assistant art director

Sound Department
Brett Alphin	....	sound mixer
Joe Beachy	....	sound mixer
Jeremy Brill	....	sound mixer
Jamie Santos	....	sound re-recording mixer

Camera and Electrical Department
Chris Dent	....	assistant camera
Flax Glor	....	assistant camera
Guy J. Graves	....	generator operator
Patrick Kligel	....	electrician
Dillon Neaman	....	still photographer assistant
Jeremy Settles	....	grip

Casting Department
Joy Pierce	....	casting producer

Editorial Department
Michelle Van Sandt	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Michael Brake	....	supervising music editor

Other crew
Anita Boudreaux	....	assistant accountant
Joan Devilla	....	payroll accountant
John Downey III	....	clearances
Bryce Gipson	....	production assistant
Sam Gollestani	....	assistant production office coordinator
Jeremy Guzowski	....	contestant wrangler
Francesco Guiseppe Pace	....	first assistant accountant
Tim Piper	....	transcriber

Directed by
Michael Simon

Writing credits (in alphabetical order)
Mark Burnett		creator

Produced by
Jill Becker	....	associate producer
Bruce Beresford-Redman	....	co-executive producer
Al Berman	....	producer (live finale)
Adam Briles	....	supervising producer
Kelly Garner	....	video producer
Lisa Hennessy	....	executive producer
Jeffrey Katzenberg	....	executive producer
Bruce Kennedy	....	segment producer
Ian Mallahan	....	segment producer
Kristin McDowell	....	associate producer
Fred Peabody	....	producer
Kate Richter	....	segment producer
Elizabeth Schulze	....	line producer (2007)
Roger Scott	....	segment producer
Sylvester Stallone	....	executive producer
Matt Van Wagenen	....	producer
Ron Wechsler	....	executive producer

Original Music by
Hush
Steve Jablonsky

Cinematography by
Alan Pierce

Film Editing by
Michael Berkowitz

Production Design by
David L. Snyder

Art Direction by
Brenna Griffin
Joe Wood		(supervising art director)

Costume Design by
Molly Grundman

Makeup Department
Stacy L. Hodgson	....	key makeup artist
Nicole Venables	....	key hair stylist

Production Management
Connor Schell	....	executive in charge of production
Sabrina Sipantzi	....	production manager (as Sabrina Sipantzi Ballard)
Ron Wechsler	....	executive in charge of production

Second Unit Director or Assistant Director
Corky Cronin	....	third assistant director
Casey Mako	....	second assistant director
Dale Roy Robinson	....	second unit director
Piras Sebastian	....	first assistant director: opening titles

Art Department
Charles Cann	....	property master
Shane T. French	....	art department assistant (season 2)
Jedediah Ike	....	set designer
Cosmo Inserra	....	set dresser
Ryan Patrick Kelly	....	painter
Ryan Patrick Kelly	....	set dresser
Stephen Lynd	....	swing gang
Becky Martinez	....	swing gang
Wade Randolph	....	art assistant
Dave Snyder	....	visual consultant
Greg Urich	....	set dresser

Sound Department
Josh Atkins	....	sound mixer
Erika Gieschen	....	sound mixer
Ryan Kelley	....	sound mixer
Joel Petersen	....	sound mixer
Pieter A. Schlosser	....	assistant: Steve Jablonsky
Paul S. Shapiro	....	sound installer
Martin Talty	....	supervising sound mixer
David Weinstock	....	sound installation supervisor

Camera and Electrical Department
Patrick Brennan	....	electrician
Andreas Burgess	....	electrician
Calvin Callaway	....	assistant camera
Elisha Christian	....	grip
Matt Crapo	....	electrician
Patrick Ebert	....	assistant camera
Shana Hagan	....	camera operator (season 2)
Jay Hunter	....	camera operator (season 2)
David Kagen	....	best boy electric
Michael Koepke	....	lighting director
Andrew Korner	....	additional electrician
Colleen Laffey	....	camera operator
John Moriarty	....	gaffer
Robert Novellino	....	best boy grip (as Bob Novellino)
Rick Peebles	....	grip
Jon Peter	....	assistant camera
Jesse Phinney	....	camera operator (2007)
Bill Reilly	....	electrician
Bill Riley	....	electrician
Ryan Sparling	....	electrician
Jake Teixeira	....	assistant camera
Peter Villani	....	electrician

Casting Department
Tanika D. Brown	....	casting production assistant
Kate Richter	....	casting manager
Frank Stallone	....	casting consultant

Editorial Department
Jerome Allen	....	post-production assistant
Kevin Blum	....	assistant editor
Ryan Hermosura	....	lead associate editor
Nick Staller	....	assistant editor

Music Department
Joshua Chase	....	music editor
Malcolm Luker	....	scoring mixer
Michelle Ann Owens	....	composer: additional music
Hans Zimmer	....	composer: title theme

Other crew
Matthew Ballard	....	equipment coordinator
Tony Barbagiovanni	....	production accountant
André Devantier	....	caterer: Hollywood Caterers
Joeby Gibson	....	logger
Brandon Greenwood	....	production assistant
Lauren Halperin	....	production assistant
Tery Lockett	....	photo double: Sugar Ray Leonard
Christopher Michaels	....	production assistant
Kellie Nichols	....	challenge coordinator
Michael Parks	....	location manager
Adam Rosenthal	....	field proudction assistant
Dr. Michael Schwartz	....	medical consultant
Jared Ryan Shaw	....	boxing consultant
Matt Sohn	....	consultant
Monique Sorgen	....	consultant
Liz Spano	....	production assistant
Duke Straub	....	field coordinator (as Dave Straub)
Brian D. Thomas	....	night production coordinator
Dr. Paul Wallace	....	on-set physician
Jennifer Winter	....	first assistant production accountant (final live episode)
Mimi Wyeth	....	production accountant
Andrew Zack	....	executive assistant: Hans Zimmer