Stress Factor is. As it had been paused, it originally aired between 2001 and 2006. It was revived in 2011 to be cancelled on May 13, 2012. After its second rescue, a special aired in July 2012. The Dutch version is known as Now or Never land. After Endemol USA and NBC adapted it into the market in 2001, they changed the name into Fear element. The series pits contestants against one another in various stunts people, usually such as a grand prize $50,000. The contestants had been three women and several men, all competing to their own, however the series moved into a format of four teams of 2 different people using a preexisting relationship together. The series was hosted by comedian and UFC commentator Joe Rogan, executive produced by Matt Kunitz and David A. Hurwitz and directed by J. Rupert Thompson.