A competition at a Joplin club brings out the crazy people of the town.

For the second year in a row, Club Miami is hosting the “What would you do for a Sea-Doo?” contest. The contest, which runs for a total of eight weeks, is based upon the the television show “Fear Factor.”

It is held every Friday night. Three competitions has already happened. Each week the contest have five to seven contestants. The contestants sign up at the door, and then go up on stage and “do something fearless.”

Kirk Keller runs advertising and promotions for Club Miami. He said there are basically two rules for the event.

Rule 1: Whatever a person eats, they have to hold down for at least two minutes.

Rule 2: No nudity or lewdness.

“Other than that, there’s really no rules,” Keller said.

The Sea-Doo is a $9,800 RX Bombardier which was donated by Joplin Honda. Budweiser is also a sponsor. While last year and this year the watercraft is the prize, Keller said it might not be that way next year.

The original idea for the competition came about when “Fear Factor” debuted on television.

“That seemed to be the table talk,” Keller said.

Keller said people at Club Miami thought Joplin residents could do the same things as the contestants on the show.

“People in Joplin can be on the crazy side, so let’s show them how crazy,” he said.

After the contest started at the club, it made nationwide news. It was even talked about on Jay Leno’s talk show.

“Because of that, ‘Fear Factor’ contacted us and wanted to know if they could tie in some stuff with us,” Keller said.

Rick Taylor, morning host on KSYN 92.5, acts as a co-promoter of the contest. He talks about it on the air.

He said the turnout for the weekly competition is good. People are drawn by their curiosity.

“What kind of silly stunts or antics do they do on stage?” Taylor said.

He said every Friday night the station holds a live broadcast from 8-10 p.m., and then the club begins preparing for the competition. The contest starts at 10:30 p.m.

Past participants have done everything from drinking fish guts, eating crickets or hissing cockroaches, and driving nails through their hands on a board. One guy even suspended himself with fish hooks in his back.

“They’re crazy,” Keller said. “It’s fun to watch; it really is.”

Keller said while the club had a run-in with the police at last year’s competition which resulted in a 10-day shut-down of the club, he has never heard of anyone having health problems after his or her attempt to win.

“We’ve never had anybody call and complain,” he said.

Judges for the competition are picked out of the audience. In case of a tie, Club Miami uses a sound meter of the audience reactions. The club is only open to people 21 and up.

A winner is chosen each week and awarded $200.

The final competition will be held May 23.