Beg to differ: that is Italian.
The man is called Gigi Sabani - and he should get a grip with hair dye...
EDIT:
Besides: it wasn't meant to be a tickling test.
The girl was supposed to count the "spiders" crawling on her body.
The kids overdid it, and effectively tickled her.
I remember watching that show.
That same girl had walked over glass shards, before, and when Sabani touched her soles, she jerked away.
AFAIK nobody saved that, but all ticklish situations that sprung during that game were probably unscripted and due to that girl's ticklishness.