I Survived a Japanese Game Show (season 1)

I Survived a
Japanese Game Show
(Season 1)

ABC's promotional logo for the first season of I Survived a Japanese Game Show.
Starring Tony Sano
(TV host, Season 1)
Rome Kanda
(Majide Host)[1]
Narrated by Robert Cait
Release
Original release June 24 – August 6, 2008
External links
Production website

I Survived a Japanese Game Show was an American reality show that followed a group of Americans who leave the United States for Japan, where they compete in a Japanese style game show.[2][3] Season one premiered on ABC on June 24, 2008. The show was hosted by Tony Sano. On August 6, 2008, financial representative Justin Wood was pronounced the winner. He won a cash prize of US$250,000.

Contestants

Contestant Original
Teams
First
Switch
Second
Switch
Final
Four
Finish
Darcy Sletager[lower-alpha 1]
Returned to game
Yellow
Penguins
1st eliminated
(against Bilenda)
Ben Hughes (ベン)
44, Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania
Green
Monkeys
Left game
due to illness[lower-alpha 1]
Olga Medvedev (オルガ)
26, Medford, Massachusetts
Green
Monkeys
Green
Monkeys
2nd eliminated
(against Darcy)
Darcy Sletager (ダーシー)
31, Sandpoint, Idaho
Yellow
Penguins
Green
Monkeys
3rd eliminated
(against Meaghan)
Mary Greenawalt (マリー)
23, Matthews, North Carolina
Green
Monkeys
Green
Monkeys
4th eliminated
(against Donnell)
Cathy Nardone (キャシー)
21, Staten Island, New York
Yellow
Penguins
Yellow
Penguins
Green
Monkeys[lower-alpha 2]
5th eliminated
(against Donnell)
Andrew Kelly-Hayes (アンドリュー)
28, Boston, Massachusetts
Yellow
Penguins
Yellow
Penguins
Yellow
Penguins
6th eliminated
(against Bilenda)
Bilenda Madison (ベリンダ)
38, Charlotte, North Carolina
Yellow
Penguins
Yellow
Penguins
Yellow
Penguins
Final Four 7th eliminated,
4th place
Meaghan Cooper (ミーガン)
22, San Antonio, Texas
Green
Monkeys
Green
Monkeys
Green
Monkeys
8th eliminated,
3rd place
Donnell Pitman (ドネル)
32, Chicago, Illinois
Green
Monkeys
Green
Monkeys
Green
Monkeys
Runner-up
Justin Wood (ジャスティン)
24, Trussville, Alabama
Yellow
Penguins
Yellow
Penguins
Yellow
Penguins
Winner
  1. 1 2 Darcy returned to the game after Ben forfeited due to illness.
  2. When the teams were uneven at the time, Cathy moved over to the opposite team Green Monkeys.

List of episodes

Episode 1

The first episode aired on June 24, 2008.

Episode 2

The second episode aired on July 1, 2008.

Episode 3

The third episode aired on July 8, 2008.

Episode 4

The fourth episode aired on July 15, 2008.

Episode 5

The fifth episode aired on July 23, 2008.

Episode 6

The sixth episode aired on July 30, 2008.

Note: A third player, ostensibly the defending Majide costume-changing champion Yuji Kamada, also competed in the game alongside the two contestants. Allegedly, if one of the Americans beat Kamada, they would win a bonus prize (which was never shown since Kamada was faster than the two players). However, Kamada was actually played by twins, the famous Japanese comedy duo, The Touch (ザ・たっち). One was already dressed in the required costume, and the two switched places via a secret door in their change room. This was revealed as a prank on the contestants after the second round.

Episode 7

The seventh and final episode aired on August 6, 2008.

For the final episode, teams are abolished and the final four players face three elimination challenges as individuals.

  1. Get someone to draw a handlebar moustache on the player's face with a marker;
  2. Get someone to take a Polaroid photo of the player being kissed by another stranger;
  3. Get someone to dress up in a provided Statue of Liberty costume;
  4. Get a business card from someone;
  5. Get three people to do the wave.
After completing the tasks, the contestants have to return to the studio; the last contestant to return to the studio makes new friends with none other than the Sayonara Mob.

Game results

     Games with a pink background indicate elimination games.

# Game Winner(s) Reward Loser(s) Punishment
1 Conveyor Restaurant
(コンベヤ食管)
Green
Monkeys
(10 Mochi balls)
A helicopter tour of Tokyo. Yellow
Penguins
(9 Mochi balls)
Pulling rickshaws.
Big Bug Splat On A Windshield
(虫人間コンテスト)
Bilenda
(16 points)[lower-alpha 1]
Darcy
(16 points)[lower-alpha 1]
1st eliminated in 10th place.[lower-alpha 2]
2 Human Crane Finds Fluffy Bear
(クマちゃんつかみ取り)
Yellow
Penguins
(10 fluffy bears)
A Japanese spa treatment including a fish pedicure. Green
Monkeys
(1 fluffy bear)
Working at a pachinko parlor.
Fight On, Mailman Taro
(ガンバレ!郵便太郎)
Darcy
(6 packages)
Olga
(5 packages)
2nd eliminated in 9th place.
3 Pedal Fast or Big Splash
(サイクリングドボン)
Yellow
Penguins
(38 seconds)
A VIP tour of the Tsukiji fish market. Green
Monkeys
(34 seconds)
Rice farming.
You Look Funny Stuck on a Wall
(ぴったんこバンバン)
Meaghan
(3 points)
Darcy
(0 points)
3rd eliminated in 8th place.
4 Big Baby Go Boom
(ねんねんころりYOおころりYO)
Yellow
Penguins
A private soba noodle
making lesson.
Green
Monkeys
Shucking clams.
Big Chicken Butt Scramble
(チキンと割りまSHOW)
Donnell
(11 eggs)
Mary
(10 eggs)
4th eliminated in 7th place.
5 Sticky Sticky Bang Bang
(ハリツキバンバン)
Yellow
Penguins
(24 balls)
A visit to a Shinto shrine and receive a blessing. Green
Monkeys
(7 balls)
Making Mochi balls for the studio audience.
You Swing and Hope for the Best
(あいたら負けよ!ジャンプップ)
Donnell
(1:07 seconds)
Cathy
(2:05 seconds)
5th eliminated in 6th place.
6 You Stand Still! No, You Stand Still!
(くらくら鍵パッカン)
Green
Monkeys
(1:04 seconds)
An overnight stay in a suite at the Tokyo Grand Hyatt hotel. Yellow
Penguins
(1:09)
An overnight stay at a capsule hotel in Tokyo.
Clothes On, Clothes Off!
(激突!生着替え)
Bilenda
(3:02 seconds)
Andrew
(3:15 seconds)
6th eliminated in 5th place.
7 Making New Friends in Japan
(世界に広げようムチャぶりの輪!)
Meaghan,
Donnell,
Justin
Bilenda 7th eliminated in 4th place.
Squishy Squishy
(ザ・スポンジマン)
Donnell,
Justin
Meaghan 8th eliminated in 3rd place.
SUPER MAJIDE
(本気で!全部のせ)
Justin A $250,000 Grand Prize Donnell Runner-up
  1. 1 2 To decide who were going home, a tiebreaker round were issued. Bilenda scored 8 points, while Darcy only scored 7.
  2. Darcy returned to the game after Ben forfeited due to illness.

Ratings

Ep # Air Date Rating Share 18–49 Viewers Weekly Rank
1 July 24 4.4 7 3.1/9 (#2) 8.03 (#2) No. 10
2 July 1 3.6 6 2.6/8 (#3) 6.33 (#4) No. 28
3 July 8 4.0 7 2.8/8 (#3) 6.83 (#4) #26t
4 July 15 4.0 7 2.4/7 (#3) 5.82 (#4) #31t
5 July 23 3.2 5 2.2/7 (#3) 5.74 (#4) #31t
6 July 30 3.4 6 2.3 (#4) 5.84 No. 30
7 August 6 2.9 5 1.9 4.50 #42t

t – Tied.

The show went against America's Got Talent on NBC, Big Brother 10 on CBS, reruns of House on Fox, except on July 15 when the MLB All-Star Game was telecast, and repeats of Reaper on The CW.

See also

References

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