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) Rome Kanda (Majide Host)[1] |
| Release | |
| Original release | June 24 – August 6, 2008 |
| Season chronology | |
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
- Order of appearance in the opening credits: Andrew, Bilenda, Cathy, Ben, Darcy, Mary, Donnell, Olga, Justin and Meaghan.
| Contestant | Original Teams |
First Switch |
Second Switch |
Final Four |
Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darcy Sletager[a] Returned to game |
Yellow Penguins |
1st eliminated (against Bilenda) | |||
| Ben Hughes (ベン) 44, Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania |
Green Monkeys |
Left game due to illness[a] | |||
| 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[b] |
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 |
List of episodes
| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "Episode 1" | June 24, 2008 | 4.4 |
| 2 | 2 | "Episode 2" | July 1, 2008 | 3.6 |
| 3 | 3 | "Episode 3" | July 8, 2008 | 4.0 |
| 4 | 4 | "Episode 4" | July 15, 2008 | 4.0 |
| 5 | 5 | "Episode 5" | July 22, 2008 | 3.2 |
| 6 | 6 | "Episode 6" | July 29, 2008 | 3.4 |
| 7 | 7 | "Finale" | August 6, 2008 | 2.9 |
Game results
| Elimination chart | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |||||
| 1 | Justin | LOSE | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | LOSE | SAFE | SAFE | OMEDETO | |||
| 2 | Donnell | WIN | LOSE | LOSE | LOSE | LOSE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAYONARA | |||
| 3 | Meaghan | WIN | LOSE | LOSE | LOSE | LOSE | WIN | SAFE | SAYONARA | ||||
| 4 | Bilenda | LOSE | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | LOSE | SAYONARA | |||||
| 5 | Andrew | LOSE | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | SAYONARA | ||||||
| 6 | Cathy | LOSE | WIN | WIN | WIN | SAYONARA | |||||||
| 7 | Mary | WIN | LOSE | LOSE | SAYONARA | ||||||||
| 8 | Darcy | SAYONARA | LOSE | SAYONARA | |||||||||
| 9 | Olga | WIN | SAYONARA | ||||||||||
| 10 | Ben | QUIT | |||||||||||
- The contestant was a member of the Green Monkeys.
- The contestant was a member of the Yellow Penguins.
- The contestant was a finalist and competed as an individual.
- (OMEDETO) The contestant was the winner.
- (SAYONARA) The contestant was the runner-up.
- (WIN) The contestant was on the winning team and was immune from the Elimination challenge.
- (LOSE) The contestant was on the losing team, but was not selected for the Elimination challenge.
- (LOSE) The contestant was on the losing team and selected for the Elimination challenge, and won.
- (SAYONARA) The contestant lost the Elimination Challenge and was eliminated.
- (SAYONARA) The contestant finished last in an individual challenge and was eliminated.
- (QUIT) The contestant withdrew from the competition.
Ratings
| Ep # | Air Date | Rating | Share | 18–49 | Viewers | Weekly Rank |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | July 24 | 4.4 | 7 | 3.1/9 (#2) | 8.03 (#2) | 10 |
| 2 | July 1 | 3.6 | 6 | 2.6/8 (#3) | 6.33 (#4) | 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 | 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
- ^ What's New Archived July 11, 2008, at the Wayback Machine from Rome Kanda's official website
- ^ "Show: "I Survived a Japanese Game Show," ABC, June 24"". The Los Angeles Times.
- ^ Chuck Barney (June 4, 2008). "Summer TV preview". The Mercury News.