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Monomane Grand Prix (ものまねグランプリ, Monomane Guran Puri) is a monomane variety owarai special program broadcast on Nippon Television on May 3, 2009. It is a renewal of Monomane Battle, which ended its broadcast on January 4 earlier that year. Neptune serves as the presenters of the event with Hélène Hayama and Mika Oguma providing additional assistance, replacing the previous Naoko Ken and Hiromi.

Rules

The Tournament

  • The event is held in a tournament fashion, with groups of competitors divided into blocks beforehand.
  • The contestants must prepare material for a match, the semifinal and the final.
  • The 24 competitors are split into three sets of eight blocks. The semi-finals are made up of the winners of each block. The final consists of four contestants.
  • The winner is awarded a prize of 1 million Yen (equivalent to approximately 10,000 dollars).

The Survival

  • Personal one-on-one matches are decided through lottery cards.

Presenters

Chairpeople

Progress

Contestants

The Tournament

Hiroiki Ariyoshi, Ungirls, Ijiri Okada, Satoshi Onoma and Twotone Aoki, Kannazuki, Kōji Tomita, Croket, The Newspaper, Shinobu-chan, Tamiaki and Ryu, Chōshin Juku, Nakagawake, Yuki Nishio, Nobu and Fukkey, Hanawa, Akimasa Haraguchi, Vitamin S, Takashi Kanemitsu (of Plus Minus), Makita Sports, Monster Engine, Hōsei Yamasaki, Kōichi Yamadera

The Survival

Hiroiki Ariyoshi, Ungirls, Ijiri Okada, Kannazuki, Kuwabata Ohara, Kōji Tomita, Yoshio Kojima, Croket Sakurazuka Yakkun, The Touch, Zabunguru, Shinobu-chan and Megumi Fukushita and Maki Aizawa, Tamiaki and Yoppi, Chōshin Juku, Take2, Tony Hirota and Chihiro Sakurai and Kōenji Pulsar, Doburokki, Nakagawake, Yuki Nishio, Yūki Ninomiya, Nobu and Fukkey, Hanawa, Akimasa Haraguchi, Harō Ueda, Vitamin S, Takashi Kanemitsu (of Plus Minus), Hori, Ken Maeda, Mitchy, Hōsei Yamasaki, Kōichi Yamadera, Ryu and Twotone Aoki and Hazuki Pal

Judges

The Tournament

Akira Nakao, Kunikazu Katsumata, Peeko, Miyuki Itori

The Survival

Tsutomu Sekine, Suzanne, Tsunku, Aya Sugimoto, Ayana Tsubaki

Broadcast dates

Number Subtitle Broadcast date Winner (MVP) Ratings Notes
1 ~The Tournament~ May 3, 2009, 7:00 PM – 9:54 PM Nakagawake 13.1%
2 ~The Survival~ September 21, 2009, 7:58 PM – 11:03 PM Nakagawake

Results

First match

A Block

Rank Order Name Office affiliation Performance Score
1st 2nd Kannazuki Ohta Production Monomane All-Star 51
2nd 1st Tamiaki and Ryu Office Auto Home and Kojima Kikaku EXILE performing "The Birthday: Ti Amo" 33
3rd 3rd Vitamin S Yoshimoto Creative Agency Akira Kobayashi and Choi Ji-woo 16

B Block

Rank Order Name Office affiliation Performance Score
1st 2nd Takashi Kanemitsu (Plus Minus) Yoshimoto Creative Agency Kurin's Tamura dressing room call 48
2nd 3rd Nobu and Fukkey Em's Plan Alice performing "Champion" 28
3rd 1st Hanawa K-Dash Stage Keisuke Kuwata setting scenery 24

C Block

Rank Order Name Office Affiliation Performance Score
1st 1st Akimasa Haraguchi K-Dash Stage Junji Takada's 3-minute cooking 63
2nd 2nd Shinobu-chan Jinsei Pro Kumi Kōda performing "Ai no Uta" 26
3rd 3rd Monster Engine Yoshimoto Creative Agency Nikaku teacher's dressing room scenery 11

D Block

Rank Order Name Office affiliation Performance Score
1st 2nd Nakagawake Yoshimoto Creative Agency Hatarakuotonatachi 48
2nd 3rd Hiroiki Ariyoshi Ōta Production Shō Aikawa's graduation speech 27
3rd 1st Satoshi Onoma and Twotone Aoki Sugar Music and Prosper class [ja] performing "Natsu no Hi no 1993" 25

E Block

Rank Order Name Office affiliation Performance Score
1st 1st Croket Mad Carfield Robot Hiroshi Itsuki 53
2nd 3rd Kōji Tomita Top Color Tsutomu Sekine's impression analysis 37
3rd 2nd Chōshin Juku Watanabe Entertainment Rock 'n roll impressions 10

F Block

Rank Order Name Office affiliation Performance Score
1st 3rd Hori Horipro Celebrity look-alike 62
2nd 2nd Upgirls Watanabe Entertainment Joyman impression 24
3rd 1st Hōsei Yamasaki Yoshimoto Creative Agency Shōgo Hamada performing "Ai to Iuna no Motoni" 14

G Block

Rank Order Nami Office Affiliation Performance Score
1st 2nd Kōichi Yamadera Across Entertainment Scatman John performing "Pripri Scat" 47
2nd 3rd Ijiri Okada Horipro Geinōkai no Nandetarō 35
3rd 1st The Newspaper TNP Company Shōichi Nakagawa's press conference 18

H Block

Rank Order Name Office affiliation Performance Score
1st 3rd Yuki Nishio Shinei Production Mika Nakashima performing "Orion" 64
2nd 1st Makita Sports Office Kitano Eikichi Yazawa legend episode 26
3rd 2nd The Touch Horipro Matsuko Deluxe 10

Semi-finals

A Block

Rank Order Name Performance Score
1st 3rd Kōji Tomita Tsurube Shōfukutei rakugo impression 50
2nd 1st Kannazuki TVXQ performing "Purple Line" 28
3rd 2nd Takashi Kanemitsu Dragon Ball impressions 22

B Block

Rank Order Name Performance Score
1st 2nd Nakagawake Legend of comedy group B&B 53
2nd 1st Akimasa Haraguchi Junji Inagawa impression 47

C Block

Rank Order Name Performance Score
1st 2nd Hori Mote utana no ni mote nai DE Show 67
2nd 1st Croket Naotarō Moriyama video impression 33

D Block

Rank Order Name Performance Score
1st 1st Kōichi Yamadera Yūsaku Kimura performing "home" 61
2nd 2nd Yuki Nishio Hikaru Utada performing "Prisoner of Love" 39

Finals

Rank Order Name Performance Score
1st 2nd Nakagawake Maikuyo Kuruyo 34
2nd 4th Kōichi Yamadera Louis Armstrong performing "When the Saints Go Marching In" 31
3rd 3rd Hori Various celebrities reading Momotarō 26
4th 1st Kōji Tomita Toshiyuki Nishida's wedding speech 9