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=== Game Synopsis ===
=== Game Synopsis ===
==== Episode 1 ====
==== Episode 1: The Beginning of the Konichiwa Era ====
* {{nihongo|'''''Conveyor Restaurant'''''|コンベヤ食管}} — One person on each team is designated the eater, and the eater's four teammates fill helmet-mounted trays with flour and one [[mochi]] ball, and then, one by one, run up a treadmill to the eater, who then eats the mochi without using his hands. If the contestants fail, they would eventually be overtaken by the treadmill and land in a large pile of [[flour]]. If the contestants succeed, the eater hits a buzzer, instructing the runner to drop out and fall into the flour so the next runner can start. The team that eats the most mochi balls in four minutes wins the game.
* {{nihongo|'''''Conveyor Restaurant'''''|コンベヤ食管}} — One person on each team is designated the eater, and the eater's four teammates fill helmet-mounted trays with flour and one [[mochi]] ball, and then, one by one, run up a treadmill to the eater, who then eats the mochi without using his hands. If the contestants fail, they would eventually be overtaken by the treadmill and land in a large pile of [[flour]]. If the contestants succeed, the eater hits a buzzer, instructing the runner to drop out and fall into the flour so the next runner can start. The team that eats the most mochi balls in four minutes wins the game.


* {{nihongo|'''''Big Bug Splat On A Windshield'''''|虫人間コンテスト}} (Elimination Game) — Contestants in bug suits jump on a trampoline and accurately place markers on three separate targets on a target area decorated to look like a car windshield. The contestant with the most points after three rounds wins and advances to the next round. As for the loser, the Sayonara (Goodbye) Mob awaited them to send them back to the United States. SCORING= Round one: between one and three points for one jump, Round two: between four and six points for one jump, Round three: between seven and nine points for one jump.
* {{nihongo|'''''Big Bug Splat On A Windshield'''''|虫人間コンテスト}} (Elimination Game) — Contestants in bug suits jump on a trampoline and accurately place markers on three separate targets on a target area decorated to look like a car windshield. The contestant with the most points after three rounds wins and advances to the next round. As for the loser, the Sayonara (Goodbye) Mob awaited them to send them back to the United States. SCORING= Round one: between one and three points for one jump, Round two: between four and six points for one jump, Round three: between seven and nine points for one jump.


==== Episode 2 ====
==== Episode 2: Bear with Me ====
* {{nihongo|'''''Human Crane Finds Fluffy Bear'''''|クマちゃんつかみ取り！}} — One person is a human crane while three players each control one axis of the player's movement in order for the human crane to pick up and deliver large stuffed bears into a chute.The team that delivers the most bears in three minutes wins the game and is safe from elimination.
* {{nihongo|'''''Human Crane Finds Fluffy Bear'''''|クマちゃんつかみ取り！}} — One person is a human crane while three players each control one axis of the player's movement in order for the human crane to pick up and deliver large stuffed bears into a chute.The team that delivers the most bears in three minutes wins the game and is safe from elimination.


* {{nihongo|'''''Fight On, Mailman Taro'''''|ガンバレ！郵便太郎}} （Elimination Game) — Contestants deliver packages into shaped mail-slots through a slippery corridor while a giant fan blows wind against them and their opponent throws objects such as stuffed bears, inflatable pool toys, and newspapers at them to impede their progress. The contestant who delivers the most packages in three minutes moves on while the other is sent back to the United States by the Sayonara Mob.
* {{nihongo|'''''Fight On, Mailman Taro'''''|ガンバレ！郵便太郎}} （Elimination Game) — Contestants deliver packages into shaped mail-slots through a slippery corridor while a giant fan blows wind against them and their opponent throws objects such as stuffed bears, inflatable pool toys, and newspapers at them to impede their progress. The contestant who delivers the most packages in three minutes moves on while the other is sent back to the United States by the Sayonara Mob.


==== Episode 3 ====
==== Episode 3: Stuck in the Water ====
* {{nihongo|'''''Pedal Fast or Big Splash'''''|サイクリングドボン}} — Two players each have one opportunity to ride a tricycle on a moving conveyor belt, and they try to stay within a marked region in the middle of the belt. The two other players ride a pair of stationary bikes which decrease the conveyor belt's speed the faster they are pedaled. At the end of the belt is a pool of ice water. Each tricycle rider keeps pedaling along the belt until he or she falls into the pool of ice water. Once he or she falls in, that person's turn is officially over. The cumulative time the two tricyclers spend in the marked region is compared for each team to determine the winner.
* {{nihongo|'''''Pedal Fast or Big Splash'''''|サイクリングドボン}} — Two players each have one opportunity to ride a tricycle on a moving conveyor belt, and they try to stay within a marked region in the middle of the belt. The two other players ride a pair of stationary bikes which decrease the conveyor belt's speed the faster they are pedaled. At the end of the belt is a pool of ice water. Each tricycle rider keeps pedaling along the belt until he or she falls into the pool of ice water. Once he or she falls in, that person's turn is officially over. The cumulative time the two tricyclers spend in the marked region is compared for each team to determine the winner.


* {{nihongo|'''''You Look Funny Stuck on a Wall'''''|ぴったんこバンバン}} (Elimination Game) — The players, wearing sticky suits jump off a trampoline and attempt to stick to the sticky wall within a body-shaped outline. The player judged to be most within the outline wins a point. The first player to three points wins the game. The loser's conversation will be interrupted by the Sayonara Mob.
* {{nihongo|'''''You Look Funny Stuck on a Wall'''''|ぴったんこバンバン}} (Elimination Game) — The players, wearing sticky suits jump off a trampoline and attempt to stick to the sticky wall within a body-shaped outline. The player judged to be most within the outline wins a point. The first player to three points wins the game. The loser's conversation will be interrupted by the Sayonara Mob.


==== Episode 4 ====
==== Episode 4: Babies and Chicks ====
* {{nihongo|'''''Big Baby Go Boom'''''|ねんねんころりYOおころりYO}} — Team members dressed as babies sit in a giant spinning crib, getting dizzy. One at a time, players exit the crib and fill two cups with milk. The player must run an obstacle course carrying milk to a giant baby bottle. The course consists of spinning platforms and crawling; that combined with the dizziness causes the players to spill some of their milk. After finishing the course, the player must press a button beside the crib enabling another player to exit. The team with the most milk in their bottle in three minutes after the spinning stops for the first player wins.
* {{nihongo|'''''Big Baby Go Boom'''''|ねんねんころりYOおころりYO}} — Team members dressed as babies sit in a giant spinning crib, getting dizzy. One at a time, players exit the crib and fill two cups with milk. The player must run an obstacle course carrying milk to a giant baby bottle. The course consists of spinning platforms and crawling; that combined with the dizziness causes the players to spill some of their milk. After finishing the course, the player must press a button beside the crib enabling another player to exit. The team with the most milk in their bottle in three minutes after the spinning stops for the first player wins.


* {{nihongo|'''''Big Chicken Butt Scramble'''''|チキンと割りまSHOW}} (Elimination Game) — Contestants, after covering themselves in oil, slide into a pile of feathers, coat themselves thoroughly, then must use only their rear ends to break as many eggs as possible in two minutes. The player who breaks the most eggs wins. The loser will feel sad to go home; the only thing to make the loser happy would be the Sayonara Mob.
* {{nihongo|'''''Big Chicken Butt Scramble'''''|チキンと割りまSHOW}} (Elimination Game) — Contestants, after covering themselves in oil, slide into a pile of feathers, coat themselves thoroughly, then must use only their rear ends to break as many eggs as possible in two minutes. The player who breaks the most eggs wins. The loser will feel sad to go home; the only thing to make the loser happy would be the Sayonara Mob.


==== Episode 5 ====
==== Episode 5: Stick it to Me ====
* {{nihongo|'''''Sticky Sticky Bang Bang'''''|ハリツキバンバン}} — A player from one team is suspended from a rope wearing a sticky suit as one of their teammates throws sticky balls, and the other shoots tennis balls from an air gun, both attempting to stick balls to the suit. Two players from the opposing team hold ropes attached to the hanging player and jerk them left and right during the game, attempting to get the balls to miss. The team with the most balls stuck to their partner in two minutes wins. The title is a play on ''[[Chitty Chitty Bang Bang]]''.
* {{nihongo|'''''Sticky Sticky Bang Bang'''''|ハリツキバンバン}} — A player from one team is suspended from a rope wearing a sticky suit as one of their teammates throws sticky balls, and the other shoots tennis balls from an air gun, both attempting to stick balls to the suit. Two players from the opposing team hold ropes attached to the hanging player and jerk them left and right during the game, attempting to get the balls to miss. The team with the most balls stuck to their partner in two minutes wins. The title is a play on ''[[Chitty Chitty Bang Bang]]''.


* {{nihongo|'''''You Swing and Hope for the Best'''''|あいたら負けよ！ジャンプップ！！}}(Elimination Game) — The player begins on a platform facing a wall with seven doors. The player swings on a rope [[Tarzan]]-style towards one of the doors, hoping to find one of three solid doors. If they swing through one of the four [[styrofoam]] doors, actors dressed as a gorilla and a panda wielding a padded stick and a giant powder puff respectively attack them. Either way, they must return to the platform and swing again until they have found all three solid doors, and press a button to end the game. The players play separately, and the one who finishes fastest wins. The loser would then hear knocks from the door made by none other than the Sayonara Mob.脱落者决定
* {{nihongo|'''''You Swing and Hope for the Best'''''|あいたら負けよ！ジャンプップ！！}}(Elimination Game) — The player begins on a platform facing a wall with seven doors. The player swings on a rope [[Tarzan]]-style towards one of the doors, hoping to find one of three solid doors. If they swing through one of the four [[styrofoam]] doors, actors dressed as a gorilla and a panda wielding a padded stick and a giant powder puff respectively attack them. Either way, they must return to the platform and swing again until they have found all three solid doors, and press a button to end the game. The players play separately, and the one who finishes fastest wins. The loser would then hear knocks from the door made by none other than the Sayonara Mob.脱落者决定


==== Episode 6 ====
==== Episode 6: Clothes and Marriage ====
* {{nihongo|'''''You Stand Still! No, You Stand Still!'''''|くらくら鍵パッカン}} — Two players, one - a male dressed in [[drag (clothing)|comedic drag]] as a bride and the other as a groom - start out spinning in chairs to get dizzy. After the chairs stop spinning, the players must cross a narrow [[balance beam]] over a pool of flour and a pair of spinning floor tiles. They cross to the opposite chair where one player gets a set of keys while the other gets a belt with a lock. The latter player puts the belt on and the two return to the center spinning tiles. While standing on the spinners, the player with the keys must find the correct one to unlock the belt, and then both must return to their original chairs. The fastest team wins.
* {{nihongo|'''''You Stand Still! No, You Stand Still!'''''|くらくら鍵パッカン}} — Two players, one - a male dressed in [[drag (clothing)|comedic drag]] as a bride and the other as a groom - start out spinning in chairs to get dizzy. After the chairs stop spinning, the players must cross a narrow [[balance beam]] over a pool of flour and a pair of spinning floor tiles. They cross to the opposite chair where one player gets a set of keys while the other gets a belt with a lock. The latter player puts the belt on and the two return to the center spinning tiles. While standing on the spinners, the player with the keys must find the correct one to unlock the belt, and then both must return to their original chairs. The fastest team wins.


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:'''Note:''' A third player, ostensibly the defending Majide costume-changing champion Yuji Kamada, also competed. 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 (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 joke on the contestants after the second round.
:'''Note:''' A third player, ostensibly the defending Majide costume-changing champion Yuji Kamada, also competed. 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 (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 joke on the contestants after the second round.


====Episode 7====
==== Episode 7: Japan or Consequences ====
For the final episode, teams are abolished and the final four players face three elimination challenges as individuals.
For the final episode, teams are abolished and the final four players face three elimination challenges as individuals.


Revision as of 23:28, 11 June 2009

I Survived a Japanese Game Show
ABC's Season One promotional logo.
GenreReality Television;
Game Show
Created byDavid Sidebotham;
Karsten Bartholin
(also executive producers)
Directed byKent Weed
StarringTony Sano
(TV host)
Rome Kanda
(Majide Host)[1]
Narrated byRobert Cait
Country of originUnited States USA
(broadcast);
Denmark Denmark
(program format)
Original languagesEnglish; some Japanese with English subtitles.
No. of seasons2
No. of episodes7 (Season 1);
10 (Season 2)
Production
Executive producersArthur Smith;
Kent Weed;
Tim Cresenti
Production locationTokyo, Japan
Running timeapprox. 60 min.
Original release
NetworkABC
ReleaseJune 24, 2008 –
present

I Survived a Japanese Game Show (originally titled Big In Japan [2]) is an American reality show that premiered on ABC on June 24, 2008. The show follows ten Americans, who leave the United States for Japan where they compete in a Japanese style game show.[3][4] The winner takes home $250,000.[5] The series won the both the Best Reality prize and the overall prize at the 2009 Rose d'Or ceremony.[6]

ABC has announced that Season 2, which was supposed to have premiered on July 8th, has been moved up to June 17th at 9PM EST.

Format

See also Big in Japan (format)

Contestants are informed that they are to take part in a reality-style competition, but not informed of the nature of the show. They are flown to Tokyo, Japan, and taken to the Toho Studios, where it is revealed that they are to compete on a Japanese game show called Majide (本気で). They are broken up into teams and, in the first six episodes, compete in games against each other. The winning team is given a reward activity while the losing team is given a punishment activity. Two members of the losing team are chosen to compete in a second game head-to-head where the loser of that game is eliminated. In the final part, the teams are broken up and the four remaining players face three elimination challenges; in all cases, the losing contestant is eliminated from the show and carried offstage by the "sayonara mob"脱落`者决定！, dressed in black suits.

The series follows not only the Majide competition, but also the contestants' activities backstage and outside the game show in reality style. The contestants live in a house (Kasai House) together, with a Mama-san (Kozue Saito), who generally expects the contestants to live in line with Japanese culture and customs.

The host of I Survived A Japanese Game Show is Japanese-American Tony Sano, whose additional television credits include MTV Spring Break Japan and a recurring role on the The CW4Kids series '''Kamen Rider: Dragon Knight''' . [7] About the show, Sano commented, "It's going to be like nothing American audiences have seen on network television" (Matt Hurwitz, Associated Press) [8] Episodes are narrated by Robert Cait.

The show is produced by A. Smith & Co. Productions (the producers of Gordon Ramsey's Hell's Kitchen and Kitchen Nightmares in the USA) with Arthur Smith, Kent Weed of A. Smith and Co. and Tim Cresenti of Small World International Format Television as executive producers and Weed directing, and is distributed by Disney/ABC's Greengrass Productions division. The format was created by Danish producers Karsten Bartholin and David Sidebothin for Babyfoot Aps, and was originally titled Big in Japan.

Majide

Majide, the show-within-the-show, is not an actual Japanese game show, but is intended to resemble what a typical Japanese game show is like, and the themes are very similar.[9] The American producers watched hours of these Japanese game shows, took the most common elements and created all of the games, with help from producers in Japan, who also produced the game segments at Toho Studios.[10] In contrast to many American game shows, which are usually based on either trivia (such as Jeopardy!) or mental skill (like The Price is Right), Japanese game shows tend to be more physically oriented, such as Takeshi's Castle. The Nickelodeon game show Double Dare was a hybrid of both the American and Japanese styles.

Majide is hosted by Rome Kanda[11] and judged by Masahiro Hurugori, known on the show as Judge Bobu (Bob). Kanda has translated "Majide" (マジで) as "You've got to be crazy!"

Season One

Contestants

Contestant Occupation First Teams Ben's Out Even the Teams Final Finish Games Won
Ben Hughes
44, Punxsutawney, PA 		Vice president of hospital,
co-handler of Punxsutawney Phil 		Green Monkeys Left
Due to illness 		Team Games:1 Elimination Games:0
Olga Medvedev
26, Medford, MA 		Waitress Green Monkeys Green Monkeys 1st eliminated
(against Darcy)
Darcy Sletager
31, Sandpoint, ID 		Photo editor Yellow Penguins Green Monkeys 2nd eliminated
(against Meaghan)
Mary Greenawalt
23, Matthews, NC 		Gym membership sales rep Green Monkeys Green Monkeys 3rd eliminated
(against Donnell)
Cathy Nardone
21, Staten Island, NY 		Affiliate manager Yellow Penguins Yellow Penguins Green Monkeys 4th eliminated
(against Donnell)
Andrew Kelly-Hayes
28, Boston, MA 		Radio sales consultant Yellow Penguins Yellow Penguins Yellow Penguins 5th eliminated
(against Bilenda)
Bilenda Madison
38, Charlotte, NC 		Veterinarian Yellow Penguins Yellow Penguins Yellow Penguins Final Four 6th eliminated
4th Place
Meaghan Cooper
22, San Antonio, TX 		Bartender / Hooters girl Green Monkeys Green Monkeys Green Monkeys Final Four 7th eliminated
3rd Place
Donnell Pitman
32, Chicago, IL 		Real Estate Appraiser Green Monkeys Green Monkeys Green Monkeys Final Four Runner-up
2nd Place
Justin Wood
24, Trussville, AL 		Financial representative Yellow Penguins Yellow Penguins Yellow Penguins Final Four Winner

Game Synopsis

Episode 1: The Beginning of the Konichiwa Era

  • Conveyor Restaurant (コンベヤ食管) — One person on each team is designated the eater, and the eater's four teammates fill helmet-mounted trays with flour and one mochi ball, and then, one by one, run up a treadmill to the eater, who then eats the mochi without using his hands. If the contestants fail, they would eventually be overtaken by the treadmill and land in a large pile of flour. If the contestants succeed, the eater hits a buzzer, instructing the runner to drop out and fall into the flour so the next runner can start. The team that eats the most mochi balls in four minutes wins the game.
  • Big Bug Splat On A Windshield (虫人間コンテスト) (Elimination Game) — Contestants in bug suits jump on a trampoline and accurately place markers on three separate targets on a target area decorated to look like a car windshield. The contestant with the most points after three rounds wins and advances to the next round. As for the loser, the Sayonara (Goodbye) Mob awaited them to send them back to the United States. SCORING= Round one: between one and three points for one jump, Round two: between four and six points for one jump, Round three: between seven and nine points for one jump.

Episode 2: Bear with Me

  • Human Crane Finds Fluffy Bear (クマちゃんつかみ取り！) — One person is a human crane while three players each control one axis of the player's movement in order for the human crane to pick up and deliver large stuffed bears into a chute.The team that delivers the most bears in three minutes wins the game and is safe from elimination.
  • Fight On, Mailman Taro (ガンバレ！郵便太郎) （Elimination Game) — Contestants deliver packages into shaped mail-slots through a slippery corridor while a giant fan blows wind against them and their opponent throws objects such as stuffed bears, inflatable pool toys, and newspapers at them to impede their progress. The contestant who delivers the most packages in three minutes moves on while the other is sent back to the United States by the Sayonara Mob.

Episode 3: Stuck in the Water

  • Pedal Fast or Big Splash (サイクリングドボン) — Two players each have one opportunity to ride a tricycle on a moving conveyor belt, and they try to stay within a marked region in the middle of the belt. The two other players ride a pair of stationary bikes which decrease the conveyor belt's speed the faster they are pedaled. At the end of the belt is a pool of ice water. Each tricycle rider keeps pedaling along the belt until he or she falls into the pool of ice water. Once he or she falls in, that person's turn is officially over. The cumulative time the two tricyclers spend in the marked region is compared for each team to determine the winner.
  • You Look Funny Stuck on a Wall (ぴったんこバンバン) (Elimination Game) — The players, wearing sticky suits jump off a trampoline and attempt to stick to the sticky wall within a body-shaped outline. The player judged to be most within the outline wins a point. The first player to three points wins the game. The loser's conversation will be interrupted by the Sayonara Mob.

Episode 4: Babies and Chicks

  • Big Baby Go Boom (ねんねんころりYOおころりYO) — Team members dressed as babies sit in a giant spinning crib, getting dizzy. One at a time, players exit the crib and fill two cups with milk. The player must run an obstacle course carrying milk to a giant baby bottle. The course consists of spinning platforms and crawling; that combined with the dizziness causes the players to spill some of their milk. After finishing the course, the player must press a button beside the crib enabling another player to exit. The team with the most milk in their bottle in three minutes after the spinning stops for the first player wins.
  • Big Chicken Butt Scramble (チキンと割りまSHOW) (Elimination Game) — Contestants, after covering themselves in oil, slide into a pile of feathers, coat themselves thoroughly, then must use only their rear ends to break as many eggs as possible in two minutes. The player who breaks the most eggs wins. The loser will feel sad to go home; the only thing to make the loser happy would be the Sayonara Mob.

Episode 5: Stick it to Me

  • Sticky Sticky Bang Bang (ハリツキバンバン) — A player from one team is suspended from a rope wearing a sticky suit as one of their teammates throws sticky balls, and the other shoots tennis balls from an air gun, both attempting to stick balls to the suit. Two players from the opposing team hold ropes attached to the hanging player and jerk them left and right during the game, attempting to get the balls to miss. The team with the most balls stuck to their partner in two minutes wins. The title is a play on Chitty Chitty Bang Bang.
  • You Swing and Hope for the Best (あいたら負けよ！ジャンプップ！！)(Elimination Game) — The player begins on a platform facing a wall with seven doors. The player swings on a rope Tarzan-style towards one of the doors, hoping to find one of three solid doors. If they swing through one of the four styrofoam doors, actors dressed as a gorilla and a panda wielding a padded stick and a giant powder puff respectively attack them. Either way, they must return to the platform and swing again until they have found all three solid doors, and press a button to end the game. The players play separately, and the one who finishes fastest wins. The loser would then hear knocks from the door made by none other than the Sayonara Mob.脱落者决定

Episode 6: Clothes and Marriage

  • You Stand Still! No, You Stand Still! (くらくら鍵パッカン) — Two players, one - a male dressed in comedic drag as a bride and the other as a groom - start out spinning in chairs to get dizzy. After the chairs stop spinning, the players must cross a narrow balance beam over a pool of flour and a pair of spinning floor tiles. They cross to the opposite chair where one player gets a set of keys while the other gets a belt with a lock. The latter player puts the belt on and the two return to the center spinning tiles. While standing on the spinners, the player with the keys must find the correct one to unlock the belt, and then both must return to their original chairs. The fastest team wins.
  • Clothes On, Clothes Off! (激突！生着替え)(Elimination Game) — The players, in a room full of costumes, race to dress in a given costume modeled by a mannequin. Three rounds are played with different costumes: A construction worker, a red devil and a Sweet Lolita Harujuku Girl. The player with the fastest total time after all three changes wins and everyone would then say "Sayonara" to the loser who will be escorted to the egress by the Sayonara Mob.
Note: A third player, ostensibly the defending Majide costume-changing champion Yuji Kamada, also competed. 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 (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 joke on the contestants after the second round.

Episode 7: Japan or Consequences

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

  • Making New Friends in Japan (世界に広げようムチャぶりの輪！) — The finalists go out into the streets of Tokyo and must accomplish five tasks in the following order:
  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 makes new friends with none other than the Sayonara Mob.
  • Squishy Squishy (ザ・スポンジマン) — The three remaining players compete, one at a time. Each wears a squishy suit and gets into a shallow pool of water, absorbing some in the suit. They then run a maze, while their opponents each swing a spiked ball at them.危险!DANGER! At the end of the maze is a wedge-shaped pair of walls the player may use to squeeze water out of the suit, which drains into a container. The player who collects the least water in the container in three minutes is taken away by the Sayonara Mob.
  • SUPER MAJIDE (本気で！全部のせ) — The two finalists compete head-to-head on an obstacle course which combines elements from the series' previous challenges. They begin in spinning chairs and must then ride a tricycle across a narrow path over a pool of cold water. Then they must smash six eggs with their buttocks, crawl through a pool of flour, climb an inclined sticky wall using sticky grips. The players then continue by sliding down a pole, eating three mochi balls, and then swing on a rope into one of three doors until they find the one that breaks away and hit a buzzer on the other side. The player who does so first wins the grand prize and gets congratulated by the Omedeto ("Congratulations") Sayonara Mob (Dressed in white suits)

Game Results

Episode Game Winner(s) Reward Loser(s) Punishment
1 Conveyor Restaurant (コンベヤ食管) Green Monkeys
(10 Mochi balls) 		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/
8 points) 		Darcy
(16 points/
7 points) 		1st eliminated
(Later reinstated)
2 Human Crane Finds Fluffy Bear (クマちゃんつかみ取り) Yellow Penguins
(10 Fluffy Bears) 		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) 		1st eliminated
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) 		2nd eliminated
4 Big Baby Go Boom (ねんねんころりYOおころりYO) Yellow Penguins 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) 		3rd eliminated
5 Sticky Sticky Bang Bang (ハリツキバンバン) Yellow Penguins
(24 balls) 		Visit to a Shinto shrine
and receive a blessing 		Green Monkeys
(7 Balls) 		Making Mochi
for the audience
You Swing and Hope for the Best (あいたら負けよ！ジャンプップ) Donnell
(1:07) 		Cathy
(2:05) 		4th eliminated
6 You Stand Still! No, You Stand Still! (くらくら鍵パッカン) Green Monkeys
(1:04) 		Overnight stay in a US $12,000 suite
at the Tokyo Grand Hyatt hotel 		Yellow Penguins
(1:09) 		Overnight stay at
a capsule hotel
Clothes On, Clothes Off! (激突！生着替え) Bilenda Andrew 6th eliminated
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
4th Place
Squishy Squishy (ザ・スポンジマン) Donnell, Justin Meaghan 8th eliminated
3rd Place
SUPER MAJIDE (本気で！全部のせ) Justin Winner + $250,000 Donnell Runner-up
2nd Place

Ratings

Ep # Air Date Rating Share 18-49 Viewers Weekly Rank
1 June 24th 4.4 7 3.1/9 (#2) 8.03 (#2) #10
2 July 1st 3.6 6 2.6/8 (#3) 6.33 (#4) #28
3 July 8th 4.0 7 2.8/8 (#3) 6.83 (#4) #26t
4 July 15th 4.0 7 2.4/7 (#3) 5.82 (#4) #31t
5 July 22nd 3.2 5 2.2/7 (#3) 5.74 (#4) #31t
6 July 29th 3.4 6 2.3 (#4) 5.84 #30
7 Aug. 5th 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 and reruns of House on Fox, except on July 15 when the MLB All-Star Game was telecast.

Season Two

The second season will debut June 17, 2009 at 9 PM US EDT/PDT on ABC and will feature ten episodes instead of seven. In addition, the number of contestants has been increased to twelve. The show will face three other reality contests: America's Got Talent on NBC, So You Think You Can Dance? on Fox, Hitched or Ditched on The CW and reruns of Criminal Minds on CBS.

Contestants

The players will be divided into two teams, the "Red Monkeys" and the "Green Tigers". The players will be as follows: [12]

Name Hometown Age Occupation
Yari Agramonte Bronx, NY 22 Accounting Clerk/Student
Brent Alexander Miami, FL 28 Salsa Dance Instructor
Dan Barbour Shrewbury, MA 25 Librarian
Megan Bentley Chicago, IL 28 Dental Supply Salesperson
Justin Brown Carbondale, PA 22 College Student
Cathy Grosam Bartlett, IL 36 Domestic Engineer
Debbie Kaufmann Easton, CT 22 Stablehand
Bob "Bobaloo" Koenig Los Angeles, CA 35 Housecleaner
Jamie Lewis Fairless Hills, PA 25 Leasing Agent
Linda Plaxen Los Angeles, CA 32 Button Seller
Drew Sealey St. Louis, MO 29 Lawyer
Kimberly Whitaker Philadelphia, PA 25 Elementary School Teacher

International Formats

Besides the USA, fifteen other countries have bought this format.[13] The American version of this show is airing in Denmark on TV 3+, New Zealand's TV2, Singapore's Channel 5, the Philippines' Studio 23 and Sweden's TV6. The Greek version of the show (under the original name Big In Japan) airs on Alpha TV.In Malaysia 8tv, Fridays 10:30pm

Other versions

In 2009, Sweden began airing its own version of the show (''Hjälp! Jag är med i en japansk TV-show'') with Swedish celebrities competing against each other. The show is produced and aired by TV4. The Swedish version is also recorded in the Toho Studios and also stars Tony Sano, Masahiro Hurugori and Rome Kanda. The show is narrated by Carolina Gynning.

Contestants


A Norwegian version of the Swedish format has also been aired by the Norwegian network TV3

References

  1. ^ What's New from Rome Kanda's official website
  2. ^ SmallWorld IFT
  3. ^ "Show: "I Survived a Japanese Game Show," ABC, June 24"". The Los Angeles Times. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  4. ^ Chuck Barney (2008-06-04). "Summer TV preview". The Mercury News. {{cite web}}: Italic or bold markup not allowed in: |publisher= (help)
  5. ^ I Survived A Japanese Game Show
  6. ^ "Rose d'Or Winners 2009" (PDF). Rose d'Or AG. 2009-05-06. Retrieved 2009-05-05.
  7. ^ (www.tonysano.com)
  8. ^ [1].
  9. ^ I Survived A ‘Japanese’ Game Show | Japan Probe
  10. ^ Q&A: Tony Sano of I Survived a Japanese Game Show
  11. ^ "J!-ENT SPECIAL INTERVIEW with ROME KANDA by J!-ENT's Dennis A. Amith" (PDF). Retrieved 2008-09-19.
  12. ^ http://abc.go.com/primetime/isurvivedajapanesegameshow/index?pn=about
  13. ^ Babyfoot Aps web site.

External links

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