The Genius: Rule Breaker
| The Genius: Rule Breaker | |
|---|---|
| No. of episodes | 12 |
| Release | |
| Original network | tvN |
| Original release | December 7, 2013 – February 22, 2014 |
| Season chronology | |
The Genius: Rule Breaker (더 지니어스:룰 브레이커) is the second season of The Genius, which debuted on tvN on December 7, 2013.
Cast
(in alphabetical order)
- Eun Ji-won
- Hong Jin-ho
- Jo Yoo-young
- Kim Jae-kyung
- Lee Da-hye
- Lee Doo-hee
- Lee Eun-gyeol
- Lee Sang-min
- Lim Yo-hwan
- Lim Yoon-sun
- Nam Hwee-jong
- Noh Hong-chul
- Yoo Jung-hyun
Episodes
| Episode | Main Match | Main Match winner | Immunity receiver | Main Match loser | Appointed opponent | Death Match | Eliminated | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Food Chain | Hong Jin-ho Lee Sang-min Yoo Jung-hyun Eun Ji-won Lee Da-hye |
- | Nam Hwee-jong | Lim Yoon-sun | Quattro | Nam Hwee-jong | |
| 2 | Seat Exchange | Hong Jin-ho | Yoo Jung-hyun Jo Yoo-young Lee Eun-gyeol Lee Da-hye |
Noh Hong-chul | Kim Jae-kyung | Sun, Moon, Star | Kim Jae-kyung | |
| 3 | King Game | Hong Jin-ho Lee Sang-min Lee Doo-hee |
Yoo Jung-hyun Eun Ji-won Noh Hong-chul Lim Yo-hwan Lim Yoon-sun Lee Eun-gyeol |
Jo Yoo-young Lee Da-hye |
- | Gyul! Hap! | Lee Da-hye | |
| 4 | Blackout Game | Hong Jin-ho Yoo Jung-hyun Jo Yoo-young Noh Hong-chul Lee Doo-hee |
- | Eun Ji-won | Lee Eun-gyeol | Sun, Moon, Star | Lee Eun-gyeol | |
| 5 | 7 Commandments | Lee Sang-min | Jo Yoo-young | Lim Yoon-sun | Lim Yo-hwan | Laser Chess | Lim Yoon-sun | |
| 6 | Monopoly Game | Lee Sang-min | Eun Ji-won | Lee Doo-hee | Jo Yoo-young | Blackout Game | Lee Doo-hee | |
| 7 | God's Judgment | Lee Sang-min | Yoo Jung-hyun | Eun Ji-won | Hong Jin-ho | Indian Hold'em | Hong Jin-ho | |
| 8 | Minus Auction | Lee Sang-min Jo Yoo-young |
- | Yoo Jung-hyun | Noh Hong-chul | Same Picture Hunt | Noh Hong-chul | |
| 9 | Layoff | Lee Sang-min Eun Ji-Won |
- | Jo Yoo-young | Yoo Jung-hyun | Black and White | Jo Yoo-young | |
| 10 | Big Deal Game | Lee Sang-min | Lim Yo-hwan | Yoo Jung-hyun Eun Ji-won |
- | Indian Hold'em | Eun Ji-won | |
| 11 | Elevator Game | Hong Jin-ho Lee Doo-hee Lee Da-hye 1 |
Lee Sang-min | Lim Yo-hwan Yoo Jung-hyun |
- | Black and White | Yoo Jung-hyun | |
| 12 | Indian Hold'em | Im Yo-hwan | Lee Sang-min | |||||
| Truth Detector | Lee Sang-min | Im Yo-Hwan | ||||||
| Quattro | Lee Sang-min | Im Yo-Hwan | ||||||
| Finals | Lee Sang-min : Im Yo-hwan (2:1) | |||||||
Footnotes
^1 The winners are guest players.
Elimination Chart
| Ranking | Contestants | Rounds | MM WIN |
DM IMM |
DM WIN | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 111 | 12 | |||||
| 1 | Lee Sang-min | WIN | IN | WIN | IN | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | IMM | Winner(2:1) | 8 | 1 | 0 |
| 2 | Im Yo-hwan | IN | IN | IMM | IN | DM | IN | IN | IN | IN | IMM | DM | Runner-Up(1:2) | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| 3 | Yoo Jung-hyun | WIN | IMM | IMM | WIN | IN | IN | IMM | DM | DM | DM | ELIM | Lee Sang-min | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| 4 | Eun Ji-won | WIN | IN | IMM | DM | IN | IMM | DM | IN | WIN | ELIM | Lee Sang-min | 2 | 2 | 2 | |
| 5 | Joo Yoo-young | IN | IMM | DM | WIN | IMM | DM | IN | WIN | ELIM | Lee Sang-min | 2 | 2 | 2 | ||
| 6 | Noh Hong-chul | IN | DM | IMM | WIN | IN | IN | IN | ELIM | Im Yo-hwan | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||
| 7 | Hong Jin-ho | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | IN | IN | ELIM | WIN (guest) |
Lee Sang-min | 4 | 0 | 0 | |||
| 8 | Lee Doo-hee | IN | IN | WIN | WIN | IN | ELIM | WIN (guest) |
Lee Sang-min | 2 | 0 | 0 | ||||
| 9 | Im Yoon-sun | DM | IN | IMM | IN | ELIM | Im Yo-hwan | 0 | 1 | 1 | ||||||
| 10 | Lee Eun-gyeol | IN | IMM | IMM | ELIM | Lee Sang-min | 0 | 2 | 0 | |||||||
| 11 | Lee Da-hye | WIN | IMM | ELIM | WIN (guest) |
Im Yo-hwan | 1 | 1 | 0 | |||||||
| 12 | Kim Jae-kyung | IN | ELIM | Im Yo-hwan | 0 | 0 | 0 | |||||||||
| 13 | Nam Hwee-jong | ELIM | Im Yo-hwan | 0 | 0 | 0 | ||||||||||
| Garnets | 18 | 49 | 44 | 63 | 70 | 80 | 45 | 55 | 57 | 62 | 62 | 62 (₩62,000,000) | ||||
Footnotes
^1 The winners of Round 11 were the guest players: Hong Jin-ho, Lee Doo-hee and Lee Da-hye. They received 20,000,000 Won (approximately $20,000 USD) which was shared evenly among the 10 eliminated players with each receiving 2,000,000 Won (approximately $2,000 USD). As a result, none of the Genius players won. By default, the first-place winner amongst the contestants was Lee Sang-min, who received immunity for the round.