Season two of the reality show I Survived a Japanese Game Show premiered on ABC on June 17, 2009, and was the final run of the series. Like season one, it follows a group of Americans who leave the United States for Japan, where they compete in a Japanese style game show.[2][3]
I Survived a Japanese Game Show | |
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Season 2 | |
ABC's promotional logo for Season 2 of ISaJGS. | |
Starring | Rome Kanda (TV and Majide Host)[1] |
Release | |
Original release | June 17 August 5, 2009 | –
Season chronology |
The number of episodes were increased from seven to eight for this season. Other significant changes from season one was that Tony Sano, who hosted the first season, did not return to host the second season, and the number of players was increased from ten to twelve. Also, while season one had only one group game before the elimination game, season two added a second group game, with the winning team from the first game gaining an advantage in the second game. Otherwise, the format remained the same from season one.
Originally, ten episodes were being produced, but due to the return of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire on primetime, the show was reduced to eight.[citation needed] At the end of Episode 7, there is a scene that features clowns and liquor but was never aired in time for the season finale. In the season finale that aired on August 5, Cathy Grosam, a 36-year-old "soccer mom" from Bartlett, Illinois, was declared the winner. Grosam also was a member on the winning team in every team game and thus participated in every reward event during the season. She won a cash prize of US$250,000 (JP¥25 million).
Contestants
edit- Order of appearance in the opening credits: Brent, Cathy, Bobaloo, Yari, Dan, Debbie, Drew, Jamie, Justin, Kimberly, Linda and Megan.
Contestant | Original Teams | First Switch[a] | Second Switch[b] | Third Switch[c] | Girls vs. Boys | Final Three | Finish |
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Kimberly Whitaker (キンバリー) 26, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania |
Red Robots |
1st eliminated (against Yari) | |||||
Yari Agramonte (ヤリ) 23, Bronx, New York |
Red Robots |
2nd eliminated (against Dan) | |||||
Debbie Kaufmann (デビー) 22, Easton, Connecticut |
Green Tigers |
Green Tigers |
3rd eliminated (against Brent) | ||||
Bob "Bobaloo" Koenig (ババルー) 35, Los Angeles, California |
Green Tigers |
Green Tigers |
4th eliminated (against Megan) | ||||
Drew Sealey (ドリュー) 29, St. Louis, Missouri |
Red Robots |
Red Robots |
Red Robots |
5th eliminated (against Jamie) | |||
Jamie Lewis (ジェイミー) 25, Fairless Hills, Pennsylvania |
Red Robots |
Red Robots |
Red Robots |
6th eliminated (against Dan) | |||
Dan Barbour (ダン) 25, Shrewsbury, Massachusetts |
Red Robots |
Red Robots |
Red Robots |
Red Robots |
7th eliminated (against Justin) | ||
Megan Bentley (メーガン) 29, Chicago, Illinois |
Green Tigers |
Green Tigers |
Green Tigers |
Red Robots[c] |
8th eliminated (against Justin) | ||
Brent Alexander (ブレント) 29, Miami, Florida |
Green Tigers |
Green Tigers |
Green Tigers |
Green Tigers |
Red Robots |
9th eliminated (against Justin) | |
Justin Brown (ジャスティン) 22, Brownsville, Pennsylvania |
Red Robots |
Red Robots |
Red Robots |
Red Robots |
Red Robots |
Final Three |
10th eliminated, 3rd place |
Linda Plaxen (リンダ) 32, Los Angeles, California |
Green Tigers |
Green Tigers |
Green Tigers |
Green Tigers |
Green Tigers |
Runner-up | |
Cathy Grosam (キャシー) 36, Bartlett, Illinois |
Green Tigers |
Red Robots[a] |
Green Tigers[b] |
Green Tigers |
Green Tigers |
Winner |
List of episodes
editNo. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) | |
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8 | 1 | "Episode 1" | June 17, 2009 | N/A | |
The 12 contestants across the states are invited by the producers and random Japanese mobs who escorted them to Japan to participate in a Japanese game show Majide. The 12 contestants are grouped into two groups of six: the initial members for Red Robots consist of Dan, Drew, Jamie, Justin, Kimberly and Yari; Green Tigers have Brent, Bobaloo, Cathy, Debbie, Linda and Megan as the initial members.
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9 | 2 | "Episode 2" | June 24, 2009 | N/A | |
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10 | 3 | "Episode 3" | July 1, 2009 | N/A | |
As Red Robots had two consecutive eliminations, one of the Green Tigers had to switch over to the red team to even up the teams; Cathy ended up being the one to switch.
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11 | 4 | "Episode 4" | July 8, 2008 | N/A | |
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12 | 5 | "Episode 5" | July 15, 2009 | N/A | |
Following the two consecutive losses from the Green Tigers, the Red Robots had to choose a member to even up the teams; they chose Cathy, reinstating her back to the Green Tigers.
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13 | 6 | "Episode 6" | July 22, 2009 | N/A | |
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14 | 7 | "Episode 7" | July 29, 2009 | N/A | |
As the Red Robots lost two members due to the consecutive defeats, the team was uneven for the third time; one Green Tiger had to change teams to even out the members, and Megan was sent to the Red Robots.
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15 | 8 | "Finale" | August 5, 2009 | N/A | |
Following Megan's elimination, Kanda assigned Brent to Red Robots to even out the teams one last time this season, thus the competition became a "Boys vs Girls" format.
Following Brent's elimination, the final three were informed about the dissolution of teams and would be competing as individuals.
Following Justin's elimination, the final two, Cathy and Linda, celebrated their final moments in a Roppongi Hills Mori Tower; then-House of Representatives member of Tokyo (later to become Governor) Yuriko Koike came to congratulate the finalists.
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Game results
editElimination chart | |||||||||||||||||||
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No. | Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||||||||
1 | Cathy | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | SAFE | OMEDETO | |||||||
2 | Linda | WIN | WIN | LOSE | LOSE | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | SAFE | SAYONARA | |||||||
3 | Justin | LOSE | LOSE | WIN | WIN | LOSE | LOSE | LOSE | LOSE | LOSE | SAYONARA | ||||||||
4 | Brent | WIN | WIN | LOSE | LOSE | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | SAYONARA | |||||||||
5 | Megan | WIN | WIN | LOSE | LOSE | WIN | WIN | LOSE | SAYONARA | ||||||||||
6 | Dan | LOSE | LOSE | WIN | WIN | LOSE | LOSE | SAYONARA | |||||||||||
7 | Jamie | LOSE | LOSE | WIN | WIN | LOSE | SAYONARA | ||||||||||||
8 | Drew | LOSE | LOSE | WIN | WIN | SAYONARA | |||||||||||||
9 | Bobaloo | WIN | WIN | LOSE | SAYONARA | ||||||||||||||
10 | Debbie | WIN | WIN | SAYONARA | |||||||||||||||
11 | Yari | LOSE | SAYONARA | ||||||||||||||||
12 | Kimberly | SAYONARA |
- The contestant was a member of the Green Tigers.
- The contestant was a member of the Red Robots.
- 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.
Ratings
editEp # | Air Date | Rating | Share | 18–49 | Viewers | Weekly Rank |
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1 | June 17 | TBA | TBA | 1.9/6 | 5.43 | 25t |
2 | June 24 | 1.6 | 5 | 1.6/5 | 4.18 | 60t |
3 | July 1 | TBA | TBA | TBA | 3.5 | 62 |
4 | July 8 | 69 | ||||
5 | July 15 | 62t | ||||
6 | July 22 1 | 1.4 | 4 | 1.0/4 | 3.84 | 55 |
7 | July 29 | 1.4 | 4 | 1.2/4 | 3.78 | 68t |
8 | Aug. 5 | 2.2 | 4 | 1.4/4 | 3.76 | 61 |
t – Tied.
1 Show was aired at 10 pm ET due to President Obama press conference that night.
The show faced three other reality contests: America's Got Talent on NBC, So You Think You Can Dance? on Fox, Hitched or Ditched on The CW through July 8 when repeats of America's Next Top Model replaced it and reruns of Criminal Minds on CBS. In the first week, it faced Law and Order on NBC; the reason the season started earlier (as opposed to the original July 8 date) was the date and time change of Mike Judge's The Goode Family to Fridays at 8:30 pm ET/PT due to lower than expected ratings on Wednesdays. On July 22, it ran against a repeat episode of CSI: NY on CBS and The Philanthropist on NBC.
See also
editReferences
edit- ^ 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. Archived from the original on June 7, 2008.
- ^ Chuck Barney (June 4, 2008). "Summer TV preview". The Mercury News.