The Genius (2013)
A reality series pitting people identified with "genius traits" against one another in social games of strategy, logic, and negotiation skills. Each episode consists of a main match and a death match. The main match decides the winner and elimination candidate for the day. The winner receives a token of life, which grants immunity from the death match, and potentially garnets, a game currency worth ₩1,000,000 each. Garnets can be used to improve a player's chances of winning a game, as well as be traded with other players to gain favor. The elimination candidate chooses a player without a token of life to take part in a 1v1 game called the death match. The player who loses the death match is eliminated, and the winner of the death match gains their garnets. The last remaining player is the champion, and the total garnets held by the champion will be the final prize.
- Jung Joon-Young
- Jung Jong-yeon
- Jeong Jong-yeon
Stars:
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Episode 1 - ID Exchange
Release Date: 2015-06-27Players trade ID cards to gain points while avoiding being left with an undesirable card.
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Episode 2 - Horror Race
Release Date: 2015-07-04Players support characters to win a race to obtain garnets.
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Episode 3 - Today's Menu
Release Date: 2015-07-11Players guess how many other contestants have placed the same menu order by putting their card box on the appropriate section of the game table.
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Episode 4 - Fish Shop
Release Date: 2015-07-18Fish Shop is a 'price war' that consists of four rounds of players selling the same fish, and whoever earns the most will win.
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Episode 5 - Loyalists and Rebels
Release Date: 2015-07-25Players are randomly divided into secret teams with opposing goals to either prevent or promote achieving the number 1,000.
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Episode 6 - Garnet Thief
Release Date: 2015-08-01Players choose between four characters attempting to win a limited number of garnets each round based on which characters were chosen.
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Episode 7 - Seed Poker
Release Date: 2015-08-08Players strategically receive hole cards or add to the table's seed cards. The seed card will be given to the player with the lowest numbered hole card, with players attempting to achieve the highest score from their combined cards.
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Episode 8 - Minus Auction II
Release Date: 2015-08-15An iteration on the game from Season 2 but with new mechanics to alter player strategies for acquiring cubes to achieve the lowest negative total.
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Episode 9 - Horror Race II
Release Date: 2015-08-22An iteration on the same game from earlier this season, this version includes two new rules that will alter player strategies.
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Episode 10 - Cooperative Hold'em
Release Date: 2015-08-29 -
Episode 11 - How Much
Release Date: 2015-09-05Players must deduce the price that guests offered for a product by questioning, and the player who guessed the highest price without going over will score points.
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Episode 12 - Final Match
Release Date: 2015-09-12Whichever contestant is the first to win 2 of 3 games will be the winner of The Genius Season 4.