I Survived a Japanese Game Show (season 2)

I Survived a
Japanese Game Show
(season 2)

ABC's promotional logo for Season 2 of ISaJGS.
Starring Rome Kanda
(TV and Majide Host)[1]
Narrated by Robert Cait
Release
Original release June 17, 2009 – August 5, 2009
External links
Production website

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]

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. 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.

Contestants

Contestant Original Teams First Switch[lower-alpha 1] Second Switch[lower-alpha 2] Third Switch[lower-alpha 3] Girls vs. Boys Final Three Finish
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
[lower-alpha 3]
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
[lower-alpha 1]
Green
Tigers
[lower-alpha 2]
Green
Tigers
Green
Tigers
Winner
  1. 1 2 The teams were uneven at the time, as the Green Tigers voted Cathy to move over to the opposite team Red Robots.
  2. 1 2 The teams were uneven again, as Cathy moved back to the Green Tigers.
  3. 1 2 The teams were uneven for a third time, as Megan moved to the Red Robots.

List of episodes

Episode 1

The first episode aired on June 17, 2009.

Episode 2

The second episode aired on June 24, 2009.

Episode 3

The third episode aired on July 1, 2009.

Episode 4

The fourth episode aired on July 8, 2009.

Episode 5

The fifth episode aired on July 15, 2009.

Episode 6

The sixth episode aired on July 22, 2009.

Episode 7

The seventh episode aired on July 29, 2009.

Episode 8

The eight and final episode aired on August 5, 2009.

At this point, all teams were abolished, and the three remaining players competed individually in the last two games:
  1. Get someone to bow 10 times;
  2. Get someone to put on lipstick provided to them and kiss them;
  3. Get someone to tickle them by saying a phrase in Japanese;
  4. Borrow a cell phone and call the studio;
  5. Get five people to do the can-can dance.
After completing the tasks, the contestants head to the Tokyo Tower; the last contestant to return leaves with his/her enemy: the Sayonara Mob.

Game results

     Games with a pink background indicate elimination games.

# Games Winner(s) Reward Loser(s) Punishment
1 Rabbit Fire (ラビットファイヤー) Green
Tigers
(58 Bento boxes)
An extra human torpedo in the second game (if necessary). Red
Robots
(57 Bento boxes)
Wheel of Human Torpedoes (人間魚雷ボウリング) Green Tigers
(8 cans)
A helicopter trip to Mount Fuji. Red
Robots
(5 cans)
Cleaning Kannai Station in the Yokohama Subway system.
Big Spider Yanky Danky (ビッグスパイダーヤンキーダンキー) Yari
(12 parts)
[lower-alpha 1]
Kimberly
(12 parts)
[lower-alpha 1]
1st eliminated in 12th place.
2 Party In My Pants (パーティーパンツ) Green
Tigers
(104 balls)
A five-second head start in the second game. Red
Robots
(102 balls)
Somebody Put Clothes On Bob (着せかえ ボブちゃん) Green
Tigers
A VIP treatment and throwing the first pitch in the Tokyo Dome. Red
Robots
Working at Lotte Kasai, the world's largest driving range.
Lotion, Lotion, What's The Commotion? (ローション騒動) Dan
(2:36 seconds)
Yari
(5:33 seconds)
2nd eliminated in 11th place.
3 Gopher Make U Crazy (たたいて邪魔してピンポンパン) Red
Robots
(106 balls)
One player doesn't have to wear boxing gloves in the next game. Green
Tigers
(66 balls)
Four Near-Sighted Mice and Big Cheese (見えないネズミと巨大なチーズ) Red
Robots
Dining at Kayabukiya Tavern, traveling with the Shinkansen. Green
Tigers
Building a Zen garden at the Majide house.
Big Penguin Belly Flop (ペンギンたちの腹ばい) Brent
(20 eggs)
Debbie
(16 eggs)
3rd eliminated in 10th place.
4 Snap Attack! (スナップアタック!) Red
Robots
(3 points)
One player receives an extra cup
in the second game.
Green
Tigers
(1 point)
Paint Splash Madness! (狂気! しぶき! ペンキ!) Red
Robots
(1,12kg)
Driving and drifting on a race track. Green
Tigers
(0,68kg)
Working at a gas station in Tokyo.
Alien Took My Teddy Bear (エイリアンは私のテディベアを取った) Megan
(2 teddy bears)
Bobaloo
(1 teddy bear)
4th eliminated in 9th place.
5 Soccer Time With Grandpa (ジジババサッカー) Green
Tigers
(5 goals)
A player in the opposite team wears shackles in the second game. Red
Robots
(3 goals)
Stuck On Golf (ミニゴルフ べっとり マスターズ) Green
Tigers
(15 balls)
Visiting a 400-year-old sake brewery and tasting of Yamagata beef. Red
Robots
(24 balls)
Working with harvesting seaweed on a boat.
Stretchy Squid Face (イカパンスト) Jamie
(12 squids)
Drew
(11 squids)
5th eliminated in 8th place.
6 Brain Freeze Fish Breath! (極寒でキ〜ン魚!) Green
Tigers
(3 fish)
One in the opposite team will wear a different restricting costume. Red
Robots
(1 fish)
Baby Go Boom Boom (ねんねんころりYOおころりYO) Green
Tigers
Watching sumo wrestlers workout. Red
Robots
Working as sumo servants.
Up Your Nose, Dragon (アップユアノーズドラゴン) Dan
(3 balls)
Jamie
(0 balls)
6th eliminated in 7th place.
7 Sour Milk For Kitty (仔猫のサワーミルク) Green
Tigers
A free kick in the second game. Red
Robots
Big Foot Bang Bang (デカ足バンバン) Green
Tigers
(12 goals)
A chance to train as a samurai and participating in a parade. Red
Robots
(1 goal)
Cutting down bamboos and making chopsticks.
You Look Funny Stuck On Wall (ぴぅたんこバンバン) Justin
(4 points)
Dan
(1 point)
7th eliminated in 6th place.
8 Dude! Where's My Luggage? (おーい, オレの荷物どこだよ!?) Green
Tigers
(24 bags)
A visit to Joypolis, travelling with the Tokyo Cruise Ship. Red
Robots
(17 bags)
Intense training with Buddhist monks.
Balloon Assassin (風船の暗殺者) Justin
(31 balloons)
Megan
(23 balloons)
8th eliminated in 5th place.
You Stand Still! No, You Stand Still! (くらくら鍵パッカン) Green
Tigers
(1:44 seconds)
Appear as guests on a Japanese morning show, Zoom In Super. Red
Robots
(2:16 seconds)
Working in a bento factory and delivering bento lunch boxes.
T-Shirt Torture (拷問Tシャツ) Justin Brent 9th eliminated in 4th place.
Making New Friends In Japan (世界に広げようむちゃぶりの輪) Linda,
Cathy
Visiting Roppongi Hills Mori Tower for a Majide celebration. Justin 10th eliminated in 3rd place.
Super Majide! (超本気で!) Cathy A $250,000 Grand Prize. Linda Runner-up
  1. 1 2 Both of them collected 12 parts, but Yari won due to having more butterflies completed than Kimberly.

Ratings

Ep # Air Date Rating Share 18–49 Viewers Weekly Rank
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

References

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