Unan1mous

Unan1mous

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Created by Lincoln Hiatt
J. D. Roth
Todd A. Nelson
Presented by J. D. Roth
Narrated by Jeselle Hicks
Country of origin United States
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 8
Production
Executive producer(s) 3Ball Productions
Lincoln Hiatt
Camera setup Multi-camera
Running time 22 minutes
Release
Original network Fox
Original release March 22 – May 10, 2006 (2006-05-10)

Unan1mous is an American reality television program that premiered on the Fox Network on March 22, 2006 and ran for one season. The host of the series was J. D. Roth.

Concept

Nine strangers are locked in a bunker and told they cannot leave until they unanimously choose to award one of them the grand prize money. Contestants are isolated from the outside world, and have no access to any time references. If a contestant leaves the bunker, the amount of the available prize is cut in half (except in certain circumstances such as medical reasons).

Votes are cast by each contestant taking a ball and selecting the name of one of the other contestants via a roller inside of it (a person's own name is not included in their ball). If a vote is not unanimous, something negative happens to the players in order to increase the pressure to reach a unanimous decision. Throughout the course of the game, these were the "punishments" the players received:

The show was supposedly open-ended, and could end at any time: from one episode to several depending on when a unanimous vote is eventually reached. If the contest continued long enough, the money would be completely gone. The final episode aired May 10, 2006. However, the whole premise had a definite time limit of less than eight full days. The entire show was filmed in only 10 days, as the total amount of money was cut in half once and then decreased at such a rate as to make it impossible for the contestants to be stuck in the bunker "forever."

Cast

Contestant Age Occupation Status
Adam 35Poker PlayerOutcast
Jameson 38Human Resources ManagerActive
Jamie 24ChoreographerLeft[1]
Jonathan 30Real Estate FinancierActive
Kelly 49MinisterLeft[2]
Richard 42Writer/Temp WorkerActive[3]
Steve 43Truck DriverOutcast
Tarah 25Handbag DesignerWinner[4]
Vanessa 36TeacherOutcast[5]

Vote history

(Red indicates Outcast)

Contestant Votes
Vote 1 Vote 2 Vote 3 Outcast
vote 1
Vote 4 Outcast
vote 2
Vote 5 Vote 6 Vote 7
Got Gave Got Gave Got Gave Got Gave Got Gave Got Gave Got Gave
Jameson 0 Steve 0 Steve 1 Tarah Adam 1 Tarah 2 Tarah 3 Jonathan 1 Tarah
Jonathan 1 Unknown 0 Adam 1 Unknown 1 Unknown Vanessa 3 Richard 3 Richard 0 Tarah
Richard 0 Unknown 0 Steve 0[3] Unknown 2 Steve 1 Jonathan 1 Jonathan 0 Tarah
Tarah 2 Unknown 0 Steve 2 Jameson Adam 1 Unknown Steve 1 Jameson 0[6] Jameson 6[4] Jameson
Vanessa 1 Unknown 1 Steve 2 Tarah Adam 1 Unknown Jonathan 0[5] Jameson 0 Jameson 0 Tarah
Steve 3 Vanessa 7 Vanessa 1 Adam Adam 1 Unknown 0 Jonathan 0 Jameson 0 Tarah
Adam 0 Unknown 1 Steve 1 Unknown 0 Unknown Vanessa 0 Jonathan 0 Jonathan 0 Tarah
Jamie 2 Unknown 0 Steve 0 Unknown
Kelly 0 Jonathan 0 Steve

Footnotes

  1. Jamie left the game due to medical reasons, so the money was not cut in half because of her departure
  2. Due to conflicts with others in the bunker, Kelly removed herself from the game and cut the money in half
  3. 1 2 Richard was made an outcast after the first vote, but when Kelly left the game, he became active again to keep the total number of eligible players at 8
  4. 1 2 After Vote 6, the inability of the outcasts to decide which of them to bring back into the game resulted in Tarah, the group leader and then an outcast, choosing to bring herself back in.
  5. 1 2 Vanessa was chosen by Steve to join him as an outcast after Outcast Vote 2.
  6. After Vote 5, Tarah was the person not chosen to remain active in the game by the other outcasts.

Finale

On Wednesday, May 10, 2006, the final vote was taken. Tarah received the necessary 6 votes (out of 7; her vote was for Jameson) to win the game, and won $382,193 as a result.

Broadcast information

Unan1mous was broadcast on eight consecutive Wednesday nights, from March 22 to May 10. It was broadcast in the 9:30 pm time slot, immediately after American Idol (the actual start time for each episode was 9:32 pm). The premiere episode attracted an audience of 15.84 million viewers in the United States, with most of the other episodes attracting between 12 and 14.5 million viewers. Despite these high ratings, the show did not return for a second season, presumably due to high production costs. The show aired in Australia on Fox8. It was also broadcast in Sweden on TV6 and in the Netherlands on RTL5.

International versions

Versions of the show have aired in Italy, Kenya, Spain, Norway and in the United Kingdom (where the show is called Unanimous). A version in Russia called Who does NOT want to be a millionaire? aired starting on October 4, 2008 on the Russian TNT channel. An Indian adaptation of the show, known as The Player, aired on December 12, 2009 on Channel [V] (now Fox Music Asia).

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