The Genius ·더 지니어스
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.
- Created By
Jeong Jong-yeon
- First Aired on
Apr 26, 2013
- Popularity: 1.5268
- 5 votes
- Networks
- (KR)
- Production
CJ ENM (KR)
- Status: Ended
Show Ended
4 seaons till Sep 12, 2015
Last episode: Final Match
Seasons & episodes
Total 4 seasons, 48 episodes
Rules of the Game
Aired
Episode 11.2.3 Game80 min
Each player has nine cards: three each of "1", "2", and "3", which they must play against each other to win points. Any player with cards left over at the end loses.
Episode 2Election Game80 min
Some players stand as election candidates, and whomever gets the most votes wins. The player with the least votes will be the elimination candidate and gets to pick from the voters who will be their opponent in the deathmatch.
Episode 3Abundance & Famine80 min
Players must choose to travel to 'Abundance Land' or 'Famine Land' and will then split the land's available bread to accumulate points.
Episode 4Zombie Game80 min
Players draw lots to become two zombies, with the others remaining as humans. Players must touch another player every round while trying to avoid becoming a zombie.
Episode 5Scamming Horse Race80 min
The contestants bet on a horse race that has a predetermined outcome. They each will receive a different clue for the outcome of the race. Contestants combining clues will be crucial to figuring out which horse to bet on.
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