The Genius
Reality
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.
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Seasons & episodes
S1 · 12 epS2 · 12 epS3 · 12 epS4 · 12 ep
11.2.3 Game26 Apr 2013 · 80m · ★ 9.0Each 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.
2Election Game3 May 2013 · 80m · ★ 7.5Some 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.
3Abundance & Famine10 May 2013 · 80m · ★ 7.5Players must choose to travel to 'Abundance Land' or 'Famine Land' and will then split the land's available bread to accumulate points.
4Zombie Game17 May 2013 · 80m · ★ 8.5Players 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.
5Scamming Horse Race24 May 2013 · 80m · ★ 8.0The 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.
6Catch the Burglar31 May 2013 · 80m · ★ 7.5One player is the thief who will steal gold from whichever village in which he resides. In order to keep their gold, the other players must vote to banish a player from their village they think is the thief.
7Open, Pass7 Jun 2013 · 80m · ★ 8.0Open, Pass is a game where players use the number and symbol cards to create an expression to obtain the largest value.
8Kong's Dilemma14 Jun 2013 · 80m · ★ 7.5Teams of three play a game of five rounds. The team who wagers the most beans each round wins, but players cannot see how much anyone else bet.
9Expression Auction21 Jun 2013 · 80m · ★ 7.5Number and sign tiles are auctioned off and the first player to use these tiles to complete an expression that equals 10 is the winner.
10Confined Scamming Horse Race28 Jun 2013 · 80m · ★ 7.5This version of Scamming Horse Race makes the player's guests do the betting and collaborating, as players cannot leave their rooms.
115:5 Game5 Jul 2013 · 80m · ★ 7.5Players are given one hour to gather information from 10 guests which will be used to score points if 5 answer 'Yes' and 5 answer 'No.'
12Final Match12 Jul 2013 · 80m · ★ 7.0Whichever contestant wins 2 of 3 games will be the winner of The Genius.
Details
- Created by
- Jeong Jong-yeon
- First aired
- 26 Apr 2013
- Last aired
- 12 Sept 2015
- Status
- Ended
- Language
- Korean
- Network
- tvN
- Episodes
- 48
- Votes
- 8 on TMDB
Cast
Hong Jin-hoSelf
Kim Kyung-lanSelf
Lee Sang-minSelf
Jang Dong-minSelf
Yoo Jung-hyunSelf
Lim Yun-seonSelf
Choi Jung-moonSelf
Lee Jun-seokSelf
Lim Yo-hwanSelf
Oh Hyun-minSelf
Choi Yeon-seungSelf
Kim Yoo-hyeonSelf
Kim KyunghoonSelf
