The Genius

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.

Genre: Reality,

Actor:

Creator: Jeong Jong-yeon,

Country: South Korea,

Type: tv

Season: 4

Episode: N/A

Duration: 80 minutes

Release: 2013-04-26

Rating: 8

Season 1 - The Genius
2013-04-26
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.
2013-05-03
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.
2013-05-10
Players must choose to travel to 'Abundance Land' or 'Famine Land' and will then split the land's available bread to accumulate points.
2013-05-17
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.
2013-05-24
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.
2013-05-31
One 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.
2013-06-07
Open, Pass is a game where players use the number and symbol cards to create an expression to obtain the largest value.
2013-06-14
Teams 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.
2013-06-21
Number and sign tiles are auctioned off and the first player to use these tiles to complete an expression that equals 10 is the winner.
2013-06-28
This version of Scamming Horse Race makes the player's guests do the betting and collaborating, as players cannot leave their rooms.
2013-07-05
Players 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.'
2013-07-12
Whichever contestant is the first to win 2 of 3 games will be the winner of The Genius.

Season 2 - The Genius

Season 3 - The Genius
2014-10-01
Players with the same fruit will engage in price wars and the player with the highest earnings will win.
2014-10-08
The jury game will be played in citizen and criminal teams. In 5 trials, the citizen team will try to get a Guilty verdict while the criminal team will try to get a Not Guilty verdict.
2014-10-15
In Middle Race, you will draw a character with a unique ability and run a race using this character. You must finish in the middle instead of first or last.
2014-10-22
Separated into teams of 5, players take turns to attack, defend, or lie while attempting to defeat the other team's leader.
2014-10-29
Over three rounds, teams of three gather minerals for points. The remaining teams must guess wisely to earn points based on the minerals collected.
2014-11-05
Players are given unique information regarding stocks and a time when the price will rise or fall. They can gather information about fluctuating stock prices and attempt to earn the most money.
2014-11-12
Contestants compete to be the first to gather like-colored stars to complete 4 constellations.
2014-11-19
Over 9 rounds contestants will attempt to donate the most money to become the major shareholder, while avoiding donating the least and becoming the miser.
2014-11-26
In Middle Race II, new characters and abilities have been added, but you must still finish in the middle instead of first or last.
2014-12-03
Six players linked by a chain will buy number and sign tiles through auctions and negotiations to complete an equation that results in the number 10.
2014-12-17

Season 4 - The Genius