Original title
더 지니어스
Released
4/26/2013
Origin country
KR
Genre
Reality
Production companies
CJ ENM
Status
Ended
Number of seasons
4
Number of episodes
48
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.
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.
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.
Players must choose to travel to 'Abundance Land' or 'Famine Land' and will then split the land's available bread to accumulate points.
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.
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.
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.
Open, Pass is a game where players use the number and symbol cards to create an expression to obtain the largest value.
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.
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.
This version of Scamming Horse Race makes the player's guests do the betting and collaborating, as players cannot leave their rooms.
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.'
Whichever contestant wins 2 of 3 games will be the winner of The Genius.
Players randomly select animals and attempt to win based on its predator-prey interaction and a unique win condition.
Players have a starting number and attempt to create a 5 number straight before 10 minutes pass and all the numbers increase.
Players vote with a finger or thumb in favor of a king, but the king and the gesture change as the rounds advance.
Two teams of five play in a darkened area and gain points by passing a boundary line, while a defender must judge if players have crossed.
Players receive a bill in private, and earn points by working with others to form a global bill that benefits them personally.
Players trade cards to monopolize one of 8 resources.
Players roll a set of die and earn points if the sum equals a number they chose beforehand.
Players acquire cubes to achieve the lowest negative total by accepting a cube or declining with chips on a range of numbers.
Similar to the first episodes' game 'Food Chain' but players are executives or workers in a company of various departments.
Four teams of two negotiate to distribute points based on the different colors they selected.
Two teams try to move their piece across a game board by voting strategically on the number of spaces moved at each turn.
Whichever contestant wins 2 of 3 games will be the winner of The Genius Season 2.
Players with the same fruit will engage in price wars and the player with the highest earnings will win.
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.
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.
Separated into teams of 5, players take turns to attack, defend, or lie while attempting to defeat the other team's leader.
Over three rounds, teams of three gather minerals for points. The remaining teams must guess wisely to earn points based on the minerals collected.
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.
Contestants compete to be the first to gather like-colored stars to complete 4 constellations.
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.
In Middle Race II, new characters and abilities have been added, but you must still finish in the middle instead of first or last.
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.
Guests play a game of Yutnori with a 10-sided die while players try to earn garnets by guessing and betting.
Whichever contestant wins 2 of 3 games will be the winner of The Genius.
Players trade ID cards to gain points while avoiding being left with an undesirable card.
Players support characters to win a race to obtain garnets.
Players guess how many other contestants have placed the same menu order by putting their card box on the appropriate section of the game table.
Fish Shop is a 'price war' that consists of four rounds of players selling the same fish, and whoever earns the most will win.
Players are randomly divided into secret teams with opposing goals to either prevent or promote achieving the number 1,000.
Players choose between four characters attempting to win a limited number of garnets each round based on which characters were chosen.
Players strategically receive hole cards or add to the table's seed cards. The seed card will be given to the player with the lowest numbered hole card, with players attempting to achieve the highest score from their combined cards.
An iteration on the game from Season 2 but with new mechanics to alter player strategies for acquiring cubes to achieve the lowest negative total.
An iteration on the same game from earlier this season, this version includes two new rules that will alter player strategies.
Players must deduce the price that guests offered for a product by questioning, and the player who guessed the highest price without going over will score points.
Whichever contestant is the first to win 2 of 3 games will be the winner of The Genius Season 4.
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