| Season Number: | 1 |
| Starring: | Tony Sano (TV host) Rome Kanda (Majide Host)[1] |
I Survived a Japanese Game Show is an American reality show that followed a group of Americans who leave the United States for Japan, where they compete in a Japanese style game show.[2] [3] Season one premiered on ABC on June 24, 2008. The show was hosted by Tony Sano. On August 6, 2008, financial representative, Justin Wood, was pronounced the winner. He won a cash prize of US$250,000 (JP¥25 million).
| Contestant | width=75px | Original Teams | width=75px | First Switch | width=75px | Second Switch | width=75px | Final Four | Finish |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Darcy Sletager Returned to game | Yellow Penguins | 1st eliminated (against Bilenda) | |||||||
44, Punxsutawney, Pennsylvania | Green Monkeys | Left game due to illness | |||||||
26, Medford, Massachusetts | Green Monkeys | Green Monkeys | 2nd eliminated (against Darcy) | ||||||
31, Sandpoint, Idaho | Yellow Penguins | Green Monkeys | 3rd eliminated (against Meaghan) | ||||||
23, Matthews, North Carolina | Green Monkeys | Green Monkeys | 4th eliminated (against Donnell) | ||||||
21, Staten Island, New York | Yellow Penguins | Yellow Penguins | Green Monkeys | 5th eliminated (against Donnell) | |||||
28, Boston, Massachusetts | Yellow Penguins | Yellow Penguins | Yellow Penguins | 6th eliminated (against Bilenda) | |||||
38, Charlotte, North Carolina | Yellow Penguins | Yellow Penguins | Yellow Penguins | 7th eliminated, 4th place | |||||
22, San Antonio, Texas | Green Monkeys | Green Monkeys | Green Monkeys | 8th eliminated, 3rd place | |||||
32, Chicago, Illinois | Green Monkeys | Green Monkeys | Green Monkeys | Runner-up | |||||
24, Trussville, Alabama | Yellow Penguins | Yellow Penguins | Yellow Penguins | Winner | |||||
| Elimination chart | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| No. | Name | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |||||
| 1 | LOSE | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | LOSE | SAFE | SAFE | OMEDETO | ||||
| 2 | WIN | LOSE | LOSE | LOSE | LOSE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAYONARA | ||||
| 3 | WIN | LOSE | LOSE | LOSE | LOSE | WIN | SAFE | SAYONARA | |||||
| 4 | LOSE | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | LOSE | SAYONARA | ||||||
| 5 | LOSE | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | SAYONARA | |||||||
| 6 | LOSE | WIN | WIN | WIN | SAYONARA | ||||||||
| 7 | WIN | LOSE | LOSE | SAYONARA | |||||||||
| 8 | SAYONARA | LOSE | SAYONARA | ||||||||||
| 9 | WIN | SAYONARA | |||||||||||
| 10 | QUIT | ||||||||||||
The contestant was a member of the Green Monkeys.
The contestant was a member of the Yellow Penguins.
The contestant was a finalist and competed as an individual.
(OMEDETO) The contestant was the winner.
(SAYONARA) The contestant was the runner-up.
(WIN) The contestant was on the winning team and was immune from the Elimination challenge.
(LOSE) The contestant was on the losing team, but was not selected for the Elimination challenge.
(LOSE) The contestant was on the losing team and selected for the Elimination challenge, and won.
(SAYONARA) The contestant lost the Elimination Challenge and was eliminated.
(SAYONARA) The contestant finished last in an individual challenge and was eliminated.
(QUIT) The contestant withdrew from the competition.
| Ep # | Air Date | Rating | Share | 18–49 | Viewers | Weekly Rank | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | July 24 | 4.4 | 7 | 3.1/9 (#2) | 8.03 (#2) | 10 | |
| 2 | July 1 | 3.6 | 6 | 2.6/8 (#3) | 6.33 (#4) | 28 | |
| 3 | July 8 | 4.0 | 7 | 2.8/8 (#3) | 6.83 (#4) | 26t | |
| 4 | July 15 | 4.0 | 7 | 2.4/7 (#3) | 5.82 (#4) | 31t | |
| 5 | July 23 | 3.2 | 5 | 2.2/7 (#3) | 5.74 (#4) | 31t | |
| 6 | July 30 | 3.4 | 6 | 2.3 (#4) | 5.84 | 30 | |
| 7 | August 6 | 2.9 | 5 | 1.9 | 4.50 | 42t |
The show went against America's Got Talent on NBC, Big Brother 10 on CBS, reruns of House on Fox, except on July 15 when the MLB All-Star Game was telecast, and repeats of Reaper on The CW.