Unan1mous Explained

Camera:Multi-camera
Runtime:22 minutes
Creator:Lincoln Hiatt
J. D. Roth
Todd A. Nelson
Executive Producer:Lincoln Hiatt
Presenter:J. D. Roth
Narrated:Jeselle Hicks
Country:United States
Language:English
Company:Hiattmedia
3Ball Productions
Network:Fox
Num Seasons:1
Num Episodes:8

Unan1mous is an American reality television program that premiered on the Fox Network on March 22, 2006, and ran for one season. The host of the series was J. D. Roth.

Concept

Nine strangers are locked in a bunker and told they cannot leave until they unanimously choose to award one of them the grand prize money. Contestants are isolated from the outside world, and have no access to any time references. If a contestant chooses to leave the bunker and quit the game would result in the grand prize being cut in half (in one instance on the show, a contestant was forced to leave for health reasons so the money was not cut in half).

Votes are cast by each contestant taking a ball and selecting the name of one of the other contestants via a roller inside of it (a person's own name is not included in their ball). If a vote is not unanimous, something negative happens to the players to increase the pressure to reach a unanimous decision. Throughout the course of the game, these were the "punishments" the players received:

The show was supposedly open-ended, and could end at any time: from one episode to several depending on if or when a unanimous vote is eventually reached. If the contest continued long enough, the money would be completely gone. The final episode aired May 10, 2006. However, the whole premise had a definite time limit of less than eight full days. The entire show was filmed in only 10 days, as the total amount of money was cut in half once and then decreased at such a rate as to make it impossible for the contestants to be stuck in the bunker "forever."

Cast

ContestantAgeOccupationStatus
Adam35Poker PlayerOutcast
Jameson38Human Resources ManagerActive
Jamie24ChoreographerLeft[1]
Jonathan30Real Estate FinancierActive
Kelly49MinisterLeft[2]
Richard42Writer/Temp WorkerActive[3]
Steve43Truck DriverOutcast
Tarah25Handbag DesignerWinner[4]
Vanessa36TeacherOutcast[5]

Vote history

(Red indicates Outcast)

ContestantVotes
Vote 1Vote 2Vote 3Outcast
vote 1		Vote 4Outcast
vote 2		Vote 5Vote 6Vote 7
GotGaveGotGaveGotGaveGotGaveGotGaveGotGaveGotGave
Jameson0Steve0Steve1TarahAdam1Tarah2Tarah3Jonathan1Tarah
Jonathan1Unknown0Adam1Unknown1UnknownVanessa3Richard3Richard0Tarah
Richard0Unknown0Steve0Unknown2Steve1Jonathan1Jonathan0Tarah
Tarah2Unknown0Steve2JamesonAdam1UnknownSteve1Jameson0[6] Jameson6Jameson
Vanessa1Unknown1Steve2TarahAdam1UnknownJonathan0Jameson0Jameson0Tarah
Steve3Vanessa7Vanessa1AdamAdam1Unknown0Jonathan0Jameson0Tarah
Adam0Unknown1Steve1Unknown0UnknownVanessa0Jonathan0Jonathan0Tarah
Jamie2Unknown0Steve0Unknown
Kelly0Jonathan0Steve

Footnotes

Finale

On Wednesday, May 10, 2006, the final vote was taken. Tarah received the necessary 6 votes (out of 7; her vote was for Jameson) to win the game, and won $382,193 as a result.

Broadcast information

Unan1mous was broadcast on eight consecutive Wednesday nights, from March 22 to May 10. It was broadcast in the 9:30 pm time slot, immediately after American Idol (the actual start time for each episode was 9:32 pm). The premiere episode attracted an audience of 15.84 million viewers in the United States, with most of the other episodes attracting between 12 and 14.5 million viewers. Despite these high ratings, the show did not return for a second season, presumably due to high production costs.The show aired in Australia on Fox8. It was also broadcast in Sweden on TV6 and in the Netherlands on RTL5.

International versions

Versions of the show have aired in Italy, Kenya, Spain, Norway and in the United Kingdom (where the show is called Unanimous). A version in Russia called Who does NOT want to be a millionaire? aired starting on October 4, 2008 on the Russian TNT channel. An Indian adaptation of the show, known as The Player, aired on December 12, 2009 on Channel V (now Fox Music Asia).

Country Title Broadcaster Presenter Premiere Finale
Alex Humes October 27, 2006 December 15, 2006
September 1, 2006 September 13, 2006
Кто НЕ хочет стать миллионером?
Kto ne chočet stat millionerom? 		TNT October 3, 2008 October 28, 2008
Ximo Rovira January 28, 2007 2007
The Player Ashish Sablawat December 12, 2009 2010
? ? ?
Unan1mous ? ? ? ?

References

Notes and References

  1. Jamie left the game due to medical reasons, so the money was not cut in half because of her departure
  2. Due to conflicts with others in the bunker, Kelly removed herself from the game and cut the money in half
  3. Richard was made an outcast after the first vote, but when Kelly left the game, he became active again to keep the total number of eligible players at 8
  4. After Vote 6, the inability of the outcasts to decide which of them to bring back into the game resulted in Tarah, the group leader and then an outcast, choosing to bring herself back in.
  5. Vanessa was chosen by Steve to join him as an outcast after Outcast Vote 2.
  6. After Vote 5, Tarah was the person not chosen to remain active in the game by the other outcasts.

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