

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.


Oct 1, 2014 - 1h 20m
Players with the same fruit will engage in price wars and the player with the highest earnings will win.

Oct 8, 2014 - 1h 20m
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.

Oct 15, 2014 - 1h 20m
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.

Oct 22, 2014 - 1h 20m
Separated into teams of 5, players take turns to attack, defend, or lie while attempting to defeat the other team's leader.

Oct 29, 2014 - 1h 20m
Over three rounds, teams of three gather minerals for points. The remaining teams must guess wisely to earn points based on the minerals collected.

Nov 5, 2014 - 1h 20m
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.

Nov 12, 2014 - 1h 20m
Contestants compete to be the first to gather like-colored stars to complete 4 constellations.

Nov 19, 2014 - 1h 20m
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.

Nov 26, 2014 - 1h 20m
In Middle Race II, new characters and abilities have been added, but you must still finish in the middle instead of first or last.

Dec 3, 2014 - 1h 20m
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.

Dec 10, 2014 - 1h 20m
Guests play a game of Yutnori with a 10-sided die while players try to earn garnets by guessing and betting.

Dec 17, 2014 - 1h 20m
Whichever contestant wins 2 of 3 games will be the winner of The Genius.