I Survived a Japanese Game Show (season 2)

The 12 contestants across the states are invited by the producers and random Japanese mobs who escorted them to Japan to participate in a Japanese game show Majide. The 12 contestants are grouped into two groups of six: the initial members for Red Robots consist of Dan, Drew, Jamie, Justin, Kimberly and Yari; Green Tigers have Brent, Bobaloo, Cathy, Debbie, Linda and Megan as the initial members.

• Advantage Challenge: Rabbit Fire (ラビットファイヤー; Rabittofaiyā): Each team had three minutes to carry as many bento boxes across a narrow plank as possible while the opposing team fires sticky balls at them, attempting to knock boxes out of their hands or knocking players into the foam pit. Each team member must cross over to the opposite platform before the next player can start crossing; if at any point the team member fell off before they could cross over, their turn ends with and no boxes would count. The team who carried more boxes wins.
  • Winning team: Green Tigers (58-57 boxes)
• Team Challenge: Wheel of Human Torpedos (人間魚雷ボウリング; Ningen Gyorai Bowling): Each team member sits in the middle of a spinning platform while three other teammates lay flat while connected to the spinning platform. With a three-minute time limit, the sitting teammate must release the laying players in an attempt to hit one of several stacks of metal cans that are placed around the edge of the floor, attempting to knock as many cans as possible into a surrounding flour pit. Each "torpedo" must then hit a buzzer before the next torpedo can be launched. If a torpedo is launched prematurely before the previous player hits the buzzer, any cans that was knocked over does not count. The team who knocked out more cans wins.
  • Advantage: The Green Tigers is given an addition torpedo to use if required.
  • Winning team and Reward: Green Tigers (8); A helicopter trip to Mount Fuji.
  • Losing team and Punishment: Red Robots (5); Cleaning inside a Kannai Station in a Yokohama Municipal Subway.
    • Nominated for elimination game: Kimberly and Yari
• Elimination Challenge: Big Spider Yanky Danky (ビッグスパイダーヤンキーダンキー; Biggusupaidāyankīdankī): Contestants are donned in spider suits and attached to a bungee cord. The contestant had three minutes to burst balloons (containing either a butterfly wing or body), then walk up a sloped platform to attach several butterfly parts onto the butterfly stands, matching body part colors to colors on the stands; the member have to attach it quickly before the bungee cord pulls itself back to the balloon pit. The member with more butterfly parts attached is the winner; if there is a tie, the tie is resolved based on the number of completed butterfly bodies.
  • Winner: Yari (12; had 4 completed bodies)
  • Eliminated: Kimberly (12; had 2 completed bodies)

• Advantage Challenge: Party In My Pants' (パーティーパンツ; Pātīpantsu): Teams had three minutes to pick up as many tennis balls that are shot at them with claw grippers and put the balls in their pants.
  • Winning team: Green Tigers (104-102)
• Team Challenge: Somebody Put Clothes On Bob (着せかえ ボブちゃん; Kisekae Bob-chan): Teams must dress as dummies of Judge Bob (green tam o'shanter, a shirt, tie, vest, and pair of pants) while finding inside a flour pit that contained packages of clothes; some other packages had clothes that does not fulfill the criteria. The first team to place all five articles of clothing properly wins.
  • Advantage: Green Tigers is given a five-second head start.
  • Winning team and Reward: Green Tigers; VIP trip to watch a baseball game inside Tokyo Dome.
  • Losing team and Punishment: Red Robots; Working at Lotte Kasai Golf driving range.
    • Nominated for elimination game: Dan and Yari
• Elimination Challenge: Lotion, Lotion, What's The Commotion? (ローション騒動; Lotion Sōdō): Each player, drenched in baby lotion, had to navigate slippery slopes while holding a torch, then take an egg and carry it on their helmet to the opposite side of the area without breaking it. Afterwards, they then go under another pool of lotion, then through a pool of bubbles and go over six sumo wrestlers and trade the torch for a gold medal, and then retrace their steps back to a buzzer to stop the clock. The member with a faster completion time wins.
  • Winner: Dan (2:36)
  • Eliminated: Yari (5:33)

As Red Robots had two consecutive eliminations, the Green Tigers had to select one member to even up the teams; they chose Cathy.

• Advantage Challenge: Gopher Make U Crazy (たたいて邪魔してピンポンパン; Tataite Jama Shite Pinponpan): One team shoots out ping pong balls into wells while the other four players from the opposing team try to defend the areas with large hand-held noodles and the fifth, in Whac-A-Mole style with a powdered hammer. The team which collected more ping pong balls after a two-and-a-half minute time wins an advantage.
  • Winning team: Red Robots (106-66)
• Team Challenge: Four Near-Sighted Mice and Big Cheese (見えないネズミと巨大なチーズ; Mienai Nezumi to Kyodaina Cheese): Three players, each wore semi-blind goggles and a pair of boxing glove, each had to catch cartons of milk placed by a teammate on a conveyor belt; a fifth player, dressed as "The Big Cheese", swings from above and alert the players when the milk cartons will come to them. Once the player catches the carton, they go to a container and place it; the team with more milk cartons after three minutes would win.
  • Advantage: One member from the Red Robots is not required to wear boxing gloves.
  • Winning team and Reward: Red Robots; dining at Kayabukiya Tavern and traveling in Shinkansen
  • Losing team and Punishment: Green Tigers; constructing a Zen garden at the Majide house
    • Nominated for elimination game: Brent and Debbie
• Elimination Challenge: Big Penguin Belly Flop (ペンギンたちの腹ばい; Pengin-tachi no Harabai): Players have two minutes to belly-flop (using only their abdomen and stomach) as many glop-filled egg balloons as possible.
  • Winner: Brent (20)
  • Eliminated: Debbie (16)

• Advantage Challenge: Snap Attack! (スナップアタック!; Sunappuatakku!): Players from both sides were sitted sightly unseen across from one another and pull rubber bands that must hit player in the body to be accounted for. The first player in each zone to hit the opponent twice wins that zone and a point for their team; the first team to score three points wins the game.
  • Winning team: Red Robots (3-1)
• Team Challenge: Paint Splash Madness! (狂気! しぶき! ペンキ!; Kyōki! Shibuki! Penki!): Three players were spun on a turntable pulling cords with paint inside buckets falling in them. A fourth player sits on another turntable and wears a canvas-like backdrop on their face and a bucket below their chin. The team that gets the most paint in their bucket in three minutes wins.
  • Advantage: Red Robots is given an additional bucket.
  • Winning team and Reward: Red Robots (1.12 kg); driving and drifting on a race track.
  • Losing team and Punishment: Green Tigers (0.68 kg); working at a gas station
    • Nominated for elimination game: Bobaloo and Megan
• Elimination Challenge: Alien Took My Teddy Bear (エイリアンは私のテディベアを取った; Alien wa Watashi no Teddybear o Totta): Each player have to traverse across a course with a two conveyor belts with three turntables in-between the belts while carrying a giant stuffed toy panda to the other side within two minutes. If a player falls into one of two flour pits at either end, they must start over. The player who got more toys carried over wins.
  • Winner: Megan (2)
  • Eliminated: Bobaloo (1)

Following the two consecutive losses from the Green Tigers, the Red Robots had to choose a member to even up the teams; they chose Cathy, reinstating her back to the Green Tigers.

• Advantage Challenge: Soccer Time With Grandpa (ジジババサッカー; Jiji-Baba Soccer): Players attempt to score as many soccer goals as possible under two minutes while donned with distorted goggles.
  • Winning team: Green Tigers (5-3)
• Team Challenge: Stuck On Golf (ミニゴルフ べっとり マスターズ; Mini-golf Bettori Master): Each team have to place as many golf balls as possible onto a sticky green within 90 seconds. For the first minute of the game, the two members from the opposing team attempt to detach any balls onto the green, while another two members would defend the green; after 30 seconds, the pairs would be switched. On the last 30 seconds on the game, all members were to detach it. The team with the fewest balls attached onto the green wins.
  • Disadvantage: Red Robots had two members wearing shackles as handicap.
  • Winning team and Reward: Green Tigers (15); A tour on a 400-year old sake brewery and Yamagata beef tasting.
  • Losing team and Punishment: Red Robots (24); Working with harvesting seaweed on a boat.
    • Nominated for elimination game: Drew and Jamie
• Elimination Challenge: Stretchy Squid Face (イカパンスト; Ikapansuto): Players had to pull as many squids as possible while wearing a panty hose mask attached to a bungee cord within two minutes.
  • Winner: Jamie (12)
  • Eliminated: Drew (11)

• Advantage Challenge: Brain Freeze Fish Breath! (極寒でキ〜ン魚!; Gokkan Ddeki 〜n Sakana!): Teams dipped their heads into a tub filled with iced water and collect as many dead fish as possible using only their mouths in two-and-a-half minutes.
  • Winning team: Green Tigers (3-1)
• Team Challenge: Baby Go Boom, Boom! (ねんねんころりYOおころりYO; Nen'nen Korori YO o Korori YO): The challenge is a homage on the very first challenge played on the last season: Each team member, dressed as babies, sit in a giant spinning crib. One at a time, each member exits out the crib and fill two cups with milk. The player must run an obstacle course (consists of spinning platforms, a spanking machine and involving on crawling) while carrying milk to a giant baby bottle. After finishing the course, the player must press a button beside the crib enabling another player to begin. The team with the most milk in their bottle in three minutes wins. The timer would start once the crib stops spinning for the first time.
  • Disadvantage: One member from the Red Robots had to instead dress as a grandma with a baby on their back.
  • Winning team and Reward: Green Tigers; Watching a match and a workout exercise with sumo wrestlers.
  • Losing team and Punishment: Red Robots; Working as sumo servants.
    • Nominated for elimination game: Dan and Jamie
• Elimination Challenge: Up Your Nose, Dragon (アップユアノーズドラゴン; Appuyuanōzudoragon): Each player slides down a wall attempting to throw balls into holes where the nostrils of a dragon would be before hitting the ground and soap suds all over the landing area. The player who throw more balls after two-and-a-half minutes wins.
  • Winner: Dan (3)
  • Eliminated: Jamie (0)

As the Red Robots lost two members due to the consecutive defeats, the team was uneven for the third time; Green Tigers have to select a member to even out the members, and Megan was sent to the Red Robots.

• Advantage Challenge: Sour Milk for Kitty (仔猫のサワーミルク; Koneko no Sour Milk): Players dressed as cats with a bowl attached on their heads stood on a vibrating platform. Each member scoops out milk onto their bowls, transferring to their teammates one at a time into a container at the back of the third player. The team with the most milk after two minutes wins.
  • Winning team: Green Tigers
• Team Challenge: Big Foot Bang Bang (デカ足バンバン; Deka Ashi Bangbang): One player is designated as a goaltender against a soccer goal dressed as a cactus against the other team dressed as various fruits and vegetables. The other teammates control the goaltender using a rope-pulley system to score as many goals into the goal using only large balloons. The balloon pops when it come contact onto the goaltender. The team which scored more goals after two minutes wins.
  • Advantage: Green Tigers is awarded a free kick.
  • Winning team and Reward: Green Tigers (12); Samurai training course and involvement in a samurai festival.
  • Losing team and Punishment: Red Robots (2); working in a chopsticks making by chopping bamboos.
    • Nominated for elimination game: Dan and Justin
• Elimination Challenge: You Look Funny Stuck On Wall (ぴぅたんこバンバン; Pi~utanko Bang Bang): The challenge is a homage on the first elimination challenge played on the last season: Players donned in velcro suits jump off a trampoline and attempt to stick to the sticky wall within a body-shaped outline. The player was judged on outline and the point is awarded on the player with more outline. The game is played in a best-of-seven, and the first member scoring four points wins.
  • Winner: Justin (4)
  • Eliminated: Dan (1)

• Team Challenge: Dude! Where's My Luggage? (おーい, オレの荷物どこだよ!?; O ̄i, Oreno Nimotsu Dokodayo!?): Players run on a conveyor belt carrying luggage to find luggates with a blue tag to throw into a luggage bin next to the belt within three minutes. To even the level of playing field, one Green Tiger member wore a carrot suit and boxing gloves.
  • Winning team and Reward: Green Tigers (24); A visit to a Joypolis video game arcade and travelling with the Tokyo Cruise Ship.
  • Losing team and Punishment: Red Robots (17); a visit to Buddhist monks for intensive training.
• Elimination Challenge: Balloon Assassin! (風船の暗殺者; Fūsen no Asashin): Players must pop large confetti-filled balloons hanging from the studio ceiling using bungee cords and a trampoline by using gorilla arms with pins in their hands. A yellow balloon is worth one point and a blue is worth two; the member with more points after two-and-a-half minutes wins.
  • Winner: Justin (31)
  • Eliminated: Megan (23)

Following Megan's elimination, Kanda assigned Brent to Red Robots to even out the teams one last time this season, thus the competition became a "Boys vs Girls" format.

• Team Challenge: You Stand Still! No, You Stand Still! (くらくら鍵パッカン; Kurakura Kagi Pakkan): Another challenge based on a team challenge from season one. Each member is dressed as either a princess or a pirate and seated on a rotating chair. After the chairs stop spinning, the players must cross a narrow balance beam over a pool of flour and a pair of spinning floor tiles to retrieve costumes on the spinning tiles, and then go back to retrieve the prop for the other character (either a crown or a pirate hat). After retrieving both props, both members must backtrack to the rotating chairs to complete the task. The team with a faster completing time wins.
  • Winning team and Reward: Green Tigers (1:44)- an appearance in a Tokyo television talk show Zoom In Super
  • Losing team and Punishment: Red Robots (2:16)- Working in a bento factory and delivery of boxes
• Elimination Challenge: T-Shirt of Torture! (拷問Tシャツ; Gōmon T-Shirt): Players wore a large number of T-shirts, each with a letter on the back of each one to spell out a phrase. While they took off the shirt, various hinderance will rain down to distract the player. Once the player figured out the phrase ("I need to win this game to be safe"), the player must press the buzzer to answer; the first player to correctly recite the phrase wins.
  • Winner: Justin
  • Eliminated: Brent

Following Brent's elimination, the final three were informed about the dissolution of teams and would be competing as individuals.

• Individual Challenge 1: Making New Friends In Japan! (世界に広げようむちゃぶりの輪; Sekai Ni Hirogeyou Mucha-buri no wa): Another challenge based on one of the individual challenges from season one. Each contestant, dressed as sailor uniforms, crosses all around Tokyo to accomplish five tasks, all in the following order below, before they could return to the studio to complete the task. The last person to complete the task is eliminated. These tasks were:

1. Get someone to bow 10 times;
2. Get someone to put on lipstick provided to them and kiss them;
3. Get someone to tickle them by saying a phrase in Japanese;
4. Borrow a cell phone and call the studio;
5. Get five people to do the can-can dance.

• Eliminated: Justin

Following Justin's elimination, the final two, Cathy and Linda, celebrated their final moments in a Roppongi Hills Mori Tower; then-House of Representatives member of Tokyo (later to become Governor) Yuriko Koike came to congratulate the finalists.

• Individual Challenge 2: Super Majide! (超本気で!; Chō-Majide!): The final Individual Challenge's full title was Twelve Americans Came, They Worked Really Hard, They Ate Squid, They Wore All Kinds Of Things, They Went Through Much Pain, Now Two People Remain For Super Majide!. The final two contestants, dressed as a fox kigurimi, competed head-to-head on an obstacle course combined with various challenges encountered throughout the season. They begin by traversing on conveyor belts to a flour pit filled with balloons to the other side, then deliver ten bento boxes across a slippery beam while tennis balls are being shot at them. Afterwards, they traverse to a sticky floor where the fox costume is eventually removed to reveal a tank top and bicycle shorts, and must remove five squid heads using only their mouths. They they slide on a lotion covered platform and torpedoing a stack of boxes to get to the other side. Once they get through, they must fill a cup with paint from an overhead bucket by pulling on a cord while standing on a spinner, then transfer the paint into a jug. Once the jug is filled enough, a lever mechanism will trigger which will pop a balloon that contain a key to unlock the door to the final room with a buzzer inside. The first contestant to reach the buzzer is named the winner of the $250,000 prize and greeted by the Omedeto Mob (Sayonara Mob dressed in white).
  • Winner: Cathy
  • Runner-up: Linda