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Country of origin
  
United States

No. of seasons
  
1

First episode date
  
1 May 2013

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Cast
  
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Original language(s)
  
English

No. of episodes
  
8

Final episode date
  
19 June 2013

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Judges
  
Mark Fuller & Dr. Christine Gulbranson

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The Big Brain Theory is an American television show on the Discovery Channel that first aired in 2013, hosted by Kal Penn. Eight episodes were produced.

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Format

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Each week the contestants enter the blueprint challenge, where they are given 30 minutes to solve an engineering problem using only an electronic blackboard. The 2 contestants with the best solutions are chosen by the judges to be the leaders of the blue team and the red team, who now have to build a working solution. The team leaders pick their members one by one, and they are given a certain time and budget to finish the task; workshop time is limited to 12 hours a day.

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Their builds are then tested and the team that fails will face elimination. If both teams fail then nobody is safe from elimination. The judges will determine who leaves the competition. Once eliminated, one competitor can get back in if he/she wins the wild card, decided by the judges.

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The winner of the competition gets US$50,000.00 and a one-year contract to work for WET Enterprises, founded by Mark Fuller. Contestants who have been eliminated can't participate in the blueprint challenge any more, but they can still be picked for the teams and are eligible for the Judges' Prize, which is US$20,000.00.

Judges

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In addition to the full judges, there is always a third guest judge that changes every week. The two full judges are:

  • Mark Fuller, founder and CEO of WET Enterprises
  • Dr. Christine Gulbranson, founder and CEO of Christalis
  • Overview

  • Winner: Corey Fleischer, mechanical engineer
  • Runner-up: Amy Elliott, engineering grad student
  • Judges' Prize: Tom Johnson, mechanical engineer
  • Eric Whitman, robotics grad student
  • Andrew Stroup, defense systems engineer
  • Dan Moyers, space systems engineer
  • Gui Cavalcanti, robotics engineer
  • Alison Wong, product designer
  • Joel Ifill, welding engineer
  • Joe Caravella, rocket scientist
  • Bold denotes team captain.

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