Country of origin South Korea Original network tvN Number of episodes 12 | No. of episodes 12 Celebrity winner Jang Dong-Min | |
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Original release June 27 (2015-06-27) – September 12, 2015 (2015-09-12) Winner Jang Dong‑Min | ||
The Genius: Grand Final (Hangul: 더 지니어스: 그랜드 파이널) is the fourth season of The Genius. It debuted on tvN on June 27, 2015.
Contents
Cast
(in alphabetical order)
Format Change
Garnet Match
With a similar gameplay with Main Matches, after every Garnet Match, the player(s) with the highest number of garnets will win the match and the player(s) with the lowest number of garnets will be the elimination candidate. If there is more than 1 player that has the least number of garnets, the winner(s) will select the elimination candidate before the elimination candidate picks his/her opponent. Garnets cannot be transferred between players during Garnet Matches.1
The Main Matches for Episodes 2, 6 and 10 were Garnet Matches.
Death Match
Death matches in this season have been predetermined. For every death match, both of the death match players are allowed to opt out a few games before one is randomly chosen out by the dealer. Players were allowed to choose 3 games in Episodes 1 and 2, 2 games in Episodes 3, 4 and 5 and 1 game in Episodes 6, 7 and 8. No more death matches can be opted out starting from Episode 9.
The following death matches as pre-determined for Season 4:
Episodes
Footnotes
^1 1 Garnet were allowed to be transferred between players for Rounds 3 and 7 for the game.
^2 Garnet Matches
^3 This game was not played during the death match, as Jang Dongmin has already won the 2 other games, namely Number Janggi and Mystery Sign. This meant that he has already won.
Elimination Chart
The finalist which the returning eliminated players chose to give the items.
Ratings
As most Korean non-drama cable programs rarely reach 1 percent, these ratings are considered very high.
In the ratings below, the highest rating for the show will be in red, and the lowest rating for the show will be in blue