Teams are assigned into one of two teams and competed in Challenges against each other the winning team was given a reward activity while the losing team was given a punishment activity after their team game. For Season Two, Majide host Rome Kanda surprised each of the contestants in their hometowns informing them they were going to Japan. They are flown to Tokyo, Japan, and taken to the Toho Studios, where it is revealed that they are to compete on a Japanese game show called Majide ( 本気で).
In Season One, the contestants are informed that they are to take part in a reality-style competition, but not informed of the nature of the show.
On March 5, 2010, it was announced that ABC had not renewed the show for a third season. On October 9, 2008, it was renewed for a second season. The series won both the Best Reality prize and the overall prize at the 2009 Rose d'Or ceremony. The winner takes home US$250,000 ( JP ¥25 million). The show followed a group of Americans, who leave the United States for Japan where they competed in a Japanese style game show. I Survived a Japanese Game Show is an American reality show that saw its first-season premiere on ABC on June 24, 2008. Tim Cresenti, David Sidebotham, Karsten Bartholin American TV series or program I Survived a Japanese Game Show
