So today I’m just making final preparations for a BBQ with my family and friends. In the meantime, I was recently introduced by this strange new show on ABC called “How I Survived a Japanese Gameshow”. The premise is that 10 American contestants are flown to Japan to compete in the “ultimate” Japanese reality game show. What’s really interesting about the show is that Japanese gameshows are known to be unique and over-the-top competitions. A lot of the events are usually strange and wacky but definitely creative (I’m surprised that North America doesn’t follow suit with these hiliarious gameshows. Anyhow, in the end, one contestant will take home $250,000 cash.

The show started airing on June 24th (every Tuesday night) and I got the chance to watch a couple of events from the first 2 episodes and I say it’s pretty funny stuff. Take a look at the preview clip below:

When I watch this I’m definitely reminded of the “Most Extreme Elimination Challenge” or “MXC” on Spike TV. I’m sure these shows must be popular in Japan since they seem to be commonplace…perhaps American networks are taking notice and hoping the popularity will carryover across the ocean? I guess only time will tell.

-Stephen