POST#55: KING OF THE NERDS!!!

L-R: Jon, Ivan, Alana, Virgil, Moogega, Brandon, Danielle, Hendrik, Celeste, Joshua and Genevieve

Hi! Today we're talking about King of The Nerds, TBS's new reality show. It is AWESOME! Last night, Daddy was confused with the comic-book questions! King of the Nerds is an American reality competition series on TBS. It is hosted by Robert Carradine and Curtis Armstrong, both actors from the Revenge of the Nerds films. The series follows eleven contestants as they complete various tasks in order to win the grand prize of $100,000 and to be "crowned the greatest nerd" of them all, worthy to sit on "the Throne of Games" (a pun on The Game of Thrones). The show uses a progressive elimination of the contestants. Following the first week, the contestants were separated into two teams chosen via schoolyard pick. The teams compete in a Nerd War, an event that requires them to work together to prepare for the main demonstration. Judges select which team is the better team; members on this team are safe from elimination. On the losing team, two players are selected for a Nerd Off; one is selected by a secret vote on the losing team, and the other from a similar vote from the winning team. The two selected players are told what the concept is behind the nerd-off, giving them a few hours to prepare by talking to anyone else still remaining in the game. At the event, the losing player is eliminated from the game. Typical King of the Nerds episodes consist of two challenges. The Nerd War is a team competition, often decided by a judge, with the entire team granted immunity from being sent home. The Nerd-Off is a head-to-head elimination challenge between two members of the losing Nerd War team, with each team voting in one competitor.

The contestants are:

Team Servants of The Forsaken Orb (Orange Team):

Ivan Van Norman, 27, Torrance, CA, Role-playing game designer
Moogega Cooper, 26, Pasadena, CA, NASA Planetary Protection Engineer
Joshua Ovenshire, 24, Los Angeles, CA, Producer/host of geek-themed web show
Danielle Mackey, 23, Rome, NY, Gamer and game review vlogger 
Brandon Moore, 24, Somerville, MA, Neuroscience Ph.D student (9th place)

Team Blextrophy (Blue Team):

Genevieve Pearson, 27, Studio City, CA, Young-adult fantasy writer
Virgil Griffith, 29, Pasadena, CA, Master hacker
Celeste Anderson, 22, Orillia, Ontario, Canada, Pro-Gamer
Jon Paprocki, 22, Atlanta, GA, Physics and Mathematics buff (10th place)
Alana Smith-Brown, 26, Corning, NY, Comic book fan and live-action role player (8th place)
Hendrik Lenfernik, 26, Somerville, MA, MIT geophysics student (11th place)


Happy weekend!


Maria.