The Genius: Grand Final

The Genius: Grand Final
No. of episodes	12
Release
Original network	tvN
Original release	June 27 (2015-06-27) – August 12, 2015 (2015-08-12)
Season chronology

The Genius: Grand Final (더 지니어스: 그랜드 파이널) is the fourth season of The Genius debuted on tvN on June 27, 2015.

Cast

(in alphabetical order)

• Kim Kyung-ran
• Kim Kyung-hoon
• Kim Yoo-hyun
• Oh Hyun-min
• Yoo Jung-hyun
• Lee Sang-min
• Lee Jun-seok
• Lim Yo-hwan
• Lim Yoon-sun
• Jang Dong-min
• Choi Yeon-seung
• Choi Jung-moon
• Hong Jin-ho

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 candidate, 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.

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 veto a few games before one is randomly chosen out by the dealer. Players were allowed to veto 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 vetoed starting from Episode 9.

The following death matches as pre-determined for Season 4:

• Black and White (played in episode 1)

• Tactical Yutnori (played in episode 2)

• Betting! Rock, Paper, Scissors (played in episode 3)

• Same Number Hunt (played in episode 4)

• Indian Poker (played in episode 5)

• Monorail (played in episode 6)

• Same Picture Hunt (played in episode 7)

• Gyul! Hap! (played in episode 8)

• Quattro (played in episode 9)

• Double Sided Poker (played in episode 10)

• Twelve Janggi (played in episode 11)

Episodes

Matches in italic are Garnet Matches.

Episode	Main-/Garnet Match	Main-/Garnet Match winner	Immunity receiver	Main-/Garnet Match loser	Appointed opponent	Death Match	Eliminated
1	ID Exchange	Lee Sang-Min	Oh Hyun-Min	Yoo Jung-Hyun	Lee Jun-Seok	Black and White	Yoo Jung-Hyun
2	Horror Race	Lee Sang-Min	Kim Kyung-Ran	Lim Yo-Hwan	Choi Yeon-Seung	Tactical Yutnori	Lim Yo-Hwan
3	Today's Menu	Oh Hyun-Min	Jang Dong-Min	Lee Sang-Min	Kim Kyung-Hoon	Betting Rock Paper Scissors	Lee Sang-Min
4	Fish Shop	Choi Yeon-Seung	Lee Jun-Seok	Oh Hyun-Min	Lim Yoon-Sun	Same Number Hunt	Lim Yoon-Sun
5	Loyalists and Rebels	Hong Jin-Ho Jang Dong-Min Oh Hyun-Min Lee Jun-Seok Choi Yeon-Seung Kim Kyung-Hoon	-	Kim Kyung-Ran Kim Yoo-Hyun	-	Indian Poker	Kim Yoo-Hyun
6	Garnet Thief	Hong Jin-Ho Jang Dong-Min Oh Hyun-Min Kim Kyung-Ran Kim Kyung-Hoon	-	Lee Jun-Seok	Choi Yeon-Seung	Monorail	Choi Yeon-Seung
7	Seed Poker	Jang Dong-Min	Oh Hyun-Min	Kim Kyung-Hoon	Choi Jung-Moon	Same Picture Hunt	Choi Jung-Moon
8	Minus Auction II	Hong Jin-Ho	Oh Hyun-Min	Kim Kyung-Ran	Jang Dong-Min	Gyul! Hap!	Kim Kyung-Ran
9	Horror Race II	Kim Poong (guest) Jang Dong-Min	Hong Jin-Ho	Kim Kyung-Hoon	Lee Jun-Seok	Quattro	Lee Jun-Seok
10	Cooperative Hold'em	Oh Hyun-Min	-	Hong Jin-Ho	Kim Kyung-Hoon	Double Sided Poker	Hong Jin-Ho
11	How Much	Kim Kyung-Hoon	-	Oh Hyun-Min Jang Dong-Min	-	Twelve Janggi	Oh Hyun-Min
12	Number Janggi Mystery Sign	Jang Dong-Min Jang Dong-Min	-	-	-	-	Kim Kyung-Hoon

Elimination Chart

Ranking	Contestants	Rounds												MM WIN	DM IMM	DM WIN
		1	2	3	4	5	6	7	8	9	10	11	12
1	Jang Dong-Min	IN	IN	IMM	IN	WIN	WIN	WIN	DM	WIN	IN	DM	Winner(2:0)	4	1	2
2	Kim Kyung-hoon	IN	IN	DM	IN	WIN	WIN	DM	IN	DM	DM	WIN	Runner-Up(0:2)	3	0	4
3	Oh Hyun-Min	IMM	IN	WIN	DM	WIN	WIN	IMM	IMM	IN	WIN	ELIM	Kim Kyung-Hoon	4	3	1
4	Hong Jin-ho	IN	IN	IN	IN	WIN	WIN	IN	WIN	IMM	ELIM		Jang Dong-Min	3	1	0
5	Lee Jun-seok	DM	IN	IN	IMM	WIN	DM	IN	IN	ELIM			Kim Kyung-Hoon	1	1	2
6	Kim Kyung-Ran	IN	IMM	IN	IN	DM	WIN	IN	ELIM				Jang Dong-Min	1	1	1
7	Choi Jung-Moon	IN	IN	IN	IN	IN	IN	ELIM					Jang Dong-Min	0	0	0
8	Choi Yeon-Seung	IN	DM	IN	WIN	WIN	ELIM						Jang Dong-Min	2	0	1
9	Kim Yoo-Hyun	IN	IN	IN	IN	ELIM							Kim Kyung-Hoon	0	0	0
10	Im Yoon-Sun	IN	IN	IN	ELIM								Kim Kyung-Hoon	0	0	0
11	Lee Sang-Min	WIN	WIN	ELIM									Kim Kyung-Hoon	2	0	0
12	Im Yo-Hwan	IN	ELIM										Kim Kyung-Hoon	0	0	0
13	Yoo Jung-Hyun	ELIM											Jang Dong-Min	0	0	0
Garnets		23	45	49	49	47	69	76	75	90	100	132	132 (₩132,000,000)

 The finalist which the returning eliminated players chose to give the items.

Ratings

As most Korean 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

Episode #	Original Airdate	AGB	Online
1	June 27, 2015	1.802%	36.5%
2	July 4, 2015	1.453%	39.4%
3	July 11, 2015	2.340%	40.1%
4	July 18, 2015	1.762%	35.9%
5	July 25, 2015	1.987%	39.0%
6	August 1, 2015	1.953%	40.1%
7	August 8, 2015	2.314%	43.0%
8	August 15, 2015	1.913%	39.9%
9	August 22, 2015	2.513%	45.1%
10	August 29, 2015	2.251%	46.0%
11	September 5, 2015	2.286%	45.9%
12	September 12, 2015	-	-

External links

• Official website