The first season of Escape the Night premiered on June 22, 2016, through YouTube Red. The premiere season showcased a total of ten guests invited to The Savant's party and required them to act and dress as various personas from the Roaring Twenties.[1] Once there, isolated from the outside world and tasked with surviving the night and escaping the historical era.[2]
| Escape the Night | |
|---|---|
| Season 1 | |
.png) Promotional poster for season one. | |
| No. of contestants | 11 |
| Winners | |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
| Release | |
| Original network | YouTube Red |
| Original release | June 22 – August 17, 2016 |
| Season chronology | |
Production
editIn October 2015, the subscription service formerly known as YouTube Red, revealed upcoming projects such as Fight of the Living Dead, A Trip to Unicorn Island (2016), Single by 30, and Scare PewDiePie. This also includes an untitled Joey Graceffa project that involves a murder mystery.[3] A year later, the subscription service teased clips of their upcoming murder mystery series.[4] Sam Gutelle, a writer from Tubefilter, described the potential series as "the board game Clue" which turns the party "into a whodunit, with each guest transformed into a suspect."[5] Joey Graceffa, the creator of the series, revealed in a Teen Vogue interview that "the idea for the project has been in the works for two years, and that he most looked forward to collaborating" with other YouTubers.[6]
Guests
edit| Guest | Role | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Joey Graceffa | The Savant | Escaped |
| Eva Gutowski | The Journalist | |
| Oli White | The Big Game Hunter | |
| Lele Pons | The Hustler | 4th place |
| Tim Chantarangsu | The Mobster | 5th place |
| Matt Haag | The Professor | 6th place |
| Sierra Furtado | The Heiress | 7th place |
| GloZell Green | The Jazz Singer | 8th place[a] |
| Justine Ezarik | The Gambler | 9th place |
| Andrea Brooks | The Fixer | 10th place |
| Shane Dawson | The Renegade | 11th place[b] |
Notes:
Guest progress
editLegend:
Joey, Eva, and Oli escaped the first season of Escape the Night.
WIN indicates the guest was voted into a challenge and won.
WIN indicates the guest was selected as a partner for a challenge competitor and won, saving their partner.
SAFE indicates the guest was selected as a partner for a challenge competitor and lost, causing their partner to die.
SAFE indicates the guest was voted into a challenge and remained safe.
SAFE indicates the guest was declared safe from the challenge.
DEAD indicates the guest wasn't voted into a challenge but died.
DEAD indicates the guest was not voted into a challenge but instead voted to die
DEAD indicates the guest was voted into a challenge and died.
| Guest | Episode | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1[7] | 2[8] | 3[9] | 4[10] | 5[11] | 6[12] | 7[13] | 8[14] | 9[15] | 10[16] | |
| Joey | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | Escaped |
| Eva | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | WIN | |
| Oli | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | |
| Lele | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | DEAD | |
| Tim | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | DEAD | ||
| Matt | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | DEAD | |||
| Sierra | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | DEAD | ||||
| GloZell | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | DEAD | ||||||
| Justine | SAFE | SAFE | DEAD | |||||||
| Andrea | SAFE | DEAD | ||||||||
| Shane | DEAD | |||||||||
Challenges
editLegend:
The guest was eliminated but was never voted for a challenge.
The guest was eliminated after their first time being voted for a challenge.
The guest was eliminated after their second time being voted for a challenge.
The guest was eliminated after their third time being voted for a challenge.
| Episode | Guest(s) | Challenge | Eliminated | Cause of Death | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Everyone | Everyone had to complete a series of impossible tasks to gain the cure to the poison that Shane Dawson had ingested. | Shane Dawson | Poisoned by the Evil of the House. | ||
| 2 | Andrea Brooks | vs. | Lele Pons | Their chosen partners had to complete a series of tasks involving the wiring and piping with the first to finish causing their partner to escape, but the other's tank to be filled with poisonous gas. | Andrea Brooks | Inhaled noxious gas produced by the Ungodly Machine. |
| 3 | Everyone | The guests had to vote for one of their friends to be buried alive and then be the ones to bury them. | Justine Ezarik | Buried alive to reverse the Claws Ritual. | ||
| 4 | Joey Graceffa | vs. | Lele Pons | They had to do tasks involving mannequins to get keys to open a drawer which was revealed to contain a Murder Journal in which they had to write one name. | GloZell Green | Choked on her own blood after Joey wrote her name in the Murder Journal. |
| 5 | Oli White | vs. | Tim Chantarangsu | Need to perform in a circus show and receive points for whoever did better and whoever got the least points would supposedly die. | None | The Ring Master spared their lives. |
| 6 | Matt Haag | vs. | Sierra Furtado | Sierra had to hold down a possessed girl and recite a prayer whilst Matt needed to perform a ritual around them. Unbeknownst to either, a rosary involved in Matt's task would kill the person who wore it. | Sierra Furtado | Demonically possessed and convulsed to death. |
| 7 | Matt Haag | vs. | Tim Chantarangsu | Needed to organize a doll house correctly to get the vials. Winner got to choose which vial they drank, one was poisoned, the other was not. | Matt Haag | Ingested poison twice. |
| 8 | Eva Gutowski | vs. | Tim Chantarangsu | They had to take part in a game, which was a hybrid of Battleship and Russian Roulette. | Tim Chantarangsu | Shot himself in the head while playing Russian Roulette. |
| 9 | Lele Pons | vs. | Oli White | Their chosen partners had to throw rings. However, with every miss their partner would be electrocuted, and whoever's partner finished last would have their chair overloaded with electricity. | Lele Pons | Electrocuted by the Learning Chair. |
Episodes
editSeason 1 (2016)
edit| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Directed by | Written by | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 1 | "An Invitation" | Adam Lawson | Adam Lawson | June 22, 2016 |
| 2 | 2 | "The Ungodly Machine" | Adam Lawson | Adam Lawson | June 22, 2016 |
| 3 | 3 | "Buried Alive" | Adam Lawson | Adam Lawson | June 29, 2016 |
| 4 | 4 | "Mannequins" | Adam Lawson | Adam Lawson | July 6, 2016 |
| 5 | 5 | "Freak Show" | Adam Lawson | Adam Lawson | July 13, 2016 |
| 6 | 6 | "Did Someone Call For An Exorcist?" | Adam Lawson | Adam Lawson | July 20, 2016 |
| 7 | 7 | "Mermaid Tails" | Adam Lawson | Adam Lawson | July 27, 2016 |
| 8 | 8 | "All Out War" | Adam Lawson | Adam Lawson | August 3, 2016 |
| 9 | 9 | "Wicked Hallucinations" | Adam Lawson | Adam Lawson | August 10, 2016 |
| 10 | 10 | "Betrayal At The House On The Hill" | Adam Lawson | Adam Lawson | August 17, 2016 |
Awards and nominations
edit| Award | Year | Category | Recipient(s) and nominee(s) | Result | Ref. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Streamy Awards | 2016 | Best Costume Design | Olivia Hines | Nominated | [17] |
| Best Ensemble Cast | Escape the Night | Won |
References
edit- ^ Sander, Brice (June 22, 2016). "Exclusive: Joey Graceffa promises to make his friends pee their pants on YouTube Red's 'Escape the Night'". Entertainment Tonight. CBS Media Ventures. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
- ^ Agard, Chancellor (June 23, 2016). "Joey Graceffa, Escape the Night cast perform seance in YouTube Red series — exclusive". Entertainment Weekly. Dotdash Meredith. Archived from the original on March 10, 2020. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
- ^ Jarvey, Natalie (October 21, 2015). "YouTube to launch subscription service with original series from Fine Brothers, PewDiePie". The Hollywood Reporter. Eldridge Industries. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
- ^ Weiss, Geoff (May 5, 2016). "YouTube teases 'Red' series from CollegeHumor, The Game Theorists, Joey Graceffa in latest trailer". Tubefilter. Archived from the original on July 16, 2016. Retrieved July 5, 2016.
- ^ Gutelle, Sam (June 16, 2016). "Will Joey Graceffa and fellow YouTube stars 'Escape The Night' in upcoming series?". Tubefilter. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
- ^ Cerón, Ella (June 21, 2016). "Watch all your favorite social media stars play an epic game of murder mystery". Teen Vogue. Condé Nast. Retrieved October 24, 2023.
- ^ "An Invitation". Escape the Night. Season 1. Episode 1. June 22, 2016. YouTube Red.
- ^ "The Ungodly Machine". Escape the Night. Season 1. Episode 2. June 22, 2016. YouTube Red.
- ^ "Buried Alive". Escape the Night. Season 1. Episode 3. June 29, 2016. YouTube Red.
- ^ "Mannequins". Escape the Night. Season 1. Episode 4. July 6, 2016. YouTube Red.
- ^ "Freak Show". Escape the Night. Season 1. Episode 5. July 13, 2016. YouTube Red.
- ^ "Did Someone Call For An Exorcist?". Escape the Night. Season 1. Episode 6. July 20, 2016. YouTube Red.
- ^ "Mermaid Tails". Escape the Night. Season 1. Episode 7. July 27, 2016. YouTube Red.
- ^ "All Out War". Escape the Night. Season 1. Episode 8. August 3, 2016. YouTube Red.
- ^ "Wicked Hallucinations". Escape the Night. Season 1. Episode 9. August 10, 2016. YouTube Red.
- ^ "Betrayal At The House On The Hill". Escape the Night. Season 1. Episode 10. August 17, 2016. YouTube Red.
- ^ Robinson, Will (October 4, 2016). "Streamy Awards 2016: Full winners list". Entertainment Weekly. Dotdash Meredith. Archived from the original on March 9, 2020. Retrieved March 9, 2020.