“The game is simple but unpredictable.”
The twelve participants are told this when they are transported to a secret destination, unaware of who the others are, and what rules apply in the new TV 2 show “The Game”.
As a viewer, you don't know much either – other than that you already know who they are on the show before you see them on TV.
Briefly
- TV 2 launches a new program called “The Game”, in which twelve participants are transported to a secret destination without knowing who the other participants are, or what rules apply.
- The program is described as a social experiment and survival game, where participants face a new game and a new elimination every day.
- Participants choose themselves who will be eliminated, and in the end there is a winner who gets the money earned through the program.
“Should I count these?”
But what exactly is “the game”? There's only so much you can know until you've watched the show or become a part of it, but some participants go out of their way to explain:
These are the participants
-It is about class differences and power. And influence. That's what we've come up with, at least, says journalist and reality TV participant Line Andersen, 50, at the show's press conference.
She says those gathered at the house spent a lot of time trying to understand the game, but it was not uncommon for confusion along the way.
“As soon as I got there, I said, ‘Is this a game? Should I count this? What happens now?’” she says and laughs.
Andersen, who is completely new to the real world, emphasizes that when participants don't know something, they know it truly Not some things.
– People were absolutely crazy when they came in, and started counting the plants, lamps, and steps. I sat down and looked at them, because I didn't care, it's boring, so I sat down and looked at them and thought: “Are you messing with me?”
– Game for me
It's hard to plan a tactic for a game where you don't know the rules, and no one explains them either – but it worked little by little.
– We don't understand shit, nothing. Then things gradually changed, Andersen says.
Flee the country
Editor-in-chief Danby Choi (30) was among those who seemed completely confused when Dagbladet met the participants before they entered the “game,” last summer, and was more interested in asking the journalist whether the undersigned knew the rules.
However, at the February press conference, it was somewhat clearer to the editor.
– Now I know a lot, Danbi Choi laughs and explains:
– It is ultimately a social experience. It's also a game, a game of social survival, and a game for me. When I play Monopoly with my brother, I'm not nice to him. When I play football, I don't pass to the opponent to be fair.
He wanted to test this in an actual game, but if the tactic works, he's being secretive about it.
Towards NRK
– It's chaos
The press release states that each day participants face a new game and a new elimination chosen by the players themselves.
In the end, there is a winner who receives the money earned through the program.
– When I hear that cube (a voice giving messages in the program, editor's note), I feel anxious and happy. It was absolutely terrible to constantly be in situations like that, it was mentally draining, and I think it was for everyone.
According to the press release, the game appears to challenge participants' social strategies, logic and brainpower, to name a few. But no one knows which strategy is best.
“I suffer from a lack of choice in life, and I can't choose between Coca-Cola and Pepsi, so coming there and getting involved in this, it was… something,” laughs influencer and radio presenter Victoria Skow (24 years old). ).
– It's chaos, that's what it is.
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