King of the Nerds | |
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Season 1 | |
No. of episodes | 8 |
Release | |
Original network | TBS |
Original release | January 17 March 7, 2013 | –
Season chronology |
The first season of King of the Nerds aired on TBS from January 13, 2013 to March 7, 2013. Inspired by the Revenge of the Nerds films, the season was hosted by actors and executive producers Robert Carradine and Curtis Armstrong, known for their roles as Lewis Skolnick and Dudley "Booger" Dawson, respectively, in Revenge of the Nerds.
Name | Hometown | Age | Specialty |
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Alana Smith-Brown[1] | Corning, New York | 26 | Comic book nerd |
Brandon Moore[2] | Heath, Texas | 24 | Neuroscientist |
Celeste Anderson[3] | Orillia, Ontario | 22 | Pro gamer |
Danielle Mackey[4] | Rome, New York | 23 | Video game vlogger |
Genevieve Pearson[5] | Tacoma, Washington | 27 | Fantasy writer |
Hеndrik Lеnfеrink[6] | Little Deer Isle, Maine | 26 | Geophysicist |
Ivan Van Norman[7] | Los Angeles, California | 27 | Role-playing game designer |
Jon Paprocki[8] | Atlanta, Georgia | 22 | Mathematician |
Joshua Ovenshire[7] | Los Angeles, California | 24 | Comics & gaming nerd |
Moogega Cooper[7] | Pasadena, California | 26 | NASA engineer |
Virgil Griffith[7] | Pasadena, California | 28 | Master hacker |
Contestant | Episode | |||||||||||
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1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 72 | 8 | |||||
Celeste | IN | IN | WIN | IN | WIN | IN | IN | IN | WIN | WINNER | ||
Genevieve | IN | IN | WIN | RISK | WIN | RISK | RISK | IN | WIN | RUNNER-UP | ||
Danielle | WIN | WIN | RISK | WIN | IN | WIN | WIN | WIN | OUT3 | |||
Ivan | WIN | WIN | IN | WIN | RISK | WIN | IN | OUT3 | ||||
Moogega | WIN | WIN | IN | WIN | IN | WIN | OUT | |||||
Virgil | IN | IN | WIN | IN | WIN | OUT | ||||||
Joshua | WIN | WIN | IN | WIN | OUT | |||||||
Alana | IN1 | RISK | WIN | OUT | ||||||||
Brandon | WIN | WIN | OUT | |||||||||
Jon | RISK | OUT | ||||||||||
Hеndrik | OUT |
^Note 1 : Alana received individual immunity from being sent to the Nerd-Off.
^Note 2 : Teams were dissolved and Nerd Wars became individual challenges.
^Note 3 : The final Nerd War was separated into two phases; in each phase, the loser was automatically eliminated.
No. in series |
No. in season |
Title | Original air date | U.S. viewers (millions) | |
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1 | 1 | "Welcome to Nerdvana" | January 17, 2013 | 1.99[9] | |
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2 | 2 | "Imaginary Realms" | January 24, 2013 | 1.65[10] | |
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3 | 3 | "Games without Frontiers" | January 31, 2013 | 1.57[11] | |
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4 | 4 | "Supernerds" | February 7, 2013 | 1.48[12] | |
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5 | 5 | "High IQ's" | February 14, 2013 | 1.23[13] | |
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6 | 6 | "Nerdy Dancing" | February 21, 2013 | 1.05[14] | |
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7 | 7 | "Enginerds" | February 28, 2013 | 1.49[15] | |
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8 | 8 | "The King Is Crowned" | March 7, 2013 | 1.54[16] | |
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