Escape the Night (season 1)

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Escape the Night
Season 1
Escape the Night (season 1).png
Promotional poster for season one.
No. of contestants11
Winners
No. of episodes10
Release
Original network YouTube Red
Original releaseJune 22 (2016-06-22) –
August 17, 2016 (2016-08-17)
Season chronology
Next →
Season 2

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]

Contents

Production

In 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

Guests from the first season of Escape the Night and their backgrounds
GuestRoleOutcome
Eva Gutowski The JournalistEscaped
Joey Graceffa The Savant
Oli White The Big Game Hunter
Lele Pons The Hustler4th place
Tim Chantarangsu The Mobster5th place
Matt Haag The Professor6th place
Sierra FurtadoThe Heiress7th place
GloZell Green The Jazz Singer8th place [lower-alpha 1]
Justine Ezarik The Gambler9th place
Andrea BrooksThe Fixer10th place
Shane Dawson The Renegade11th place [lower-alpha 2]

Notes:

  1. ↑ The death of GloZell was scripted due to a leg injury she sustained in the series.
  2. ↑ The death of Shane was scripted due to filming schedule constraints.

Guest progress

Legend:

  Eva, Joey, 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.
Progress of guests including rank/position in each episode
GuestEpisode
1 [7] 2 [8] 3 [9] 4 [10] 5 [11] 6 [12] 7 [13] 8 [14] 9 [15] 10 [16]
EvaSAFEWINSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEWINWINEscaped
JoeySAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFE
OliSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFE
LeleSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEDEAD
TimSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEWINDEAD
MattSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEWINDEAD
SierraSAFESAFESAFESAFESAFEDEAD
GloZellSAFESAFESAFEDEAD
JustineSAFESAFEDEAD
AndreaSAFEDEAD
ShaneDEAD

Challenges

Legend:

  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.
EpisodeGuest(s)ChallengeEliminatedCause of Death
1EveryoneEveryone had to complete a series of impossible tasks to gain the cure to the poison that Shane Dawson had ingested.Shane DawsonPoisoned by the Evil of the House.
2Andrea Brooksvs.Lele PonsTheir 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 BrooksInhaled noxious gas produced by the Ungodly Machine.
3Justine EzarikThe guests had to vote for one of their friends to be buried alive and then be the ones to bury them.Justine EzarikBuried alive to reverse the Claws Ritual.
4Joey Graceffavs.Lele PonsThey 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 GreenChoked on her own blood after Joey wrote her name in the Murder Journal.
5Oli Whitevs.Tim ChantarangsuNeed to perform in a circus show and receive points for whoever did better and whoever got the least points would supposedly die.NoneThe Ring Master spared their lives.
6Matt Haagvs.Sierra FurtadoSierra 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 FurtadoDemonically possessed and convulsed to death.
7Matt Haagvs.Tim ChantarangsuNeed to perform in a circus show and receive points for whoever did better and whoever got the least points would supposedly die.Matt HaagIngested poison twice.
8Eva Gutowskivs.Tim ChantarangsuThey had to take part in a game, which was a hybrid of Battleship and Russian Roulette.Tim ChantarangsuShot himself in the head while playing Russian Roulette.
9Lele Ponsvs.Oli WhiteTheir 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 PonsElectrocuted by the Learning Chair.

Episodes

No.
overall		No. in
season		TitleOriginal air date
11"An Invitation"June 22, 2016 (2016-06-22)
Joey Graceffa received the heir to his relative's estate. He wrote and sent ten of his friends invitations to a housewarming dinner. The invitation required the guests to wear a certain style relating to the Roaring Twenties, any objects pertaining to the Modern World will disappear. The guests arrived at The Savant's estate by a time-traveling automobile. As dinner started, both The Journalist and The Renegade discovered the estate's maid dragging a dead corpse upstairs and went back downstairs and joined the other guests. Shane received a letter, with the maid serving the main course, The Renegade started to cough up blood and was eventually poisoned. The host and the guest had fifteen minutes to find clues and solve puzzles to unlock the three antidotes to save Shane. Unfortunately, Shane passed away, and was later found out that the House of Evil poisoned him. The guests tried to escape, but the time-traveling automobile exploded, leaving them stuck in the 1920s.
22"The Ungodly Machine"June 22, 2016 (2016-06-22)
With the automobile exploding, the guests went back to the estate and realized that they had to find clues and retrieve the artifacts. In the library, the guests found clues throughout the books which revealed a pin number, and opened the locked chest that contained chess pieces which led to the next clue. The clue involved another set of numbers and air, earth, fire, and wind. This opened a locked bookcase with another the final task leading to the estate's basement. The guests decided to write down their opponent's name to complete the final task. The two chosen names were The Fixer and The Hustler. Andrea chooses Justine, and Lele chooses Eva as their partner. Their chosen partners had to complete a series of tasks involving the wiring and piping. Eva finished the tasks and Lele escaped the Ungodly Machine; with the tasks completed, they received the first artifact. Unfortunately, Justine did not complete the tasks and Andrea died in a tank filled with poisonous gas.
33"Buried Alive"June 29, 2016 (2016-06-29)
A note revealed that one of the guests is evil. Joey found an image of a woman and discovered that the guests needed to find the woman's personal belongings and perform a seance to speak the dead. They decided to rip the image which opened a jewelry box that contained three keys to three doors in the estate. The guests found a red scarf, emerald earrings, and a blonde wig; this opened another jewelry box containing a set of instructions to perform a seance. Another clue was revealed, the guests needed to find a key that unlocks Caroline Eastwick's buried coffin and release her trapped soul. When they found the coffin, Eastwick's body was missing but a note was found. The final task requires one of the guests to be buried alive in the coffin against their own will. The guests voted, and unfortunately, Justine's name was chosen to be buried alive. Her screaming stopped and the second artifact was revealed; a mysterious box was discovered which led the next task.
44"Mannequins"July 6, 2016 (2016-07-06)
As the guests were stumped on the box, The Jazz Singer started to accuse Joey of the evilness in the estate. Oli decided to smash the box into the table which revealed a paper stating the word "idle". The clock had the next clue and they needed to move the four hands in the order of the word from the alphabet. A locked compartment with a keyhole and an image of stairs was revealed. Meanwhile, Tim and Sierra discovered an automobile outside of the estate which led to a separate task. Joey found a key at the staircase which opened a secret room filled with dressed-up mannequins. Tim and Sierra opened the trunk of the automobile and found a mannequin tied up; they showed the rest of the group what they had found and opened the next clue. The clue states that the two chosen guests need to participate in a perverted game, which is Lele and Joey. As they completed the game, their final task was to write one of the guest's names in the Murder Journal. Unfortunately, GloZell choked on her own blood and died; the third artifact was revealed.

Awards and nominations

AwardYearCategoryRecipient(s) and nominee(s)ResultRef.
Streamy Awards 2016 Best Costume DesignOlivia HinesNominated [17]
Best Ensemble CastEscape the Night (season 1)Won

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  8. ↑ "The Ungodly Machine". Escape the Night. Season 1. Episode 2. June 22, 2016. YouTube Red.
  9. ↑ "Buried Alive". Escape the Night. Season 1. Episode 3. June 29, 2016. YouTube Red.
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