Escape the Night season 2

Escape the Night
Season 2
Promotional poster for season two.
No. of contestants	10
Winners	Andrea Russett Tyler Oakley
No. of episodes	10
Release
Original network	YouTube Red
Original release	June 22 (2017-06-22) – August 16, 2017 (2017-08-16)
Season chronology
← Previous Season 1 Next → Season 3

The second season of Escape the Night premiered on June 22, 2017, through YouTube Red. The second season showcased a total of nine guests invited to The Savant's party and required them to act and dress as various personas from the Victorian Era. Once there, isolated from the outside world and tasked with surviving the night and escaping the historical era.

Production

With the premiere episode of its first season garnering 11.3 million views and the series winning its first Streamy Award for Best Ensemble Cast, ^[1] YouTube renewed the series for a second season in October 2016. ^[2] A teaser was released throughout social media showcasing a new cast for the season. ^[3]

Cast and characters

Main characters

Joey Graceffa

Andrea Russett

Tyler Oakley

Gabbie Hanna

Tana Mongeau

Liza Koshy

DeStorm Power

Jesse Wellens

Guests from the second season of Escape the Night and their backgrounds

Guest	Role	Status
Andrea Russett	The Mystic	Escaped (Episode 10)
Tyler Oakley	The Thespian
Joey Graceffa	The Savant	Dead (Episode 10)
Alex Wassabi	The Novelist	Dead (Episode 9)
Gabbie Hanna	The Vaudevillian	Dead (Episode 7)
Tana Mongeau	The Saloon Girl	Dead (Episode 6)
Liza Koshy	The Explorer	Dead (Episode 5) [a]
DeStorm Power	The Railroad Tycoon	Dead (Episode 4)
Jesse Wellens	The Outlaw	Dead (Episode 3)
Lauren Riihimaki	The Engineer	Dead (Episode 2)

Recurring Characters

• Lindsay Elston as Alison. The main helper of the season and betrayed her father, Dorian to help them. She sacrificed herself in episode 8 to a werewolf and saved Andrea from dying.
• Eva Augustina Sinotte as The Sorceress. The main antagonist of the season and stabbed Joey in episode ten, and was eventually killed by Riley.

Minor Characters

• Stephen Brown as Dorian. The first lieutenant of the season and was killed by Andrea in episode two.
• Coel Mahal as Jorogumo. The second lieutenant and was the spider Goddess.
• Nikki SooHoo as Kira. A servant for Jorogumo.
• RiRia as Haruko. A servant for Jorogumo.
• Brad Coffey as Cash. The third lieutenant and was part of the Confederate Army. He is seen in episode four and later returns in episode ten, where he is blown up.
• Evan Szu as Arlyn. The leader of the Dark Army in episode four.
• Sean Held as Boone. The captain of the Confederate Army and was killed.
• Jackie Zane as The Gingerbread Woman. The fourth lieutenant and was killed by Sampson by being burnt in her own oven.
• Gregory Blair as Sampson. A prisoner of The Gingerbread Woman and killed her. He tried to let both Liza and Tyler live after the challenge, but was eventually killed by The Sorceress.
• Salome Azizi as Sireen. In episode six, Sireen helps the guests defeat the Ice Witch.
• Tara Parker as the Fairy. In episode six, she had tears to cure the Torhild the Undying's curse on the Ice Witch.
• Brandon White as Torhild the Undying. In episode six, was a warrior who's main goal was to kill the Ice Witch and protect the group from the Harpies. He was killed by the Harpies.
• Karen Sharp as the Ice Witch. The fifth lieutenant and didn't give the guests the ice gem due to Sireen lying.
• Timothy A. Bennett as Cedric. The sixth lieutenant and wanted to make an automated bride. He had to use the heart of a guest to make her come to life.
• AJ Martin as Jetpack Girl. A former assistant to Cedric and becomes the main helper to the guests after Alison's death.
• Angle Manuel as Promethean Men. A soldier for Cedric and ripped out Gabbie's heart in episode seven.
• Zac Titus as Atticus (human) and Ty Quiamboa as Atticus (werewolf). The seventh lieutenant that wanted the guests to help save his son and returned in episode ten to aim to kill the remaining guests.
• Dillon Wrich as Dylan. He is attacked and infect by a Werewolf after Atticus stole the Werewolf Gem from them. He later warns the guests that Atticus had been infected as well, but it’s too late.
• Alexander Ward as The Devourer. The eighth lieutenant and appeared from a portal at the end of episode eight. Is summoned in episode nine and ten to catch the guests to try and kill them.
• Kei'la Ryan as Rylie. The remaining good left in The Sorceress and goes onto killing The Sorceress.

Notes:

1. The death of Liza was scripted due to a scheduling conflict and had to leave set.

Guest history

Legend:

  Guest escaped the second season of Escape the Night.

  Guest was voted into a challenge and won.

  Guest was voted into a challenge and remained safe.

  Guest was declared safe from the challenge.

  Guest was immune and unable to be voted into the challenge.

  Guest was selected as a partner for a challenge competitor and won, saving their partner.

  Guest was selected as a partner for a challenge competitor and lost, causing their partner to die.

  Guest was captured and was saved by the challenge winner.

  Guest was captured and was not saved by the challenge winner.

  Guest was selected as a partner for a challenge competitor and lost, causing their partner to die.

  Guest wasn't voted into a challenge but died.

  Guest wasn't voted into the challenge and was chosen to die by the guests voted in the challenge.

  Guest was voted into a challenge and died.

Escape The Night season 2 voting history

	1 [4]	2 [5]	3 [6]	4 [7]	5 [8]	6 [9]	7 [10]	8 [11]	9 [12]	10 [13]
Voted Players	(None)	DeStorm Lauren	Gabbie Tana	Alex DeStorm	Liza Tyler	Andrea Joey	Alex Gabbie	Alex Andrea Joey Tyler	Alex Andrea	(None)
Challenge Winner(s)		DeStorm	Gabbie	Alex	Tyler	(None)	Alex	Alex Joey Tyler	Andrea
Eliminated		Lauren	Jesse	DeStorm	Liza	Tana	Gabbie	(None)	Alex	Joey
Andrea	No vote	DeStorm	Liza	Alex	Liza	Safe	Andrea	Safe	Andrea	Escaped
Tyler		Safe	Tana	DeStorm	Joey	Safe	Tyler	Won	Tyler
Joey		Lauren	Tana	DeStorm	Tyler	Safe	Joey	Won	Joey	Dead
Alex		Alex	Gabbie	DeStorm	Alex	Safe	Alex	Won	Alex
Gabbie		Lauren	Liza	Alex	Joey	Safe	Gabbie
Tana		Lauren	Gabbie	DeStorm	Tyler	Dead
Liza		DeStorm	Gabbie	DeStorm	Joey
DeStorm		Lauren	Saved	Alex
Jesse		Alex	Dead
Lauren		DeStorm

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.

Episode	Guest(s)			Challenge	Eliminated	Cause of Death
2	DeStorm Power	vs.	Lauren Riihimaki	They needed to complete a series of tasks against vampires to find a golden goblet, whoever lost would be the vampires' dinner.	Lauren Riihimaki	Eaten alive by vampires.
3	Gabbie Hanna	vs.	Tana Mongeau	They were voted in the challenge to complete an assault course to save their partners who were captured by the Jerogumo.	Jesse Wellens	Eaten alive by the Jorogumo.
4	Alex Wassabi	vs.	DeStorm Power	Need to take part in a swimming pool challenge where they had to find a single gem in a swimming pool.	DeStorm Power	Shot in the chest with a magic arrow by The Dark Army.
5	Liza Koshy	vs.	Tyler Oakley	The voted guests had to eat certain color-coded pies and cakes around a bakery to escape being locked inside the oven.	Liza Koshy	Had her throat slit open by one of the Harpies.
6	Andrea Russett	vs.	Joey Graceffa	Both were voted into a task in the woods where they had to find riddles hidden inside it and shout out the answer.	Tana Mongeau	Had her stomach slit open by the Path of Betrayal's Guardian.
7	Alex Wassabi	vs.	Gabbie Hanna	They had to complete puzzles to avoid the robots from grabbing them and using their heart to reanimate the Bride.	Gabbie Hanna	Her heart was ripped out from her chest by a Promethean.
8	Everyone			All of the remaining guests had to complete an army assault course ahead of a group of werewolves.	None	The guests' lives were spared.
9	Alex Wassabi	vs.	Andrea Russett	The voted guests with their chosen partners had to try and find the gem with the one failing being a sacrifice to the Gatekeepers.	Alex Wassabi	Stabbed in the chest by the Dark Dimension Gatekeeper.

Episodes

Season 2 (2017)

No. overall	No. in season	Title	Original release date
11	1	"The Masquerade Part 1"	June 22, 2017 (2017-06-22)
12	2	"The Masquerade Part 2"	June 22, 2017 (2017-06-22)
13	3	"Tangeled Web"	June 28, 2017 (2017-06-28)
14	4	"A Nation Divided"	July 5, 2017 (2017-07-05)
15	5	"The Gingerbread Woman"	July 12, 2017 (2017-07-12)
16	6	"Endless Winter Night"	July 19, 2017 (2017-07-19)
17	7	"Automaton Love Story"	July 26, 2017 (2017-07-26)
18	8	"Full Moon Slaughter"	August 2, 2017 (2017-08-02)
19	9	"The Dark Dimension"	August 9, 2017 (2017-08-09)
20	10	"The Sorceress"	August 16, 2017 (2017-08-16)

References

1. Robinson, Will (October 4, 2016). "Streamy Awards 2016: Full winners list". Entertainment Weekly . Archived from the original on March 9, 2020. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
2. Spangler, Todd (May 25, 2017). "YouTube Red's 'Escape the Night' With Joey Graceffa Season 2 Adds Tyler Oakley, Liza Koshy, Other Digital Stars to Cast". Variety . Archived from the original on March 10, 2020. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
3. Weiss, Geoff (May 25, 2017). "Liza Koshy, Tyler Oakley, Jesse Wellens To Star In Season 2 Of YouTube Red's 'Escape The Night'". Tubefilter . Retrieved November 6, 2023.
4. "The Masquerade Part 1". Escape the Night. Season 2. Episode 1. June 22, 2017. YouTube Red.
5. "The Masquerade Part 2". Escape the Night. Season 2. Episode 2. June 22, 2017. YouTube Red.
6. "Tangled Web". Escape the Night. Season 2. Episode 3. June 28, 2017. YouTube Red.
7. "A Nation Divided". Escape the Night. Season 2. Episode 4. July 5, 2017. YouTube Red.
8. "The Gingerbread Woman". Escape the Night. Season 2. Episode 5. July 12, 2017. YouTube Red.
9. "Endless Winter Night". Escape the Night. Season 2. Episode 6. July 19, 2017. YouTube Red.
10. "Automaton Love Story". Escape the Night. Season 2. Episode 7. July 26, 2017. YouTube Red.
11. "Full Moon Slaughter". Escape the Night. Season 2. Episode 8. August 2, 2017. YouTube Red.
12. "The Dark Dimension". Escape the Night. Season 2. Episode 9. August 9, 2017. YouTube Red.
13. "The Sorceress". Escape the Night. Season 2. Episode 10. August 16, 2017. YouTube Red.