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Internet Icon | |
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Season 1 | |
Hosted by | Chester See |
Judges | Ryan Higa Christine Lakin |
Winner | The Brothers Riedell |
Runner-up | Lana McKissack |
Finals venue | Los Angeles Center Studios |
Release | |
Original network | YouTube: YOMYOMF |
Original release | 12 June – 16 August 2012 |
Season chronology |
Internet Icon is an American film-making competition reality television show to find "the next Internet icon". The first season aired on the YOMYOMF YouTube channel from 12 June to 16 August 2012. The judges were Ryan Higa and Christine Lakin, and the host was Chester See. The filming of the show took place at the Los Angeles Center Studios. The Brothers Riedell won the first season, with Lana McKissack as runner-up. The contestants of the first season saw an average subscriber boost of 522%. [1]
Key | Winner | Runner up | 3rd Place |
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Name / name of act | From | Position reached |
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The Brothers Riedell(Chris and Nick Riedell) | San Francisco | Winner |
Lana McKissack | Los Angeles | Runner-up |
The Fu Music(Jacob and Josh Fu) | Atlanta, Georgia | 3rd Place |
Team Morgan (Matt Morgan and Heidi Brucker) | Sherman Oaks and Omak, Washington | 4th Place |
Dayside Productions (Karim, Shawn, Girard and Earl) | Queens, New York | 5th Place |
Kyle Hatch | Salt Lake City, Utah | 6th Place |
Justin James Hughes | Los Angeles, California | 7th Place |
Marlin Chan | Stockton, California | 8th Place |
Joey Held | Chicago, Illinois | 9th Place |
Tahir Moore | St. Louis, Missouri | 10th Place |
Episode No. | Episode | Premiere | Challenge Winner | Guest Judge | |
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Part One | Part Two | ||||
1 | "The Search" | 12 June 2012 | 14 June 2012 | — | — |
2 | "Deliberation" | 19 June 2012 | 21 June 2012 | — | — |
3 | "The Word Challenge" | 26 June 2012 | 28 June 2012 | Brothers Riedell | Andrew Garcia |
4 | "The Infomercial Challenge" | 3 July 2012 | 5 July 2012 | Justin James Hughes | Dominic "D-trix" Sandoval |
5 | "The Prop Challenge" | 10 July 2012 | 12 July 2012 | The Fu Music | Joe "Mystery Guitar Man" Penna |
6 | "The Topical Challenge" | 17 July 2012 | 19 July 2012 | Brothers Riedell | Dave Days |
7 | "The Judges' Choice Challenge" | 24 July 2012 | 26 July 2012 | The Fu Music | Brice Beckham & David Fickas |
8 | "The Set Challenge/Surprise Promotional Challenge" | 31 July 2012 | 2 August 2012 | Brothers Riedell | Jenna Marbles |
9 | "The Guest Star/Vlog/Music Challenge" | 7 August 2012 | 9 August 2012 | KassemG | |
10 | "Finale" | August 17, 2012 | — |
The first challenge was to use five of ten selected words in a video. Two contestants were eliminated in this round. [15]
Key | Winner of the Challenge | Runner up of the Challenge | High score | Low score | Bottom Four | Eliminated |
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Contestant | Video title | Finished |
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Marlin Chan | Butt Ninjas | Advanced |
Dayside Productions | The Rise of the Rising Platypus | Bottom Four |
The Fu Music | Learning German | Advanced |
Kyle Hatch | Jacob DuShane | Low score |
Joey Held | Tech Support | Eliminated (9th Place) |
Justin James Hughes | On Dreams | High score |
Lana McKissack | Interweb Icon | Advanced |
Tahir Moore | Hiiii Yaah Doing | Eliminated (10th Place) |
Team Morgan | Lecons de Performance a Matt et Heidi | Advanced |
Brothers Riedell | Dr Moscow | Winner |
The second challenge was to create an infomercial. [16]
Key | Winner of the Challenge | Runner up of the Challenge | High score | Low score | Bottom Two | Eliminated |
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Contestant | Video title | Finished |
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Marlin Chan | The Fanboy | Eliminated (8th Place) |
Dayside Productions | Flatulawesome | High score |
The Fu Music | Lazy Fuzy | Advanced |
Kyle Hatch | Nerves of Steel | Bottom Two |
Justin James Hughes | Handy Bandy | Winner |
Lana McKissack | Peg Arm Judy | Advanced |
Team Morgan | Boozercise | Advanced |
Brothers Riedell | Good Thoughts Box | Advanced |
The third challenge was to use five selected props from the Iconography room and use them in the video. Justin James Hughes was disqualified in this round because he wasn't present at the elimination due to prior-organised filming of a television show. [17]
Key | Winner of the Challenge | Runner up of the Challenge | High score | Low score | Bottom Two | Eliminated |
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Contestant | Video title | Finished |
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Dayside Productions | Falling For You | Advanced |
The Fu Music | Coming Home | Winner |
Kyle Hatch | Kyle's Imaginary Friend | Advanced |
Justin James Hughes | Age of the Ignorance | Disqualified (7th Place) |
Lana McKissack | Abstinence | Advanced |
Team Morgan | Love Story | Advanced |
Brothers Riedell | Wanna See Something | Advanced |
The fourth challenge was to turn an article from a newspaper into a video. [18]
Key | Winner of the Challenge | Runner up of the Challenge | High score | Low score | Bottom Two | Eliminated |
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Contestant | Video title | Finished |
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Dayside Productions | Student Loans | Low score |
The Fu Music | It's All About the Mitzvah | Low score |
Kyle Hatch | Kyle's Television Show | Eliminated (6th Place) |
Lana McKissack | The Rocks | High score |
Team Morgan | Hairline News | High score |
Brothers Riedell | CSF Trifecta | Winner |
The fifth challenge was to create a video as per chosen by the judges. Dayside Productions were challenged to make a horror video, the Fu Music had to make a video in one take - no edit cuts, Lana McKissack had to make a character-driven video in the style of a documentary, Team Morgan had to make a silent video, and the Brothers Riedell had to make an instructional video. [19]
Key | Winner of the Challenge | Runner up of the Challenge | High score | Low score | Bottom Two | Eliminated |
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Contestant | Video title | Finished |
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Dayside Productions | Slasher's Inn | Eliminated (5th Place) |
The Fu Music | There For Me | Winner |
Lana McKissack | Backstage | Advanced |
Team Morgan | Waiting Room | Advanced |
Brothers Riedell | Human School | Advanced |
The sixth challenge was to make a video entirely in one set (the Fu Music in the Morgue; Lana McKissack in the Bar/Restaurant; Team Morgan in the jail/interrogation room; the Brothers Riedell in the court room). However, during the challenge, the producers surprise challenged the contestants with a one-hour challenge: to make a trailer for Internet Icon. [20]
Key | Winner of the Challenge | High score | Low score | Eliminated |
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Contestant | The Set Challenge video title | Finished |
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The Fu Music | All the Madness | Advanced |
Lana McKissack | What Men Really Want | Advanced |
Team Morgan | Jail Birds | Eliminated (4th Place) |
Brothers Riedell | Court | Winner |
The seventh challenge was to create three videos: [21]
Key | Winner of the Challenge | Eliminated |
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Contestant | The Guest Star Challenge video title | The Music Challenge video title | The Vlog Challenge video title | Finished |
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The Fu Music | Toligami | A Song For You | Vlog | Eliminated (3rd Place) |
Lana McKissack | The Delivery | You Choose | Vlog | Advanced |
Brothers Riedell | Jail Date | This Office Space Sucks | Brothers Riedell Vlog | Winner |
The eighth and final challenge was to make any video that the contestants wished. The winner was later announced in front of an audience, with various interviews with all Top 10 contestants. [22]
The finale was scheduled to air 16 August 2012 at 8PM EST, but due to uploading errors it wasn't uploaded until early morning of 17 August 2012. It was sponsored by TheTruth.com.
Key | Winner | Runner-up |
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Contestant | Video title | Finished |
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Lana McKissack | Mo Babies, Mo Problems | Runner-up |
Brothers Riedell | Love Transcends | Winner |
Disqualified | Eliminated | Low Score | Top Score | Safe | Challenge Winner | Runner-up | Winner |
ELIMINATION CHART | Challenges | ||||||||||||||
1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||||||
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Place | Contestant | Result | |||||||||||||
1 | The Brothers Riedell | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | WIN | WIN | WINNER | ||||||
2 | Lana McKissack | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | HIGH | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | 2ND | ||||||
3 | The Fu Music | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | LOW | WIN | SAFE | OUT | |||||||
4 | Team Morgan | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | HIGH | SAFE | OUT | ||||||||
5 | Dayside Productions | LOW | HIGH | SAFE | LOW | OUT | |||||||||
6 | Kyle Hatch | LOW | LOW | SAFE | OUT | ||||||||||
7 | Justin James Hughes | HIGH | WIN | DQ | |||||||||||
8 | Marlin Chan | SAFE | OUT | ||||||||||||
9 | Joey Held | OUT | |||||||||||||
10 | Tahir Moore | OUT | |||||||||||||
References | [15] | [16] | [17] | [18] | [19] | [20] | [21] | [22] |
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