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Total Blackout
Overview
Total Blackout is an American game show airing on Syfy which features contestants that have to complete challenges such as: identifying things with either their hands, nose, or mouth; gathering items; or getting from point A to Point B while being totally in the dark. The host of the show is Jaleel White, known for roles like Urkel on the sitcom Family Matters, and Sonic the Hedgehog in three animated shows. Each episode has four players competing to win $5,000. On occasion, episodes will feature four teams of two. The player or team who either takes the longest to do a certain task or identifies the fewest items in the allowed time is eliminated at the end of each round. The show was renewed for a second season by SyFy that started on October 30, 2012. The show aired first in Denmark on Kanal 5, where Uffe Holm was host of the show.
Top Cast
Jaleel White
Seasons
Season 1 (2012)
No overview available.
8 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Entering the Darkness
2012-04-25Contestants face their fears and take on challenges in total darkness in the debut of the game-show series.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 2: 2 Heads Are Blinder Than 1
2012-04-25Four couples confront their fears in total darkness.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 3: Touch, Sniff, & Transfer
2012-05-02The players must identify items by scent and do their best not to disturb a sleeping critter.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 4: Good With Your Hands, Good With Your Nose
2012-05-02The Food Chain. Animals are arranged according to their place in the food chain.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 5: Lick, Limbo, Lather & Repeat
2012-05-09Items must be identified by taste. Also: The finalists bathe with fearsome things.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 6: Buddy System
2012-05-16Coffins, pitfalls and poison play roles in challenges.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 7: Fear Is Served
2012-05-23With a metal glove strapped to their hands, the contestants must seek through four cages, each containing its own animal, to see which one will be eating the slab of meat strapped to one palm, also using only their hands, they must guess the weight of four unknown objects
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 8: Jump Around
2012-05-30Using only their sense of timing, the contestants must jump over an automated stick that is shooting right for their shins then, sitting in a tub of cold water, the contestants must correctly identify three items that are dumped on them.
Runtime: 30 minSeason 2 (2012)
No overview available.
16 episodes
Episodes
Episode 1: Don't Burst Your Bubble Helmet
2012-10-30The teams try to guess the weight of various creatures, and later have to identify items placed around their heads. The final challenge is a maze filled with mousetraps.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 2: Creatures of Darkness
2012-11-06Contestants must guess the height of contortionists. Other challenges include transferring creatures from tank to tank; and navigating a surprise-filled maze.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 3: Glazed and Confused
2012-11-13Weird donut fillings must be identified by the contestants, who later transfer creepy critters from one tank to another. The final challenge involves a creature-filled tub.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 4: Three Blind Mice
2012-11-20Episode 5: Broken Glass & Hot Coals
2013-01-15Players begin by identifying objects placed in tanks. The next round requires those who survive elimination to use their mouths to retrieve plastic rings from creepy boxes. The final challenge involves a booby-trapped maze.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 6: Tub of Terror
2013-01-22Contestants wear straitjackets for the first challenge, which forces them to use their tongues to identify objects. Later, they try to guess the weight of a dangerous animal; and have to figure out what's being dumped on them as they sit in a tub filled with water.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 7: Sibling Scare
2013-01-29It’s double trouble this week when siblings enter the dungeon and compete in some of the grossest, scariest challenges on television. Siblings team up to tackle four tanks filled with unknowns, donuts and more.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 8: Heavy Petting Zoo
2013-02-05Episode 9: Love Is Blind
2013-02-12This week's contestants will do anything for love in this special couples' edition of Total Blackout.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 10: All-Star Blackout
2013-02-19Memorable contestants from previous episodes return for another shot at the grand prize.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 11: Parental Blackout
2013-06-04Parents team up with their kids.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 12: All Bark, No Bite
2013-06-11Episode 13: Lick It Before You Pick It
2013-06-18Episode 14: Cold Feet
2013-06-25Contestants confront their fears and phobias during challenges.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 15: Count 'em, Lick 'em, Face 'em
2013-07-02Instead of making contestants identify weird objects, they must count them! Whoever guesses farthest from the actual number of items will go home.
Runtime: 30 minEpisode 16: Celebrity Blackout
2013-07-09Season 2 ends with a celebrity edition of the game show, which features Aubrey O'Day, Bob Guiney, Erin Way and Neil Grayston trying to win money for their charities.
Runtime: 30 min
