I second that recommendation.<p>The usual format is that they play a game each episode, and the winner and another player of their choice are guaranteed to go to the next round. The loser of the main game then plays a one-on-one game with another player of their choice, and the loser of that game is eliminated. This creates an interesting metagame surrounding the main games.<p>One thing that makes it work particularly well is that the participants all seem to be relatively pleasant people. There were alliances and sudden-but-inevitable betrayal, but no one was ever unpleasant about it. I&#x27;m not sure if it&#x27;s a cultural thing, or that they&#x27;re all notionally &quot;geniuses&quot; (talented in some field) rather than random people or celebrities, but that atmosphere really made a good premise into an excellent show.