The Game
The Game
Twenty-one days. Two phases. Forty-two contestants become twelve finalists, then three, then one champion on the Ẹ̀rùòbodò stool.
Two phases
Forty-two contestants online, then twelve finalists in Lagos (Badagry).
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The Virtual Phase
23 Nov – 3 Dec 2026 (indicative)
All 42 contestants compete online. Challenges cover cultural knowledge, proverbs and oral tradition, strategic decisions and audience interaction. On Day 11, voting closes and the 12 finalists heading to Lagos (Badagry) are revealed.
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The Physical Phase
4 – 13 Dec 2026 (indicative)
The 12 finalists move to Lagos (Badagry) for eight tests. Each test has one stake that a stranger can understand in a sentence. Each exit is earned inside the test. The public votes only twice in this phase, at “The Compound Decides” and at “The River”.
The eight tests
Each test has one stake. The last of them is the Grand Finale.
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01
The Naming
12 enter. One stool. First to beg is out.
The first to ask for rest, or whose people plead for them, leaves.
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02
The Market Tongue
Sell this. Come back with double. Or go home.
One hour in a real market, judged by a working trader. The lowest return is out.
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03
Who Do You Carry
Your ally just failed. Do you carry them?
Whoever abandons the partner they swore to keep is out.
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04
The Compound Decides
Your street votes you out tonight.
Three minutes in front of a live compound, with no speechwriters. The public vote sends one home.
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05
The Drum Does Not Wait
Miss the beat, lose your place.
A real drummer sets the pattern. The last one off the beat is out.
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06
The Debt
Take the gift. Or take the name.
A gift is offered to anyone who quits, and it grows each time someone refuses.
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07
Night Watch
Stay awake. Betrayal counts double.
The last four guard the stool in shifts through the night.
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08
The River
Three left. The stool chooses one.
The Grand Finale. The last three face three trials, and the audience vote locks only after the last trial.