Awake: The Million Dollar Game

These seven people were put in a secret room

with a million dollars in quarters.

Their mission. Count as many quarters as they could

and keep track of their total in their heads.

No pens, no paper, no nothing.

Time's up everybody, times up.

Their count has just finished.

Tonight, seven contestants have a chance to win

a million dollars in cold hard cash.

That's right. Yes!

But to do it,

they'll push their tired minds and bodies to the limit and beyond

in a series of mental and physical challenges

here to test the ultra-tired.

Twenty-four hours, zero rest,

a million dollars on the line, people.

Don't sleep. This is Awake:

The Million Dollar Game.

There they go.

We have my man, IK, here.

Xandrea,

Larric,

Anne,

Giovanni,

JC,

and Ashley.

Welcome to Awake, everyone. I'm your host James Davis.

To my people in the audience, are you guys awake? Make some noise.

Let me hear you all. Okay!

Then let's do it!

How about y'all? How y'all all feeling? Y'all good?

-Pretty good. -Oh, yeah.

You not lying?

What's one plus one?

Five.

She's good to go.

Yeah.

She is good to go.

All right. So, let's meet some of you guys right now.

We got my girl, Anne in the building.

What's up? How you doin'?

Anne was, like, "Hey, hey, hey, hey, hey!"

What?

-Hey, ya'll! Hey, hey, how ya'll doin? -What the--?

Oh, God!

I just said hello to you, you're like "Ooh, this show is tough."

"Asking me my name."

Oh, my god.

Xandrea.

Hey, girl.

A little bird told me that you do some event planning.

My specialty are weddings,

but I've been in high demand for divorce parties, lately, sadly.

Okay.

So, if you're gettin' a divorce and you're feeling kind of down,

hit Xandrea.

JC, I heard

that you stared at a picture of your son

-to motivate you during the count. -Yeah.

Preston. Yeah.

So, you were just looking at your son, like, "Man, we need this."

- Yes. -

Yes, we do.

Hey, you're a good dad, man.

-Thank you. -

Now, we have Ashley, who is a dentist assistant.

I see your excitement for that million dollars.

Plus a dollar.

"Plus a dollar?" What?

Quarter dollar.

Ho, ho, ho.

Dude, what does that mean?

What?

Girl, you so sleepy that you don't know that you found a quarter.

I am very sleepy.

IK! What's up, IK?

I heard...

that you stood the entire 24 hours.

-What's up with that? -All right, so...

I'm a college kid, and my teachers told me if you stand up

you won't go to sleep.

And it worked out 'cause

I secured the bag.

Ooh!

Secure the bag! Okay!

This game is about to kick into high gear based on your count.

So, let's take a look at your past 24 hours.

Oh, that's heavy enough. Holy crap.

All right, all right.

Let's see if I know how to count still.

Thirty...

seven.

I got four children at home and I am a Las Vegas firefighter.

So I'm always sleep deprived.

I don't have to listen to screaming kids.

I don't have to listen to screaming patients.

All I have to listen to is the clickety-clack of sweet, sweet money.

I am loving this.

Being in the military, it's very important to stay awake.

You have to be ready at all times

and be ready to deploy anywhere around the world.

Those are good pushups.

You know I gotta keep this sharp, and also, I keep these guys sharp.

Do I count more,

or do I not count more?

Heads, I keep counting. Tails, I stop.

Tails, I stop.

The spirits are telling me not to count anymore.

- -

Everybody, make some noise. Give it up for all your contestants.

Let's talk about that count.

It's going to play a very important part throughout the show.

Starting...

right now.

The person who counted the least

and the person who was the least accurate,

will be eliminated...

right now.

Whoa!

Which two players are going home?

Man...

Whoo!

The player who counted the fewest number of coins

and the first person eliminated is...

Anne.

Aw.

Anne.

Me?

Yes. I know.

Thank you for playing, though.

I mean, I could've kept counting.

But I just felt like I really did my best.

All right. Another person has to go.

The person who was the least accurate

and the second person eliminated from the game is...

Xandrea.

-Damn! - Aw!

Xandrea!

-No! -I'm sorry.

I think I counted... $12.500.

So you actually counted $17.875,75.

I'm definitely bummed, but...

being sleep deprived and trying to count at the same time is just insane.

You guys really are a family.

-Yeah. -This is devastating news.

Are you tearing up a little bit?

-I like her! - Don't you, don't you dare!

Congratulations!

The rest of you are now one step closer

to that million-dollar prize.

All right.

All night, all stars,

it's time for our first challenge.

Brain freeze. Get on out there.

In this challenge, each of you

has a big old cup of slushie and a giant straw.

The person who drinks the most

gets a guaranteed spot in the next round.

But hold up! Drink the least,

and you could be headed home.

I grew up with slushies.

So if anybody's gonna win this challenge is gonna be the guy who

has started out drinking slushies instead of formula milk

as a baby.

Are you ready?

Your Brain Freeze challenge starts...

now!

Get it! Get it! Get it!

Come on!

Come on!

Listen to this guys.

On average, our Rested Testers managed

to chug down 35 ounces of this slushie.

How're you stackin' up to that?

Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah! Yeah!

I've been up for 24 hours.

And drinking this slushie

is a very weird sensation.

Forget about brain freeze. I have ab freeze.

I'm not gonna lie.

You guys look like you're in a lot of pain right now.

A brain freeze is nature's way of saying, "Put on the brakes!"

But that's not an option for these guys.