Escape the Night season 2
| Escape the Night | |
|---|---|
| Season 2 | |
.png) Promotional poster for season two. | |
| No. of contestants | 10 |
| Winners | |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
| Release | |
| Original network | YouTube Red |
| Original release | June 22 – August 16, 2017 |
| Season chronology | |
The second season of Escape the Night premiered on June 22, 2017, through YouTube Red. The second season showcased a total of nine guests invited to The Savant's party and required them to act and dress as various personas from the Victorian Era. Once there, isolated from the outside world and tasked with surviving the night and escaping the historical era.
Production
[edit]With the premiere episode of its first season garnering 11.3 million views and the series winning its first Streamy Award for Best Ensemble Cast,[1] YouTube renewed the series for a second season in October 2016.[2] A teaser was released throughout social media showcasing a new cast for the season.[3]
Guests
[edit]| Guest | Role | Outcome |
|---|---|---|
| Andrea Russett | The Mystic | Escaped |
| Tyler Oakley | The Thespian | |
| Joey Graceffa | The Savant | 3rd place |
| Alex Wassabi | The Novelist | 4th place |
| Gabbie Hanna | The Vaudevillian | 5th place |
| Tana Mongeau | The Saloon Girl | 6th place |
| Liza Koshy | The Explorer | 7th place[a] |
| DeStorm Power | The Railroad Tycoon | 8th place |
| Jesse Wellens | The Outlaw | 9th place |
| Lauren Riihimaki | The Engineer | 10th place |
Notes:
- ^ The death of Liza was scripted due to a scheduling conflict and had to leave set.
Guest progress
[edit]Legend:
Andrea and Tyler escaped the second season of Escape the Night.
WIN indicates the guest was voted into a challenge and won.
SAFE indicates the guest was voted into a challenge and remained safe.
SAFE indicates the guest was declared safe from the challenge.
DEAD indicates the guest wasn't voted into a challenge but died.
DEAD indicates the guest was voted into a challenge and died.
| Guest | Episode | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2[4] | 3[5] | 4[6] | 5[7] | 6[8] | 7[9] | 8[10] | 9[11] | 10[12] | ||
| Andrea | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | Escaped | |
| Tyler | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | ||
| Joey | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | DEAD | |
| Alex | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | WIN | DEAD | ||
| Gabbie | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | DEAD | ||||
| Tana | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | DEAD | |||||
| Liza | SAFE | SAFE | SAFE | DEAD | ||||||
| DeStorm | WIN | SAFE | DEAD | |||||||
| Jesse | SAFE | DEAD | ||||||||
| Lauren | DEAD | |||||||||
Challenges
[edit]Legend:
The guest was eliminated but was never voted for a challenge.
The guest was eliminated after their first time being voted for a challenge.
The guest was eliminated after their second time being voted for a challenge.
The guest was eliminated after their third time being voted for a challenge.
| Episode | Guest(s) | Challenge | Eliminated | Cause of Death | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 | DeStorm Power | vs. | Lauren Riihimaki | They needed to complete a series of tasks against vampires to find a golden goblet, whoever lost would be the vampires' dinner. | Lauren Riihimaki | Eaten alive by vampires. |
| 3 | Gabbie Hanna | vs. | Tana Mongeau | They were voted in the challenge to complete an assault course to save their partners who were captured by the Jerogumo. | Jesse Wellens | Eaten alive by the Jerogumo. |
| 4 | Alex Wassabi | vs. | DeStorm Power | Need to take part in a swimming pool challenge where they had to find a single gem in a swimming pool. | DeStorm Power | Shot in the chest with a magic arrow by The Dark Army. |
| 5 | Liza Koshy | vs. | Tyler Oakley | The voted guests had to eat certain color-coded pies and cakes around a bakery to escape being locked inside the oven. | Liza Koshy | Had her throat slit open by one of the Harpies. |
| 6 | Andrea Russett | vs. | Joey Graceffa | Both were voted into a task in the woods where they had to find riddles hidden inside it and shout out the answer. | Tana Mongeau | Had her stomach slit open by the Path of Betrayal's Guardian. |
| 7 | Alex Wassabi | vs. | Gabbie Hanna | They had to complete puzzles to avoid the robots from grabbing them and using their heart to reanimate the Bride. | Gabbie Hanna | Her heart was ripped out from her chest by a Promethean. |
| 8 | Everyone | All of the remaining guests had to complete an army assault course ahead of a group of werewolves. | None | The guests' lives were spared. | ||
| 9 | Alex Wassabi | vs. | Andrea Russett | The voted guests with their chosen partners had to try and find the gem with the one failing being a sacrifice to the Gatekeepers. | Alex Wassabi | Stabbed in the chest by the Dark Dimension Gatekeeper. |
Episodes
[edit]Season 2 (2017)
[edit]| No. overall | No. in season | Title | Original air date |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 | 1 | "The Masquerade Part 1" | June 22, 2017 |
| 12 | 2 | "The Masquerade Part 2" | June 22, 2017 |
| 13 | 3 | "Tangeled Web" | June 28, 2017 |
| 14 | 4 | "A Nation Divided" | July 5, 2017 |
| 15 | 5 | "The Gingerbread Woman" | July 12, 2017 |
| 16 | 6 | "Endless Winter Night" | July 19, 2017 |
| 17 | 7 | "Automaton Love Story" | July 26, 2017 |
| 18 | 8 | "Full Moon Slaughter" | August 2, 2017 |
| 19 | 9 | "The Dark Dimension" | August 9, 2017 |
| 20 | 10 | "The Sorceress" | August 16, 2017 |
References
[edit]- ^ Robinson, Will (October 4, 2016). "Streamy Awards 2016: Full winners list". Entertainment Weekly. Archived from the original on March 9, 2020. Retrieved March 9, 2020.
- ^ Spangler, Todd (May 25, 2017). "YouTube Red's 'Escape the Night' With Joey Graceffa Season 2 Adds Tyler Oakley, Liza Koshy, Other Digital Stars to Cast". Variety. Archived from the original on March 10, 2020. Retrieved March 10, 2020.
- ^ Weiss, Geoff (May 25, 2017). "Liza Koshy, Tyler Oakley, Jesse Wellens To Star In Season 2 Of YouTube Red's 'Escape The Night'". Tubefilter. Retrieved November 6, 2023.
- ^ "The Masquerade Part 2". Escape the Night. Season 2. Episode 2. June 22, 2017. YouTube Red.
- ^ "Tangled Web". Escape the Night. Season 2. Episode 3. June 28, 2017. YouTube Red.
- ^ "A Nation Divided". Escape the Night. Season 2. Episode 4. July 5, 2017. YouTube Red.
- ^ "The Gingerbread Woman". Escape the Night. Season 2. Episode 5. July 12, 2017. YouTube Red.
- ^ "Endless Winter Night". Escape the Night. Season 2. Episode 6. July 19, 2017. YouTube Red.
- ^ "Automaton Love Story". Escape the Night. Season 2. Episode 7. July 26, 2017. YouTube Red.
- ^ "Full Moon Slaughter". Escape the Night. Season 2. Episode 8. August 2, 2017. YouTube Red.
- ^ "The Dark Dimension". Escape the Night. Season 2. Episode 9. August 9, 2017. YouTube Red.
- ^ "The Sorceress". Escape the Night. Season 2. Episode 10. August 16, 2017. YouTube Red.