Season 1

Logo of season 1

Season 1 is the first season of Escape the Night. It is set in the 1920's.

The show was available on Youtube Premium, known as Youtube Red during the season's run. It premiered on the 22nd of June with a two episode special, and concluded on the 17th of August with the season's final episode. There were three special episodes.

## Overview

Welcome to "Escape the Night." In this surreality competition series, hosted by Joey Graceffa, 10 guests are invited from the modern world to attend a dinner at his newly acquired mansion estate, which has been locked in the 1920's; when America was roaring...roaring with madness. This is a dinner party to die for. No one is safe.

### Format

* **Partner Challenge(s)**: In The Ungodly Machine, and Wicked Hallucinations, the Guests voted in would select a Partner to compete for them in the Death Challenge. In Wicked Hallucinations, the Guests voted in could only select a partner of the opposite gender.
* **Sacrificing a Guest**: In Buried Alive, the Guests would vote as per usual, but only one name would be drawn. That Guest would be killed without a Death Challenge taking place.
* **Betraying a Guest**: In Mannequins, the two Guests voted in would both be safe in the Death Challenge, and would instead have to choose which Guest they want to kill.

## Episode Guide

**An Invitation****The Ungodly Machine****Buried Alive****Mannequins****Freak Show****Did Someone Call For An Exorcist?****Mermaid Tails****All Out War****Wicked Hallucinations****Betrayal At The House On The Hill**
## Trivia

* This season is the only season where Joey Graceffa invites guests by his own will.
* The season currently holds the record for most guests competing in one season, with 11.
* The season currently holds the record for most BTS "special" episodes, with 3.
* It held the record for most helpers, with 2, but was then followed by Season 4 with also 2, tying it.
* It is the first season to have someone die in the first episode.
	+ It is also the only episode not to have someone die in the fifth episode.
* GloZell Green injured her leg 6 months prior to filming, causing her to carry a walking stick.
* Joey Graceffa did not know what a "Savant" was when it was assigned to be his role.

### Twitch Live

Joey Graceffa held a season 1 watch-party on Twitch, and revealed fun-facts and information about season 1.

* Andrea Brooks' role was the "Fixer". It was assumed by many that the role meant a person who fixes items and so on, but in reality, it meant to be a match-maker.
* A banshee, and a sea-captain were supposed to be in the season as monsters, but ended up being scrapped.
* The season was supposed to include 2 additional episodes, making the total 12 episodes.

## Shane Dawson's Scripted Death

During the same Twitch Live, Joey Graceffa revealed that Shane Dawson only had one day to shoot the show. As a result, he was planned to be the first person killed off. He was poisoned during the dinner in the first episode, and the guests were tasked with retrieving three antidotes by completing almost impossible challenges in a 10 minute time limit. As expected, the guests failed and Shane was successfuly killed off. Had he received the three antidotes, he would of died later in the episode when the guests carriage exploded.