BrainSurge was aired on September 3rd of 2012.

1. BrainSurge starts September 3rd, 2012 on
Nickelodeon.
Nickelodeon premieres the First Season of BrainSurge. The only show where the players need a great
memory and super concentration skills and math skills. Presented by Tamsin Heatley as Mum and
Narrated by Erin Fitzgerald (Rainbow Fish). It was based on Computer Cable version of the Same Name.
Contestants compete a Series of three levels of Brain Games. It was filling the Veloz Mente 2 Temporada
Juegos on the BrainSurge Screen. Filled by Mariano Chiesa (Veloz Mente).
Premise and Gameplay
BrainSurge's challenges are designed to test the memory and comprehension skills of its contestants.
Level 1
The contestants begin by playing a series of visual puzzles. There were six(sometimes 5) puzzles worth 10, 20,
30, 40, 50, and 100 points each (for a maximum of 250 points); the 40-point puzzle was dropped(except in
an episode that was delayed). Each solution is a number, a shape, a letter and a color that the players need
to enter using their keypads. The contestants have 10 seconds to lock in their answers. The four highest -
scoring contestants advance to the next round (ties are broken by how quickly the contestants entered their
answers; if the contestants tied for last place had a score of 0 points, a tiebreaker puzzle is played instead
and the 2 contestants who correctly answers it the fastest will advance); all eliminated contestants in this
and future levels are sent down the "Brain Drain", a slide formed as a human ear containing "ear wax" foam.
Video Bonus
The contestants are also played the game called Video Bonus, The puzzles are worth 25, 30 and 45
points in the round. Heatley got to live on a bed, sitting on a Couch or Anything. The Players got to touch

2. the Micro-Mirror. To track hard with a pile of points. The Players got to track hard by one of them. The
Last video is worth 45 points, The players got to ease off the Micro-Mirror. Heatley told the Players to
See the Correct answer is. A tiebreaker video puzzle to check things hard.
Level 2
During the second round, the four remaining contestants are told a story from a book read by the host
and are asked questions in turn about the story. Contestants lock in their answers by sitting down on a
chair. If a contestant gets a question wrong, the chair makes a farting noise, and the contestant is pulled
backwards through a paper "tooth" of a large face (made to resemble host Heatley) and eliminated from
further play. This continues until two contestants remain. There were two types of questions used in
Level 2. One type involved who, what, where when and why type questions about events in the story(in
this type, if a question is missed the next player will be asked the same question) and the other type
involved players/teams naming things that Heatley told in the story(e.g. name the musical instruments
mentioned in the story) and in this type repeating an already said answer, including another form of that
answer, counted as a wrong answer.
Knockout Round
In the Knockout round, the two remaining contestants have ten seconds to memorize a grid of 16
numbers containing 8 pairs of images from the story. The contestants then take turns matching pairs of
images from the story. Once either contestant makes a mistake, the player who makes the next match
wins the game in a sudden-death match. At this point, the contestant that lost in this round and the 2
eliminated contestants from Level 2 all go down the Brain Drain.
Level 3: The Final Stage
For the bonus round, the contestant must successfully trace out three paths on grids within 90 seconds.
The first path is six squares(5 squares on an episode) on a 4x4 grid, the second is eight squares(10
squares on an episode) on a 5x5 grid, and the third is ten squares on a 6x6 grid; squares are always
connected (horizontally, vertically, or diagonally). Each square has an actuator in the middle that must
be stepped on to activate the square. Contestants see each path twice; the clock starts running when
the contestant first activates a square. After completing a path successfully, the contestant must step on
an actuator outside the board to stop the clock. Contestants are told immediately when they make a
mistake; they must return to the start and view the pattern again before being allowed to continue;
when viewing the pattern after a mistake, the clock continues to run. Contestants can win three prizes,
one for completing each of the three paths with the grand prize being a trip(on an episode of
BrainSurge, it was a trip to Nickelodeon Suites Resort); any prizes they win on one stage are safe no
matter what happens later. Contestants who fail to complete all three boards must go down the Brain
Drain, while contestants who succeed are slimed in network tradition.
Cast
Tamsin Heatley
Tamsin Heatley is a British actress. She acts in the theatre - in productions such as A Servant of Two
Masters and Enslaved by Dreams as well as on television on many shows including Grange
Hill, Eastenders and The Tweenies.

3. In addition to her acting work, Tamsin teaches at the Oxford School of Drama.
Tamsin has three children.
Erin Fitzgerald
Erin Fitzgerald is currently living in Van Nuys, California with her Husband Joe Pascual. When she's not
working on doing voice work for Ed, Edd and Eddy, she does voice work on video games and spends her
time scuba diving, hanging at the ECK center, and playing with her friends.
BrainSurge was ended in Fall 2012. BrainSurge won the CableACE Award in 2013.