Escape the Night season 1

The first season of Escape the Night premiered on June 22, 2016, through YouTube Red. The premiere season showcased a total of ten guests invited to The Savant's party and required them to act and dress as various personas from the Roaring Twenties. Once there, isolated from the outside world and tasked with surviving the night and escaping the historical era.

Production
In October 2015, the subscription service formerly known as YouTube Red, revealed upcoming projects such as Fight of the Living Dead, A Trip to Unicorn Island (2016), Single by 30, and Scare PewDiePie. This also includes an untitled Joey Graceffa project that involves a murder mystery. A year later, the subscription service teased clips of their upcoming murder mystery series. Sam Gutelle, a writer from Tubefilter, described the potential series as "the board game Clue" which turns the party "into a whodunit, with each guest transformed into a suspect." Joey Graceffa, the creator of the series, revealed in a Teen Vogue interview that "the idea for the project has been in the works for two years, and that he most looked forward to collaborating" with other YouTubers.

Guests
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Guest progress
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Challenges
Legend: {{legend|FDFD96|The guest was eliminated but was never voted for a challenge.}} {{legend|ADD8E6|The guest was eliminated after their first time being voted for a challenge.}} {{legend|90EE90|The guest was eliminated after their second time being voted for a challenge.}} {{legend|FFB6C1|The guest was eliminated after their third time being voted for a challenge.}}