‘Game Changer’ Host Sam Reich on Season 8’s 23-Contestant, 90-Minute, Non-Chili’s-Sponsored Finale and ‘Acid Trip’ Season 9 Episode Plans

SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for the Season 8 finale of “Game Changer,” now streaming on Dropout. “Game Changer” capped off its eighth season Monday with a finale episode that was not at all sponsored by Chili’s but ended with its winner taking home between $3,000 and $5,000 (host and Dropout CEO Sam Reich […] “Game Changer” capped off its eighth season with a finale episode that was not at all sponsored by Chili's. SPOILER ALERT: This article contains spoilers for the Season 8 finale of “Game Changer,” now streaming on Dropout. “Game Changer” capped off its eighth season Monday with a finale episode that was not at all sponsored by Chili’s but ended with its winner taking home between $3,000 and $5,000 (host and Dropout CEO Sam Reich isn’t sure) in Chili’s gift cards.

Combine that with the fact the Season 8 finale (a talent show competition) is the longest episode of the Dropout series to date (coming in at just under 90 minutes) and boasts the largest number of contestants (23) and you’ve got a wildly unprecedented undertaking for Reich and the “Game Changer” team. The episode, titled “Last Talent Standing,” features nearly two dozen contestants performing in a talent show with a “Squid