This is insane!

I have a co-worker who used to live in Japan for about a year and recently he told me about this reality show where a guy (named Nasubi) was stripped naked, locked inside a small apartment alone with no food, household goods, and entertainment; and was told that they were going to keep him there for over a year until he had won One Million Yen! And he could only get the food and other necessities by participating in contests.

That's insane! Here's the article if you want to read more about it:
http://www.quirkyjapan.or.tv/nasubi.html

Some things that Nasubi won during his year and three months of "Living off contests": 2 vacuums, rice (4 times, 35 kg), shoes, a watermelon, a cutlery set, ice cream, chocolates, natto (twice), bicycle, television (no antennae in the apartment), a globe, stuffed animals, dental care products, videos, pickled egg plant, a poster of Hirose Ryoko, free tickets to the Spice Girls movie, a coupon for a free English lesson (twice), headphones, a CD Rom, videos, a huge box of potato chips, duck meat, a barbecue, several unidentifiable varieties of Japanese snacks, a belt, some sexy women's underwear (which he tried to wear but couldn't put on), Matsutake mushrooms, steak, a tent, an attache case, a set of tires, a photo book, and golf balls.

Some things that Nasubi never won during his year and three months of "Living off contests": clothes, plates, soap, books, a bed or futon, sheets and blankets, pots or pans.