What is the premise of SyFy’s Opposite Worlds?

With more tweets on Tuesday night than New Girl, The Mindy Project, Supernatural, Justified and Dance Moms, it’s safe to say the premiere of SyFy’s Opposite World was a success! Now that there’s buzz, many would-be viewers are wondering: What is the premise of Opposite Worlds?

Described as “more Hunger Games than American Idol” by Media Post, the show pits competitors from Space Age and Stone Age teams. It’s hosted by Luke Tipple.

The teams — which both consist of seven players — live on separate sides of a glass wall. This, SyFy teased in a press release, allows the competitors to “watch, envy and dread each other’s every move.”

Although the players on the Space Age (or “The Cronos”) seem to have distinct advantages, the Stone Age (or “The Epoch”) players have the whole underdog thing working in their favor. That’s a big deal, considering viewers participate in real-time on social media to “affect the outcome of each player’s fate.” Plus, the teams have the potential to switch roles after each week. (More on that in a minute.)

Viewers can also stay engaged on SyFy’s Opposite Worlds website. The interactive page is continually updated with player popularity indexes, new snapshots from contestants in the house and details on rewards or punishments doled out by viewers. Most significantly, “After every Tuesday episode, you’ll be able to vote for ‘The Decider,’ the player that decides who stays… and who goes home. The results are revealed LIVE on Wednesday’s episode, where the weekly elimination takes place!”

At the end of each episode, the teams face off in a challenge. SyFy’s first recap explained of the challenge segment, “both teams will reconvene in the ‘present’ to compete against each other in a ‘Worldly Challenge,’ the victor of which will decide who gets to live in what era of humankind.”

The morning after the first challenge, host Luke announced players are all vulnerable for elimination — except for one who is granted immunity. American then gets to decide on two other players to complete in the Due of Destiny. The winner of that lives in the game for another week while the loser goes home.

After rinsing and repeating that process for a few more weeks, the last man (or woman) standing gets $100,000!

Opposite Worlds airs on SyFy every Tuesday and Wednesday night for the next five weeks at 10/9c.