Aleksey and Yosef's Gambian Holiday

Aleksey and Yosef's Gambian Holiday

Promotional poster in the Gambia at KOMBO Beach Hotel

Release Date	October-November 2018
Production Company	Meena Productions
Directed by	Leroy Ginseng, Jeffrey Meena, Big Money Gambia
Country of Origin	The Gambia
Budget	$1.8 million USD
Starring	Aleksey Pivovarov, Yosef Romanov, Leroy Ginseng (host)
Episodes	8 (plus one pre-competition episode and one celebration episode)

Aleksey and Yosef's Gambian Holiday is a ten-part live broadcast event made by Meena Productions in late 2018.

Hosted by Gambian wizard Leroy Ginseng, the show was essentially two episodes of reality TV and eight episodes of brutal gladiatorial combat between Russian cousins Aleksey Pivovarov and Yosef Romanov. As both men were married to the same Gambian woman, Aisha Mankita, and both men were banned from the Gambia (since the Great Caffeinated Death), the prizes sought in this competition were:

1: The monogamous hand of Aisha Mankita

2: Removal of "Wanted" Status in the Adama Barrow regime of the Gambia

The first episode of the show was expositionary, showing the marriage situation between the three lovers and how they feel emotionally of the situation.

The following eight episodes were each a battle, where Aleksey and Yosef were each transmitted equal amounts of fertility and were to use their newfound abilities to engage in increasingly powerful combat each week. The final episode was to end with the death of one of the contestants.

1. 10/4: Wrestling Gambia Style (1.8 million views)
2. 10/11: Matter Inflection (1.1 million views)
3. 10/18: Yeth Hound Death Match (1.3 million views)
4. 10/25: Slam Poetry (2.1 million views)
5. 11/1: "Thank You Adama Barrow" Holiday Special (6.5 million views)
6. 11/8: Ghost Possession Beatdown (4.6 million views)
7. 11/15: Fight to the Death 1 (3.1 million views)
8. 11/22: Fight to the Death 2 (4.9 million views)

At the end of the fourth episode, Aisha Mankita revealed that she was pregnant with the child of one of the two men, but there was no way to tell who the father was. As a result, the show's viewership increased threefold, just in time for the "Thank You Adama Barrow" Holiday Special.

In the end, Yosef Romanov prevailed and Aleksey Pivovarov was killed. The trauma of this series of televised battles cause much distress to Yosef and Aisha, even as their child ended up being Aleskey's. Yosef continued to rasie this child, Bean Pivovarov, with Aisha despite this fact. This was the inciting incident to the Worse Days for Yosef.