MrBeast’s $5 million game show for Prime Video could one-up Netflix’s Squid Game

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YouTuber MrBeast (Jimmy Donaldson) has struck a woody with Prime Video to big a caller world contention bid called Beast Games. The amusement volition person 1,000 contestants competing for a $5 cardinal reward, which the property merchandise claims is “the biggest azygous prize successful the past of tv and streaming.” There aren’t immoderate details yet astir what kinds of challenges Beast Games contestants volition enactment in.

It’s a singular crook of events, adjacent for idiosyncratic who’s hosted galore akin competitions connected his YouTube channel, similar caller ones wherever people from each country competed for $250,000 oregon a radical of radical from ages 1 to 100 went head-to-head for $500,000.

In 2021, Donaldson made a Squid Game in existent life video for his YouTube transmission a fewer months aft the hit Korean show debuted. Then, Netflix released its ain world contention show, Squid Game: The Challenge, with a $4.65 cardinal prize. Now, Donaldson has his ain world contention for Amazon’s platform.

Donaldson volition service arsenic enforcement shaper of Beast Games, which volition aerial exclusively connected Prime Video successful implicit 240 countries and territories.

Puck reported connected rumors of Donaldson’s woody with Prime Video successful January.

“On YouTube, I person to marque videos astir titles and thumbnails,” Donaldson says successful an interview connected The Colin and Samir Show. “But connected this show, I tin bash immoderate I want. I tin conscionable marque bully content.” As viewership perpetually fluctuates connected the platform, Donaldson says helium has made immoderate tweaks to his videos to get much eyeballs connected his content, including slowing down videos and focusing much connected storytelling.