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Dec 29, 2024 4:20 PM IST
The most expensive reality show in history has more than a thousand participants, a grand prize of more than five million dollars and a private island.
Squid game became a cultural phenomenon when it was released on Netflix in 2021. The Korean thriller was based on a fictional game show in which financially struggling people were put in deadly situations for the entertainment of the elite. While Squid Game was a commentary on commercialism and capitalism, it ironically spawned real game shows along the same lines. Of them, one emerged as a $100 million behemoth, becoming the most expensive reality TV show in history. (Also read: The real-life violence that inspired Squid Game left countless deaths, survivors ‘frustrated’ by the Netflix show)
Beast Games has a prize pool of $5 million.
The most expensive reality show ever
YouTuber Mr. Beast took his viral challenges to the streaming world with his first reality TV game show, Beast Games. Created along the same lines as Squid Game’s challenges, Beast Games is the largest reality show in the world. According to The Business Insider, the YouTuber invested $100 million of his own money to produce the massive show. And this cost doesn’t include the $5 million prize money, along with a Lamborghini and a private island. Mr Beast’s show stands head and shoulders apart from other reality TV shows, such as WMAC Masters, which cost $11 million to make (in 1995). Beast Games’ budget exceeds even many of the world’s biggest television series, including Squid Game ($22 million), Game of Thrones ($50 million) and The Last of Us ($90-100 million).
How Beast Games Broke 50 World Records
Beast Games has been a record-breaking TV show in more ways than one. Not only does it hold the record for the most expensive reality TV show ever, it is also the game show with the highest prize money (over $5 million). In a promo for the show, the creator revealed some of the other records the show had broken and highlighted that the Guinness Book of World Records recognized a total of 50 records the show had broken.
About Beast Games
Beast Games is a competition series that started streaming on Amazon Prime Video on December 19. The show, created by Jimmy Donaldson, aka Mr Beast, gives contestants the chance to win huge amounts of money through challenges. The difference with Squid Game is that there is no death threat here. In each episode, one member is given the opportunity to leave the show on the spot and get $80,000, but as a result the rest of their line is also eliminated. The first season consists of ten episodes, which are released weekly.
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