MrBeast is jumping from YouTube to Prime Video today as the new reality TV competition “Beast Games” premieres on Amazon’s streaming network.
One thousand contestants will compete over 10 episodes for the chance to win $5 million — the largest cash prize in television history, according to Amazon.
The first two episodes dropped at 9 a.m. PT. on Thursday.
Episode 1 starts with contestants entering an arena outfitted in blue tracksuits, each emblazoned with their contestant number. Within 2 minutes, MrBeast is already ready to give away $1 million — or a slice of it — to everyone who taps out before the competition even starts. I won’t spoil how that goes.
MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, is the star of YouTube’s most-followed channel, with 337 million subscribers, in which he gets people to take part in extreme stunts and challenges in exchange for prizes. He is serving as host and executive producer of “Beast Games.”
“I poured everything I have into this show,”
MrBeast said on X on Nov. 25, adding that he spent over a year creating the series, “breaking 40 world records, building the craziest sets in entertainment history.”
MrBeast and Amazon were sued earlier this year by five contestants who alleged workplace abuses including unpaid wages and sexual harassment. The class-action suit, filed in Los Angeles Superior Court in September, states that the participants were subjected to “chronic mistreatment” and neglect while filming the show.
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