With more than 350 million followers on YouTube, MrBeast is now trying to conquer the world of streaming television with his Beast Games series on Amazon Prime.
The full show will be released on February 16, with 10 total episodes. The game show has 1,000 contestants competing for the grand prize of $5 million. It’s the biggest prize in game show history ever, this show broke a lot of Guinness World Records while in production. The sets for the Beast Games are the biggest ever made for a streaming game show experience.
Multiple sets were built for various competitions, requiring the construction of a huge facility to house the contestants called “Beast City.” The first episode of the show showed the 1,000 contestants fighting for a chance to survive for the second game. There was a lot of tension between the contestants.
Multiple contestants got along with different contestants, resulting in emotional moments when they were eliminated. Throughout the episodes, many contestants are focusing on getting themselves to the finals to win the grand prize. They make small alliances with other contestants to find a way to pass each round. However, before Beast Games was released in December, multiple allegations were made against MrBeast about the treatment of the contestants. There were lawsuits filed by the contestants about the poor conditions during the filming of the game show. Many contestants were saying that they weren’t given full meals while filming.
They were also claiming that they weren’t given access to basic hygienic products needed for each contestant. Also, workers were accusing MrBeast of not giving them good wages. These allegations made people think badly about MrBeast, saying that his nice-guy persona is just an act for fame and money. But MrBeast and his team have denied the allegations against him.
But without looking at the bad side of the Beast Games, the show is overall really good. This show is worth watching if you like the type of content he does on YouTube.
The games that were played throughout the show are insane. Multiple hard games cause people to be mad or sad with each choice being made. A lot of enemies were made each game and a lot of friendships were tested during games that required being paired with people.
Although MrBeast is known for making YouTube videos with physical and mental challenges, the Beast Game show is on a whole different level when it comes to intensity and production value. Most of his YouTube videos are not as intense and long as his episodes of Beast Games.
While some who have grown up watching MrBeast videos have a negative outlook on the content creator because of recent controversies surrounding him, the final results of the show should not be overlooked.
Honestly, doing a game show was a good decision for him because it allowed a different audience to see his style of content in a new format over an extended amount of time. Some wonder if the Beast Games will change MrBeast from being more than just a YouTube creator. It remains to be seen, but if the Beast Games is successful he can do more amazing content with a big budget like the Beast Games.
