YouTuber Mr Beast has dropped his highly-anticipated show Beast Games on Prime Video, and it has left everyone asking the same question. The show sees 1,000 contestants battle it out to with $5million (about £4million), the largest cash prize on a game show in history.
With new episodes released every Thursday until mid-February, the contestants are expected to take part in ethical, logical and physical challenges until a winner is crowned. In episode one, 1,000 were seen stood in rows around the jackpot – and the pre-game challenge saw 52 contestant self-eliminate for around £19,230 each.
After this, the remaining 948 contestants had a moral decision to make – self-sacrifice themselves to save their row, or risk their entire row being eliminated. But viewers got a surprise as 243 contestants exited the show, sparking confusion and conversation on social media.
Those eliminated were dropped from their platform and fell out of shot below, prompting viewers to wonder how far they fell and what they fell onto. Sharing a clip of the sudden drop, one user said on X (formerly Twitter): "Mr Beast's Amazon game show Beast Games is absolutely insane."
Another user added: "Where do they even fall? On foam or something?" A third user said: "Mr Beast legit recreated Squid Games, and had people plummet to the depths of Hell…" In a breakdown video, YouTuber Jon Youshaei interviewed Mr Beast about the inaugural episode, learning about its planning, production, and the raw emotions of crew and contestants behind the scenes.
It was also revealed that the participants fall 10ft through trapdoors. Mr Beast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, says: "Every time I've watched someone watch that shot, they lean forward because they never expect it. We tested every single one of these platforms multiple times. We did over 2,000 practice drops leading up to the show with stunt professionals – people who worked on Marvel and every show you can think of.
"These things, although it doesn't look like it, are severely padded. Even if you hit your head on it, you wouldn't feel it. What they fall into is four feet of foam and then a crash pad. You're more likely to drown in foam than you are to get hurt when you fall.
"We even dropped my mum in it, which was really funny. In this episode, we dropped over 500 people and nobody got hurt." Commenting on Jon's video, one user said: "The way Jimmy explains how each shot is methodically design and understands how to drive and create tension, emotion and reactions from the viewers shows why he is on top of the YouTubers mountain."
Another user added: "Thanks for including me getting out of my pit! I'm Player 320! So rad to see this footage!" A third user said: "Watching Mr Beast geek about the production shows how crazy he is about content creation."
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