MrBeast’s ‘Beast Games’ renewed by Prime Video despite controversy

Prime video has renewed Beast gamesThe controversial Squid game-The inspired games created by Youtuber Jimmy “Mrbeast” Donaldson. It seems that the collective demand of the contestants of the first season has not done much to deter Amazon to do it again.

Announced on Monday, Beast games You will get two more seasons, allowing even more people fighting to fight for a significant cash prize. The first season presented 1,000 contestants competing in several challenges for a sum that grew to $ 10 million in the last episode.

“All of you are not ready for the important things we have planned,” Donaldson wrote in an X publication.

Donaldson also addressed his previous revelation that he lost “dozens of millions” or dollars in Beast games‘First season, which costs more than $ 100 million to produce.

“Going bigger is my specialty, [going bankrupt is] The youngest of my concerns haha, “Donaldson wrote, responding to the consultation of an X user on the matter.” Yes, you do not lose 8 thinking figures. “

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Amazon states that Beast games It is the best -selling show, with 50 million viewers in less than a month of its premiere last December. However, these audience numbers may have reached the expense of the welfare of the participants, with Beast games‘Production has faced a significant criticism with respect to the issue.

Beast games The demand of the contestants claimed the production “without human standards”

Alleged probles with Beast games‘The production emerged for the first time when the first round of games in Las Vegas was filmed last. At the moment, Vital vegas They reported that multiple contestants and at least one staff member alleged bad conditions, while a source in a local hospital also said that “innumerable” games were admitted due to the lack of food and water.

A MRBAAST representative denied such reports, indicating that there were three medical events, two or that they were not related to production and one of which involved dehydration.

However, The New York Times Reported a months later that Beast games The contestants had accused the production of poor management. Specifically, the contestants said they suffered physical injuries and were provided with food and inappropriate medical care. Production also supposedly possesses the medicine of the contestants, which was difficult to access when necessary, while the participants who were menstruating were not provided with underwear.

Several contestants also said that they had been told that there would be 1,000 participants, only to discover twice that number upon arrival. This large number of people reduced the probabilities of the contestants to win the Grand Prix. Subsequently, the original 2,000 were reduced to 1,000 for a video on Donaldson’s YouTube channel, without even reaching videos Beast games Clean series

A MRBAAST representative said The New York Times That the “promotional video session … was unfortunate complicated by the Crowdstrike incident, the extreme weather and other unexpected logistics and communications problems, which we are currently reviewing.”

Then, in September, several adjustments Beast games The contestants filed a lawsuit in a California court accusing the Mrbeast already Amazon production company or a crime list. These accusations included not paying the minimum or time salaries of OV, not providing uninterrupted rest breaks, sexual harassment, negligent inflicence of emotional anguish, unfair commercial practices and false advertising. The demand has just affirmed that the production was “so empty of human standards” that the MRBAST production team allegedly sacrificed to cover the cost of contestant’s therapy.

All this is not just to mention the questionable premise to base a reality show on Squid gameThe dystopian capitalist death game. Considering the cruelty of Beast games‘Inspiration, it is not surprising that the royal contestants supposedly do not have a great time.