‘Beast Games’ is offering a cash prize of $5m, the biggest in television history. YouTube sensation MrBeast is making his debut as a television host, with his controversial Amazon Prime show Beast Games landing on 19 December. MrBeast, real name Jimmy Donaldson, is the biggest YouTuber in the world and currently has more than 300 million subscribers to his account. Much of his content revolves around expensive stunts, featuring hundreds of people and philanthropy projects.
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In March, he announced he was teaming up with Amazon MGM Studios to create a reality competition show called Beast Games. The show promises the winner a prize of $5m (£3.94m), the biggest prize in streaming and television history. According to Amazon, it will see “1,000 contestants compete in nail-biting, physical, mental, and social challenges”.
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The release adds: “Week by week, contestants will use their strength and wit to stay in the game, with the hope of being the multi-million-dollar winner.”. However, despite the sheer size of the production and the historic prize on offer, Beast Games has been dogged with controversy since it began shooting and is now facing a lawsuit lodged by five unhappy contestants.
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The suit alleges that Amazon and MrBeast’s production company have failed to pay minimum wages and overtime; failed to prevent sexual harassment; subjected contestants to “infliction of emotional distress”; did not provide meal breaks, rest breaks or access to basic hygiene and that contestants were exposed to “dangerous circumstances and conditions as a condition of their employment”.
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