One of Sam Lantz, Mai Whelan and Phill Cain will be crowned champion of Squid Game: The Challenge later today and walk away with $4.56M, the largest prize in reality TV history.
They will be joined, at some point, by another winner after Netflix renewed the reality series for a second season. The series, which is based on the eponymous Korean drama series that continues to be Netflix’s most popular series of all time, was picked up for a second run ahead of its final episode, which airs tonight (December 6) at 9pm ET.
The streamer, which called Squid Game: The Challenge its “most ambitious unscripted show” ever, had an interesting release strategy.
The first five episodes premiered on November 22, followed by episodes six through nine on November 29 and its finale on December 6.
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