While we would never have thought that anyone’s takeaway from Netflix’s hit 2020 series Squid Game was ‘I want to do it’, it looks like Netflix’s latest reality show is here to prove us wrong! Squid Game: the Challenge has released its first trailer as it gives us a glimpse of an actual competition where one person wins an incredible prize pot – although thankfully these contestants are simply sent home when they lose instead of, you know, killed!
The synopsis reads: “456 real people. $4.56 million. 456 real players will enter the competition show in search of a life-changing prize of $4.56 million. As they compete through a series of games inspired by the original show – plus a surprise new additions – their strategies, alliances and character will be put to the test as competitors are eliminated around them.”
WATCH: Squid Game: The Challenge trailer looks seriously intense
The new trailer, released on Friday, shows the group embarking on a ‘Red Light, Green Light’ challenge as well as a glass bridge, with one competitor saying: “People do a lot worse, for a lot less.”
Taking to YouTube to discuss the trailer, one person wrote: “It’s all fun and games until the show becomes reality,” while another person added: “Contestants need to watch this show….again!”
© Noh Juhan | The first season of NetflixSquid Game was a huge hit
The show has not been without controversy, with contestants complaining about the “cruel” conditions of the competition – and claiming it was rigged. One person told Rolling Stone: “It was the cruelest, meanest thing I’ve ever been through. We were a human horse race, and they treated us like horses out in the cold racing and [the race] was fixed.”
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© Photo: Netflix The contestants claimed that the show was rigged
They also revealed that contestants played a game of Red Light, Green Light until nine o’clock in an icy airport hangar, with the contestants becoming so cold that they collapsed. They also claimed that some contestants had their fake blood packs explode after making it safely through the finish line to the next stage and were told by producers that they had been ‘eliminated’.
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Netflix released a statement following the allegations, saying: “We’ve taken all the appropriate security measures, including follow-up care for contestants – and an independent judge oversees each game to ensure it’s fair to everyone.”
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