Summary
- MrBeast confirms Beast Games Season 2 with $15M prize pool.
- Beast Games Season 1 was a massive hit, despite poor critic reviews.
- Fans eagerly await Season 2, expecting MrBeast to continue innovating and exceeding expectations.
MrBeast has officially confirmed that Beast Games will return for a second season, and wannabe participants can already sign up for a chance to win its massive prize pool of $15 million. Following his success on YouTube, MrBeast seems ready to tackle the giant streaming services with a new round of his Prime Video competition series.
MrBeast has the most subscribers of any YouTube channel, with over 374 million users following his adventures. In December 2024, his reality competition television series Beast Games was released on Prime Video, with 1,000 contestants competing for a $5 million prize pool – a number doubled by MrBeast by the end of the show, offering the winner of Beast Games a whopping total of $10 million. Beast Games gathered over 50 million viewers within just 25 days of the series’ debut. It quickly became the most-watched unscripted series in Prime Video’s history and was the second-biggest debut series of 2024, only losing out to the live-action adaptation of Fallout.
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Following the success of the first season, MrBeast has now confirmed that a second season of Beast Games is officially in the works. Sign-ups for contestants are now open, offering an opportunity to complete MrBeast’s challenges and get a shot at winning the grand prize. For Beast Games Season 2, the total cash prize has been increased from $10 million to $15 million. While the exact number of participants hasn’t been announced, Beast Games Season 2 should keep a similar model to the first season. Last season, 1,000 participants took part in the competition on Prime Video after a round of elimination hosted by the YouTube juggernaut on his own channel.
Beast Games Season 2 Registrations Are Open
While the first season of Beast Games has seen a largely positive reception from MrBeast fans, critics didn’t share their excitement. Beast Games has been universally panned by critics, with poor review scores from a variety of professional reviewers. MrBeast commented on Beast Games’ Rotten Tomatoes score, suggesting some reviewers probably didn’t even watch the show. Despite this poor reception from professionals, Beast Games was a smash hit for Prime Video, and fans are eagerly waiting for the release of Season 2.
Expectations for Beast Games Season 2 are high, as MrBeast is known for constantly raising the bar in his YouTube videos. MrBeast often donates large amounts of money and produces large-scale shows on his YouTube channel, with Time even naming him one of the world’s 100 most influential people in 2023. With this new edition of Beast Games, fans can only speculate as to what the YouTuber will come up with to keep the show alive and interesting for its viewers.
