MrBeast’s Beast Games finally hit Prime Video, with a thoroughly massive pool of contestants (and an even bigger cash prize). But, in order to get that prize, contestants had to make it past hundreds of other competitors.

In the series, 1,000 contestants competed in various challenges for a $5M cash prize. The series reportedly had a production cost of $100M, including the $14M construction of “Beast City” in Toronto, Canada, where the competition took place.

**Episode 1 Challenges**

* **Pre-game challenge:** Before the competition began, contestants were given the opportunity to remove themselves from the competition to split a surprise additional $1M. 52 exited, leaving 948 in the running for the grand total.

* **Episode 1, Challenge 1:** The first official challenge saw rows of contestants compete as teams. To avoid total team elimination, a member had to voluntarily sacrifice themselves and leave the game. 243 exited, leaving 705 contestants.

* **Episode 1, Challenge 2:** This challenge required contestants to stack blocks atop a red starting block in under 10 minutes without towers falling, playing until 100 towers fell. 100 more exited, leaving 605 contestants.

* **Episode 1, Challenge 3:** In another psychological challenge, MrBeast offered growing bribes to contestants. The catch: if someone took a bribe, their row was eliminated. Another 112 exited, leaving 493 contestants.

**Episode 2 Challenges**

* **Episode 2, Challenge 1:** The first challenge of Episode 2 saw players divided into two teams, having to catch red balls falling from the ceiling. 62 exited, leaving 431 contestants.

* **Episode 2, Challenge 2:** Yet another self-elimination challenge, the team had to convince members to voluntarily leave the competition, with the smallest team winning at the countdown’s end. 65 exited, leaving 366 contestants.

* **Episode 2, Challenge 3:** This time, two teams dropped balls a long distance below into a massive red Solo cup, with one shot each, to score their team points and avoid team elimination. 61 exited, leaving 305 contestants.

* **Episode 2, Challenge 4:** A trivia challenge had two teams divided into groups of four, competing against groups of four from the other team, highest scoring team wins. 63 exited, leaving 242 contestants.

* **Episode 2, Challenge 5:** The second episode had the four surviving teams picking captains. Those captains faced increasingly large bribes if they’d be willing to stay in the game but send their teams home. If no captains took bribes by the challenge’s end, everyone moved on. Despite the bribe reaching $1M, all four captains remained loyal to their teammates. Nobody was eliminated during this challenge.

**Episode 3 Challenges**

* **Episode 3, Challenge 1:** Players split into groups of three and partook in a potato sack race. The quickest to finish received immunity from the next challenge. No contestants were eliminated.

* **Episode 3, Challenge 2:** The teams of three from the competition’s previous challenge were instructed to eliminate one player from their team in under five hours. If a decision wasn’t made, all three players would be going home. 94 individuals were eliminated, leaving 148 players left in Beast Games.

* **Episode 3 Surprise!:** MrBeast carts out a “gift” to the contestants, which is given to the first person who touches a gold box. Photographer Karim, Number 406, rushes to touch it, discovering it’s a ticket to the finale on Beast Island. 6 enter the finale, no one exits, leaving 142 competing for finale spots.

* **Episode 3, Challenge 3:** Each contestant was allowed to search Beast City for a ticket to Beast Island, where players would compete for the $5M. Only one ticket was hidden on the premises by MrBeast. However, the winner will be able to pick five contestants to take with them to the finals, now 12 on Beast Island with 136 left competing for the final spots.

**Episode 4 Challenges**

* **Episode 4, Challenge 1:** The first challenge sees everyone holding a red ball, blindfolded, while a 10-minute timer ticks away. The six players who drop the ball closest to the timer’s end get tickets to Beast Island, while those holding balls are eliminated. 20 more were eliminated with 18 now in the finale on Beast Island, leaving 110 competing in the remaining challenges.

* **Episode 4, Challenge 2:** The second challenge sees remaining contestants given gold coins, with 10 minutes to collect fellow contestants’ coins (and the winner being who collects 100 coins in 10 minutes). Jeremy, who gave up $1M earlier as team captain, had a major advantage and acquired 103 coins. 24 are in the finale, 106 competing for spots, no one goes home.

* **Episode 4, Challenge 3:** The next game has competitors choosing teams of six,