After the success of The Squid Game, Netflix has wanted to continue squeezing its golden goose, not only with the completion of a second season, but also with the announcement of a reality show based on The Squid Game. , which will have the title Squid Game: The Challenge.
Following the premise of The Squid Game series (although without deaths involved, of course), Squid Game: The Challenge will bring together a total of 456 players who will participate in a series of tests related to children’s games in which only one can be victorious.
A) Yes, the player who manages to pass all the tests will win the large sum of 4.56 million dollarsbeing the largest lump-sum cash prize in television history, Netflix reported when it announced the show.
Controversy arises in the reality show El juego del squid
Waiting for the second season of the seriefilming recently began for Squid Game: The Challenge, which immediately became the focus of all the media when it came to light that some of the participants had to receive medical attention after performing one of the tests, where they ended up suffering from frostbite due to low temperatures.
After making the situation known, immediately Netflix He came out to deny it, where in a statement the streaming service assured that it was “deeply” concerned about the health and safety of the cast and crew and that, although it was cold on the set, “the participants were prepared for it.”
However, several contestants have revealed to Variety the terrible conditions in which they were during the recording of the reality show.
These contestants, who were not paid to participate in the show, claim that they were told that the actual game would take approximately two hours to perform and record, but In reality, the test took almost seven hours for some of the contestants, who were recording in the middle of a cold snap in the United Kingdom with temperatures of zero degrees Celsius..
Apparently, several participants collapsed during the recording of the testwhich was none other than the Red Light, Green lightwhere they had to stand still while the doll was looking at them and run to the finish line while the doll had its back to them singing the song.
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“This is not a Bear Grylls survival show. If they told us it was going to be this cold, no one would have done it,” said John, who uses an assumed name to protect his true identity, since he and his fellow signed a confidentiality agreement with Netflix.
“It’s not like we signed up for ‘Survivor’ or ‘Naked and Afraid. The conditions were absolutely inhumane and had nothing to do with the game“Commented another of the participants who was eliminated in the Red Light, Green Light test.
Although at first they were well covered, During the test, they were forced to remove their protections and open their jackets so that the number of each player stamped on the shirt could be seen..
When the wrist giant killer from the show stopped singing, they had to stay still holding the position, but what started out as the promised two minute wait quickly escalated to 10 and then 15 minutes. Marlene, another contestant, claimed that she came to count a wait of up to 26 minutes.
“The second time the song came on, I saw in my left peripheral vision that this girl was swaying. Then she just doubled over and you could hear her head hit the floor.
But then someone walked up to (microphone) and said to hold our positions because the game is not paused. After that, people were dropping like flies,” said Marlene, who estimates that at least four people fainted during the recording of the test.
“I’m furious at the narrative that Netflix is putting out, that only (some) people were hurt… going through that experience,” said Jenny, a player from outside the UK who had flown in to take part in the game. reality show.
“I have never been so cold for so long in my life. We couldn’t feel our feet or our toes. It was ridiculous,” he added, stating that during the game they were not allowed to go to the bathroom or take water breaks.
These are just a few of the many “nice things” contestants have recounted about their experience on Squid Game: The Challenge. At the moment Netflix has not ruled on these serious accusations.
