I am standing on $5,000,000 of real money. The largest grand prize in entertainment history, and competing for this $5,000,000 are these 1000 contestants! -[cheers] -Come on in!
[Mreast] What you are witnessing is real. A record breaking number of a thousand players is currently stampeding this arena. But only one of these thousand people you are seeing will have what it takes to beat everyone around them and take home this generational wealth of $5,000,000 dollars.
-Welcome to Beast Games! -[cheering] [woman] I grew up homeless, and now, I want to help other homeless kids. And that $5,000,000 would mean everything to help me get there.
[man] If I win $5,000,000, I could use that to make passive income for the rest of my life. It would provide me the opportunity to retire my dad. The difference that money can make and how it can support community.
Completely getting my whole family out of the poverty pipeline. There's a lot of clowns that want to donate the money. I'm buying jet skis and gold chains.
I will die for this. I will die for $5,000,000. [Mreast] This is gonna be crazy.
Everyone’s so excited. Good luck, man! This show is bigger than anything you could ever imagine.
We’ve got the most players, millions of dollars of cash prizes, on top of the $5,000,000. We're giving away a Lamborghini and a multi-million dollar island. We even built an entire city.
I'm Mreast, these are my five friends, and what what you're about to see will blow your mind! Before the games begin, I have an offer for all of you. Most shows have a grand prize of $1,000,000.
But on our show, we're going to give away $1,000,000 before we even play the first game. -[cheering] -Bring out $1,000,000! [dramatic music playing] [register dings] It's going to take a second.
$1,000,000 is a lot of money. There's currently $1,000,000 in cash sitting in front of me. Throw ten minutes on the clock.
You will have this ten minutes to make a decision. Stay in the game, or press the button on your tablet and eliminate yourself. -[groans] -Those of you that eliminate yourselves will evenly split this $1,000,000 I'm standing behind.
So if only one of you eliminates yourself, you'll become a millionaire. But if 50 of you eliminate yourselves, you'll each get $20,000. So be honest, do you really think that you are that one in 1000 player, the rightful champion winner of that $5,000,000?
Or do you want to take the easy way out and walk away with money while you still can? Start the timer. [overlapping chatter] What will my family think?
If I say “no” to so much money? Take the deal. Take the deal.
Yeah. I mean… It’s a lot of money… I will not leave this podium. I will not go home until that $5,000,000 is mine.
-[chatter continues] -[boom] [Mreast] Oh, we got one! [woman] Oh, my God! He did it!
We got our first taker! Steve! As of right now, you're a millionaire.
-But, oh! Someone else hit it! -[boom] Alright, now you’re only a five-hundred thousandaire.
-[beeps] -[booms continue] [man] That’s crazy though, bro, because imagine you're walking into a casino, you would never get that in a million years… [Mreast] We are halfway through the time! Right now, if you press the button, -that's $250,000. -Heck, no.
You're not gonna leave for $200,000? -No, I’m not-- -$200,000? I’m not leaving.
It’s just not worth it now. I mean, I-- I'm not taking the bribe. No chance.
I'm here for the long haul till the end. -[yells] -Do you think I'm gonna take the deal? -No.
-No way, Jimmy. No way. This dude's crazy.
You're pressing it? You're pressing it? Why not?
It's getting a lot of people out right away, and that's less people we have to compete against. -This is too intense, man! -We're staying!
-Are you sure? -Yes! -[man] I don't know!
-Think about it! There’s two minutes left! Oh, there goes another one!
I ain't taking nothin’! [Mreast] Bro, 90 grand’s a lot! That's cute compared to the $5,000,000 that's over here.
Under one minute remains. [dramatic music continues] -Don't you dare. -[laughs] [laughing] Get out of here!
[intensifying noises] -[clicks] -[booms] I should not have done that. I should not have done that. -Ten seconds!
-You should press it now! -[Mreast] Hey, y’all are crazy! -[yellling] Ah, come on, buddy!
Hit it! Hit the button! -No way!
-[cheers] Are you serious? No way. [Mreast] In the end, the total amount of button presses was 52 people which means… Congratulations!
You each just won a little under $20,000! -[cheering] -All 52 of you are now eliminated. I have a feeling a lot of these contestants still in are gonna regret not taking that money, because this next game might be the most cutthroat thing I've ever done.
Should’ve took the money. Would this money change my life? Absolutely.
Do I want to see a pirate ship? Do I want to live in a city? So much more.
♪ I'm ready to go to the city I’m ready to go to the city ♪ ♪ I'm ready to go to the city ♪ I do not belong here. I don't know how I made it here. I have no strategy.
[laughs] I'm done. [Mreast] To the 948 of you that rejected my offer, there is no turning back! The Beast Games has now begun.
[cheering] [dramatic music intensifies] And for the first game, you will all be competing as teams. This row is a team. This row is a team.
This row is a team. You get the point. Each massive row of 80 players will be working together.
-[cheers] -Yeah, but I wouldn't cheer quite yet, and that's because in order for your team to move on, someone must sacrifice themselves. -Oh! -[Mreast] Meaning that they will have to, at their own will, walk away from $5,000,000, just so some of you can continue competing in these games.
Really thinking right now, I probably should have taken that $20K. So if you didn't take the money to go home, why would you sacrifice yourself for the team? I feel like I have to sacrifice myself.
I just want people to know I really do care about them. And I wish more games were like that. So… [overlapping chatter] I'm not going.
I know you're not going. I know he's not going. -Who gon’ bite the bullets?
-[man] I'm not touching it, please! Someone for the greater good of the whole team has to leave. -What's it look like down that way?
-It won't be me. Nobody? Holy… [Mreast] Oh, yeah, and guys, one more thing.
This game has already started, and it will not end until the last three rows to eliminate someone will all be eliminated together. Only nine of the 12 rows will be moving on. Come on!
Click it! Click it! Click it!
-[yells] -Come on! Oh! Whoa!
That was quick. -Let's go! Safe!
[laughs] -Congrats! Wait, come on. Please!
Please! Please! -What's holding you back?
-Somebody else might do it. Somebody! Over there, just somebody, push the button!
[yells] What do we do? What do we do? Come on!
-[cheering] -[man] Let's go! Don’t forget me! [cheers and yells continue] Yeah!
Let’s go! -[shrieks] -Let's go! Let's go!
Come on, guys, or we’re all gonna go! Press it! Press it!
[buzzes] -Two! -I’m not going! -Darn it!
Press it! -Please, press it! Please!
Please! Please! Someone press it!
Press the button! Press the button! [piano music playing] [yelling] -Please!
-[man] Oh. One more, one more left. Press the button!
Press the button! Press the f****** button! -[cheers and yells continue] -[music continues] [sounds fade out] -[yells and cheers] -I did it.
[dramatic music intensifies] -[wails] -[man] Yeah! You're welcome. Win!
Win! For your family… Please… Win for your family… I'll play for you, okay? I got this.
Okay, I got it. I got it. Yeah!
Yeah, baby! We made it! We made it!
Our whole row was just eliminated. My wife is still in there, and it only takes one person to win that $5,000,000, not two. Good luck, babe.
All the kids and I will be rooting for you at home. I'm trying not to cry. [laughs] -[man] Yeah!
Yeah! -[cheering] -I love you! -I love you!
In a very platonic way, I love you. -You took one for your team. -I did.
All of these people deserve a chance to win. Whoa. How are you feeling?
Um, I’m sad. Everyone in your row, give her a round of applause for sacrificing herself. [applause and cheers] [clicks and beeps] [screaming] -[yells] -[woman] Oh, my God!
-[yells] -Oh! Oh, my God! [yelling continues] [cries and yells] Now, a lot of you are probably wondering, is it even possible to drop 80 people at the same time?
And the answer is yes. Drp the row. -[yells] -[mechanical clicks] [shocked crowd noises] [laughing] Whoa!
That is crazy! Oh, my God. Oh… This row also couldn't find someone to sacrifice themselves.
So… -[clicks] -Oh! There they go. [mechanical clicks] I think we mix it up for this final row.
Hey, whoever's in the back, just start hitting random buttons. All right? [laughs] This is terrifying.
[yelling] -Hey! -[man] No! No!
No! No! -Okay.
Well, all right. -Oh, my gosh. That was diabolical.
Wait, there’s just one left. Any last words? I am not weak!
That's why I got number-- [yelling] All right, and with that, the challenge is officially over. They should’ve got someone else. [cheers] I'm excited for another challenge, but also nervous.
So it's going to be tough. It's going to be stressful, but it's going to be over soon. And we're going to make it to the city, baby.
Let's go. [Mreast] The city she's talking about is no joke. This massive building you're seeing here is only the beginning.
-Welcome to Beast City! -[cheers] [Mreast] At the end of this episode, contestants who progress will move into their very own city. On top of that, later this season, they'll be fighting for their spot on helicopters to a multimillion-dollar private island, which one of them will be winning.
They'll also be firing cannons on a real pirate ship. There's monster trucks. They'll run for their lives from real Navy Seals.
And they will have to decide if a train eliminates their closest friends. And of course, they will have opportunities to win millions of dollars on top of the grand prize. However, not all of them are confident.
I guess the sad reality is not everybody can win. I think the odds are stacked against me. I've seen my competition.
The reality of it is that people are going to have to go, and I understand that at any moment it can be me. The fact that it hasn't been me, really, has a lot to do with luck. But that's the name of the game, and that's why we're here, to get down to one sole contestant who's going to take home the $5,000,000.
-I have a four-month-old son. -My dad, he's a military vet. I left my wife and my three-year-old son.
But I want to fight for his future. Nothing I won’t do. No place I won’t go.
I will do anything it takes to win that money. I've made amazing friends. Watching them get eliminated, it's brutal and short.
Each round, we all get closer to winning. But moving on means saying goodbye to some really good people. -[dramatic music playing] -[lights click off] [clicking sound] [echoing] Are you guys ready for the next challenge?
[whispering] Alright, I'm gathering these games might be a little stressful for you. So for this next game, let's introduce something a little more familiar. You'll notice, attached to each of your towers, are some colored boxes.
Inside these boxes are blocks. Your goal is to stack all of your blocks on top of the red starting block within ten minutes. I don't care how you do it, as long as every block is stacked before the timer hits zero.
At the end of the ten minute timer, if any of your blocks are not stacked on top of that red block, or your tower falls over, you'll be eliminated. I will only be eliminating the first 100 towers that fall over. I'm shaking.
I got to… You shaking, bro? You are free to begin once the timer starts. And… go!
We're going until 100 of you are eliminated. The key here is to go slow. [Mreast] So far in these games, this exact room was deafeningly loud.
-[yelling] -But somehow, even with over 700 players remaining, in this moment, it was nearly dead silent. [rumbling bass fades out] [clock ticking] [breathing heavily] Oh, my God. [crying] Oh, my God.
It's okay, it's okay. -[ticking continues] -[music intensifies] [blocks clanking] -[creaking] -[crashes] [gasps] -[crying] Oh, no! -[mechanical clicks] -[intense music playing] -[crying] I hate my life!
-[ticking continues] -[music intensifies] No! [booms] Oh, no! Are you okay?
Oh, no. You still had more time. -Oh, my God.
-[woman] Make as many squares as possible, so it's flat, flat, flat, so it's less height. How does mine look? Do you see any weaknesses?
-Solid. -[man] Very solid. Top left.
Yeah. You want to go over there 'cause it's leaning a little bit. -To the left?
-No, no, no. You want to go over here, you want to counterweight it. Yeah.
[music continues] Mine's done. But I can do… -[crumbling] -No, no, no. No!
[buzzes] I decided to go as strong, as wide… Do you mind if I poke it? I would mind if you poked it. I do not want you to poke it.
Okay. I won't poke it then. -[Nolan] They’re laser focused.
-I know, I can finally hear you. -[laughs] -Oh! Oh!
[buzzes] [crying] I'm gonna let you handle this one. -[booms] -Why do I gotta handle it? You got it, babe.
Come on. Trust yourself. I don't even know.
I don't even know if I still… [intense music playing] [crumbles] -Can you hand me that? -I can't, I'm sorry. I can't.
I’m sorry. [booms] Oh. -[intense music continues] -[booms continue] [crumbles] -Oh.
-[woman yells] [booming continues] Alright, I think this might be the set up for me. No, brother! [rising chatter] It's tilting over this way.
-No, no, hold it! Hold it! [yelling] -[crumbling continues] [man] Put it more towards the right side.
-This side? -Center it out. Yeah.
-This… -Right there. And hold it first. [music intensifies] [alarm blares] Attention, contestants!
Do not move! I repeat, do not move! If less than 100 towers have fallen, we will continue until 100 towers do fall.
And so, while we're counting how many towers have fallen, if I were you, I would stand very, very still. [dramatic music playing] [clock ticking] I'm really hoping that there were 100 other towers that fell over before mine. I'm scared to move.
[indistinct chatter] -I just… -[crumbles] [Mreast] Here's a little behind the scenes. This is our control room with all the guards. And they're not going to stop until they've timestamped every tower fallen, using our world record holding 1,107-camera system to find out which 100 towers fell first and who is going home.
I think you're totally good. You're definitely, like, good. [sniffles] Don't say that to me.
[laughs] [digital noise intensifies] [dramatic music continues] [Mreast] Alright, everybody, can I have your attention? We needed 100 eliminations to move on from this challenge. And after reviewing footage from over a thousand cameras in this room, I have a verdict.
Over 100 towers have fallen, which means if your tower is currently knocked over, you might still be in. There's so much tension. Even me, my legs are shaking.
[Mreast] On the count of three, I am going to reveal the eliminated players. -Are you ready to see who's eliminated? -[cheers] Three.
Two. One. Go!
-[clicks] -[yells] No! -[cheering] -[indistinct yells] -You're good! You're good!
You're good! -[screams] [Mreast] If your tower is white, you move on to compete for this money. Let's go.
[Mreast] If it's red, we’re gonna have to drop you. -[cheers] -[woman] That was awesome. [cheering and yelling continue] [cries] My heart was in my stomach.
[Mreast] There's a lot of people who thought they were out who are still in. It looks like some people who are out, and didn’t realize they were. That's God.
That’s God, I told y'all. We made it to the next round. Let's get after it.
I'm just crying a little bit. I'm in. Noah's gone though, so that's harder.
That's harder. But I'm in. Will you join me in saluting the people who are about to be dropped?
Everyone salute! [military trumpet playing] Guys, don't worry. The first few minutes of the fall are scary, but after that, it's totally fine.
Drp 'em. -[military music intensifies] -[mechanical clicks] [yells] Whoever remains after this next challenge will officially move into our city. [cheers] -Yeah!
-Let’s get to the city, all right? [Mreast] All of you have made it very far. Let's get it, baby.
[Mreast] It would be a shame to go out here. The only problem is the city has 500 beds, and there's over 600 of you. No.
We need to get rid of over 100 people, so we're gonna play a little game. For this game, you will again be competing in a team. But this time, it's the row to your left and right, which means they will vary in number.
What do you think I'm going to be having you guys do? -[all] Bribes! -It's going to be a bribe.
-A bribe. -[Mreast] That is correct. This game is the final hurdle between you and moving on in this competition.
I will be offering bribes, -and whichever person accepts it, -[beeps] -will eliminate themselves and their rows. -[buzzes] The bribes will keep going up, and we will keep eliminating rows until we have 500 people. [dramatic music playing] All you have to do is take your hand, push that button, and you will instantly be brought briefcases full of money.
Almost immediately, the room erupted in chaos, and people started to introduce one another by their name. -My name’s Jonathan! -Alejandro!
That's my name. [Mreast] And not their number, because in this final game, the only way to move on is by working together. [music intensifies] [man] Come on!
Yo! It’s this way. That's crazy.
My name's Lori! We got this, we got this, we got this. I swear on everything.
I will not take a bribe. 400! No, we're not doing it.
Nothing, nothing, nothing, we are not. -Let's go. [laughs] -We got it.
We got a good team right here. We definitely going to the city, baby. We ain't doing this for nothing, baby.
Come on, let's go. You can barely communicate with 'em. How can you trust 'em?
You can't. You can say… you can't bro. -I haven't said anything to him.
-Alright, I gotta know. It's kind of hard to. Is there a number?
Yeah, but don't tell them. [Nolan] This could be one of the biggest decisions of your life. He's like a devil on the shoulder, bro.
[dramatic music continues] [Mreast] Are you ready for the first bribe? -[cheers] -Guard, bring it on out. I've got a briefcase here with $10,000 in it.
[crowd booing] Ooh. Yeah, I think I'm gonna have to go for that one. I had a feeling not many of you would go for that ten grand.
But the good news is, we have a lot of money. Bring out the next briefcase. -[shocked gasps] -Let's go!
Now, I have $20,000 up here. No. [crowd boos] Hey-yo, Jordan!
Just letting you know, you scaring people, bro. Who, me? Yeah.
I have no idea what they're saying, but I'm chillin'. What dollar amount would it take to screw your row over? None.
That dollar amount right over there. -We're going until people leave, so… -Well, we ain't leaving. -[Mreast] Hey, wait.
What? -[man] Somebody took the 20K. [woman] Dude.
Dang, bro, that's crazy. I felt so secure with the line. Yeah.
We're done. Alright, what was the rationale? It's Beast Games, like we're not here to make friends.
400! We're not doing it. Nothing.
The fact is, I'm here for myself and my family, and I just– -Hey, gotta respect it. -I did it. I did it, bro.
It's just not fair. I mean, it is, but it isn't. Like, I just didn't do anything.
[Mreast] There was eight players in that row, which means there are now 597 players remaining. AKA, 97 more people need to be eliminated. -[Mreast] So who wants $20,000?
-Nobody's going for it. [Mreast] No? Well, all right.
How about $50,000 dollars? 50 grand is a lot of money. Who do you think is the weakest link in your entire row?
Between us, 674. When it was first announced there was going to be this competition, we all looked at each other, we were like, "No way. " And he was, I think, the one that was just kind of like, "Okay, yeah, no.
" -Everyone trusts each other here, right? -Yeah! Alright.
It's a $5,000,000 trust. He's thinking. I'm nervous about that.
[musical sting] [Karl] Oh! Who did it? -[Tareq] Oh, my God, he pressed it.
-[man] Jordan? -674, the guy that you were worried about? -The guy that I was worried about.
Oh, boy. They're walking in front of the people you eliminated. Let's see if anyone else wants 50 grand.
-Right here, dawg. -Dude! What the f***, Walter?
I feel bad for those guys, but… [Mreast] If you just don't turn around, they don't exist. Yeah, that's kind of the mindset that I’m going with. Don't take 50K.
That's so stupid. I don't even want to look at him. I don't forgive him.
[Mreast] There's still 583 people here. Remember, we're going until we’re under 500 people. [buzzes] -Oh, somebody else pressed.
-[Mreast] What made you press it? I'm not gonna lie, I didn't trust my teammates. Really?
You thought your team was about to do it? I thought she was gonna to do it. Oh, my gosh.
-Are you serious? -Alright, someone else hit it. -We got another 50 grand taker.
-You just broke my heart, man. Like you said, it was either you or me. I trust my team.
I think we got it. I think we're going to the city. We good.
This ain't changing nothing. Yeah. We good.
Yeah, I'm not even gonna look at it. [Mreast] Have you ever had an opportunity in your entire life to raise your finger, tap a button, and instantly give yourself $50,000 in cash? -[buzzes] -[groans] -[laughs] -No way, where?
-[buzzes] -Oh, my gosh. -[Mreast] Looks like someone hit it. -I’m sorry, babe.
In this challenge, I've already given away 320 grand. but I still need to eliminate 55 more players. Luckily, on this show, I have unlimited money to give away.
Wow. This row is dedicated. Their arms are in their shirts.
I ain't going nowhere. Let's take it up a notch. My new offer is 80,000 dollars.
-[buzzes] -Oh! We're getting close to 500. -Anyone else want 80 grand?
-I might have to go first. Oh! Another one!
-This is getting crazy. -[buzzes] No! No!
-[buzzes] -Take the money! It's the right thing to do for you. [Mreast] You guys are crazy.
-It's a ridiculous amount of money. -[buzzes] We got another press. We got another press.
-Did you press it? -Yeah. I took it.
For my family, I gotta do that one. Dude! We all have families here, man.
[Mreast] There are 514 of you left. 14 more eliminations to go. To get us over the hump, bring out two more briefcases.
This will be my final offer, $100,000 dollars to anyone that self eliminates until we have 500 players remaining. [intense music playing] -[buzzes] -Oh! Somebody pressed it!
Somebody pressed it! -Oh, my gosh! -Let’s go.
[yells and cheers] -Alright. There's 508 of you. -My God!
I still need eight more to go. $100,000 on the line. This could be the last button press.
Oh, my God. -There’ll be bigger prizes later. -I won't even look at it.
-Wow. -What is going on? Woo!
Yeah! Yeah! Alright.
173 hit it. Let's see if there's eight people there. One.
There's two. Three. Four.
Five. Six. Seven.
Oh. Um, small problem. There's only seven people in this row, which means the number is 501.
-[groans] -No way. And I only have 500 beds in the city. Oh, we're so close.
Yeah. Don't hit it. There's a Lamborghini, a boat, in the city.
You guys can have it. I just want the Tesla, okay. -We're going to the city!
-City! -Take the money! -The city!
-[Mreast] So far in this game… -Hands in pockets, Gary. …people from all over the room were boasting about trust. -We can trust each other, right?
-Facts. City! City!
City! City! -[claps] -[buzzes] [groans] [Mreast] But sometimes, the people who you think you can trust the most -are actually… -Oh, my God.
…the people you can trust the least. -[cheers] -I took it. [piano music playing] It's 100!
-Oh, my God. I’m so mad. -I'm sorry!
-[Mreast] And there we go. -I believed! [piano music continues] -[Mreast] That is the end.
-Yeah! [Mreast] If your tower is white, you are officially moving on to episode two. -[cheers] -We’re going to the city!
Oh my God! -It's official. Let's go.
-[Mreast] Congratulations. We’re going to the city. -We’re going to the city!
-We’re going, baby! Yeah! -And the final taker, $100,000.
-Let's go, baby. And with that, we are now under 500 contestants. It's okay.
I forgive him. [Mreast] We've already given away over $2,000,000, breaking the world record for the most amount of money given away in the first episode of a show ever. And this is just episode one.
And at the end, someone is winning $5,000,000, the largest grand prize in any show in history. -You still got a chance! -Yeah!
Yeah. [Mreast] And to the 493 of you still competing, say your goodbyes to your fallen comrades. It's time for you to move into your brand new home.
[emotional music playing] And to the rest of you, say goodbye to $5,000,000. [electricity powers down] [clicking sounds] [intense music playing] [man] This is the most insane thing you've ever seen in your lives. [Mreast] 500 people is so many people.
All right, guards, open the gate. Welcome to the city I built for you. Welcome to Beast City.
I've spent over $15,000,000 literally building a city from scratch. And now, it's the city you'll call home for the next month. They literally look like ants.
Before I reveal the final twist of this episode, let me remind you what you have to look forward to. I just want to say, you should all be proud of yourselves for making it this far. We started with a thousand contestants.
You have made it to the top 500! And we're just getting started. In coming episodes, you will see the most insane, -psychological… -Catch it!
-Get it. Get it. Get it.
-[cries] [Mreast] …emotional, and expensive games in the history of entertainment, where people will compete for their very own private island, if they can escape the Navy Seals hunting them down. [dramatic music playing] Go, go! [Mreast] You’ll watch players make the choice between a train eliminating their friends -and unfathomably large amounts of money… -$1,000,000!
…and winning a brand new Lamborghini. And so, so much more. Good luck.
Which one of these 493 players will make entertainment history? As their lives will change, but so will their bank accounts. And one of them will become the champion winner of the largest real cash grand prize in the history of entertainment.
Are you ready? [cheers] Throw up the 24 hour timer. When this timer hits zero, a game will begin where half of you will be eliminated.
This show will take place over the next month. So if I were you, I'd get comfortable in this city. You're gonna need it.
[clock ticking] Thanks for watching episode one of Beast Games! I don't know how I convinced Amazon to do this but episodes two and three are free on this channel as well. Enjoy the first three episodes here, and go watch the remaining seven episodes of Beast Games, only on Prime Video.
