Who won Squid Game: The Challenge?

7 December 2023, 09:37

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Who won Squid Game: The Challenge? Here's the winner of the Netflix show.

Squid Game: The Challenge has landed on Netflix and as the finale has now aired, talk has turned to which contestant has won the reality show.

The series launched on November 22, 2023 on Netflix, to rave reviews, and has already been renewed for a second season.

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So, who wins Squid Game: The Challenge 2023? Who finishes in the top set of contestants? Here's the rundown. Warning, there are a few *spoilers* ahead!

1. Who wins Squid Game: The Challenge?

   The winner of Squid Game: The Challenge has now been revealed, and there were only three finalists left!

   The winner will receive a whopping $4.56 million cash prize (£3.61 million).

   The final episode of Squid Game: The Challenge were released on December 6 December at 9pm PST.

   

   Player 287, Mai Whelan was announced as the winner, as a voiceover announced: "Player 287, you have won $4.56 million."

   In a post-win interview, Mai said: “Today just validates that anything is possible. Even when you feel down and afraid, you have to pick yourself up, be a strong person, and focus. Whatever your fear is, fight it with everything that you got and you can accomplish anything.”

   

2. Who are the finalists of Squid Game: The Challenge?

   With just one episode left of Squid Game: The Challenge to be released, the reality show has whittled down the 456 contestants to a mere few.

   The winner is yet to have been announced but players 016, 287 and 451 were announced as finalists in episode nine of the series, titled "Circle Of Trust". We will find out which one of three takes home the prize next Wednesday.

   Squid Game: The Challenge finalists:

   • Player 016, Sam Lantz
   • Player 287, Mai Whelan
   • Player 45, Phil Cain

   

3. Where was Squid Game: The Challenge filmed?

   Squid Game: The Challenge was shot and filmed in London, UK.

   The production took up a total of six interconnected sound stages that enabled players to live inside a completely immersive world.

   Once players were inside, they never left unless they were eliminated. Players exited the dormitory and passed through the iconic stairwells of Squid Game.

   

   Red Light, Green Light, was shot inside a different facility, due to the large capacity in which it took up.

   It was filmed in Europe's largest indoor space, Cardington Studios in Bedford, UK.

   The doll for the game took three months to build, thanks to its robotic capacity and calibration in time with the music.

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