Prime Video Unveils Premiere Date for MrBeast's Epic "Beast Games" Competition Series

Episode one and two will debut on Thursday, December 19th with consecutive episodes following weekly, exclusively on Prime Video

CULVER CITY, California - November 19, 2024 - Today, Prime Video announced the release date of the highly-anticipated series, Beast Games. The competition series is set to debut weekly on Thursday, December 19th on Prime Video in more than 240 countries and territories worldwide.

From the groundbreaking mind of MrBeast comes a new, record-breaking competition series. A staggering 1,000 contestants compete in nail-biting, physical, mental, and social challenges, for a chance to win a whopping $5 million dollar cash prize. Week by week, contestants will use their strength and wit to stay in the game, with the hope of being the multi-million-dollar winner.

Beast Games is hosted by co-creator and executive producer, Jimmy Donaldson (aka MrBeast), alongside co-creators and executive producers Tyler Conklin, Sean Klitzner, and Mack Hopkins, in addition to executive producers Michael Cruz, Matt Apps, Charles Wachter, Keith Geller, Joe Coleman, Rachel Skidmore, Chris Keiper, and Joshua Kulic.

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ABOUT MRBEAST

Jimmy Donaldson is a YouTube creator, entrepreneur and philanthropist known as "MrBeast," who has captured the world's attention. His content entertains and inspires millions through never-before-seen viral spectacles, highly engaging challenges and massive giveaways, including millions of dollars in food and supplies for those in need. In June 2024, he became the most subscribed YouTube creator worldwide and now has over 330 million subscribers.

Donaldson is also the founder of Feastables, a chocolate and snack brand company. Feastables bars are sold worldwide, and the company is one of the fastest-growing CPG brands in history. He also is the co-creator of#TeamTrees, a fundraiser for the Arbor Day Foundation that has raised nearly $25 million for its campaigns to plant over 24 million trees, and #TeamSeas, a fundraiser for Ocean Conservancy and The Ocean Cleanup, which has raised over $33 million to remove trash out of oceans, rivers and beaches. Donaldson has won the Streamy Awards' Creator of the Year award four years in a row and back-to-back Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards for "Favorite Male Creator." He has appeared on the cover of Rolling Stone, Forbes and most recently, Time Magazine, which also named him one of the world's 100 most influential people in 2023.

In October 2020, he launched Beast Philanthropy, a 501(c)(3) charitable organization that focuses solely on global charity efforts to provide life-changing assistance to individuals in need. To date, it has distributed over 15 million free meals and expanded to projects worldwide, including building freshwater wells in Cameroon, houses for tornado victims in Kentucky, homes for people without housing in Costa Rica, and helping over 2000 amputees walk again. He currently works and resides in Greenville, North Carolina.