Experts vs. Amateurs: 100 People, 20 Days in the Woods, and a $250,000 Prize
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MrBeast split 100 people into two teams of 50 and left them in the wilderness. The rule was simple. When help arrived, the team with the most people still in the game would split $250,000. The Blue Team were survival experts. The Red Team were amateurs, and MrBeast said they "might not be cut out for the wilderness." The video's question is whether knowledge or resources wins a survival contest. Over about 20 days, the answer kept changing as hunger, weather, infighting and a series of engineered challenges worked on both groups.
Setting Up the Imbalance
The introductions made the gap clear. One Blue member said the longest they had spent in the woods was three months, and they had done it for fun. When the Red Team was asked who had been camping before, the answer was mostly hesitant murmuring. When asked who could survive a month out there, the reaction was bleak enough that MrBeast said the Red side was "cooked."
To offset this, MrBeast gave the amateurs a head start. He told them about the challenge in advance and took them to a store to buy anything they thought would help. They showed off rope, a tarp, a giant 24-pack of water and a lighter. The experts had only been told they would be competing in a MrBeast video. One packed "for any climate," and another assumed they would be flown to Alaska.
The two teams approached shelter very differently from the start. A Blue member who said they had been practicing these skills for about a decade planned simple debris shelters built around a good layer of insulation. They asked for a team of ten people to start gathering materials, with others assigned to building. On the Red side, one contestant ended up with a kids' tent and joked that luckily they were only about five foot five. Asked whether they could beat professionals, the amateurs said they didn't care: "We're professionals in our own way."
The First Nights: Resources Win Early
According to the narration, the Red Team's purchases clearly made the first night easier. The experts struggled as the temperature dropped sharply. One said they were exhausted, dehydrated and "wondering why I'm here." Another said the ground was so cold and everything so wet that they physically couldn't sleep.
The only way out of the challenge was to light a flare and wait to be rescued. The first two people to do so were experts. One was a 66-year-old who had had a double knee replacement and apologized to the team on the way out. Meanwhile, a Red member woke up calling it a beautiful morning and said it was nice to "take a break from the world sometimes."
Knowledge Starts to Pay Off
The experts knew they had to fix their shelters quickly or lose more people. One explained that the shelters were never meant to be "just a pile of sticks." They needed leaves piled about a foot thick, which would also keep them dry once rain came. That took work from everybody. The amateurs, meanwhile, built a roof over their camp so they wouldn't sleep in the rain and could keep their food dry. MrBeast was surprised by one structure. He joked that the crew should take pointers for future survival videos, and the builder told him to just call.
MrBeast's framing was that the experts were making the most of limited resources while the amateurs were "burning through their advantage quickly." After the next night, the difference showed. An expert called their shelter "better than Four Seasons," and another said they "slept like a baby" because it was warm. They added that the Red Team probably had tents and sleeping bags. The Red Team was cheerful too. One member noted they were "not eatin' and havin' a blast," and another did a backflip. But the narration pointed to what was coming: the amateurs were about to face an empty stomach.
Hunger, Foraging and Hidden Food
The Red Team had spent its first two days, in MrBeast's words, "absolutely destroying their snacks," and hunger set in. The Blue Team had Seth, a wilderness survivalist who ran a foraging class. The video says his knowledge let the team treat the forest like a grocery store, picking plants to eat as a "trail nibble." Seth also built a fish trap out of sticks and set it in a nearby river. The amateurs tried their store-bought fishing gear and caught only trash.
By Day 4 the Red Team had no food left. One member was holding onto a bag of party mix, which the narration said lasts "45 minutes at best." MrBeast had anticipated this. He had planted food caches around the forest, with beets, apples and potatoes. He described them as the minimum amount of food needed to survive, and only if the teams managed it well. Both teams set up community pantries to ration the food. A Red member stressed that they would be fine as long as they worked together and nobody started turning on anybody.
The Experts Turn on Each Other
On the Blue side, food became a source of conflict almost immediately. Julia, a Blue member, did not want others controlling the supply. She worried people would "go crazy on the food" and leave nothing for those willing to go hungry for a week. The experts still cooked a large dinner from the caches, and tensions rose. One leader told the group that not everyone would be happy, but they couldn't fix complaints nobody raised.
Then Randy's suspicions uncovered a new problem: people hiding food from their own teammates. After some members left, the team found a private stash in their shed. Randy said he was glad those people were gone since they weren't contributing. He also pointed out the other side of the coin: the team needed people to stay in order to win. With five people already gone, he urged that nobody quit the next day.
It didn't work. Self-eliminations continued, and so did the arguments. One Blue member objected to rationing in which, with 11 people present, one person might get a single apple. Another described the group as 50 "survivalists," a.k.a. "control freaks," all Type A people trying to be in charge, and left. By Day 5 the experts were down nine people, and MrBeast said they would have to learn to get along to survive.
The Amateurs Share, But Hunger Bites
The Red Team's approach of pooling and sharing was, per the narration, helping them survive. Members urged each other to take only one apple. One said they were used to eating six eggs every morning and now had just an apple, "but… for the money." Not everyone could live on an apple a day. People complained of low energy and headaches and talked longingly about a Waffle House buffet. Hunger cost the Red Team its first six eliminations. Asked about the hardest part, the group answered "the food," then added the sun, the bugs and "basically everything."
The amateurs were still proud of their camp. One called their shelter "the mansion" and said four people slept in it. Asked about sleep, a member said it had gotten progressively better, probably because their standards had dropped. They were sure their shelter was "100% better" than the professionals'. When MrBeast asked whether rain might run into it because it sat on a slope, one member called themselves "delusionally positive." Another predicted that a team made entirely of experts would be butting heads, since each would think their own way was best. MrBeast said she "wasn't far off." On the Blue side, one member was arguing that they shouldn't eat that day at all because the food would not last 50 people: "This is not comfort… This is survival."
Eliminations continued on both teams. The Red Team's chef, Brittany, tried to stop the departures by cooking breakfast. Something went wrong during the cooking, the reviews were "trash" and "not great," and one member said they felt sick and wanted to go home. The Blue Team started one morning with a drum circle to relieve tension, but a dispute over wiping down the counter before cooking turned into "don't tell me what to do." The member involved said they find it hard to be part of a team and are "naturally oppositionally defiant." More eliminations followed. On the Red side, the fruit ran out, breakfast ended, and two more members left.
From this point, MrBeast said, neither team would know how many people the other had left, and viewers wouldn't know either until the end.
The 50-Can Test of Discipline
MrBeast then dropped off a sack of food for each team: 50 cans. Whichever team returned the most unopened cans after 72 hours would win a reward. If both teams returned the same number, neither would win anything.
The Red Team guessed the experts would assume the starving amateurs would open the food. They talked about burying the cans and agreed no one would touch them or be "sneaky." When someone asked for just one can, the answer was "No, ma'am." The Blue Team argued they had enough rations to last 72 hours and hid the cans in the woods so only a few people could reach them. One Blue member expected some people to leave once they realized the cans were off-limits.
By Day 8 the two camps were in different moods. The Red Team had found an old charcoal grill in the woods, which kept spirits up. One member remarked on what "a little food and a change in the weather" does to willpower. The Blue Team was struggling. Poison ivy was spreading, the traps were still empty, one member joked about eating their toothpaste, and another admitted they would "dig into a can o' beef."
The Storm
That evening a major storm arrived. Both teams retreated to their shelters. A Blue member predicted the rain would be a breaking point for many people, and MrBeast hoped $250,000 would be enough motivation to push through. One contestant said they kept reminding themselves they were competing for a lot of money in a MrBeast video and needed to stay for that.
The temperature then dropped sharply. Contestants called it the coldest night so far and pointed out frost on the leaves, the trees and the money box. One marveled at an airplane chair frozen outside. On the Red side, the camp flooded and the fire pit washed out. The storm led six Red Team members and two Blue Team members to go home. Departing amateurs told MrBeast they were "never going camping again."
A Tie That Broke Morale
When the 72 hours ended, both teams handed over their cans. The Blue Team, despite the hunger it had shown on camera, returned all 50. The Red Team also returned all 50. Under the rules, neither team received a reward.
MrBeast said the Blue Team seemed fine and the Red Team seemed "VERY angry." Right after the reveal, three people lit flares, and the count soon reached five. A contestant who had held out said they regretted not eating the cans, calling it "a gut punch." The next morning a Blue member reported that morale was low and the team had lost three people overnight, citing sleep deprivation and hunger.
Seth Leaves, and the Pot Grows
Seth tried to cheer up the Blue camp by playing music, which not everyone appreciated. One member said they would rather be kicked than hear it, and noted they had a wife and daughter to get back to. Seth then announced he was leaving. Asked whether he understood the value he had brought, he said he did. He had taught everyone to build shelters that would withstand the elements and had tried to set the team up for success, and he believed Blue would win. He explained that he had run out of time he could spend away from his business. Teammates called him "the GOAT" and "the ultimate survivalist."
Other Blue members described physical decline. One could tell they were losing weight every day and didn't have much left to lose. Another said their hips hurt and they were sick. When Mona left, teammates jokingly mourned her. One remaining member pointed out the financial side: every departure made the per-person share bigger.
With fewer people, Red Team members took on more work. One said that since Brittany had left, they had to cover half of her role. The team prepared a dish with chives and carrots and felt it turned out well. One member said they had proven they could do much more than they thought.
When another storm approached, Blue members showed off a shelter nicknamed the "Airbn-Beast," with an entrance built to block wind. They called it "rain resistant" and stuffed holly into the door gaps. The rain lasted about five hours nonstop. A Blue member said everyone's shoes, socks, clothes and sleeping areas were soaked and people were reaching the end of their wits, and hoped the Red Team was suffering too. On the Red side, one member planned to refill their water and then read and nap in their tent, calling these "filler days."
The Day 14 Box Challenge
On Day 14 MrBeast set out identical rows of boxes in front of each team. The boxes would be opened one at a time, each revealing a survival item. The first team to hit its button kept the item, and the other team got nothing. The next box would be revealed only if both teams passed. If both teams rejected every box, both teams would get everything.
- Box 1: Fishing gear. The Blue Team said there were no fish in the river. Both teams passed.
- Box 2: Cast iron pots and pans. The Red Team discussed pressing the button just to deny Blue, but held off because passing on everything would give them all five boxes. Both passed.
- Box 3: Feastables peanut butter cups. Contestants called it "cruel." Red members had to restrain someone named Carlos. Both passed.
- Box 4: Building supplies. Both said they had already built their shelters. Both passed.
Before the last box, the Red Team debated what Blue would do. One member argued the experts would press the button because passing would put the teams "all even again," and a team with more wouldn't want to help the team with less get everything. The same member suggested Red press it first. Others wanted to see what was inside before deciding. The last box held steaks, Jack Link's jerky and seasonings for the whole team. Blue Team member Patrick pressed the button immediately, before his teammates could weigh in. Red members said nobody on their side had the nerve to press because everyone had to talk it over first.
Steak, Resentment and Money
The narration said Patrick's quick thinking won the advantage, but ignoring his teammates' input "immediately created a rift." One Blue member shouted that they were vegetarian and got "Who cares?" in reply. Both teams lost multiple players afterward. Some were discouraged by losing, others by not being listened to. For the Blue members who stayed, it was the first time they had gained a resource over their rivals. They grilled the steaks, sang "Hallelujah," called it better than Christmas or Thanksgiving, and one said they had energy again because they'd had protein. On the Red side, one member was still angry about the skipped pans. They had pleaded with Isaiah to trust them, and now there was "black stuff" in the food.
After the meat ran out, the Blue Team's conflict shifted to money. MrBeast explained that as people left, each remaining member's share of the $250,000 grew. Nobody knew exactly how much, because nobody knew how many people remained, but he assured viewers it had reached thousands of dollars. The video says Trinh "hatched a plan to increase her share." What followed was a stretch of loud singing and shouting "I'M IN A MRBEAST VIDEO!" that a teammate said was getting on their nerves. One member said the survival part was no longer the hardest part.
The conflicts piled up. Two members argued over who had taken a tarp and whether to tear down a shelter someone else built. A member who said their career was built on good energy, and who tried to lift teammates with jokes and backflips, left saying they had felt they'd "done enough to win." Another dispute broke out when someone ate lunch that nobody else got. That person said they didn't need to answer to anyone, and another member called it "the least team player vibes." One departing member thanked the group for "that last little bit of toxicity" as a reason to leave, and a teammate said they hadn't liked that person. Later, a Blue member argued with another about rice the group said it had unanimously agreed to share. The second member said they hadn't heard or taken part in that conversation. Joel left saying he wanted to go out with a win and was instead leaving with a "bitter taste," and at least one teammate said they were glad some people were gone.
Across the woods, the Red Team heard the screaming and clapping and guessed someone had flared. They assumed the experts were starting to break apart. At another point they heard what they took for a small group cheering and wondered whether two people had flared.
The Amateurs Aren't Immune Either
The narration said the Red Team "genuinely liked each other" and was "thriving" while Blue fell apart. Its members talked about working as a team, being selfless, and still being in it to win. They took a "river day" to relax. Red also lost people, and it had its own blowup. One member told the team's cook they didn't contribute anything beyond cooking food with "NO taste at all." The person on the receiving end cried, called the others bullies and "mean girls," and left. They said they hadn't won a MrBeast challenge but had done their best. The same day, a Red member caught a sizable fish, which the team cleaned and cooked together. Another Red member left saying that when something is right for you, you'll have peace, and they no longer had peace being there.
Blue members also noted how small their team had become. One pointed out there had once been 50 survivalists. Another was angry that teammates were cheering departures, arguing that if Red won by one person, those people would be losing their own money too. One camp reported going five days in a row without a flare. MrBeast's summary of this stretch was that training to survive alone in the wilderness doesn't mean you can survive as a group.
The Final Challenge: A Hidden Flare Gun
After three weeks, MrBeast brought each team a map of the other team's camp and a flare gun. Each team would mark a spot to hide a flare gun in the rival camp. The first team to find its flare gun would decide when the video ended by firing it, whether that day, in five days or in ten, and the other team would have no say. A Blue member asked what would happen if the other side held it for two weeks, and a teammate answered that they would be "messed up and SICK in the head." The Blue Team chose a spot far from the Red camp so the amateurs would have to burn calories searching.
When the blindfolds came off, MrBeast described the Red Team as "a mess." They were still arguing about where to go because they hadn't planned while blindfolded. The Blue Team had already divided the area into a grid. Members searched the far corners, the docks and the fields. One amateur stopped to refill water, and another noted that no cameraman had followed them, which they took as a sign they were in the wrong area. Then a horn sounded. Taylor, from the Blue Team, had found the flare gun.
The experts guessed the amateurs had eight or nine people left. A Red member said they hoped the experts would assume the game was "in the bag" and fire too early. MrBeast asked Blue whether they might wait until tomorrow. They refused, saying they had waited twenty days, and fired.
The Result
The final count was 11 on the Blue Team and 9 on the Red Team. The experts won the $250,000, which MrBeast said worked out to $22,000 for each of them. A Red member said, emotionally, that the Blue Team were survival experts and they were proud to have made it that far. MrBeast gave each remaining Red member $4,000 for their time so they wouldn't go home empty-handed.
MrBeast closed by answering the question the video started with. Whether a team has skill or a pile of resources, he said, what matters most in the end is working together.
I just stranded these 100 people in the middle of the wilderness. And whichever team has the most people here when help arrives splits that two hundred fifty thousand dollars.
The people wearing blue are a team of survival experts, and the people wearing red are amateurs who might not be cut out for the wilderness.
Blue Team, grab your bags and follow me.
What's the longest you’ve spent in the woods? Three months! Like for fun? Yeah! Oh, my gosh.
How many of you have been camping before? How many of you could survive a month out here? Oh, my gosh, they're cooked over there.
I knew the Blue Team would have an advantage. So before we started, I told the Red Team the challenge and even brought them to a store to get anything they needed to help them survive.
Okay, show me what you’ve packed. I have rope. I have this tarp here on the floor.
Whoa, did you buy a giant 24-pack of water? Absolutely!
I just went ahead and went straight for the lighter. Yep! That one. Smart! Okay!
But the Blue Team was told that they were competing in a MrBeast video.
I didn't know what to pack for, so I packed for any climate. I thought you were gonna fly us to Alaska.
For shelters, we're gonna be building simple debris shelters. We just have to have a good layer of insulation. I've been practicing these skills for about a decade, but I’ll need a team of ten people to start gathering. You guys are gonna build. It'll be better for morale.
We ended up with a kids' tent. Luckily, I'm only five foot five.
With all the perks your team has, do you think you'll beat the Blue Team? Yeah. Even though they're professionals? We don't care. We're professionals in our own way. Yeah. Yeah. Yeah.
I got something!
I'm just doing what I've seen in the movies. These people do this for fun?
How many nights are you guys staying? All the nights. I can stay here till Christmas. Till they tell us we have to leave.
Their hobby is suffering in the woods. Good night.
And during the first night, it was very clear that the Red Team's advantage was making it easier for them. But the experts struggled to keep their eyes shut as the temperature dropped drastically.
I'm so exhausted and dehydrated and wondering why I'm here.
I physically couldn't sleep. The ground was so cold, everything was wet.
And the only way out of this challenge is to light your flare and wait to be rescued. We just had our first person tap out.
One down, forty-nine to go. But that wasn't the only one.
Sorry, guys. I'm 66 years old. I had a double knee replacement. I'm so sorry.
Shockingly, the first two eliminations are experts from the Blue Team. While the Red Team was using their resources to sleep outside in style.
It's a beautiful morning! The sun is shining. So lucky to be out here. It's nice to just take a break from the world sometimes.
Meanwhile, the experts knew they needed to fix their shelters fast, or they'd quickly lose even more people.
These shelters were never meant to be just a pile of sticks and that's it. You want to pile on leaves about a foot thick. It's gonna take some work from everybody. The leaves, when we start getting rain, it keeps you dry.
Oh, all three of you sleep over there? Yeah! Oh, yeah! Bro, their fort is massive. Do you think this will hold up well in the rain? There’s only one way to find out.
We're gonna make our shelter, and then that way, we're not gonna be sleeping under the rain. So we're making a roof. We just need to keep the food safe and dry.
You built this? Yeah! We gotta take pointers next time we do a survival video. Yeah, I know. You can just give me a call. We might need to.
And while the experts were using the most of their limited resources, the amateurs were burning through their advantage quickly.
This is all you've done? Just promise me none of you are gonna die. We promise. We’re good. Promise!
As the day turned to night, the amateurs continued to recklessly waste.
I know they're still working hard, using all their energy, 'cause they're not gonna last.
But the experts' hard work was already paying off.
Look at this! This is better than Four Seasons. I think we're gonna have a much more comfortable night, personally.
We’re out in the woods. Slept like a baby. Wow! Just because we built a great shelter. It was warm.
The Red Team, they probably got tents. They got sleeping bags. We got this. We're all out here not eatin' and havin' a blast! Backflip, bro!
While the experts started their day fully rested and full of energy.
That's what I'm talkin' about!
The amateurs started theirs facing the hardest part of survival: an empty stomach.
Do you have any snacks? I wish!
The Red Team spent their first two days absolutely destroying their snacks. And now...
We're all so hungry. Hunger is really settin' in today. So we're about to go explore for food and water.
Meanwhile...
Foraging class starting now!
Foraging class starting now!
With the knowledge of wilderness survivalist Seth, Blue Team was able to turn their forest into a grocery store.
You can always pick it and eat it as a trail nibble.
He even built a fish trap out of sticks to put into the nearby river. Meanwhile, the amateurs tried out their fishing gear but only had the skills to catch trash.
But by Day 4, the snack situation was no laughing matter.
How much food do we have, do you know?
We don't have any food.
I'm 'bouta be snacking on this all night.
So because party mix lasts 45 minutes at best…
What's this?
I also had a plan for that.
Beets! Apples!
I planted food caches all around the forest.
Dude! What!
With the minimum amount of food to survive if they manage it right.
I bet there's all kinds of stuff in these woods. We just gotta walk around.
I just found a ton of food in the woods. Oh, we're eating good tonight!
Both teams established community pantries to ration out the food.
So I think we're gonna be all right for a little while, as long as we work together as a team. I think that's important that nobody starts turning on anybody.
Dude…
But over at the Blue Team, Julia had a different plan.
I don't want them to have control of it. They're gonna go crazy on the food, and there's not gonna be anything left for us that are willing to starve for a week and people that aren't willing to.
Using the food from the caches, the experts cooked up a large dinner.
Yay! Woo!
And tensions came to a boil.
We are doing the best we can. Not everybody's gonna be happy, but we can't make you happy if you don't communicate with us.
Where is their shed, Chelsea?
Randy's suspicions revealed a new obstacle in this challenge…
No way. Are you for real? Potatoes!
Their own teammates.
Look at this! This is the stash we found in their shed when they left!
They weren't contributing to the group, then I gotta say… I'm glad they're gone. The other side of the coin is we need people to stay! Because we gotta win this game!
Randy is right. The team with the most members left at the end of this competition will win and divide up the $250,000 prize.
We've lost five people. So listen… None of us eliminate tomorrow! Okay?
Woo! Woo! Woo! Yeah!
But despite Randy's pep talk,
Never been in a game where I can't trust my own teammates.
Marco! Don't do it!
The self-eliminations kept coming.
Clear!
And so did the arguments.
You can't decide what other people are gonna eat. There's 11 people here, so one person could get an apple? Ridiculous.
You have 50 "survivalists," aka control freaks, Type A people all trying to be in charge.
At least for me… I'm leaving. I'm out.
It's only Day 5, and with the experts down by nine, they're going to have to learn to get along to survive this game.
Come eat! I know you haven't gotten an apple yet!
Red Team's strategy to come together and share resources was helping them survive.
Please only have one. We're sharing, we share here. Thank you.
I'm used to eating six eggs in the morning, and now I'm just eating an apple. But… for the money…
But not everyone was willing to live on an apple a day.
Not much food… Energy's low. Very low.
I have not been feeling well today, got a really bad headache.
I just want a Waffle House buffet.
Why do you gotta start talking, bro…
Dude, I'm thinking about it now.
And the hunger cost the Red Team their first six eliminations.
Waffle House better be ready, dude.
What's the hardest part for all of you?
The food! And the sun. And the bugs. Basically everything.
What are we working on over here?
I got the mansion in here. There's four of us in here.
How's sleep been?
We've gotten progressively better, but I think that's because our standards have lowered.
How do you think your shelter compares to the professionals?
Oh, my God, 100% better.
I think it's better.
You're not concerned it might ever rain, and water, 'cause you're on a decline, will—
I think I'm delusionally—
I don't know about them…
I'm delusionally positive.
Should be an easy video for them!
Well, I don't know about that, Jimmy! Jimmy!
How do you think your experience compares to the professionals?
I think most of them have gone home already. If all of them are experts, they're all probably butting heads on what to do because they think their way is the best way.
And she wasn't far off.
We shouldn't be eating today. This will not last 50 people long.
It's the community choice…
If we want to even make it to the end, we need to really start sticking to something a little bit more rigorous. This is not comfort.
I know…
This is survival.
And the eliminations kept coming from both teams.
I'll eat enough for all of y'all.
So to stop the eliminations, the next morning, the Red Team's chef, Brittany, tried her hand at cooking breakfast.
Come get it!
Oh, no…
Oh!
Yarr…
Sorry, guys.
And the food reviews were, well…
Trash.
Not great.
Now I'm sick to my stomach, and I don't want to eat any more.
I wanna go home!
Exactly, girlfriend.
Help.
Dun dun dun dun dun dun. Dun dun dun dun dun dun. Dun dun dun dun dun dun.
After days of tension,
Ooh-ooh! Ooh!
Ooh! Ooh!
Blue Team started the morning by letting loose.
Yay! Yeah!
But not even a drum circle could stop the infighting.
I understand, but if we can wipe down the counter before we cook—
Okay, hold on one second. Okay, let's just—let's just squash this just for a quick second.
I'm just gonna take a walk.
No, you should stay and listen.
How about don't tell me what to do.
Oh!
I find it really difficult to be a part of a team. I'm naturally oppositionally defiant.
And once again, it led to even more eliminations.
Let them eat apples!
My heart's not in it.
And over at the Red Team,
We're out of fruit, so we don't have breakfast anymore.
And the loss of breakfast was too much for two more Red Team members.
No… Don't do it, don't do it, don't do it. No, no, no-no-no-no! Ah!
I miss milkshakes. I want a milkshake so bad.
And just like they don't know how many are left on the opposing team, until the end of this video, you won't either.
What we're about to do will fundamentally change the video.
Oh, my gosh. What's happening? What do you see?
It's Jimmy?
Oh, thank God.
He's going kind of fast. I'm scared…
Delivery! Special delivery!
Ah! Oh, my gosh! Go! Go, go, go! Yo! What?! Go! Oh, gosh!
Now, let's hook up the professionals.
I think that's Jimmy's hat.
Is that? Yeah.
They've got a sack of food.
Hey, everybody!
Hey! Woo! Woo! Woo! Rrrrr! Aye, aye, aye, aye, aye!
We're about to find out if they can work together as a team, or if this is gonna drive them apart.
What does it say?
All right. Both teams have 50 cans of food. Whichever team gives me back the most unopened cans in 72 hours wins a reward. If both teams are tied, neither wins anything.
Neither team wins.
I say we eat it all!
Yeah!
But here's the deal, they're gonna think that we're gonna open the food 'cause we're starving. They think we're starving.
We just bury the thing or something…
Yeah, let's bury the whole thing!
We gotta be disciplined. No one touches food. No one's sneaky on this one.
Here's the deal: We do not touch it because we have enough rations to get us through for 72 hours.
Can I just have one?!
No, ma'am.
So we're hiding the cans in the woods so that only a few of us have access to them.
I'm really stressed about food and the fishing situation.
I think we just have to be patient.
Do I think that some people might leave after today? If they know that we're not gonna be able to open up some of those cans? Absolutely.
No!
Awoo!
Sun's coming up. Day 8. It's a nice overcast day. I'll show you.
So, we found this old charcoal grill in the woods.
Which for now kept spirits pretty high.
It's remarkable what a little food and a change in the weather will do to willpower.
But unfortunately, the Blue Team wasn't doing as well.
Poison ivy is kind of spreading.
Man, the hunger is real. Day 8 and there's nothing in the traps yet.
I'm so hungry I'm about to eat my toothpaste.
How one of those canned goods tastes right about now…
I'm not gonna lie, I would dig into a can of beef.
The fact that we have 50 canned goods up there with beef, peas, corn… blows my mind.
Oh! Woo!
But by the end of the day, the wind for both teams began to shift.
Woo! So change of the day, there's a massive storm coming.
We gotta go, guys! Gotta get to my shelter! Woo, we're about to get…
Yeah!
Crack!
The rain has finally come. Everyone is heading towards their shelter.
That storm is blowing in hard. So that means it's nap time.
If I had to guess, I think this rain is gonna be a breaking point for a lot of people.
This just made the challenge a lot more interesting.
What is happening… Debating going to the plane, but I think most everyone else is in there.
Now hopefully, 250 grand is enough for them to push through.
This sucks. I'm really losing it.
I just keep going back to, when things get hard, I'm like, "I'm literally in a MrBeast video competing for a lot of money. You need to be here for that."
All right… I don't hear rain anymore. The temperature dropped like crazy. It got cold. Time to climb out, see how everybody's doing.
So last night was the coldest night we've been out here. As you can see from the frost on the leaves,
As you can see from the frost on the leaves, the money box, the trees… It was freezing! Freezing last night.
Get me up outta here. Did you ever think you'd see an airplane chair frozen outside? That's crazy, right?
I'm miserable. I'm starving. I don't think I can do another night like that.
But the good news is, if we're really cold, that means the Red Team is also really cold.
It's like a complete flood through here. That was our fire pit! It was so hot yesterday. What's going on here?!
The rain made this challenge excruciatingly more difficult…
I'm free!
Causing six people from the Red Team…
MrBeast, we are never going camping again.
And two from the Blue Team…
Y'all better win it!
To head home.
Let's just hope that the storm was enough of a distraction to not eat the canned food.
Just patiently awaiting tonight to find out if we won the challenge. Every single one of us would love to eat that food.
What's on the agenda today, guys?
I can do pottery with some people.
If we don't win it, it's not gonna be a good day for Red Team.
Bag secure.
Hello, everybody!
Yay! Whoa!
There's not many of you left! Can I have your unopened cans?
As promised…
All right. Thank you for the cans. Here's a walkie. I'll tell you the results when I get their cans. All right, now let's check in on the professionals.
Let's go! Yo!
Oh, they're still underground?
Oh, yeah! Oh!
Okay. Patrick, do you mind helping me carry it? You're very strong, yeah. Okay! Here you go.
Yay!
Blue Team, is there anything you'd like to say to the Red Team?
Ah! Ah! Oh! Ha ha ha! Let's go!
All right. How many cans did you eat?
Wouldn't you like to know?
Mm-hmm.
So, it's so… Yeah.
See? They think they're doin' something.
Actually… Exactly why I asked, Blue Team. You sound hungry and cranky over there.
Oh!
Red Team and Blue Team, the results of the 50-can challenge are in. In front of me are two bags. I say we start off by revealing the Blue side's results. Blue Team just gave me back…
The hunger is real. How one of those canned goods tastes right about now. The fact that we have 50 canned goods up there blows my mind.
50 cans of food.
Woo! Yes!
I dropped two… But 50! And Red Team, the amateurs, also gave me 50 cans of food back. Meaning neither side will be getting a reward.
No! Agh! Shocker!
Flare. Flare. Flare! Flare. No, literally, flare.
Blue Team seems fine. Red Team seems very angry about that result.
Oh, my gosh—wait! I literally just revealed the results and three people just got out!
It's been real!
Oh, they are falling apart. I need to go over there. What the heck just happened?! Oh, wait, are you about to light it?
My mama heart's telling me to go.
Whoa! That is five.
Woo!
You ended up getting no food out of it. Do you regret not eating the cans?
Yeah… That was… a gut punch. The morale…
I adore each and every one of y'all… but I'm ready to go home.
Woo! Oh! Yeah!
Things are starting to be a little grim…
Morale's pretty tough for the Blue beast this morning. We lost three last night. The sleep deprivation is real. The hunger is real.
We are struggling with some food stuff.
I am forever starving.
Twee toot twee too whee.
And while Seth was trying to cheer up the camp, not everyone was in a good mood.
Toot too whee toolee whee.
Quite honestly, guys, I'd rather one of you kick me in the nuts than hear that.
We could all be here for weeks and weeks. I have a wife and daughter I have to get back to.
Patrick and Malik are having a pretty hard hug right now, and I'm just hoping that it's not another conversation about leavin'.
Yo!
I'm gonna miss you all.
Man…
Hey everybody, I'm leaving today.
Do you realize the value you've brought to this team?
I do. I taught everybody how to make shelters that'll withstand the elements. I tried really hard to set everybody up for success. And I think Blue Team's gonna win. I'm out of time I can be away from my business. There's no joy in leaving. Gotta put my business first, though.
We love you, Seth!
Love you, Seth.
The GOAT! Man, you're the ultimate survivalist.
Seth just lit a flare. He taught everyone so much.
But it's also hard 'cuz we don't know what's going on, on the other side. I can tell that I'm losing weight every day, and I don't have much weight to lose.
And I don't have much weight to lose until my body starts shutting down.
It's starting to physically hurt my body. My hips hurt. I'm sick.
Oh, you ready to go! I'm ready to go.
Rest in peace, Mona. Always in our hearts. She didn't die.
It's good that more people are dropping because… Ka-ching, ka-ching! Every time someone leaves, the pot gets bigger.
And with less people, the Red Team was forced to take on more responsibilities.
Our group has something in them to prove. I think they're gonna step up.
Since our chef Brittany left, I gotta fill in half the role. The girlies chopped up chives and carrots, and I feel like it came out good. We can manage! We can manage.
I've proven that I can do a lot more than even I thought I could do.
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We have a big storm coming in, and a lot of people could end up leaving tonight.
This is the Airbn-Beast. Yeah, this is the entrance. It blocks the wind.
Whoa! Oh, the rain's starting to pick up! Do you think this is rainproof? I think it's rain resistant.
Rain is coming in, and so I'm beefing up my door, and I just need all this holly in to fill in those gaps.
But right after I left, heavy rain poured in for hours upon hours.
We've been dealing with nonstop rain for about five hours. Everybody's shoes are soaked, socks are soaked, clothes are soaked. Where we were planning to sleep is soaked.
I think we're all getting to the end of our wits here. Our camp is absolutely soaked. This has to end soon. I'm just hoping Red Team had to go through something similar.
Have to refill my water. Then I'm gonna go sit in my tent, read, and nap. These days are the easiest days. These are filler days to us.
And while Red was happily waiting out the rain, my Day 14 challenge might affect who will reign supreme next.
Everyone, gather round! Gather around the boxes! Blue Team, how are we doin'? Woo! Yeah! All right.
An identical set of boxes has been placed in front of both teams. We will be opening them one at a time, revealing a crucial survival item. If both teams reject it, only then will the next item be revealed. And whichever team hits their button first will be able to keep the item.
If you guys decide to take that box, they get nothing. Does that make sense? Yeah.
Majd, Tareq, reveal the first box! Box number one! Fishing gear.
There's no fish in that river! We can't catch fish. It's really useless. We passing on this? Hard pass!
Is anyone gonna push that button? I'm ready to tackle somebody for hitting that button. Are you guys sure? Yes! Yeah!
You guys said no to the first box. Tareq, reveal the second box. Cast iron pots and pans.
Cast iron cookin'. Chef, what do you think? I feel like we have everything else, no? Maybe we should just click it so they don't get anything.
Now, reminder, if the other team takes it, you guys get nothing. And if both teams reject every box, then both teams get everything.
We can have it all. Don't hit it! We could get all five boxes… But then they have five boxes. Okay, yes or no? No. No?
They passed up on box number two. That was dumb. We don't need anything else!
Reveal box number three. Feastables peanut butter cups.
Oh! Look how many Feastables! Look at that! This is cruel. This is just cruel.
Peanut butter cups, no! The peanut butter… The milk chocolate… My mouth is salivating right now.
The other team might press it! The other team might hit it, guys. Don't do it, Carlos! Put yo hand down. Please hit it. I'm saying no.
Three, two, one… Close that box! It's gone! That was difficult. That was difficult.
Open the fourth box. Building supplies. No! No! No! No, no! You guys can build more shelter. We already built it! That's an easy pass.
So far, both teams have passed on every box. I would really think hard about the next one. If no one hits the button on both sides, you guys get everything. But if they hit the button on this last box, you guys get nothin'.
I don't think they're gonna push the button. I think they will. You think they will? Yeah. Why do you think that? If they press no button, we're all even again. That is true.
Why would they want to help someone that doesn't have as much stuff get all the things? So I think the strategy is you don't want to give them something that they might need.
Question! Is there a world where you do it? No! We gotta see what's in that box first. Yeah, but then we both get it anyway.
They don't want us to take it! So they're gonna hit the last button. That's what I think. They're gonna hit it just 'cause they don't want us to take it. That's fine because we don't need anything! That's fine.
This might be more advantageous for them to win. That's why we should click it for this next box.
Majd, Tareq! Reveal the last box. Steaks, Jack Link's, and seasonings for your entire team.
Oh, my God! What! Ah!
Ah! I'm pressing the button! Hey! Wait, wait, wait, wait—wait, wait—no! No! No! No!
You guys not doing it? Huh!
Did he? No! Did you press it? He pressed it immediately! Blue Team pressed the button! What? Blue Team pressed it immediately. Wait, what? Ah! What are you doing?
Blue Team hit the button, and… you guys got nothing.
No one had the guts to press the button? 'Cause everybody had to talk about it. Well, y'all said no. Don't hit the button yet! I don't wanna be here anymore.
And though Patrick's quick thinking gave him the advantage, the disregard for their input immediately created a rift.
You're really not listening, are you?! I'm vegetarian! Who cares?!
Whether discouraged by losing the challenge…
Losing really sucks. We didn't press the button.
Or by simply not being listened to.
I promise you, you're losing more people than me. Then get the hell outta here! Wah…
Both Red Team and Blue Team lost multiple players. But for the Blues who remain, this was the first time they gained a resource over their rivals.
Yes! Wahoo!
And for the first time in over two weeks, the Blue Team got a little slice of heaven.
Who wants to cook their steak now?
The steaks are looking really good.
♪ Hallelujah ♪
Better than Christmas Day! Better than Thanksgiving.
♪ Hallelujah ♪ ♪ Hallelujah, hallelujah ♪
Yum!
♪ Hallelujah! ♪
I have energy because we had protein. It's all coming together how we need it.
But things weren't as great with the Red Team.
The pots would've been nice. I was like, Isaiah, please just trust me. Literally, we have black stuff in our food now because they didn't wanna press the button for them pans. I'm over it. I'm so mad.
But once the meat was gone, Blue Team ran into a new problem.
It's about money! I'm not a people person… We just want more money! But now that so many people have left, it's a lot of money.
And now that more and more people are leaving, their share of the $250,000, if they win, is going up.
You don't know how much it is because you don't know how many people are left. But trust me, it's starting to become a lot of money. Thousands of dollars…
So Trinh hatched a plan to increase her share of the money.
Are we ever gonna leave this place?! ♪ Ah ♪ ♪ Ah ♪
Trinhy is really starting to get on my nerves.
I'm in a MrBeast video!
I think the survival aspect of it isn't the hardest part anymore.
You're selfish for taking the tarp! I didn't take it, did Sonny take it? Okay, so how about we take the tarp so we can make a shelter for everyone to use… So you're gonna rip down the shelter that we moved into that someone else built? Dude, you're wild right now. I can't even believe that you, of all people, can say that I'm selfish. You can keep talking over me.
Yeah, my career is based around good energy, good vibes. I don't believe in bad days. When I see teammates are down, I either try to make them laugh, I do a backflip. I really felt like I'd done enough to win.
Woo! Oh! My bad, y'all…
We think somebody flared because we heard them screaming and then the clap— it was like screaming, clapping. Someone definitely flared. Their team is probably getting ready to break off, especially after getting that steak, and now it's gone… Yeah. We can win for sure.
I want some sweet potatoes. You ate a lunch, no one else got lunch. I'm gonna eat if I'm hungry. I don't need to answer to you. I don't need to answer to anyone here.
She's like the least team player vibes. That last little bit of toxicity…
Thanks, guys, that's exactly what we need, and now we can get outta here.
I didn't like him.
But the Red Team genuinely liked each other.
If we all just work together, we can still—we can win this! We can beat the Blue Team, hopefully!
Thank you. No problem.
Oh, my God… No!
You have to work as a team and be selfless. Everyone's willing to put up a fight. We're still in this to win this, so… We have a really strong team.
But the Blue Team maybe didn't feel the same way.
If we start breakin' apart one by one, like losing Patrick… Is what it is.
And we all unanimously agreed she could have some rice. I didn't hear that conversation. We literally had the conversation yesterday about the rice. I didn't hear it or participate.
I just want to leave with a win, and I feel like I'm gonna leave with this bitter taste in my mouth. It really sucks, and I don't wanna be bitter.
Really sorry, Joel.
Aw… Woo! I'm really glad that they're gone.
You hear that right then? I heard what I think is the Blue Team cheering. Yeah, that sounded like a small amount of guys. I heard it just then too! Huh! Two people flared, you think?
We are stuck here for life. We know we're not! We have the flares. But also then, we lose. And I don't lose. We're gonna win this. I don't know how. I don't know when. But we are gonna win this.
The less people we have, the lower our chances of winning get. It's getting harder to stay. I started to think that maybe this was getting easier… It's not.
While the Blue Team was falling apart, the Red Team was coming together so well. They weren't just surviving, they were thriving.
It's relaxation time, guys. Gonna have a quick little river day. Sometimes you just gotta find the good in the bad.
Sometimes you just gotta find the good in the bad.
You're literally so fake! You are so fake, it's wild! You literally suck, it's crazy, you—
Are you gonna let me talk?!
You literally don't do anything to contribute outside of cooking food that has no taste at all. It's crap food, honestly. And I'm sorry, but I gotta say it.
You gonna be okay?
No, I'm not.
You wanna take a walk?
Yeah.
They're just such bullies.
Did he catch something?
Oh! Yes! He looks big too! Good job!
Oh, sorry.
Oh! Agh! Ah, haha!
We cleaned it as a team, and we're cookin' it up now.
They're just literally bullies. They're mean girls. I wanna leave today.
At the end of the day, I didn't win a MrBeast challenge, but I did my best.
Doesn't matter, you stayed so long.
Anybody want a fork?
That's really good.
That tastes good!
Really?
Mm-hmm. Yeah! Mm-hmm.
When something's right for you, you'll have peace. And I don't have peace being here any longer.
Oh... Get me outta here!
Yo! Woo! Awoo, awoo, awoo!
But just because you have the training to survive by yourself in the wilderness doesn't mean you can survive as a group.
We got this! Woo!
We are now five days in a row with zero flares.
Amelia's gone, and I think Trinh is very selfish. If we're one short, because of Red beat us by one person—
Woo!
And you're cheering over here? It's your money that you're losing, too.
There's just so many less bodies. At one point, there were fifty survivalists. Hopefully tomorrow is challenge day or extraction day. But we need something.
Three weeks in the woods! Let's see how they're doin'!
Hello, everyone! Do y'all want a challenge?!
Yeah! Hell yeah!
Amateurs, why do you think I have this?
Is that where rescue is?
This is a map of the Red camp. And this is a flare gun. You're gonna mark where you wanna hide this flare gun in their camp.
Ah! Oh!
Whichever side finds the flare gun first will decide when the video ends by firing it. You can end the game today. You can end it in five days, ten days, whenever you want. And the other team will have no control over it.
Ooh, I just got chills.
If you pop that flare, there is the world, you still lose. So you just gotta remember that.
What if they hold on to it for two weeks?
Then they're messed up and sick in the head.
They're gonna walk the boundary at that.
Yeah.
So we'll bring it in more. Let's make them work for it so they burn a bunch of calories.
Yeah. Yeah.
So definitely somewhere far away.
Ah! Oh, my God.
X marks the spot then!
Here we go.
Yeah? Good?
It's happening. This is it.
This is exactly where they marked on the map. Their flare is now here. Let's see if they find it first.
First team to find a flare will decide when this video ends! Are you ready?!
Yeah! Yeah!
Three... Two... One! Take off your blindfolds! Good luck!
It's time to go! It's time to go! Go find it!
Oh, my God! Oh, my God!
All right, what's the— What's the plan, amateurs?! What's the plan?!
I can't see!
Hey, what's the plan?!
We all gridded it out.
So did y'all talk about what you were gonna go separately already?
I'm going to the very far back woods.
Hey, guys! Guys, wait! Okay, where we going?! I'm going—
Wait, before we go off!
Wait, you guys didn't figure up a plan while you're blindfolded? This is a mess!
Wait!
Red Team is a mess. They all have a plan. They are determined to be the ones that find this flare.
I'm going to the furthest corner.
You go towards the docks, I'll go the other way!
Go find the flare!
I gotta get my water right over here.
What if the Blue Team finds it when you're getting water?
Taking his time, which is fine. Surely the Blue Team— The Blue Team's not even close.
So right now, I'm actually really close to the border. I'm under the border.
All right, I'm down here searching for the flare. I'm gonna find it! I'm gonna find it. Aw, man. We are deep in the woods!
All right, he found his teammate.
Nobody entered that back corner. They went right. So if you're gonna go that way, I'm gonna go that way.
I'm gonna head down by the dock. You can literally see all around here. Now, you just gotta scan. I can see inward.
Dude, I really wanna find this flare. We're all so focused on finding this flare gun.
I didn't have a cameraman follow me, so maybe a sign I'm not in the right area. But I hope we find this flare first.
Can see pretty much the whole field down there, and I don't see it. I also don't see it here.
You see anything?!
Nope! Not here.
Neither do I! So go look out!
Oh, I think I see it!
Don't mess with me.
Don't mess with me. I'm just kidding. Aw, man. I think I hit it pretty much everything. I don't… I think we'd see it.
Wait… What is that?
BERRRRRRR! BERRRRRRR! BERRRRRRR BERRRRRRR!
Someone found a flare. Did y'all find it? The horn is going off. Our team might've found it. Hopefully, that means we found it.
These contestants have spent the last 20 days in the woods losing teammates…
Get me outta here! There's no joy in leaving.
Alliances pushing themselves to their limits…
Is that thunder? Here comes the rain!
For this moment, right here.
I found it, I found it! I got it, I got it! I got it, I got it, I got it— This is Taylor, I got it! I got it! I got it! Yes! I got it! Woo! Wooooooo!
They found it. They found it first.
How many people do you think are left on the amateurs? Nine! Eight!
I hope that they think, “Oh, well, we got this in the bag.” I hope that they blow the flare and we have more people.
Is there any world where there's more than you? Maybe, but… We don't think so. What if you waited till tomorrow? Nah, we waited twenty days! Yeah… Shoot the flare! Shoot the flare!
After 20 days, it all comes down to this. The side with the most contestants is winning that money.
Three! Two! One! Take off your blindfolds!
Woo! Wooooo!
That is correct. There's 11 left on the Blue Team, but only 9 left on the Red Team. Blue Team, you just won $250,000!
Yay! Woo-hoo! Oh, my God! They're going crazy!
It's emotional, but… What can I say? They're survival experts, and I'm just proud we made it this far.
We're gonna give each of you $4,000 for spending time out here. They're not going home empty-handed.
Yay! They each are walking home with $22,000!
Whether you have skill or a bunch of resources, I think in the end the thing that matters most is working together! Thank you guys for watching!
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