How Gio Won MrBeast's $500,000 Last-to-Leave Circle Challenge Against 99 Returning Contestants
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MrBeast puts 100 people in 100 circles and offers $500,000 to whoever leaves theirs last. He says he doesn't care whether it takes "weeks, months, or even a year." Every contestant has appeared in an earlier MrBeast video, and he calls it "the biggest crossover in MrBeast history." The rule is simple: cross the red line around your circle and you lose. Over more than a week, though, the challenge stops being only about endurance. MrBeast keeps adding games designed to eliminate players in large numbers, and in the end the money is decided by a paintball duel.
A Field of Returning Players
Because every contestant has competed before, MrBeast describes the field as "very tough competition." Players already know one another from earlier videos. One contestant names "42" from the Ages 1 to 100 video, the woman who jumped off the platform and eliminated 99 people, as the biggest threat. Another says their circle is "literally bigger than me and Grizz's house," a reference to the wilderness video.
Each shirt shows how much money that person has won and lost in previous videos. MrBeast reads Lannan's history aloud: $200,000, $250,000, $1 million, a $2.5 million private jet, and another million dollars "to the cube." Lannan jokes that hanging out with MrBeast (Jimmy) reminds them "of all my failures."
Early Exits on Day One and the First Night
The first elimination comes 30 minutes in. T.J. touches the line and leaves, saying "someone's gotta do it, and I'll take the sacrifice." Chandler, who is used to going out first, is relieved not to be first, then walks out right after to become the second. Big Justice leaves next, apparently because they didn't want to use the porta potty.
The contestants have to sleep inside their circles, and Gio, a 12-year-old who has been in both Ages 1 to 100 videos, works to keep everyone awake. MrBeast says the tactic "seemed like it was actually working." Several older players leave, and one says it "isn't an old man's game." While others slept, seven people accidentally touched the red line. Karl was one of them and woke up with a big toe on the line. By the end of the first night, 14 players were out.
Towers and Dodgeballs
The next game is one MrBeast calls one of the hardest they have ever done: building a tower of blocks on a red base. One contestant says this is how they lost on Beast Games. After the towers are built, MrBeast starts a 24-hour timer. If a tower falls in that time, its builder is eliminated. Then he hands everyone a dodgeball. When the timer reaches zero, the lights turn red and every player gets ten seconds to throw at someone else's tower. Knocking a tower over eliminates its owner.
The rule pushes the group into politics. MrBeast warns that "you probably don't want 20 people throwing their dodgeball at you." Contestants form pacts with their neighbors, and some stay up all night guarding their towers. Others worry they can't sleep at all. One player goes out in the meantime after touching the line while reaching for a raisin, then keeps touching it, which MrBeast calls "a half-a-million-dollar raisin."
Targets are often chosen based on earlier videos. One contestant goes after Jeremy because "I saw him on TV" and thinks Jeremy should have made better decisions. Rayne's name also comes up. When the throws land, Jeremy's tower falls to Joey, the hot dog eater, and Mark is eliminated as well. MrBeast calls the most brutal moment "instant karma": Hugo knocked out Rayne, and both end up leaving. The two had been in the bunker video together and argue on the way out about who did the cooking and cleaning there. The survivors kick their own towers over, and 62 people remain.
Hot Potato With an Invisible Clock
On the next day MrBeast announces that half the remaining players will go home. The circles are split into four color-coded quadrants for a hot potato game. A one-hour timer runs where nobody can see it, and when it ends, the two quadrants holding the two balls are eliminated. MrBeast says the whole game depends on each team's ability to keep track of time.
The teams try several methods. One person counts seconds while another counts minutes, and some groups use multiple counters, reasoning that the average of many counts should be fairly accurate. Many contestants doubt it will work. One says you might get close for a minute, but you can't guarantee a perfect count over an hour. The counts do drift apart. At one check, orange thinks 9 minutes 20 seconds have passed while green is at 10 minutes 15 seconds, almost a minute's difference. Other players shout random numbers to throw off the counters.
Once the balls start flying, the game turns chaotic. A ball hits a camera, and one player runs out of their circle. When the lights turn red, both balls are in the yellow quadrant, which is eliminated. Six people who stepped on their lines during the game are also removed, including Bret, who takes off their shirt in response. Pink, green, and orange then play a ten-minute tiebreaker with one ball. MrBeast notes that the second round brought the "same panic, same confusion," just with more desperation. Akira is credited with saving their team, and pink is eliminated.
Head-to-Head on the Balance Beam
On day five, before the next game begins, Josh is shown on screen touching the line and leaves after five days in the circle. The next game pairs circles at random and connects each pair with a balance beam. Each beam has two gold balls on it. The first player to grab a ball and get back to their own circle advances, and if both fall, both are eliminated.
The first pairing ends badly for both players. Asma beats Arlene back, but touches the red line about a second and a half later while celebrating, and both are eliminated. Noah beats Preston easily. Gio faces Nicholas, who falls, and Gio makes it across. In the final pairing, Akira, who previously won a Lamborghini in a challenge, beats Rami after both trade boasts. After five days and 90 eliminations, ten players remain.
The Top Ten Choose Their Own Game
MrBeast introduces the top ten by their history. Los has been in several videos. Akira is from Beast Games. Ronnie competed in Laser Maze. Noah did 32,000 curls. Omar once took a hand off $1 million. Gio has been in both Ages 1 to 100 videos. Alicen previously left a circle for an iPhone. Julia lasted 20 days in the wilderness. Gabrielle reached the top ten for a $1 million island, which Mallory won.
Because they are all experienced, MrBeast tries something he says he has never done: the players pick the game themselves. The only requirement is that it eliminates half of them. They reject rock-paper-scissors because nobody wants to leave $500,000 to chance, and they also reject a bench press contest. They agree on standing on one foot, with the first five to put their foot down eliminated. One player privately says they are a dancer but won't tell the others. Noah lays out the rules: pick one leg, no switching, and no using the other foot for support or touching it to the standing leg. Patrick, the show's standards and practices person, enforces them. MrBeast explains that these videos have someone whose job is to make sure they are fair.
Standing on One Foot
At first the room is silent. MrBeast hands out Feastables and asks players how long they think they can last. One answers that they might go a day. Gabrielle drops first, at about four and a half minutes, and says they feel fulfilled after reaching the top ten twice in a row. Los, who had been wobbling heavily, goes out about five minutes later and says their hip and ankle gave out.
Mallory insists they are fine, but footage shows their foot touching the ground. Mallory says they can't feel their legs at all. After 16 minutes, players start hopping, and Omar and Ronnie are visibly struggling. Ronnie is sweating so much that MrBeast says they are "sweating a pool." Footage review then shows that Julia also touched the ground, which leaves six players. MrBeast observes that Akira is shaking the least.
At around 38 minutes, Omar says "Jimmy, I can't do this" and drops, sending the other five through. Omar later says this was a chance to redeem themselves after the million-dollar challenge and they couldn't do it. MrBeast tells them not to be too hard on themselves.
Game or Endurance
The top five are Akira, Gio, Noah, Ronnie, and Alicen. MrBeast offers them a choice. They can play one final game that eliminates four of them, or they can settle it with traditional endurance, which could take days, weeks, or months. Each writes a choice on a sign within one minute.
Akira and Gio write "game," and Noah and Ronnie write "endurance." Alicen is undecided and becomes the tiebreaker. Gio lobbies Alicen hard, asking whether they want to be stuck there for a month, while others tell Alicen not to listen to a 12-year-old. Alicen chooses "game." Afterward, the endurance side complains that Alicen let a 12-year-old manipulate them, and the mood turns openly competitive.
Paintball and Shrinking Circles
The guards carry the five circles to a new location. The rules still apply during the move. Each player gets a different-colored paintball gun and faces a mannequin of themselves. On MrBeast's cue, everyone fires one shot at the same time. Each hit shrinks the target's circle, and three hits eliminate them.
In the first round everyone misses. One player notes that the guns shoot slightly higher than you aim. In the second round, Ronnie and Akira hit each other's mannequins. Ronnie tells the others that their winnings would go to kids, and Gio answers, "I'm a kid!" In the third round, Akira's mannequin is hit in the groin.
Before the fourth round, Ronnie suggests the others are missing on purpose so Ronnie and Akira will fight it out, and proposes that everyone target Alicen. Ronnie keeps that promise and hits Alicen, but blue paint shows Ronnie has also been hit. Ronnie and Akira then go back to targeting each other, and both mannequins are hit in the next round. Both are eliminated. MrBeast says the two were so stubborn they cost each other half a million dollars, and gives each of them $10,000 in cash. Ronnie points out that Akira already has a Lamborghini.
With three left, Gio hits Alicen in the chest. Next, Gio's mannequin is hit through the head. MrBeast asks Gio whether they really want to keep battling Alicen. Noah then lands a shot on Alicen, eliminating them, and Alicen also receives $10,000.
The Final Duel: Gio Against Noah
MrBeast tells Gio they are the youngest contestant ever to get this far, and brings in Gio's father, who tells Gio they have shown the world how incredible they are. Asked whether that makes them want to go easy, Noah says no: "they're not my family, and I came here to get mine."
Gio hits Noah's mannequin in the neck, which ties the hits. Noah answers with a shot to the foot, giving Gio a second hit. Gio hits again and ties it, and Noah says they can put a finger through the hole. With both circles shrunk to the minimum, the next hit wins.
On the final shot, Gio wins. Gio's father runs in to hug them. MrBeast calls Gio's run one of the most amazing journeys of any competitor they've had, and says that because Gio never gave up, Gio is the winner of half a million dollars.
Behind me are a hundred circles with a hundred people inside of them. I don't care if this takes weeks, months, or even a year. The last one of you to leave your circle wins that $500,000.
The rules are simple: If at any point you cross the red line around your circle, you lose half a million dollars. The challenge has officially started. Good luck.
Right back there, that's a half a million dollars. I got nothin' but time.
This is my home from now on. You can't take me out of this circle even if you wanted to.
Five hundred thousand dollars all for myself.
I flew 27 hours to be here, so I gotta last at least 27 hours, as far as I see it.
Believe it or not, this challenge is much harder than it looks because after only 30 minutes in, this happened.
We have our first elimination!
Oh! Somebody touched it. Someone touched the line? I'm so nervous. Throw it on the screen!
T.J.! You touched your circle, which means you are eliminated.
Someone's gotta do it, and I'll take the sacrifice.
All right, you're free to go.
Chandler, you weren't the first out! You're right. I'm proud of you, Chandler.
I wasn't the first, but I will be the second.
Wait. What? Wait, wait, wait! Whoa! All right, now there's two out.
And if you're wondering why Chandler and a bunch of other familiar faces are competing, it's because every star competitor from all of my videos are here for the biggest crossover in MrBeast history.
Everyone here has been in a MrBeast video before. They know what it takes to win, so it's very tough competition.
I watched the 1 to 100 video. 42 is the biggest threat for sure.
This is the lady that jumped off the platform and eliminated 99 people.
Yeah.
Is this bigger than your house in the woods, yeah?
It is literally bigger than me and Grizz's house. Throw him in here with me. Let's do it.
And on the back of everyone's shirt is all the money they've won and lost in previous videos. So Lannan here has lost $200,000, $250,000, $1 million, a $2.5 million private jet, and another million dollars to the cube.
I like hanging out with Jimmy 'cuz he reminds me of all my failures.
And our next elimination happened in the most surprising way I could have imagined.
Oh, heck no.
Big Justice got out! No!
Why'd you get out? You didn't want to use the porta potty? No. Okay. Porta potty got someone out.
Thanks for having me, though. No problem. This was a big BOOM!
This is a last-to-leave video, so all these contestants will literally be sleeping in their tiny circle. Except... it seemed like Gio had other plans. And if you've seen our videos before, you might already know what he was planning.
I've played these games before!
Trying to keep everyone from sleeping seemed like it was actually working.
That's it. I'm outta here. Good luck, guys.
I'm tired, and I'm going home.
This isn't an old man's game. This is a young man's game. This one was too much for me.
And they weren't the only ones, because while they were sleeping, seven people accidentally touched the red line. And one of them was none other than... Karl.
I woke up with this big toe touching the line.
After the first night, 14 players had already lost their chance at half a million dollars, and more are about to go during this all-time favorite next game.
Guards! Bring in the blocks!
Oh, here you go again! Oh, no. Towers. Whoa, no. What? No!
Because all of you are very experienced players, it's only fitting I bring back one of the hardest games we've ever done.
This is how I got out on Beast Games. This is not gonna happen again.
All I need you to do is build a tower on the red block. Make sure your tower is very sturdy. I'll come back in a couple minutes.
I've seen this on Beast Games, and it looks so hard. I don't know how I'm gonna do this.
I don't see a lot of people comin' out of this. Hopefully, I'm not one of them. Or hopefully... I am one of them.
In the wilderness video, you guys were against each other. Are you working together now?
I trust him right now.
Can I give it a jump test or no? Yeah. All right. Well, if you hold it, that's not... Get outta here, man.
How's everyone feel about their tower? Yeah! Yeah!
Control room, throw up a 24-hour timer! Starting now, if your tower falls over in the next 24 hours, you will be eliminated.
Oh, my God.
And to spice things up... guards! Hand everyone a dodgeball.
Oh! No way, bro. Oh, my God.
When that 24-hour timer hits zero, the lights will turn red, and you will have exactly ten seconds to throw your dodgeball at someone else's tower. If you knock it over, they will be eliminated. Make sure you make some friends, because you probably don't want 20 people throwing their dodgeball at you.
Let's figure out who we're gonna take out.
Hopefully you trust your neighbors. We created a nice little pact here.
Dude, there's some people on our perimeter I don't really trust.
Someone can throw a dodgeball at my tower, and I can get eliminated. I'm tired. I want to sleep. But I don't know how can I sleep.
But some people didn't sleep, focusing instead on guarding their tower against the challenge ahead.
It's officially day number three, and I'm kinda scared for it.
This is a game of endurance, so I've just been sitting here... waiting.
Because this is an endurance challenge, a few people inevitably touched the red line. And one player literally got eliminated by a raisin.
Not only did he touch it, but then he proceeded to caress the circle.
Well... That's a half-a-million-dollar raisin!
But the majority of this time was spent forming alliances and deciding who they were going to target with their dodgeballs.
That's the thing. You don't know who's aligned with who. Who's gonna try to defend each other.
It's almost time!
Yo, who are we thinking of throwin' it at?
Jeremy. I saw him on TV. I feel like he should have made better decisions.
There's a couple people on my hit list. It's Rayne. I know Hugo's not gonna do nothing, but aside from him... Or is he?
After nearly 24 hours of all of you protecting your towers, finally, one minute remains. You had ample time to form alliances, develop a strategy, figure out your enemies. This is gonna be crazy!
Three. Two. One. Go!
Joey! Jeremy's down! Mark’s out!
Are Rayne and Hugo out? All right! And cease fire! Cease fire! If your tower’s standing, you're still in!
Let's go! I can't believe I survived, dude.
All right, Jeremy. You lost in Beast Games, and now you might be the first person to lose to Joey and not be a hot dog eating contest. You can leave.
All right, Mark. You can head out.
But by far, the most brutal elimination is when Hugo eliminated Rayne. What you just witnessed is what I would call instant karma. Hugo, what do you have to say for yourself?
Maybe if she woulda cooked a little more in the bunker, helped out—
Hold on, Hugo. Don't act like I didn't clean up the bathroom, mop the floor...
You two should just leave. You’re good to head out.
All right, take care.
And to the rest of you, you can kick your tower over! You survived! Get some rest while you can, because tomorrow, half of you are going home.
This isn't just another last-to-leave challenge. The 62 people you see here have all competed before. Some have won hundreds of thousands and others have lost everything. So the only question is: Who will last the longest?
Slept a little better tonight now that there's not a giant tower in my circle.
Jimmy said that we're gonna eliminate a lot of people today, which... I'm down for whatever challenge comes next, because we need to thin the numbers out. At the end of the day, only one person’s gonna take home the $500,000.
Attention, everyone. I have an announcement to make. I hate to do this, but half of you are about to go home!
50% of us going home. Absolutely diabolical. I'm so scared right now.
Yeah. It's terrifying. I'm probably going home.
I'm just hoping it's a game of skill and not a game of luck.
We have a line going through the middle of the room.
Since they're putting tape down, it seems like they're dividing the room into four quadrants.
We're gonna try to figure out a way to make sure that half of the room that goes.
In a matter of seconds, Gio and I are literally separated.
Yeah. This is, by far, the worst I've felt in this challenge yet. And now all of us are about to get out in less than 30 seconds.
We have now split the circles into four quadrants. We are going to be playing a game of hot potato. I'm going to start a one-hour timer that none of you can see, and at the end of the one-hour timer, the two quadrants with these balls inside of them will be eliminated.
Everyone, get the balls out.
There is a lot of strategy in this coming-up game. It's up to you to work with your team to figure out the best way to keep track of time if you want any chance of moving on. I'll give you a little bit of time to strategize.
Who wants to count? We need to keep track of the time somehow.
One person’s counting the seconds. The other person’s counting the minutes. Because if we get enough people counting, the average should be pretty accurate.
Do you think they're gonna be able to time it perfectly?
Not in the slightest. Yeah.
They said that they need “counters,” and I can't even count.
Yeah. There's no way you can guarantee a perfect count, especially to an hour. You can maybe get close for a minute.
We are panicking. We have no idea what to do. There's 100 different strategies, and now everyone's freakin' out.
And after we spun to see which two quadrants got the balls first...
Orange team! Green team!
Three, two, one. Go! The 60-minute timer has begun.
How long you holdin' on to the ball for?
I'm holding on to it ’til the last second, baby.
Well, what if you hold on to it a second too long? Your team's out.
Well, I've got multiple different counters.
Oh, these are the counters over here?
We got counters in the back.
2, 3, 4.
This entire game...
Six.
...is reliant upon your team's ability to keep track of time.
Eleven.
If you're just a second off, they could hold the ball and you all go home. They're trusting their teammates to count, to stay focused, to be right. But what if they're not?
Orange team thinks it's been nine minutes and 20 seconds, but green team's on ten minutes and 15 seconds. We already have a minute difference between the two sides.
I'm hoping they're holding the ball too long. It goes red while it's still in their hands.
Because that's the thing about time. No one here knows exactly how much they have.
We're locked in. Everyone's quiet.
Drum major.
Are you guys gonna throw at each other?
No, no, no. We're not... No. We're going.
And while some were trying their hardest to keep track of the time...
How you feeling?
Dude, as soon as those balls get thrown, time goes out the window. It's just gonna be a frenzy.
...others would inevitably try to throw them off.
52, 53, 54.
200, 242.
Go back to the grocery store, Alex.
947, 931.
Noah. We're done. Noah, send it.
Send it?
Hot potato! Oh, he threw it!
Josh! Throw it. Throw it? All right.
Get the ball! Oh, no! All right, let's see where it goes. Okay. Okay, okay.
They hit a camera! What happened to the film on it? Why is the ball green?
Oh, what a throw! Oh, my God, he went out of his circle! Oh, he ran out. He ran out! I'm already out.
Whose side will it be on when the timer hits zero?!
Minute.
Go, go, go! Go, go! Get it over! Get it over! Get it over! Get it over! Get it over! Get it out of the zone!
Oh, my God. Kick it! Oh, this is chaos. Throw it, throw it, throw it! This is chaos. When is the timer gonna be up? Hit it! Hit it, hit it!
No! They’re both over here. Let's go!
I tried to keep track. I don't think anybody really in here had a proper count with how much chaos was going on.
When the lights turned red, both balls were in the yellow quadrant. I'm sorry, but you guys are eliminated. As for the other three of you, we'll be running it back, but this time with a ten-minute timer and one ball between pink, green, and orange to figure out which is the other team that will be going home.
Oh, boy.
And before we settle the tiebreaker, six of you stepped on your red line. If you see your name up there, you are eliminated.
Hell nah.
Bret. Oh, he took his shirt off. Bret! Put your shirt on! I don’t—I don't know what's going on.
Bret! Put your shirt on! I don't know what's going on. Don't encourage this behavior! No, don't encourage this.
That was the most intense game I've ever played in my entire life.
And getting the ball first is... orange. Three. Two. One. Go!
The ten-minute timer has now begun. When it hits zero, whoever's quadrant has that ball will be eliminated.
You'd think after the first round, they'd have this figured out, but nope. Same panic, same confusion. Just a little bit more desperation.
What time are you at? I'm at like 9, but they're at 7. She said she's at nine, but they're at seven. Which one are you trusting? We'll let you know, Noah.
Hold it. Hold it, Noah. Hold it, hold it! Chaos! Chaos! Chaos? Chaos! Dude, you should have listened!
Oh, it's going again! Oh, he got out! Oh, hit it out of your quadrant. Hit it out! Throw it! Gio!
Oh, my God. Oh, snap, this is good. Throw it, throw it. Nice. How much time is left? Oh, my God. Get it, get it, get it, get it, get it!
Akira just saved the day once again.
Pink team, you guys are eliminated and can now head out. See you, guys!
Dude, that was the most heart-wrenching thing I think we've faced so far, man.
We'll bring out the Lovesacs. I'll have another game in the morning.
So it's day five. Energy's feelin' good. We got a good night's sleep. Everyone is acting maybe a little too confident. I think at this point it's gonna start getting pretty intense.
Now we're all thinking about our chances of winning $500,000. If it comes down to me or another competitor, I'm not gonna hesitate.
Before we can play the next game, look at the screen. One of you stepped on your red circle.
Oh, no! Who is that, bro? Yo! Josh! No!
You've spent five days in this circle for nothing.
I have one thing to say to everyone here. Obviously, this is not how I expected to get out, but the right person's gonna receive that money. And as for me, Imma go get my wife pregnant. Later!
What? We're a family-friendly channel. Gio, close your ears. All right. You heard nothing.
For this next game, we're gonna be randomly pairing you up. You're gonna be goin' head-to-head with a different circle to eliminate each other.
That's crazy.
I want to reveal the first two circles going head to head: Asma and Arlene. Guards in the back, bring out the balance beam! Will you please connect these two circles for me?
In between your circles is a balance beam and two gold balls. The first contestant to grab their ball and return to their circle will move on, while the other will be eliminated. And if you both lose your balance and fall, you will both be eliminated.
Three. Two. One. Go! All right, they're off. She's going quick. But she might fall! Or she might not. Graceful.
She's beating you! You gotta hurry! You gotta hurry! Yes!
I don't know if I'd celebrate just yet. You guys, look at this screen over here. She won, but then literally one and a half seconds later touched the red line. They have both, sadly, been eliminated.
I celebrated too hard.
Guards! Set up the next game. Preston versus Noah.
Noah, are you ready? I'm ready. Preston, are you ready? Yeah.
Before you go, I want to let you know that Shopify is the best way to start...
Jimmy, can you say go so I can get on this balance beam?
Noah, do you want to start a business? Yes. When you do, make sure you use Shopify to build it, grow it, and manage it, okay? Shopify all the way, baby. Let's go. Go!
Shopify has literally powered my businesses since I had 3 million subscribers. It's what I used to sell merch on. It's what I started selling Feastables on. Basically, anything I've ever sold online, I've used Shopify.
Noah touched it first. Oh! Oh, my gosh. That was a blowout! Let's go!
I want to help you start your own business as well. To get started, go to shopify.com/MrBeast or scan the QR code on his face right now. I'm gonna be buying random products from 100 stores that start a brand-new business. Never been a better time. Go do it.
Reveal the next opponents... Gio and Nicholas. If you lose, that means you lost to a 12-year-old.
I won't let that happen. Gio, are you gonna win this one? I'm gonna cook. I'm gonna sauté. I'm gonna deep fry.
Good luck. Go! All right, they're off. Oh, he's beating you, Gio. He's beating you. Oh, he fell!
All right, Gio, just don't fall. Don't fall! Don't fall. Don't fall, Gio! Don't fall! Yeah! Let's go, Gio! Let's go!
And as more and more players were eliminated... we arrived at the final game. Rami and Akira.
Who's going home? You or him? Unfortunately, it's gonna have to be Rami today. He's standing in the way of me and 500K right now.
Now, Akira is known for doing many challenges, and he's won plenty. You just won a brand-new Lamborghini. I did win a Lamborghini. That's pretty cool. I will beat you no matter what.
Akira, any last words? It's go time, baby. Any last words? I don't care what you've done, my friend. It's over. Oh, the best for last!
Three! Two! One! Go! You can't talk all that smack and lose! You can't!
Pleasure doing business with you, baby. I am here in the top ten to prove that I belong. Top ten, baby. We got top ten. Ten! Top ten!
After five days and 90 eliminations, we had narrowed down to our top ten. A week ago, all 100 of these circles were filled, and now just the top ten remain.
Yeah! Let's go!
This top ten is stacked with Beast veterans. We have Los, who's been in several videos. Akira is back from Beast Games. Ronnie competed in Laser Maze. Noah did 32,000 curls. Omar took his hand off the $1 million. Gio was in both of our Ages 1 to 100 videos. Alicen left her previous circle for an iPhone. Julia lasted 20 days in the wilderness. Gabrielle was in the top ten for a one up million dollar island, and Mallory actually won that $1 million island.
And because each of you have already competed in my videos, we are going to do something I have never done before. For this next game, I'm going to let the ten of you pick the game yourselves.
Oh, God. Oh, no.
It could be a game of chance. A game of skill. It could be who jumps the highest.
Whichever game gets the most votes, we will play. And I need that game to eliminate half of you. We'll give you guys some time to mingle. Just remember, $500,000 depends on your decision.
That's wild. We pick the game?
The faster we come to an agreement, the faster we can get this over with. Would anybody want to do Rock, Paper, Scissors?
No! I'm not taking a chance. I'm not taking a chance for 500K. No.
All right, I got an idea. How about we do a bench press competition?
No! No!
Guys, I say we do one foot! Who can stand on one foot the longest?
That's actually a really good idea. First five to drop off one foot? Okay.
Yeah, let's do it. All right, we got it! Jimmy! We have a game!
I am a dancer, but I won't tell them that.
You guys want to leave $500,000 up to balancing? Before we play—Patrick, come on in. This is our standards and practices guy. You're gonna have to explain exactly what the rules are. He's gonna be the one upholding them. And in case you all are wondering, for these challenge videos, we have someone whose literal job is to make sure they're fair.
You gotta pick one leg. You can't change legs. You cannot use your other foot for support. If your foot touches your other leg, you're out.
If you agree with the rules Noah laid out, raise your hand.
Oh, my gosh. Okay. Any last words?!
Cuties! Love you!
May the best men win, guys.
Three! Two! One! Go!
And the game is off. There's a timer on the screen. Let's see how long it takes for five of them to touch the ground.
Okay. It's been 10 seconds. It is dead quiet in here. No one is talking. Wow.
Do any of you guys want some Feastables?
I'll take one.
There you go, help distract you.
Appreciate it. The cookies and creme is hittin'.
Yeah. That's good.
I have a theory that if I say, "Buy MrBeast merch, buy MrBeast Labs Swarms, everything you can find MrBeast-related."
Yeah. Feastables. Like this?
Yes. I get a 50% plus chance of surviving.
That's not true. But I will put that clip in the video. I'll come over here.
Hi, Jimmy.
Hey. Okay. If your foot touches the turf, you lose half a million dollars.
I'm aware.
Okay. How long do you think you could—oh, okay. How long do you think you could go?
I don't know.
20 minutes?
I don't know.
An hour?
Maybe.
Five hours?
Maybe.
Could go a day?
Could go a day.
I would say his toe's maybe two inches off the ground right now. All right, well, now it's five inches off the ground. I see a little shake-age in the feet. He's not responding. He is locked in. And that seems to be the case for everybody.
And with laser-like focus, they were about to close in on five minutes of standing on one leg, but not before our first elimination.
Ugh.
Gabrielle! Four and a half minutes!
Yeah. Even though I didn't win, I feel fulfilled. Last time, I made it to the final ten for my video, and I felt like I gave it my all this time around. I'm proud of it.
Back-to-back top ten.
Yeah.
Congrats.
C'mon. Thanks, Jimmy. Appreciate it.
Nine remain. Oh, I'm seeing some shaking over here.
I'm not gonna lie. My calves are burning, and if my calves are burning, I know everybody else's is.
Why are your calves burning? You're a gymnast. You're wobblin' more than anyone else here. What is going on?
Yo, no. Los is wobblin' a lot. Los is dancing all over the place.
While this challenge may look simple, after a certain point, comfort does not exist. And after lasting over five minutes longer than Gabrielle...
You're good. You got this, dude.
Los was feeling just that.
No! Los! That's a second one down!
It was tough, man.
What gave out?
My hip. My ankle. It was fair. I didn't know I was gonna cave that hard, but...
Oh, actually, she's about to touch it. I'm sorry. Mallory, it's not looking good for you over here.
You don't think?
I could see that foot shaking from across the room!
I'm good.
But just to make sure, we decided to review the footage.
You can listen to what I'm saying. Mallory over here. Do you think you touched the ground?
I don't—if I did, I don't feel it. I don't feel my legs at all.
If you look at this shot right here, you'll see.
That counts as a touch.
Yes.
Okay. All right. Mallory touched the ground. Three people have been eliminated!
And with two eliminations still remaining...
Bye!
It has been over 16 minutes. Everyone here wants it badly. Let's see how far they're willing to take it.
We're gettin' some hoppage over here. Minor hoppage. Oh wait, there's some hopping over there. I'm seeing hopping everywhere. Omar's hoppin'! Omar, I'm seein' a lot of movin' over here. How bad's the leg burnin'?
It's okay.
And Omar wasn't the only one feeling fatigued, because Ronnie...
Whoa. Are you sweating?
You see that?
Oh, my gosh. He is sweating a pool over here. Don't lose, Ronnie.
We got this, bro.
My foot is burning.
Stay strong.
Oh, my gosh. Bro, how much pain are you in? I can literally see every strain of your calf moving right now. He wants it.
And as time crawled along, things weren't getting any easier for Omar.
How bad is your calf burning right now?
It's okay. I'm going to do this no matter what.
He is literally half an inch off the ground. Breathe, Omar. You can do this! Don't give up!
23 minutes has gone by. Will Omar be the next to drop, or will it be Ronnie?
Y'all are doing great. Almost a half an hour. That's crazy, actually.
And with resolves truly being tested, we had to review footage once again, but not for who you're thinking.
Everyone, I have footage. Someone has touched the ground. That someone...
Thought so.
If you look right there...
Yeah, I did.
See that?
Yup.
Julia is out. Six of you remain! Which one of you will give up first? We're goin' until we find out.
Truthfully, I would say out of everyone, Akira is shaking the least. He is not moving an inch. Omar is constantly jumping around. It looks like Ronnie is really struggling.
I'm not gonna give up. I'm gonna do this!
And this seemed to be it. As the clock was reaching 38 minutes, he and Ronnie were reaching their breaking points,
And both were on the verge of collapse.
I'm sweatin' up a storm.
I've been drippin' since the 13th minute, bro.
Don't think about your leg. Just don't think about it.
Jimmy, I can't do this.
You got this. Breathe. Find your balance.
Oh, he's out! He's out!
The five of you are now movin' on!
Gio!
Yeah! Oh, my God, yeah!
Top five, bro! Top five!
You gave it everything. That's what you gotta keep telling yourself, okay? Be proud of yourself. You fought to the end!
Hey, Alicen. You're an animal, dude.
I'm the last girl.
Cuties!
Hey, Omar. You're a beast, man. I heard you fightin' for your life down here. That was incredible, bro. That was amazing.
I will say I regret keep doin' that challenge.
Are you getting flashbacks to when you took your hand off the million dollars?
This was the moment to redeem myself, and I couldn't do it.
I would not beat yourself up too much. You definitely gave it everything you had.
Thank you so much, Jimmy.
No problem. I'll walk you out.
Walk out with that head high. You did amazing, bro.
All love, Omar!
Now that you've made it to the top five, I'm gonna give you a choice. You can choose to play a final game that will eliminate four of you, giving us the winner of this half a million dollars. Or you can choose endurance, and we settle this like a traditional last-to-leave challenge.
Let's do it, man. Endurance all day. Endurance.
Keep in mind, if you choose endurance, you could be stuck in these circles for days, weeks, or even months. We'll have one minute to either write "endurance" or "game." Start the timer!
What do you think? Game or endurance?
I wanna play a game. I wanna end this on a high note.
Think we played too many games. This is the last-to-leave-the-circle challenge, and I think... endurance.
30 seconds!
They're all so sure.
It's up to the five of you to decide your fate.
I think I'm a tiebreaker.
What are you feelin'?
I'm torn. I don't know yet.
You wanna be in here for a month?
Do you want to win $500,000? You wanna listen to a 12-year-old?
20 seconds left!
They don't want to be here any longer. That means they're gonna leave before you do.
15 seconds!
Hey, look, the 12-year-old's gotta go to school.
You wanna be out of here? You wanna take a shower?
Come on, don't listen to them.
I know it's a big decision, Alicen.
Five!
Listen to your own self. Don't listen to them.
Two! One! Time is up. Drop your markers.
Akira, what did you write?
I wrote "game."
Gio.
Game.
Noah.
Endurance.
Ronnie.
Waitin' it out, baby.
And the tiebreaker is...
Game!
Yes! Let's play a game! Woo!
I'll go set it up.
Hey, can you see my sign? This is what I really chose.
You shoulda picked endurance.
Yeah. I'm sorry. Hold on.
Everybody's gonna roast me to pieces if I lose to a 12-year-old, and honestly, it doesn't matter what challenge it is. At this point, I feel like I'm a challenge beast.
It's fine. We'll have fun. It'll be fun. It'll be fine.
No more friendships. It's all about who's winnin' this one right now, and I'm walkin' out with that money 100%.
We'll all have fun, and we'll all be friends after this.
Alicen let a 12-year-old manipulate her. 12-year-old's not going home with money.
We're locked in now.
We're locked in, bro.
I wanna kill her over there.
100%.
Oh, we're all going to hate each other.
In order to play this final game, the guards will be moving your circles to a new location. Stay calm and be careful, because the rules still apply. If you leave your circle, you will lose half a million dollars and leave it for someone else.
You guys have defeated 95 competitors, lived in these circles for over a week, and it all comes down to this. Feast your eyes on your very own mannequins.
That's me, bro!
I've equipped each of you with a different color paintball gun. On my cue, all five of you will fire one shot at the same time. If your mannequin gets hit, we will shrink your circle. After three shrinks you will be eliminated.
Oh...
It is up to you who you wanna aim at.
I think Akira is coming for me, 100%. He's not going to say it out loud, but he's intimidated by me for sure.
I got a pretty big target on my back. I have a feeling some of them are gonna come after me early on. I gotta make my shots count.
I'm just gonna hit the cleanest shot I can, just try to hit every single target.
Akira and then Noah, I think.
So I didn't tell no one, but I play airsoft.
You're awesome.
Are you guys ready?!
Yes! Yeah! Let's do it!
Guards! Load the rounds. You get shot three times, you're eliminated. Last one standing wins half a million dollars.
Game on, baby.
Let's go, baby.
I'm ready.
Three! Two! One! Fire!
Oh, my God.
They all missed! Every one of them missed.
They fire a little higher than you aim, so that's good note. But now everyone clearly saw where I was shooting at, so...
Hey, Alicen's goin' first. Alicen. Alicen's goin' first.
All right. All right.
If they're all three going for her, I might as well aim for someone on the right.
Guards, load the paintball guns!
Three. Two. One. Fire!
Oh, somebody got hit.
You got hit.
Oh, my gosh! Ronnie got hit.
That's a hit. Oh, wait, Akira got hit!
My leg!
Wait, who's yellow?
Let's go.
Wait, Ronnie, you shot Akira?
Let's go, baby.
And Akira shot Ronnie. It's a good shot.
Shrink their circles!
Stood on one foot for 38 minutes yesterday. We're good. My money's going towards kids, so y'all are takin' it outta their hands as well.
I'm a kid!
Load their gun! $500,000 on the line.
Three! Two! One! Fire!
Oh, he got me in the nuts.
Akira got hit in the nuts!
It's what I was going for the first time too.
The only person who got hit was Akira in his genitals.
That's brutal.
That's personal. Shrink his circle.
As you can probably tell, Akira, next shot, you will be out of room to stand.
This is true.
This is your last leg. Your last life.
Akira, they might be missin' on purpose to let us battle it out.
You got two targets already. You might want to put one on somebody else now this time.
That's true. I'll go Alicen this time.
I'll go Alicen this time. Hey, we agree to go Alicen if he agrees to go Alicen? I'm down. Three shots right to her. All three of you? You were the one who chose this game, girl.
Are you agreeing to target Alicen like the rest of them? Yeah. I have to. Yeah. This is my last round. Love you, guys. Love you, too.
Guards, load the guns! Three! Two! One! Fire!
Ronnie stuck to his word and shot Alicen! Hit her right in the nuts. He hit me in my nuts. Oh, my gosh. Wait, wait, wait. What is this? Wait! Ronnie! What color is it? It's blue.
End of the day, it's only one of us can win. You're goin' down, bro. This time I'm goin' right for your forehead.
I gotta take him out. If I take him out and he goes down with me, it's a poetic way to go. I shoulda knocked him out. Shoulda knocked him out. We'll see what happens.
Load 'em! Three! Two! One! Fire!
Oh, my gosh. All right. Akira got hit right here on the side. Then if you look over here, Ronnie also got hit. The two of you were so stubborn that you cost each other half a million dollars.
Game's the game. He's already got a Lambo. I needed that. We both battled our hearts out. We got this far. Looks like one of these three deserves it more.
I feel like you shoulda been standin' there instead of the cardboard. Tough, man. I'm sorry.
Akira. Ronnie. You both have been eliminated. But if it makes you feel better, you can drop your gun. Here's ten grand. You're not goin' home empty-handed.
Doesn't make me feel better. Oooh! Ten G's! That's a dub! Boys, remove Akira and Ronnie, please.
Three players remain! Let's keep shootin'. Three! Two! One! Fire!
Gio hit her right in the chest! Yo, Gio was holdin' back this whole time. When do you become John Wick? Alicen, you're one shot away from losing half a million dollars.
Three, two, one, fire! Wait. It went through Gio's head! You were hit.
You sure you want to keep dukin' it out with Alicen? What if you hit Alicen here, she hits you one more time? Then it's mister no circle versus you with two hits. Noah's got nothin'.
Guards, load 'em! Three, two, one, fire!
That's a hit. That's a hit. You're eliminated. Noah, hell of a shot.
Gio, you're the youngest contestant to ever get this far. You can make history. I could. You can do this.
Alicen, here's your $10,000 in cash. Thank you. Never mind. Bye, Gio!
Nolan, do you mind knockin' it over? Did he just tackle a girl?
I think now would be a great time, Gio, to hear from your father! Come on in! Oh, my God. Your son is this close to half a million dollars.
How are you? I'm so amazing. Are you having fun? Yes.
Whether you win or not, you have literally shown the world how incredible you are. You have truly impressed everybody. You've...
Does that make you wanna go easy on him? No. That was absolutely heartwarming, but they're not my family, and I came here to get mine.
Oh, my gosh. This is gonna be good. Guards, load their guns! $500,000 on the line. Three, two, one, fire!
Oh! Gio landed a hit! Yes! Right on the neck! Guards, bring out the circle. You had a lead. Now it's a tied ball game. All of a sudden, you both went quiet on me.
All right. Load 'em up. You guys fought hard to be here. Don't let it be for nothing. Three. Two. One. Fire!
Come here. Noah hit the foot! He just hit Gio! All right. Shrink Gio's circle! That is Gio's second hit. You are one shot away from $500,000.
This kid is not gonna miss too much. I gotta put one on the target real fast.
Guards, load 'em up. $500,000 on the line! Three. Two. One. Fire!
Oh, my God! Gio! You hit it! I can put my finger through the hole. Bro. You can't make this up. Dude, it's tied up again. Oh, my gosh, I'm gonna barf.
It is now tied. We are now one shot away. Oh, my God. Yo, Godspeed, bro. Hey, yeah. Good aim. That's all love, man.
Their circles are shrunk to the max. I cannot believe this. But next shot wins half a million dollars.
This is the most important moment of both of your lives. Will it be Gio or will it be Noah? Who is walkin' away with this $500,000 right now? Three. Two. One. Fire!
Oh, my God! Oh, my God! Gio won! Oh, my God! He won! You won! Hug your dad! Hug your dad! Your son just won half a million dollars! Come on in!
Gio has had one of the most amazing journeys of any competitor we've ever had, always standing out amongst their peers. You outlasted this entire row. And winning the hearts of everyone they competed against. Save Gio! Save Gio!
Because Gio never gave up, they are now the winner of half a million dollars! This is so crazy. Oh, my God!
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