Netflix just premiered Squid Game: The Challenge, a reality game show spinoff of the hit South Korean series. While its players won't suffer the same fate as the characters in the original K-Drama series, who is left in the game after Episodes 1 and 2? Here's a little recap so far.
The Mechanics of Squid Game: The Challenge
While waiting for Squid Game Season 2 to release, Squid Game: The Challenge allows its viewers to delve into what the K-Drama cast went through.
See, Squid Game: The Challenge is a complete replica of the original Netflix series, Squid Game, a dream come true for those who followed the show.
The mechanics of the game from the original K-Drama are pretty much the same as its reality show counterpart. From having only one winner claim the prize of $4.56 million to playing the same games, players also get the chance to eliminate their fellow contestants along the way.
Squid Game: The Challenge reportedly has the largest cast in reality TV history consisting of 456 players, which is the same number as it was in the original series.
However, much like the K-Drama's plot, there can only be one winner by the end of the game. Here's a tracking list of which players have been eliminated since the first episode.
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Who is Left After Episodes 1 and 2 of Squid Game: The Challenge?
As the game show progressed, these 456 players were given the chance to play the four main games Squid Game Season 1 introduced — namely, Red Light Green Light, Dalgona, the Marble Game, and Ddakji.
The first two episodes focus on Red Light Green Light and carving out shapes on the Dalgona cookies.
Although none of the eliminated players are sent to their deaths, they do end up losing their streak in becoming the last man standing. Here's a list of the challengers who lost in every game thus far in the series:
The first game, Red Light Green Light, lost 259 players, which left 197 contestants in the next round.
After overseeing the first test results, players 101 and 134 were given the wheel to choose (in secret) between giving one of their competitors a chance to win the game or having them eliminated.
Considering this is a competition, they chose the latter. They had chosen to get rid of their most intimidating player, 200.
Ahead of the second game, which is carving out various shapes from the honeycomb cookie (Dalgona), 8 contestants were eliminated, leaving a total of 188. Only 69 contestants lost the game afterward, leaving a total of 119 for the third game.
Having only released the first five episodes of Squid Game: The Challenge on November 22nd, episodes 6-9 will be released on November 29th, with the final 10th episodes on December 6th.
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