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Jimmy Donaldson, the 25-year-old video wizard better known around the globe as MrBeast, shows TIME's Belinda Luscombe around his studio for the day._  by [Moises Mendez](https://time.com/author/moises-mendez-ii/)  ## Moises Mendez Mar 18, 2024 9:13 PM UTC Jimmy Donaldson, the 25-year-old video wizard better known around the globe as MrBeast, shows TIME's Belinda Luscombe around his studio for the day.  by [Moises Mendez](https://time.com/author/moises-mendez-ii/)  ## Moises Mendez Mar 18, 2024 9:13 PM UTC MrBeast is bringing his over-the-top YouTube competitions to television in a forthcoming new game show on Amazon Prime Video. The YouTube creator, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, announced the show [on Monday in a post on X](https://x.com/MrBeast/status/1769741243339141413?s=20). Called “Beast Games,” according to Donaldson, it will feature 1,000 contestants vying for a grand prize of $5 million—believed to be the largest single prize in television history. He shared more details about the show during an interview with YouTubers Colin and Samir. Donaldson is one of the [most followed creators on YouTube](https://time.com/collection/time100-leadership-series/6693255/mrbeast-interview/), with over 245 million subscribers, and is known for doing game show competitions on his channel. One of his most popular videos is the recreation of the hit Netflix show, _Squid Game_, which has amassed a viewership of over 588 million views—although the video [did not come without backlash](https://techcrunch.com/2021/12/03/mrbeast-squid-game-creator-economy-viral/). He’s also invited other YouTube stars to participate in the “Creator Games,” having them play games like rock-paper-scissors and hide-and-seek. This too also [drew ire from a former contestant, YouTuber Rosanna Pansino](https://time.com/6329465/mrbeast-rosanna-pansino-youtube/), who says she was edited to make it seem like she did worse than she did. > [](https://twitter.com/MrBeast/status/1769741243339141413?s=20) The new show “will look nothing like a normal game show. It will have the Beast feel but just make it more high-budget,” Donaldson said in the interview, adding that he went with Amazon because they are giving him full creative control. On the game show, he will serve as both host and the executive producer. In a [statement provided to _Variety_](https://variety.com/2024/tv/news/mrbeast-prime-video-reality-show-beast-games-1235944550/), he said, “My goal is to make the greatest show possible and prove YouTubers and creators can succeed on other platforms.” He continued, “Amazon gave me the creative control I need to try and make it happen. I hope to make the YouTube community proud.” **Read More:** [_In the Belly of MrBeast_](https://time.com/collection/time100-leadership-series/6693255/mrbeast-interview/) The head of television at Amazon MGM Studios also expressed her enthusiasm for MrBeast’s show in a statement to _Variety_: “MrBeast has captured the attention and imagination of fans of all ages, from all walks of life, and all over the world. We are excited to work with Jimmy and his talented team to bring his brilliant, high-production, and stakes-raising concepts to Beast Games for our global customers to experience.” ## Transcript [00:00] Mrbeast says that one of the rules of making a really good video [00:03] is that in the first 10 seconds? [00:04] You have to tell people what's going to happen. [00:06] So in this video we will hang out with mr. [00:09] Beast at his Studio go behind the scenes of his Time Magazine [00:13] cover sheet sit down with his gang of besties and visit the not [00:17] yet completed set for one of his upcoming video. [00:20] Okay, let's start of the backfield jcr replace tile showed [00:26] up when we would record his reaction to all the crazy setup. [00:39] And since I'm supposed to be telling you what happens you should [00:41] know didn't quite work out like that. [00:45] Mrbeast studio is in the outskirts of Greenville, [00:49] North Carolina. It felt like a cross between Facebook or some [00:53] other big tech company and a college rec room. [00:55] When you first go in a lot of effort at least 25 years old. [01:10] Jimmy has build a media company that now employs over 300 people [01:14] and it's broken just about every YouTube record. [01:17] There is to break you also has a snack company and its employees [01:20] another two hundred or so people and then the charity I'm too [01:24] and they all depend on Jimmy to keep churning out more epic [01:28] content in the ground floor of the building. [01:31] Is it digital counter that supposed to click over every time? [01:34] Mr. Beast gets a new subscriber. [01:35] Sometimes it doesn't work, but it didn't [01:44] Perhaps be counted overheated since mrbeast games 99 million [01:49] YouTube subscribers in 2023 for total of 230 minutes. [01:56] We also work for the studio and looked at the sets together [01:59] for the first time when we are visiting like the world's [02:10] cheapest private Avenue and then we'll be facing down his list. [02:17] Is this is Kyle a producer blaming the setup. [02:22] We have a thousand spiders that are about the size of my palm. [02:40] And that was kind of the end of the tour. [02:44] It turns out mr. [02:45] Beast is sort of an all-or-nothing kind of God. [02:48] I don't know. [02:57] I think I think after Monster V proof that that's not true. [03:00] He's just very particular about how his videos turn out and it [03:05] makes sense since Jimmy is probably the most watched person [03:08] on Earth. [03:10] During the photo shoot for the time, [03:12] the photographer had Jimmy mess around with a camera company [03:15] are due some fun poses and change clothes a couple of times [03:19] when friends were around. [03:23] I'm going to start growing ties into the rotation very sincere. [03:42] You probably know if you've watched mrbeast videos that call [03:45] Chris and Charla. [03:46] I've been friends with him for years Nolan joined a bit later. [03:50] And sometimes they still kind of treat him like he's been officially [03:54] helps that we all have a lot of us grew up is like high [03:57] school friend, Nebraska, but everybody wants you to see was it [04:07] your idea or was a genius idea like how organized [04:32] You don't just throw it back today in the belly of mr. [04:36] Beast, or at least the bits that I got to see he did also [04:40] sit down for a long interview, which you can read about this [04:44] issue of Time Magazine. 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