Squid Game - The Squid Game 2 hasn't aired yet, but something has changed, the Challenge version has been removed, the winner wants mone.y?

Recently, the final episode of Squid Game: The Challenge - a reality show that borrows the charm from the Korean blockbuster Squid Game was officially broadcast. After a series of missions, the program finally found the winning player.

That is Mai - a 55-year-old woman of Vietnamese origin with shirt number 287. Mai appeared briefly in the first broadcast episodes but gradually "took the spotlight" in the final matches. She shows intelligence and sharpness, easily eliminating opponents in games that require observation.

After dramatic moments, the Vietnamese woman burst into tears when she became the final winner and received a prize worth 110 billion VND.

Mai shared her plan to use the bonus amount of up to hundreds of billions of dong: "I will look for a retirement home. Although the specific location has not yet been determined, the most important thing is that the whole family will be together." each other has a cozy life there."

In addition, she also plans to spend on humanitarian projects, such as sponsoring scholarship funds for children and supporting the elderly in ensuring basic health care needs. At the same time, Mai also pays special attention to issues related to wildlife protection and climate challenges.

After winning, everyone thought that with this huge amount of mone.y, the winner would change their life and become a billionaire, however, fans were extremely surprised to hear what the woman shared after 10 months of participating in the show. submitted, she has not yet received any bonus.

In an interview with The Sunday Times, Mai expressed curiosity about her prize mone.y when she said: "I feel like I'm repeating Tom Cruise's famous line from the movie Jerry Maguire - 'Show me the mone.y'."

Talking about the delay in transferring the bonus to Mai, a source close to the producer of the show Squid Game: The Challenge revealed to People newspaper: "This is a normal thing for reality shows. The bonus will be transferred." The payout for the winner will be after the last episode airs, not after the show finishes filming. All players, including Mai, have been informed about this plan in advance."

Before being suspected of stealing prize mone.y, Squid Game: The Challenge also faced lawsuits. Law firm Express Solicitors - representing two anonymous players, said their clients had health problems during the filming of this reality show. Specifically, because the crew was not equipped with adequate warm clothes, they suffered hypothermia and nerve damage from filming the game Red Light Green Light outdoors in minus 3 degrees Celsius.

Participating in the game Red Black Green Light, players of Squid Game: The Challenge have to keep themselves in difficult positions for a long time, affecting their health.

Squid Game: The Challenge producer representative Stephen Lambert also mentioned the issue of player welfare to BBC News at the en.d of November: "Participants in the program were informed in advance about the weather situation, We have taken all the necessary steps to prepare for filming. Some anonymous players are unhappy with us possibly because they were eliminated early. When an awards show is so big, of course everyone It won't be easy."

It is known that recently, Squid Game: The Challenge, was also removed from Netflix Vietnam, surprising many viewers. Launched at the en.d of November, this program ranked number 1 in terms of views on Netflix globally.

Talking about this, a Netflix spokesperson responded to Tuoi Tre Online: "Netflix operates in compliance with the laws of the countries where we are present.

This week, we removed part of the content from our catalog in accordance with Vietnamese Government regulations, including content in the unscripted programming genre such as: reality TV, stand-up comedy , game show.

These contents account for less than 5% of total domestic views. Our content - including movies, scripted shows, and documentaries - is still available on Netflix.

Netflix continues to commit to providing viewers in Vietnam with quality content on its platform."

Talking to Tuoi Tre Online on December 15, Mr. Le Quang Tu Do - Director of the Department of Broadcasting, Television and Electronic Information, Ministry of Information and Communications - said that Netflix's hiding of these TV shows as well as some other online movie watching platforms in Vietnam because these platforms are implementing the recent request of the Ministry of Information and Communications.

The Ministry has requested Netflix and other online movie platforms such as Betflix, Apple TV, Amazon Prime, WeTV... to comply with regulations in Decree 71/2022 on management, provision and use of radio services. TV.

Accordingly, these platforms must register to provide pay television services with the State of Vietnam and be licensed to show television programs such as Black's Show.

Previously, Netflix and a number of other platforms had only registered to provide online movie screening services with the Ministry of Culture, Sports and Tourism according to the provisions of the amended Cinema Law, but had not registered to provide television services. pay.

Therefore, Netflix and other platforms must stop providing these TV shows while the license application is being made.

So maybe in the near future, audiences will be able to watch Black's Show and other TV shows on Netflix and other online movie platforms again.

Launched in 2021, Squid Game (Vietnamese title: Squid Game) quickly became a global phenomenon. Not only does the content attract audiences, the series also received a series of large and small awards, highly appreciated by experts for its quality.

That success made the producers decide to make a sequel. It is known that part 2 is expected to air in 2024.

Vietnamese woman "defeated" more than 455 opponents, winning more than 110 billion VND in the reality show Squid Game Uyển Đình15:49:37 08/12/2023By overcoming more than 455 opponents, the 55-year-old woman of Vietnamese origin successfully won 4.56 million USD (more than 110 billion VND). This information quickly attracted international media attention. This is the largest prize in game show history in the world.