The Anonymous is an upcoming reality show set to premiere on Monday, August 19, 2024, with three episodes. Produced by the makers of other fan-favorite reality shows like The Traitors and Squid Game: The Challenge, The Anonymous will be a strategic competition game. Players will be taking part in two different realms, the real world, and the virtual world, with two different identities.
12 players will live in DANI's (The Digital Anonymous Networking Interface) domain anonymously and scheme against each other to win the grand prize of $100,000. Each contestant will also be provided with a private hideout where they can strategize how to defeat others, exchange secrets, and talk about other contestants candidly.
Every week, DANI will put each contestant through tests in order to determine the identity of others. If others can guess their identity behind the masked domain, the person unmasked will be sent home.
The press release for the show, released on July 11, reads as follows:
"Each week DANI conducts tests where all contestants must try and match players to their handles. The player who is best at staying anonymous becomes the one with the power to eliminate their competitors. In a game where every move is calculated and a single misstep can expose who you truly are, only one will take home the grand prize."
It further read:
"In this game, anonymity equals power and the player best at staying anonymous becomes the player with the power to eliminate their competitors. Straddling two realities, contestants must play the ultimate game of perception and deception to win."
The Anonymous: Release date and timings
As mentioned before, the first episode of The Anonymous will debut on Monday, August 19, 2024, on USA Network. Timings will vary for people living in different regions like Asia and Europe. Following are the release dates and times for all regions:
The contestants of The Anonymous
The cast of this new reality show was revealed in July and it features names that reality fans are well aware of such as Xavier Prather, Nina Twine, Andy King, and Marcel Cunningham.
Xavier is the first Black winner of another reality series Big Brother in 2021 and has since made multiple appearances in other shows as well like The Bold And The Beautiful and The Challenge: USA.
Nina Twine is the daughter of Survivor legend Sandra Diaz-Twine, and has claimed multiple times of wanting to step out of her mother's shadow. She showed loyalty to her majority alliance and made the choice of voting out her mother in the show.
Andy King became a meme sensation because of his role in the documentary series Fyre Festival, and used to work as an event planner. He also has an active podcast titled Fully Prepared With Andy King.
Marcel Cunningham is well-known for being a YouTube personality known as "BasicallyIDoWrk" where he has over 4.8 million subscribers.
Following are the contestants that will feature in the debut season of The Anonymous:
- Andy King, 62 - Former event planner
- Christopher Shulstad, 28 - Fishing camp director
- Dillian Frelow, 27 - Employee engagement professional
- Jack Usher, 31 - Settlers Of Catan player
- Kacie B. Mize, 32 - Retired Division I rower
- Lilly Jenkins, 26 - Student
- Marcel Cunningham, 33 - YouTuber
- Nina Twine, 26 - Reality star
- Robbi Jade Lew, 40 - Professional poker player
- Sydney Dorsey, 22 - Salon Owner
- Tyrenna Tolbert, 54 - US army officer
- Xavier Prather, 29 - Attorney
Watch the first three episodes of The Anonymous on August 19, 2024, on USA Network, Bravo, and SYFY.