MrBeast announces Beast Games contestants have won over $6 million as Episode 5 with Lil Yachty drops on Prime Video

Jimmy Donaldson, better known as MrBeast, announced in a post on X dated January 9, 2025, that Beast Games contestants have collectively won more than $6 million; this came post Episode 5's release on Prime Video. Donaldson also revealed in his post that Lil Yachty made an appearance on the latest episode, and shared a photo of himself with the rapper as well.

In his post, MrBeast wrote:

"Episode 5 of Beast Games (featuring Lil Yachty) just dropped and contestants so far have won over $6,400,000! Go watch :D"

The reason the post has garnered a lot of attention on social media is that the winner of Beast Games is slated to win a cash prize of $5 million. The fact that the contestants, both eliminated and currently playing, have exceeded that amount by winning about $6.4 million is quite an impressive feat.

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Beast Games is only halfway done and contestants have already won more than $6.4 million

MrBeast has been promoting Beast Games ever since it premiered on Prime Video on December 19, 2024. The famous YouTuber also made sure that the first episode of the show has no copyright to allow streamers and content creators to freely react to it for YouTube and social media promos.

Furthermore, even before the release, Jimmy had been hyping the show by sharing photos of the stacks of Guinness World Record placards that Beast Games had won. One of the records is also for the amount of money MrBeast has been giving away at the show.

As an example, the showrunner gave away a whopping $1 million even before the first real challenge on the show. In the very first episode, Donaldson gave the contestants a way out at the very beginning and offered the money to all those willing to sacrifice themselves. Before the first game, 52 contestants had chosen to take the $20K each.

Naturally, MrBeast has given away significantly more in the following episodes, and as per the post on X, has given away $6.4 million in total by the end of five episodes. Considering Beast Games contestants have the chance to win a Lamborghini and a tropical island, the YouTuber is on track to give away more than $10 million by the end, barring the $5 million grand prize.