49% of ‘Squid Game: The Challenge’ fans want Player 287 (Mai) to win it all [POLL RESULTS]
The hottest show of the fall is gearing up for its exciting finale, but will Player 016 (Sam), Player 287 (Mai) or Player 451 (Phill) be named the ultimate winner of “Squid Game: The Challenge”? The Netflix reality TV show concludes on Wednesday, December 6, with one person about to become $4.56 million richer. (Yes, that’s the largest cash prize in television history.) Gold Derby asked the show’s fans to tell us who they are rooting for to prevail, and we can now reveal the poll results:
49% — Player 287 (Mai)
32% — Player 451 (Phill)
19% — Player 016 (Sam)
By far, Mai has been featured more on the show than the other two finalists, thanks in part to her initial mistrust (and later apology) to Player 182 (TJ). And of course, who could forget Mai going after Player 278 (Ashley) in the “Die Test” because she saw her as disloyal for the way she acted toward Player 301 (Trey) in the “Glass Bridge” challenge?
Sam, Mai and Phill are the Final 3 players remaining in Season 1 from a whopping 456 initial contestants. That insanely large number was whittled down over the course of the first nine episodes, with the others in the Top 9 being Ashley, Player 355 (Hallie), Player 051 (Rose), Player 429 (Elliott), Player 019 (Amanda) and Player 418 (Roland). We highlight all of the fan-faves in our photo gallery above.
This “Challenge” is based on Netflix’s 2019 drama series “Squid Game” that won six Emmy Awards including Lee Jung-jae for Best Drama Actor and Hwang Dong-hyuk for Best Drama Director. Fans of that survival show will recognize several games on the spin-off including “Red Light, Green Light,” “Dalgona,” “Marbles” and “Glass Bridge.” In addition, there are some new games like “Warship,” “Jack-in-the-box,” “Allegiance” and “Circle of Trust.”
Here are the Netflix bios for the Top 3 players still in the competition. Find out who wins when the season finale of “Squid Game: The Challenge” streams on December 6.
016 Sam
AGE: 37
LOCATION: Florida
OCCUPATION: Artist
BIO: Sam was the tallest person in his town growing up, but he was never asked to play basketball. He loves to paint, read, and play video games and he wants to form an alliance of people with various abilities in order to win.
287 Mai
AGE: 55
LOCATION: Virginia
OCCUPATION: Immigration Adjudicator
BIO: Mai loves to garden and travel, and she plans on choosing alliances that’ll work to her advantage. If she wins, she plans on looking for a home to spend her retirement in.
451 Phill
AGE: 27
LOCATION: Hawaii
OCCUPATION: Scuba Instructor
BIO: Phill can play four instruments. As a quadball gold medalist, he likes any game involving speed and reflexes and plans on befriending as many people as possible. If Phill wins, he wants to donate a chunk to ocean conservation.
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