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The Squid Game: The Challenge was the hardest thing I have ever done in my entire life.
I care full-time for my six-year-old daughter, who has special needs, and I signed up for the Netflix show to try to win the $4.56 million jackpot to help my family, but I had no idea how difficult it would be. what was it. I would be.
We couldn’t tell time or see outside, so day and night didn’t matter. We ate, slept and played at the request of the guards. I think we had about eight hours of rest between days.
I decided to apply after seeing a casting announcement on Twitter. They asked me to film a one-minute video, and within a day and a half of submitting it, I had the producers on the phone with me.
Irish TikTok star Mikie Bowe was assigned player 254 in Squid Game: The Challenge
The 36-year-old father of five said he assumed the competition would be a cake walk, but none of it was a game.
Months and months of background checks followed, including a doctor and production managers trawling my social media accounts.
And then one day, I was grocery shopping with my wife and I received a phone call from an unknown number.
I responded, something I don’t normally do, and was told I had made it to the program. It was incredible. I thought, ‘Wow, I’ll be on Netflix and I’ll be a part of Squid Game!’ I love the squid game!’
I didn’t know what I had signed up for. I assumed it was going to be child’s play, but none of it was a game. It was so serious and intense.
Initially, my game plan was to trick everyone into liking me, making them laugh and getting them on my side with my jokes, before defeating them one by one.
But that went out the window when I started to really connect with the other players.
On the first day, we left the hotel early in the morning and arrived at this huge space to get ready.
There was a huge tent and we were given the famous green tracksuits, socks and extra thermal clothing, and there were heaters to keep us warm. There was food for us, coffee, tables and chairs, and many people taking care of us.
He said Red Light, Green Light was the hardest challenge he competed in.
Mikie stopped talking about ‘fixing’, claiming he crossed the line at Red Light, Green Light with Player 302, LeAnn, who some contestants have claimed received a free pass.
Then it was time to perform the infamous Red Light, Green Light, and filming really took a long time.
We had to hold stances for so long so that the judges could check precisely who had moved and, as a result, they had to be eliminated.
But the game didn’t last nine hours like some people thought, and it definitely wasn’t fixed.
During the game, I was so focused on myself and how I desperately needed to pass, that all I could see was the finish line. I was completely removed from everything around me.
It was a nail-biter. I had three seconds left to cross the line before time ran out, but I made it. It was the hardest thing I, and probably everyone else, had to do during the entire series.
Some players have since said that the challenge was rigged. Gosh, I wish it was rigged!
I heard people talking about some of the players being miked and while that was true, it didn’t influence the way people acted. There were people with fully functioning microphones who came out right in front of me.
Talking about content creators being favored to win because they were more popular is nonsense – I watched them all get eliminated.
There were also reports that producers allowed player 302, LeAnn Plutnicki, to pass to keep her and her son’s storyline going. But that’s not true. I crossed the finish line with her. To say they let her win, well, that’s a slap in the face.
The full-time caregiver said he joined his competitors between challenges, which thwarted their game plan.
The players were forced to eat, sleep and play at the request of the guards.
Mikie claimed that players were shocked after facing warships when they thought they were walking towards Tug of War, which appeared in the drama series.
I hate when people call it rigged. Grind my gears. Did everyone get a fair chance? 110 percent. The playing field was level.
The second challenge, Dalgona, which required us to cut out shapes from a piece of candy sugar without breaking it, was the first time I felt completely immersed. I finished the challenge with about a minute to spare. But when I caught the guard’s attention, he shook his head to indicate that he wasn’t done yet.
Although I was sure I had cut my triangle, I hadn’t noticed that there was still a piece touching the side of the honeycomb. I had to calm my trembling hands to carefully push him away. I was a mess at the time, but I was determined to beat the odds.
Warships was another intense challenge because we all thought we were entering Tug of War, which appears in the drama series, so we were surprised to be faced with a rebel game.
As soon as the second boat was hit, I knew I was safe and could continue.
When we first got to the dorms, it was like a party and we all went crazy. Everyone had the best time. I wish the show bosses had included some of that in the final edit.
My throat hurt a little during filming, which must have been from the dry air, and the doctors took very, very good care of me. Only for a sore throat!
Between games, we were able to really connect with our teammates. At one point I got a nosebleed because my friends and I were laughing so much.
What we had accomplished in the games brought us closer, although I noticed some contestants jumping from alliance to alliance and spreading gossip.
Food was fuel. For some of us it was unbearable, but I ate it all. We had oatmeal for breakfast, which I didn’t mind, but the Americans couldn’t stand it.
Other meals consisted of bland rice and the odd egg.
Players enjoyed a sweet treat before cruelly discovering their next challenge.
While we had plenty of food, there were no treats, except once at the picnic in episode five, which unbeknownst to us was actually the game of Marbles.
Kyle and I, my best friend, were immediately suspicious. We didn’t want to team up because why would we want to? It was obvious that they weren’t really treating us.
If you watch the episode where we have the picnic, Kyle and I are at the end leaving our blankets at the end because we didn’t want to team up. But no one else would join us because they had already found their people.
We sat down and talked seriously. Kyle is there digging through the brownies and chips and juice, and then we lift the false bottom and see the marbles and start panicking.
I say, ‘Does anyone want to trade places with me? We will give you everything we have here. Just a swap of places!’
It was hard to see Kyle leave.
After we wrapped filming, we were taken care of from head to toe, which was really nice. The production team would make sure we were okay.
Squid Game: The Challenge premiered on Netflix on November 22 and the final episode will air on December 6.
They asked me, ‘Are you happy with how you were there?’ and: ‘Are you excited for the show?’
They would say, ‘If there is any help we can offer you, if you are feeling depressed, if you are feeling this, if you are feeling that, we are here to help you.’
I still get welfare calls, psychologist calls, and general “how are you” calls to see how I’m doing.
The Squid Game: The Challenge was no picnic. It was the hardest thing I’ve ever done in my life, but we were treated fairly and the games were fair.
People have claimed it’s rigged, but I think they’re just salty that they didn’t win.
I would do it again in a heartbeat.