Reality show ‘El Juego del Squid’ causes controversy over contestant injuries, and Netflix responds

During 2022 millions of people were surprised when Netflix announced a reality contest ‘The squid game’, where participants would compete for a million-dollar prize, a show currently being taped in England, which has already sparked major controversy due to alleged injuries to contestants, which has led the streaming giant to issue a communicated in this regard.

That’s right, in the first days of January Netflix has already been embroiled in controversy after the British newspaper The Sun shared information indicating that allegedly some participants in the reality show ‘The squid game: the challenge’ would have caused serious injuries after participating in this competition, a report that quickly generated several negative comments on social networks against the streaming platform.

The aforementioned report indicates that the test in which some participants had to be treated even on a stretcher was “Red Light, Green Light”, which can be seen in the netflix original seriesa challenge where the contestants would have to spend several hours without moving, and with the low temperatures that occur at the recording venue, some would have experienced discomfort and frostbite.

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After sharing this information, the streaming giant together with Studio Lambert and The Garden, producers of this reality show, released a statement in which the platform denies any serious harm suffered by the participants of this show in the recordings, accepting that The shooting set has low temperatures, but both the competitors and the production team are equipped for it.

Any claim of serious injury is false. We care deeply about the health and safety of our competitors and our team,” shares Netflix.

Undoubtedly, the controversy generated around the so-called ‘The Squid Game: The Challenge’ has begun to arouse public interest in this new production, a title that has already shared part of what it will present to subscribers of the streaming giant. , since, as we have pointed out, this is a contest that will present one of the biggest prizes in the history of entertainment.

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The streaming giant has confirmed it Reality show ‘The squid game’ will be divided into 10 episodes, where users of this platform will be able to see hundreds of competitors in trials similar to those shown in the program, unique, as the platform emphasizes, without endangering the health of the participants.

at the end of this Netflix original realitythe winner will be able to take home a prize of 4.56 million dollars, which undoubtedly motivated many fans of the Korean production ‘The Squid Game’ to sign up for this production, a title that currently does not have an official release date yet, however, the catalog integration of this platform is planned for the second half of 2023, probably in December of this year.