In this 100‑million‑subscriber celebration video, MrBeast (Jimmy Donaldson) announces that he has purchased a private island to give away. He gathers 100 subscriber contestants and subjects them to a series of extreme elimination challenges. The first challenge is a fire‑starting race where the first 50 to light a torch advance. The second challenge recreates Squid Game’s Red Light/Green Light on a floating platform, narrowing the field to 20. The third challenge involves a raft selection where the earliest subscriber gets a strategic edge and half the remaining contestants are eliminated. The fourth challenge features ten planks with hidden ropes; five are safe and five cause contestants to fall, interspersed with a promotional segment for Shopify. The final stage offers contestants $50,000 to forgo the island, then a treasure‑hunt where the 100‑million‑subscriber play button (containing the island deed) is hidden; the first to find it wins the island. The video concludes with the winner’s reaction, a showcase of the island’s amenities, and calls to purchase exclusive merch and view a never‑released video. Throughout, MrBeast’s energetic, enthusiastic tone mixes competition, humor, and sponsor/merch promotion.
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We just hit 100 million subscribers. And from the bottom of my heart, thank you everyone that subscribed. And to celebrate, I bought this ginormous private island and I'm giving it to one of you in this video. So I brought 100 of my subscribers to compete in 4 extreme challenges. Last one standing wins this island. The first challenge is simple. First 50 people to start a fire and light their torch move on.
Begin! You see the smoke on that? How is that not lighting? This isn't easy, guys. He's not giving it away.
Do none of you want an island? I try. Who's gonna start a fire faster? According to our estimates, it's gonna take them on average 20 minutes to start the fire. Oh, really? Oh, wow. By 20 minutes, I meant 1 minute. Thank you, Father. Continue to the raft. Here we go, baby. I'm not going home today.
Yeah! Yeah!
The color green, that's gonna be the color of money. It's lighting up. Oh my God. Did he get it? God bless America. God bless America. See that ship right there, Tareq? Yeah. That's challenge number 2 on a literal recreation of Squid Game.
See that pirate ship over there?
Over there? Yes. That's challenge number 3, and we're literally throwing people off the ship. Trust me, you want to watch this video. This is the easiest of all the challenges.
Yeah!
Only 10 slots remain.
Come on, come on! I freaking did it!
3 spots left. My splint is worn down. I'm not giving up. Come on, come on! This is my one and only chance. There's only 2 spots left. Come on, come on, let's go!
Is it lit? Is it lit?
Is it lit? One spot left. All right, the competition is over. We have our 50 contestants. In just one challenge, 50 people lost their chance to win this beautiful private island. And now it's time for challenge number 2, Red Light, Green Light, because Squid Game's our most viewed video, so why not bring it back? And unlike last time, we're in the middle of the ocean. Seriously, the middle of the ocean. Bring in the 50 remaining contestants. Come on in. Come on in. I'm so freaking nervous right now. Since you all are subscribers, I assume you saw the first Squid Game video.
Yeah.
OK. Well, this one's a little different. Only the first 20 to step on the red line or cross it move on, OK?
OK.
The red line, that's all we're thinking about. 20 people. There is no time limit. Green light. Red light.
Bro.
He just completely moved. We have our first official elimination. Green light. Red light. Chris, I'll give you the chance to do one. Green eggs in hand. I'm sorry, guys. I had to be a little ruthless. The beauty of this red light, green light is there's no time limit. I can just put the mic down and wait 10 minutes. You're looking a little shaky. Are you scared? I got to win an island.
I can't feel my feet at all, but I'm just imagining myself on an island, island, island.
We're going to be here a while. Does anybody need a snack? Wait, wait. You're definitely eliminated.
You did say red light, green light at the end.
Red light, green light. Red light. Red light. Let me review the footage and see if he's correct. When you were explaining the rules, you said— Red light, green light. There's no time limit. Yeah, we have our first finisher by technicality. I was worried I threw it all away when I thought I heard it. It was green light. I'm surprised more of you didn't catch on. Red light. Every word that leaves his mouth, I got to think it through. Green light. Red light.
Oh!
That was the most nerve-wracking thing of my life. Green light.
Red light.
Oh, are you okay? I'd give it to him if it was close, but it was quite a ways away. I love you though. Good effort. 15 slots remain for a chance to compete for a private island. Green light. Red light. Well, you're good.
You're good.
There are 2 slots remaining. She's obviously gonna cross. Look how close she is. Please, no one hurt yourself. Green light. Oh, he got it first. He got it first. Oh my God. Yes!
I was this close.
Asa, thank you for coming out. We're gonna give all of you $3,000. I appreciate it. Everybody, do you see that raft down there? Yeah. There's only 10 seats in it and there are 20 of you. I need to know who the earliest subscriber here is. Since this is our 100 million subscriber special, we wanted to give our earliest subscriber a competitive edge. So we told her this. I need you to eliminate half the people. Whoever you want to go, just pick half of them.
No, you're joking.
But it didn't take long for her to just start picking people. All right, one down. That's my guy. I miss you, man.
I'm going to go with 39.7. Take it easy. I'm so sorry.
I'm so sorry. I know this must be hard on you. Do you want to just have someone else?
No, I don't want to go.
OK. Oh my god, dude.
I love you all. It's been a great ride. I'm so sorry.
Oh, this is brutal.
I'm so sorry.
I'll take it. No way. This is terrible.
Oh my god. 3 from the middle. No!
No! Come on.
I'm so sorry.
It was not your fault, bro. It's right there. It's my dream. If any of you win, you owe this to Gabby because she could have eliminated you.
That's the final 10.
That was like a bullet every time she said someone. And now that we have 10 people, that's the exact amount that could fit in a raft. Follow me. We're going to tug them over to that pirate ship right there and eliminate some more. Welcome. Have you ever been on a pirate ship before? Not once in my life. Oh my God. It's been a long journey to get here. You had to fight from 100 down to 10. I don't even know if you guys noticed, but back there, that's the island you guys are competing for. And half of you aren't even going to step foot on it.
Yeah, we hate you now.
I am so excited to be out here. I got a whole private island. I'm already planning out the structure. Mansion's going to go there.
As soon as I win the island, I'm going to sell it for as much cash as I can get.
Now let's eliminate half of you.
Oh, no.
For our next challenge, we have 10 planks behind me. And attached to each plank is a rope. When we cut the ropes, 5 of them will drop you and 5 of them won't.
Whoa. That's going to be wild.
Who wants to go first? I do it. Come on up, sir. You can pick any of these 10 planks. Just stand on the end of one of them. This is a lot of good planks. All right, right there. Are you sure about this plank?
Everyone salute him.
It's been real, y'all. Chris, cut the rope!
Oh!
All right! He passed! Congrats! Don't fall off the boat. Now all your odds are actually worse. And while she's deciding her plank, I want to tell you guys about Shopify. Shopify is an easy-to-use platform that makes starting a business as easy as using your phone. Can you say, "I love Shopify"?
I love Shopify. I love Shopify. I love Shopify.
Oh my gosh, it worked! We have 2 of the 5 finishers. Oh, now your odds are even worse.
No!
Pick any of the 8 remaining planks. I'm so nervous for you, bro. Oh lordy. I've personally been using Shopify to sell merch since we had 3 million subscribers, which is crazy 'cause we're on 100 million now. We also use it to sell our chocolate bars and so much more. I don't know why, but I have a feeling this is gonna drop him. 3, 2, 1.
Thank you! Oh no!
He's safe? 3 people have already made it. This is extreme luck. Only 2 spots remain. What don't you like about this plank?
It looks funny.
That plank looks funny? Don't pick it then. All right. Before we cut the rope, I just wanna let you know that Shopify believes in creators like us and wants to help us turn our ideas into businesses. Isn't that great? Yeah! Chandler, cut the rope! No way!
Wow!
There's only 5 working planks and somehow they picked 4 of them. There's only 1 safe plank left.
Oh my God, I was so ready to go swimming!
Since these 4 people somehow guessed correctly even though it's super statistically improbable, we just had everyone else line up and we're gonna start on the end. I have the carrot of protection. All right, let's see if the carrot of protection works. Cut it!
Oh geez, you're so—
let's go quicker! Oh my God. Whoa, one down. He fell. At least now I know the planks really do work and they're just lucky. Remember me. Okay, so do you use Shopify to sell anything? Uh, no. Then the gods probably won't bless you. Let's see it. That's what happens when you don't use Shopify.
I'll miss him. Bye. I didn't mean to clap, that was rude.
Do any of you winners want to cut this next rope? You want to cut it? Come over here. Yeah, don't fall. Cut the rope when you want. I'm praying for you, my boy. Oh, snap! Wow.
I feel crazy right now. I've never been in open water before. And I think you put that juju on me earlier, Jimmy.
Oh, snap. You guys want to know one of the great things about Shopify? What? You can sell online, in person, and through social media. Good luck. Go ahead and cut the rope. She should be fine. You were wrong. Oh, they just fell! We love you, Gabby. Oh, they picked 4! And now 2 remain. You guys got to be feeling great.
No. 50/50 great.
I am so scared! One is dropping, one is moving on. There's never been a better time to make a Shopify store. Just go to shopify.com/mrbeast. And I'm going to pick 100 random people that do and literally be your first customer onto your store. I'm going to go on there and order an item from your website. Come save me! And for the last two, I think we cut them at the same time. It all comes down to this— We're gonna see who goes in the water and who goes to the island. Let's go! Oh no! Get back! Here we go, person!
And that is our final victor!
100 people. Where are the 5 left? Hey, sorry you didn't win an island. Thanks for coming out. Love you, Kevin. Captain, set sail for the island. Welcome to the island. Look how beautiful this beach is.
This is it.
And one of you is winning it. The other 4, I don't know. And the island comes with complimentary golf carts. Everyone hop on board. This island has a cabana, a helicopter pad, a beautiful pool. It is nice.
Maybe I won't sell the island.
I mean, yeah, it's pretty beautiful. This island is amazing.
This is absolutely unreal. Life-changing.
And now we have one final challenge to decide which one of you wins. Wins the island. Let's go! But before we do that challenge, I have a proposition. I'm gonna hand each of you a check for $50,000. Here you go. Here's 50 grand. Which one of you subscribed the latest? All right, come over here. Do you want to burn this $50,000 and compete for the island, or keep 50 grand and leave? Keep it. Keep it. I'm a competitor. I'm not using that. Oh my God. All right, this man's going for the island. He just lit 50 grand on fire. That could be the biggest mistake of his life. You want 50 grand in cash or to compete for an island? I could reach for the island. Really? Oh my gosh. First 2 people said no to the money. How about you? $50,000 is a lot.
$50,000 couldn't even pay for a year's worth of tuition.
Oh my gosh. That's sad.
I'll take my chances.
You want an island? Oh my gosh. Wow. If you stay in, you only have a 25% chance of winning. This is the hardest decision I've ever had to make, but— Are you going to say no to $50,000? We're going for the island, baby. Oh my goodness.
No.
Wow. Wow, that's crazy. I just saved $200,000. Am I going to save another $50,000?
Earlier today, I was like this close to losing. I stayed in and everything else has been luck so far, and I've had great luck. I want to keep trying.
I'm going to keep— No way. No way they all just did this. I'm going to earn it out. Oh my God. Only one of you is winning this island. Oh my God. And for the final challenge, we have our 100 million subscriber play button. Taped to the back of it is the deed to the island. I'm going to go hide this, and whoever finds it first wins the island. All right, blindfold them.
Blindfold.
Blindfold.
Blindfold.
All right, we're blindfolded. I'm going to hide the play button. Keep them distracted, Chris. I'm gonna drive really far away so they think we hid it far away, but then I'm gonna come back and hide in front of them. That's exactly what I was thinking.
I have to get into the mind of Jimmy right now.
I know exactly where Jimmy's gonna hide it. He's gonna hide it in the spot that I find.
What?
That's exactly where it's gonna be. We should just throw it in the ocean. You know, this is our 100 million subscriber play button.
We only get one.
We're not throwing it in the ocean. From airports to pirate ships to barges, it's been an experience I'll never forget, that's for sure.
Part of me wishes I took the $50,000, but I just had the gut feeling just to keep going. And just keep pushing forward.
I'm going to park the golf cart here so they don't hear. If you look over there, you'll see the contestants, so they won't expect us to hide it this close. I say we hide it in these trees. This should be good. After I lost an island, I had nightmares for over a year. This will haunt you for the rest of your life. You may now remove your blindfolds. You know the deal. First one to find the play button wins the island. Good luck. Go!
I have a feeling it might be over here. Get out of here! Go your own way!
An island's on the line! I don't regret throwing $50 grand in a fire because I'm going to find this case.
Think in the mind of Jake.
Jimmy, where would Jimmy hide? Oh, he's really fast. It's like he's competing for an island. I don't know where to go.
All I see is like a bunch of rocks.
Me and Chandler are wearing our brand new limited edition 100 million subscriber merch. Yes, we are. This is our first and maybe only merch drop of the entire year. We filmed a MrBeast video that will never be uploaded to the public. Just buy either item and we will email you a link to watch the video. You have 7 days. Let's go see who wins the island. Look for things in areas where they shouldn't be.
Actually a really good place to hide.
There are now 3 contestants out of the pool. I want to jump in. Let's go. Very deep. Actually, they won't see anything red. We have someone checking the treehouse and someone wandering through the woods. None of them are close. He's not here.
I am so winded right now. I want the play button.
I don't know if I remember what the freaking box looks like. Look to the left, you'll see where I buried the play button. Notice how there's no one around it. Great success. But then a few 2 minutes later, this happened. Better watch out, man. And then it happened again and again.
You hit it really good. I got to give it to you.
Do you believe me now when I say this island's massive? Yes, there can be so many possibilities. It's literally 4 times bigger than the private island Chandler won. You're right. The sun is setting and I have no idea idea how they're gonna find the play button after dark. I wouldn't put it past Jimmy to put it right behind where we're at.
Looking for new sand, anything fresh. I'm gonna find that play button. Okay, no, I don't want to check over here. Just— I can't, I can't give up.
Trick, I'm freaking out. Trick, I'm freaking out. Oh, she's moving the sticks. If she doesn't find this—
I got it!
What?
You're joking! I got it!
Oh my God, you're joking!
I got it! That's Oh, she won a Great Island.
Congratulations.
I feel like this doesn't even feel real. I think this is the craziest video you've ever done. And the fact that I won it, like, it doesn't feel real.
I'm so happy for you. Congratulations.
Thank you.
No problem. We all burned 50K in front of each other. Like, get it, guys. Boys, it's now time we open our 100 million subscriber play button. This is fresh from YouTube. How do I open it? It's actually fresh from the ground.
I hate him.
This is over a decade of my life represented in one item. This is our 100 million— Oh, that's a piece of paper. Oh my goodness. From the bottom of my heart, Thank you everyone who subscribed. This channel means the world to me and I genuinely appreciate anyone who's ever watched the videos. Thank you guys for always supporting us and watching us. Over the past couple years I've had some of the most insane experiences of my life. You guys took me from janitor to being, uh, we love you. Inside of here is the G2 Island. Congratulations.
Thank you.
Congratulations. Don't forget to buy our exclusive 100 million subscriber merch. Every single one of you that buys this will get emailed a never-before-seen MrBeast video. We spent over half a million dollars on this video and I promise you'll love it. Just go to shopmrbeast.com and buy the 100 mil subscriber merch right now.
