The YouTube video, hosted by MrBeast (Jimmy Donaldson), stages an elaborate competition in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia where 100 pilots vie for a $2.4 million private jet. The contest unfolds over multiple extreme challenges: (1) a 40,000‑lb plane‑pull race split into three teams, with the winning team advancing; (2) the "Jet Spinner" where pilots must cling to a platform while a jet’s 60 mph wind blasts them, eliminating 15 participants; (3) a sky‑diving briefcase game where pilots choose briefcases that either allow them to jump to the next round or eliminate them, testing trust and deception; (4) a marathon endurance test where the remaining pilots must keep a hand on the jet while it traverses the streets of Riyadh, later extended across Rio, with added twists such as a button that imposes new rules (single‑finger grip, standing on one foot, etc.). Throughout, contestants reveal personal motivations—family, starting a charter business, IVF, etc.—and the tension escalates as fatigue, sleep deprivation, and strategic disagreements arise. The final three face a timed decision‑making twist involving briefcases that may contain the jet, leading to a dramatic conclusion where one pilot finally releases his hand and claims the jet. The video ends with MrBeast promoting the upcoming Beast Games Season 2 on Prime Video.
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I just bought this private jet, and whichever one of these 100 pilots wins this video keeps it!
For the first challenge, the pilots all split up into three teams—
No way I'm going home.
—to be the first team to pull their 40,000-pound plane across the finish line.
Three, two, one, go! Go, go, go, go, go! Whoo-hoo!
And whichever one of these three teams moves on will also have to withstand the force of these massive jet engines and win an endurance challenge so intense— He passed out!
Somebody call an ambulance!
We shut down an entire city for 24 hours. But first, we need to see which one of these 3 teams crosses the finish line first. It's neck and neck!
Keep going! Keep going! We're almost there!
Team Steel handling brute force in this.
They're pulling ahead. They're going so fast! You don't win until the plane crosses the finish line. We had our winner! You guys did it! That's our jet!
I think there's only 2 of us.
While 2/3 of the pilots were just eliminated—
One of these pilots is winning that private jet.
These pilots are 4 challenges away from winning this $2.4 million private jet. Welcome to game number 2, Jet Spinner.
Woo! Yeah! Start the engine. This ain't good. I don't like it.
Here we go.
The plane is getting started.
Inject the fuel, baby.
The private jet you're competing for is ramping up its thrusters to produce 60-mile-per-hour winds. The jet will then begin to rotate in a circle in an attempt to blow each of you off your platform. Oh, this is insane.
We did not come this far to go home. I'm so scared right now.
Good luck, everybody.
Here it comes.
Oh, we have our first elimination. One down. I want that jet.
No way I'm going to let this jet take me out.
I might pee myself. Never in my life did I think being a pilot I'd be worried about a jet blast.
No! Too low. Bye-bye.
Oh, man, it's coming.
All right, let's see if he falls. 46, hold on. He's still going. You can do this! Hold on! You did it! You're moving on! That's a great technique.
Quickly, the pilots saw what to do and more importantly, what not to do by watching the others go before them.
Okay, so the winning strategy is sideways, not like this.
The people that are staying on are like this. They're locked in! Even though the pilots were picking up on the strategy, some still weren't strong enough to hold on.
Another one!
All I'm saying is if number 40 goes down, I'm going down. We built the exact same. Ah! That wasn't nothing to me. I got it.
It's actually really ironic because what you're competing for is literally what's eliminating you.
They are dropping one by one. Oh, there goes another one.
And despite having perfect technique, this pilot who literally played in the NFL couldn't stay on.
The big muscle couldn't do it.
I was going to say he's a brick wall, but clearly not. And by the end of this challenge—
You got it! Yeah! All right.
Well, never mind. That was really fast. The jet managed to eliminate a total of 15 pilots. Some of the hardest competitors that I was the most worried about just got eliminated.
Congratulations to the 19 of you for moving on!
Yeah! It's going to take more than this jet blasting me in the face to knock me off.
I feel bad for some of the people here, but it's got to get done.
This is the beginning of something great. I was expecting it to just kind of blow up. Blow me a little bit and it just hit me in the chest like a sail and I just, I couldn't catch it from there. Let's head over to the next game. And in this video, we took over the city of Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, where there are still 3 more challenges these pilots will have to compete in to win the multimillion-dollar jet.
For challenge 3, we're going 10,000 feet in the air. Follow me, pilots. Yeah! Oh! Woo!
I need you all to pick a captain. Daniel volunteered in the beginning. I say we give it to Daniel. I say Samuel.
Samuel! It's going to pick one of you to go 1,000 feet 1v1 against Andre!
Samuel, out of these 19 briefcases, pick a number.
Number 8.
10 of these briefcases say jump, meaning you skydive and move on to the next game. The rest are elimination. All right. All right, Samuel is going to look inside the briefcase. And Andre is going to decide steal or no steal.
What's in the briefcase? Jump. You saying it's jump?
It's a jump. OK, Andre, steal or no steal? You know what? I believe you.
Jimmy, I'm taking the briefcase. If it says jump, you're moving on. Yeah! Let's see it. He's moving on to the top 10.
And a reminder, the next game is all the way on the ground, so you have to jump.
3, 2, 1. Oh my God. Oh my God.
1 down and only 9 jumps remain to the next game. At first, people were honest, which meant that the people deciding whether to steal had all the power.
It's a jump.
Antonio said it. He told the truth! It's eliminate.
But listen, I really want to say—
No, I'm not taking it. Why are you guys telling the truth?
And because he also refused to lie— I'll not say anything.
Vander gave away 2 jumps, before being eliminated himself.
Why would you not lie? Pilot's got integrity. There are 6 eliminations and 6 jumps to the next challenge left. However, Brett came up with a strategy after he watched one of our previous videos.
Since the YouTuber's video, I had this plan. This is what I would do in this situation.
Do you trust this man? I do. It's eliminate. Promise? You promise that in here is eliminate?
I can put my trust in you, so I'm going to let you have it. Oh!
He got him!
It turns out that in this game, lying pays off. And now that one person has lied, it's become a lot harder for the pilots to trust each other.
Says jump. No. I think you're lying to me. I'm gonna let you keep it.
Did he read Andrew? No! It says jump!
Sometimes it pays to tell the truth.
Oh, God! Because the remaining spots were slowly dwindling away, the pilots had to decide what is their integrity worth.
I want to be the good person in aviation and not tell lies, not rob people for their money. And I'm a person of integrity. I believe that. I would like for you to steal it. All right.
So this is an eliminate? Yes.
No steal. OK. Oh! Wait, this story works! Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo! Woo-hoo-hoo-hoo!
That doesn't sound like good integrity. Whoa! Colby, what are you saying there? I'm just saying. Let's go!
I can't believe that someone claimed to have so much integrity and it was all just a farce.
And that he lied right through his teeth.
There's only 3 chances 2 jumps but 6 eliminates left. And the odds only kept getting worse.
It says jump. I'll take it.
Oh, it said jump!
I'm not going to steal it.
Wow. No steal.
Oh my God!
Bring him out of parachute into you, gentlemen. I'm going to state the obvious. Only one of you is now moving on because out of the 6 remaining briefcases, only one jump remains. What is it? I'm going to let you pick. All right. No steal. Oh. 4 eliminations left, but only 1 jump remains. All right, what'd you see? It's a jump. You're saying this is the last jump? The last one.
Okay, can I trust you?
I'm telling the truth, Jimmy.
Steal or no steal? No steal. No steal. All right. Holy crap. If Eddie's telling the truth, everyone else will be eliminated.
Where's the jump? Oh! He was telling the truth! He was telling you the truth!
Now that all 10 jumps have been taken, it's time to see You may be wondering why these contestants were jumping out of a cargo plane. That's because this next challenge is taking place in one of the most unlikely locations you'd ever find a jet, the middle of the biggest freeway of Riyadh, the biggest city of Saudi Arabia. So the entire city can watch in real time. Gentlemen, raise a hand.
Put that hand on the jet. Last one of you to take your hand off this $2 million jet keeps it.
Woo! Yes! The game has officially started. If you raise your hand, you're out. You want to raise it? Nah, I'm good. How long you lasting? We'll see. I'll be the last one.
As long as it takes until I pass out.
Until you pass out.
This is going to be like hours. Days. Could be.
Before I decided to do this video, moving a jet through the city was logistically impossible. But we've spent months planning this route where the plane barely fits within the light poles on the street. Hey, driver, be careful of my jet. The plane is so wide that we literally have to turn. Signs on the street so it can fit by. All right, keep coming. I mean, look how little space we're working with here. This is crazy. And as we cleared the path for the plane, it seemed like we had the entire city's attention.
Hello, how you guys doing?
Hey, nice to meet you guys. How's it going?
MrBeast, what are you doing?
One of these guys is winning a jet. Look how many people are over there filming us. With thousands of people filming us, generating millions of views on TikTok, we officially took over the city of Rio. I'm going to win.
I'm going to win it. Save this video.
What's it like having cars literally Drive by on the road while you're doing this. This is crazy. This is like free entertainment. This is going to last so long.
Hey guys, how you doing?
This would go on all day and we could have driven through the entire city of Riyadh before anyone got out. So it was time to take the difficulty up to the next level. I have an announcement. Pilots, come to the side of the plane.
To make it harder, stop the truck.
They need to come down the plane without taking their hand off and choose a spot. You guys are going to be walking with a wink. I might be regretting not wearing shoes.
But I got them dogs.
Here we go. Oh, here we go.
Don't trip on each other. All right, how was that speed?
I used to run marathons, man. So the walk isn't even a factor for me.
All right, this is a little too easy. Let's drive faster. I think we need to turn it up a few notches.
We could take this to a sprint, Jimmy. Nothing's going to happen to me.
Let's go a little faster. On a scale of 1 to 10, how exhausted Where are you guys?
They all just got so quiet because they're trying to focus on breathing. They've been running for the last 5 minutes. It's definitely getting harder for them because I keep seeing hands getting adjusted. How's everyone feeling? Amazing. It looks like the back row struggled a little bit.
Oh!
My hand slipped. Grab God out.
Oh, we got someone out! Hey, slow the play! Matt, slow the play!
I cannot believe that. What happened? My hand just slipped off.
Anything you want to say to your boys?
I gotta keep after it. That was hard. So, y'all deserve it. I just feel bad for Graham, man. I don't want any of us to get out, but unfortunately, that's part of the game. I don't think I've ever run that much in a tie.
That sweat gets you, huh? Running in the desert heat definitely took its toll. So some of the pilots got creative. People always wonder, how do they change clothes? They definitely fake the video. This is how. Notice how he's moving his fingers through the sleeve. There you go. I'll take it. Every time we don't show this, all the comments are like, fake, fake, fake. It's not fake. The video's not fake.
It's real, guys. It's real.
Before we start going again, I have an offer. Here we go.
All right, let's hear it.
Drake, Matt, bring it in. This is heavy, boys.
Oh my God.
Mystery briefcases?
Oh no, they're not mystery. Inside these briefcases is $50,000. Oh my God. To the next one of you to take your hand off the chest.
I'm going. Yeah. Oh. Oh, he's gone. There's your $50,000. There we go, baby. You wasted no time, brother.
I got a family, a career. These young guns, they got a lot ahead of them. They deserve it. I'm going to give them a shot.
Yeah! Bye, Joe. Bye, boys. I love you.
That's another one down. Let's keep moving this plane.
MrBeast! MrBeast! We're filming a video.
Do you guys watch the channel? Yes. Yeah? I want to show you guys this theme park that I just opened. We opened an entire theme park where you can compete in challenges inspired by our most popular videos and have a chance at the largest prize wall of any theme park if you have what it takes.
Check out Beastland, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.
OK, have fun. Let's go back to filming. Oh, let me not run into them. I'm going to let you guys dictate the speed. If majority of you say faster, we'll speed this John up. Who wants it faster? Just one?
Yeah, let's speed it up.
That's 2 v 6. I need a majority. Come on, guys. Let's just get someone. All right. And I'm down. I'm going to speed it up. OK, that's 3. They're about to let go.
That's what they're saying now.
Yeah, that's exactly right.
Just know the slower we are, the longer you're going to be walking here. You're not going to run?
You're gonna run? I'm not running. I'm good.
Saad, I know you can take it.
I don't mind, but I don't want to.
We're not running. If we start running, someone gets out quickly, it's gonna save more energy for the people that are still in.
That's what I'm saying. If you know you're not cracking, run so there's somebody over there who will leave. Saad, you about to crack, bro. No, no. Why would I want to run if I'm gonna crack?
Come on, guys. Let's run, guys. If we run, it's better.
It's shorter. I gotta be honest with you. I don't think I have a whole lot more in me.
Somebody over there is weak.
It's cool, bro. Dude, I literally can't. Like, my hand is— Yeah. I'm going to try to—
I'm running. Hate to break it to y'all, but you can go faster. OK, that's a majority. Speed it up.
We're speeding up.
Lock in, guys, lock in.
Oh, no, I slipped. What happened?
My hand just slipped right off.
You just couldn't keep it up? Yeah. With Andrew's elimination, 7 pilots remained, but by this point we had already driven through the entire city of Rio. So we loaded everyone onto the trailer to rest while keeping their hand on the jet as we traveled elsewhere to finish the challenge. Guys, does this look familiar? Yeah. Last time you were here, you were with 100 pilots pulling planes. You guys are very stubborn. Because you refused to take your hand off this jet, I brought out a button. Each time you press it, a challenge will go into effect that will make things harder. And it will stay in effect until someone gets out. What do you guys think? Anyone can press it. It's that simple. Oh, you didn't even want to talk it through?
Man, I want to press the button.
I'm trying to get this thing going.
Challenge number 1.
Rule number 1 is you can no longer sit. What? And instead of a hand, you can only use a finger.
God. This finger will give me the jits.
It's gonna be this thumb, just like this. I can hold this as much as I want.
The thumb is just short and strong. It's pretty nice. I need you to switch to one finger. Remove all other fingers and all other body parts from the play.
If any of you guys put your finger down and get out, it's nothing to be ashamed of. You can do it then, bro.
Good job, man. You can do it. Good job.
It's been 13, 14, 15 hours. Coming up.
All of us will be so proud of you.
Just remove your finger.
You have 3 daughters, man.
I swear to God, I will remove your finger.
I had to press that button, man.
Why?
You're making me angry. Trying to get everybody out. All right, we are now going to put a red square that your finger has to sit in. If it touches the square, you'll be eliminated. I'm just bored, Jimmy.
You're bored?
Bro, I just put the squares down. This is fine. Oh gosh. Dude, honestly, sorry, boys. Keeping all the current rules, you'll also have to stand on one foot.
This is the one that'll get some folks.
Raise your leg! They are now standing on one foot, and if that foot touches the ground, they will be eliminated. But these might be some of the most stubborn contestants we've ever had. They are not giving up. Because this $2.4 million jet could change their lives. These pilots are fighting for their ambitions.
I got to get that jet and start my charter business.
They're fighting for their families. Oh, my God.
I do this for my daughter.
—and their lifelong dreams.
Me and my wife, the only way for us to have kids is through IVF. This is going to help that.
How are you feeling? I'm feeling good. Your hand is shaking.
My hand is shaking. How much longer do you have? I have all it takes. All it takes? All it takes until I pass out.
I don't know if Samuel realizes it, but he is so close to touching the ground. It looks like Brett is noticing the same thing. Wait, did his foot just touch the ground? All right, contestants. It looks like we may— He passed out. He passed out.
You all right?
I'm all right.
I'm all right. I can sit up.
Obviously, someone's out. The rest of you, revert back to the original rules. Don't take your hand off, but you can rest. What happened? You blacked out?
Literally just, like, white. Like, just saw white and fell. Ugh, that sucks.
I know, because you were a warrior too. That's our jet!
Whoa! Seems like you were going to go the distance.
I thought I was.
I think I took Bobby out. I don't think he should be out because I fell on him.
Yeah, I mean, we'd have to review it.
Here's the clip if you guys want to see it. He clearly pulled your rope, which pulled your thumb off. So Bobby is still in, but literally right before he passed out, someone else's foot touched the ground, and one of you is also eliminated. Whose foot is this right here? That's mine, yeah. You are eliminated. And Brett, even though Samuel's foot dropped, But first, your hand completely came off the jet, so your elimination is still valid. Hopefully this helps a little bit. Going forward, everyone who gets out will be getting $10,000. You guys have been on this plane way too long. Here you go. We're not going to let you go home empty-handed.
I'll take it. I'll take it.
Only 5 remain, one of which is going to win this multimillion-dollar jet. Now is probably a good time to mention that I have a really fun twist when only 3 of you your left. But don't worry, I'll explain it when there's 3.
I'm so exhausted. It's been more than 22 hours awake.
I want to sleep, but I can't.
Brett pushed himself to literally passing out. I can't imagine that.
That's a different mind state.
Yeah, if I'm gonna be ready for that challenge, I need to get some sleep.
The goal is to let everybody sleep before you because sleep is a dangerous thing. You have no control if you're sleeping. You're unconscious.
Literally. What I'm doing is, like, using this as, like, a rest. Oh my God.
It's bothering me. I cannot— it's not comfy at all. Imagine that I'm going to lose $2.5 million because I fall asleep.
Like I said, sleeping is going to be your worst nightmare.
Ah, I messed up.
Between us, when you woke up, I think I saw the hand, you know. I'm gonna have to go watch some footage. Gotcha. Yo, Bobby, what's up? I think I'm going home, boy. Huh? I think I might have picked up my hand. How can you do this to me, man? That's the thing about exhaustion. You never mean for it to catch up to you, but oftentimes you don't even know that it already has.
Bobby, what's going on?
Hey, sorry.
Bob, what happened? I don't even know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't know. I don't—
I don't know. Did you just raise your hand? I don't know.
I don't know what I did.
I don't know.
God. You lose focus for one second, you're done. That's what happened.
Congratulations on making it to the top 3. You will remember earlier I said when we get to the final 3, there would be a twist. We are going to start a 1-hour timer, and you will have that 1 hour to figure out who is going to win this jet. And at the end of that 1 If more than one of you has their hand on this plane, no one gets it.
Whoa. Be smart. Think about it.
Keep in mind that you could pick a person or a game, but any of you could just lie and not take your hand off the jet. OK? Gentlemen, start the timer. It's up to you to figure out who should become a multimillionaire and who does not.
Who do you guys think deserves the jet most? All of us win.
All of us deserve this jet. First place!
First place! Yeah! Let's go! I got it! Go! It wasn't easy.
No one can say it's easy.
I've got no quit in me.
None. My hand is shaking.
Your feet are shaking. How much longer do you have?
Until I pass out.
What we can do is make up a challenge, and whoever wins that challenge is the winner.
How do you find a game that's fair for all 3 of you?
For all 3 of us. Right.
Let's do some jumps and somebody see who jumps the highest.
Now you're thinking about the thing that suits you.
Excuse me? How does that suit me more than it suits any of you guys?
You can't choose it without asking us.
Yeah.
I'm sure there's a game we can find that 3 of us will agree to play.
For me, I don't think I'm gonna do anything physical.
I'm so tired.
Let's have a quiz. That's not physical.
I would want maybe Jimmy to put 3 cases.
One of them has the jet. So you're proposing I grab 3 boxes, one has a jet or a ticket in it, the other 2 are empty, and you guys randomly select.
We're not getting anywhere if we're not talking about something ego-based, we're not getting anywhere.
For me, I prefer something based on luck.
You're a grown man and you want somebody, another grown man, to gift you something. You're just looking for a handout.
You could get the jet as well.
I want to walk away knowing I earned this jet, not that it was gifted to me by luck.
I'm just not gonna be skilled, by the way.
We're just wasting time. The time's just going away.
We told you what we want. You're disagreeing with that.
I'm not gonna I will not play any game based on—
So that means you don't believe in yourself.
That's exactly what you're saying.
Yes, yes. I don't mind.
Stop, stop, stop, stop, stop.
You are not winning me.
Stop bickering. At this rate, I don't think anyone's winning this shit.
I'm gonna tell you something. This guy, he was thinking about his family. He told me that he wanna have kids. He was trying to do this for like 5 years.
So if you win, you would sell the plane and use that so you can finally have kids? Affirm, yes. Oh my gosh. Amazing. I did it for my daughters. I did it for my daughters.
I want to buy a jet and start my charter business. That's my goal. Let's do it. Let's do it. Let's do it.
Let's do it. Oh, wait, wait. We're making progress. Wait, what are we doing? Do you guys want me to go get 3 briefcases?
I'm sorry. It's not gonna be based off luck.
Oh, my God. So you changed your mind?
I want to compete, bro. Half the time has now gone by. At the rate you're going, none of you is winning. Winning. Right here, no obligation, just some briefcases. Two might be empty, one might have a golden ticket in it, but it's up to you if you want to use them. Maybe you guys separate for a few minutes and cool off and then get back together. You guys are not making any progress. What is— bro, it's like you're talking to a wall.
What's happening? I don't think I'm being unreasonable at all. We've all been through the same thing. Let's compete.
I'm sure 100% if we play any game and he lose, he He will not remove his hands.
I don't think he will take off his hand. If he lost. If he lost.
I mean, he did lie in the skydiving challenge.
I want to be the good person in aviation and not tell lies. And I'm a person of integrity. I believe that. It says stay. No steal.
Oh! We came and we worked hard all the way to get to this point, and we're going to lose.
Let's do a quiz.
He's coming up with quizzes. Hey, see that plane flying over? That could be one of you in 15 minutes. If you figure out how to work together, if you stop arguing, and agree one of you can win this jet. At the rate you're going, none of you is getting it. You all wasted this time.
All right, this is my briefcase. It's a wood— grab your briefcase, this is mine.
So is this your briefcase?
Grown men don't want to compete, they just want to be gifted the airplane. I don't believe in that.
I, I got another thing. If you open the case and your The store is empty. Would you take off your hand?
If you think this video we filmed in Riyadh was crazy, it's nothing compared to what's coming soon. Beast Games Season 2: Strong vs. Smart. The challenges are bigger.
Oh my God!
The twists are crazier. And the stakes are unreal. We literally shot the final 2 episodes right here in Riyadh. And someone walked away with $5 or maybe $10 million. You'll just have to watch and find out. Beast Games Season 2 drops January 7th only on Prime Video.
Would you take off your hand? Yes. Will you take off your hand?
I would take.
Do you want to open your case?
I want to try to find something else. This is my last resort. How do you feel as a grown man saying it's not your business? Let me win. It's not your business. I can't even fathom that.
I don't care.
Gentlemen, I just want to bring this into frame. You have a little over 10 minutes, and at the rate you're going. None of you are winning this jet.
What's wrong with them showing a list of airplanes and we guess which airplanes they are?
Give up, man. This is coming down to the wire. Seriously, no one is going to win this jet.
So you guys wouldn't think it's fair to guess some airplanes?
Let's shake our hand. Come on, take it or we lose it.
All right, I heard you're It—
if you got it, I wouldn't be upset at all. I would be very happy. Time is ticking.
There's really not much time left. 1, 2, 3.
He got it! They're going to take it.
He got it. He actually got it.
Let's go. Luck.
They obviously— They don't have to take their hands off, though. It is up to them. All that stands between you and that jet is their decision. They've held on for over a day. Will they finally let go? You guys have seconds left.
Make a decision. We will. Yeah. Oh my gosh. They honored it. They honored it. You just won this private jet.
Sorry, man.
You can take your hand off because it's yours. It's yours now. Congrats on the brand new jet.
We're going to give them each $20,000. You guys earned it.
This is my brand new jet. Let's go.
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