At the Amazon Beast Games reality show, the contestants participated in a potato sack race, tower tasks and the challenge of collecting coins, among other things, after competing for a price of $ 10 million, The the only largest price In the history of television and broadcasting. The show, which aired the last episode of its first season on February 13, was Amazon's biggest unspoiled show, winning 50 million viewers in the first 25 days of it.

Now Jimmy Donaldson, the 26-year-old creator who is also known on YouTube as Mrbeast, is discovering he lost “tens of millions” dollars in the show, but that he has no regret for using his money to help fill in the gaps in shows.

“I lost a ton of money by filming the show,” Donaldson Steven Bartlett told a “Diary of a CEO“Podcast episode was published At the beginning of this month. “It was not a good financial decision to make” Beast games “.”

^{Jimmy Donaldson. Photo by Chris Unger/Zuffa LLC through Getty Images}

Donaldson revealed that the first episode only required over $ 15 million to build the group, which consisted of 1,000 towers that were each 10 meters long. The second episode set, meanwhile, received $ 14 million to build.

Connected: Mrbeast has increased. He thinks he also needs his videos on Youtube.

Donaldson refused to specify how much the whole season costs with 10 episodes, but said the show costs more than her Budget 100m dollars in general

However, when Bartlett asked if he had any regrets, Donaldson said no.

“For me, it was to make the season a better,” Donaldson said. “I can't let the community on youtube sit down.”

According to Donaldson, YouTube makers do not have a good reputation when it comes to streaming platforms. He said he too, as youtuber with most of the subscribers in the worldtried to gather interest among the broadcast leaders for his appearance.

So the shares were not just high for the “Beast Games”, they were high for the YouTube community in general, Donaldson said. Now that the show is a success, the doors are opening up for him and other creators.

“I already know about two creators who have signed an agreement only based on the success of 'Beast Games', and perhaps hundreds of millions of dollars (are) to flow into the pockets,” Donaldson said.

Connected: Mrbeast has increased. He thinks he also needs his videos on Youtube.

Donaldson also revealed in the interview that while he may be a billionaire on paper, he actually has less than $ 1 million in his bank account. Although he gives himself a salary, he assures that it is only enough to cover his personal expenses. He reinvested the rest in his brand.

Beast Games is available exclusively in video premiums. According to Donaldson, the show attracts about 700,000 new unique viewers daily.