Green light! Netflix renews “Squid Game: The Challenge” for season 2

The season 1 finale begins streaming Wednesday at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT.

Before the winner has officially been crowned on Squid Game: The Challenge, Netflix has already given the green light for a second season.

The streaming service announced the news on Wednesday, hours before the Squid Game reality competition series debuted its season finale.

"There was no red light in our decision to greenlight season two of Squid Game: The Challenge, the most ambitious unscripted show we've premiered at Netflix," Brandon Riegg, Netflix VP of Nonfiction Series, said in a statement. "We're so excited to continue the franchise of Squid Game with our team in Korea, and producers at Studio Lambert and The Garden for this epic competition series."

Based on the streaming service's hit Korean drama, the reality competition series pits 456 real players against each other for the biggest prize in reality TV history: $4.56 million. Squid Game: The Challenge has dominated Netflix’s Top 10 English TV list, hitting No. 1 since its debut, and hit the Top 10 lists in 93 countries. The original scripted drama also holds the record as Netflix’s most popular series of all time, with over 1.65 billion view hours in the first 28 days after its September 2021 premiere. It will also return for a second season.

"It's brilliant it's landed as well as it has, and we're really enjoying all the responses to it," executive producer John Hay previously told EW about Squid Game: The Challenge. "We would obviously love to [do season 2]. We think it's a game with potential."

Want to put on a green track suit and attempt Red Light, Green Light and Dalgona for yourself? Recruitment for season 2 is now open at SquidGameCasting.com. Don't want to be on the show, but still want to compete in the Squid Game challenges? Check out "Squid Game: The Trials," a live fan experience beginning Wednesday in Los Angeles, or play Netflix's Squid Game universe video game.

The Squid Game: The Challenge finale hits Netflix on Wednesday at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT.

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