Three US-based Malawians are vying for a spot to represent Malawi in the American television series Beast Games Season 3.
Antonella Letchford, alongside Rianna and Liness Likhoozi are mobilising votes from Malawians to enable them participate in the reality television series that will see the ultimate winner walk away with $5 million prize.
For the three to qualify for participation, they are supposed to be voted for by people who are based in Malawi only.
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At least 1000 contestants compete in physical, mental and social challenges for a chance to win. Contestants use their strength and wit to stay in the game, with the hope to become the multi-million-dollar winner.
Liness is currently studying a master of organisation leadership at Pepperdine University in the US. She is also the founder of Allelon Ministries in Malawi which provides after-school feeding programmes and learning to primary school learners in Lilongwe District.
The 33-year-old also facilitates sponsorships for secondary and tertiary education learners and provides youth and women empowerment through businesses and girl talk initiatives.
She said: ‘I believe I have chances to make it far or winning because the Beast Games are more of a mind game. Above my physical strength, I know I have the mental capacity to make it. I am smart, charming and strategic.”
Antonella said she aims to expand initiatives that support vulnerable communities, building schools that provide free meals and access to education, establishing safe homes for orphaned children and reaching those in undeserved areas.
Beast Games is a reality competition television series created by YouTuber James ‘Jimmy’ Donaldson, Tyler Conklin, Sean Klitzner and Mack Hopkins. Hosted by Donaldson.
Inspired by the viral Netflix show Squid Game and Donaldson’s viral video $456,000 Squid Game in Real Life! the first two episodes of Beast Games were released on Amazon Prime Video on December 19 2024, with the first full season consisting of 10 episodes released weekly on Thursdays.
In 2024, Donaldson announced that he had secured a $100 million deal with Amazon MGM Studios to produce a reality television series.
Head of Amazon MGM Mike Hopkins stated at the Milken Institute Global Conference: “We are going to do a couple more seasons of Beast Games, I think, soon.”
