Squid Game: The Challenge crowns first winner

The winner of Netflix's Squid Game: The Challenge has been revealed after the reality show saw 456 people compete for a huge cash prize.

Warning: This article contains spoilers for the final of the show

Inspired by the Korean dystopian show Squid Game, competitors had to take part in memorable challenges from the series.

At $4.56m (£3.66m), the winner's prize is thought to be the biggest cash prize in the history of reality TV.

The challenges included in the series included Green Light, Red Light where players had to run to cross a line while a huge doll of a girl sings - when the singing stops, they must too or risk being "killed".

In the initial series, characters would be shot, however in the spin-off, radio-controlled exploding dye was used to eliminate the losers.

Finalists Sam Wells (Player 016), Mai Whelan (Player 287) and Phill Cain (Player 451) were the last competitors standing for the final episode which was streamed on Netflix earlier.

Winner 55-year-old Mai was born in Vietnam before moving to the US where she spent two decades in the navy, changing jobs to work as an immigration adjudicator before retiring.

Ahead of her victory, she'd spoken about how meditation had been a key part of getting through the challenges.

"That's all we have," she said. "You need to make connections and friendships but at the same time you need time to yourself to reflect and ground."

The reality show, which was filmed in Bedford, has been renewed for a second series by Netflix but the first is facing legal claims from some participants who want compensation for injuries they say they suffered on the show.

The claims include hypothermia and nerve damage.

A show spokesperson said in a statement: "We take the welfare of our contestants extremely seriously."

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