Netflix’s Squid Game: The Challenge has crowned a new multimillionaire, with Player 72, Perla Figuereo, winning Season 2 and the show’s $4.56 million cash prize after a tense finale that echoed some of the most memorable games from the scripted Korean drama.
The closing episode brought back finalists Vanessa Clements (017), Steven Jones (183), Dajah Graham (302), Trinity Parriman (398) and Figuereo, beginning with a bluff-based coin game that ended in Trinity voluntarily sacrificing his place so the others could advance. The final test was a winner-takes-all version of Red Light, Green Light, where Vanessa and Steven were eliminated before a final sprint between Figuereo and Graham. Graham pulled up after injuring her leg, leaving Figuereo to cross the line and claim the cheque.
Figuereo’s victory was shaped long before the last game. She entered the competition with her twin brother Jeffrey (Player 283), keeping their family tie quiet until a Marbles twist forced them into a head-to-head match. Jeffrey chose to give up his place so she could continue, making Season 2 the first time the record prize has gone to one half of a sibling duo. In a later interview she said she always intended to share the money, explaining that they joined the show together and that “if I’m rich, he gotta be rich too.”
Ahead of the finale, Figuereo outlined practical plans for the windfall, telling Netflix’s Tudum she wanted to clear her credit-card debt, pay for home security for her mother and brother, and make her mother’s long-held dream trip to India possible. Those comments fit a season in which many players framed the games around family obligations and financial pressure.
Figuereo’s win arrives at a complicated moment for the franchise. Season 2 launched on November 4 and has seen an 80% drop in first-week viewing compared with the debut season, even as the prize remains one of the largest single payouts in reality-TV history. Netflix has already renewed the series for a third season, opened casting for another cohort of 456 players and introduced a “Second Chance” fan vote that lets viewers pick one Season 2 contestant to return. Earlier safety complaints and ethical criticisms over adapting Squid Game into unscripted form continue to shadow the show, even as producers describe it as a global opportunity for ordinary contestants chasing life-changing money.
