Who won Squid Game: The Challenge Season 2? One player bags $4.56 million

After weeks of games, tests, and emotional turmoil, the winner of Squid Game: The Challenge Season 2 has been revealed, meaning one lucky contestant has bagged that whopping $4.56 million prize. 

The Netflix competition series is similar to the original Squid Game, in that 456 players battle it out in a series of high-stakes children’s games. In this version, of course, no one dies if they’re eliminated – instead, an ink squib is activated and they’re sent home. 

Season 2 has been just as action-packed as the first, kicking off proceedings by cutting the contestant pool in half with a counting game. There have been a series of new tests and challenges, as well as some classics (Mingle got so intense that it ended with a mutiny). 

Every step has led to this moment: one single contestant being crowned the winner. Although we had our predictions of who might take home the gold, no one could know for certain… until now. Warning: Spoilers ahead!

Squid Game: The Challenge Season 2 winner

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The winner of Squid Game: The Challenge Season 2 and the $4.56 million prize is Player 72, Perla Figuereo. She’s the second ever winner of the Netflix series, following on from Season 1’s Mai Whelan. 

Alongside Perla, there were four other remaining contestants heading into the finale, including Player 302 (Dajah), Player 183 (Steven), Player 398 (Trinity), and Player 17 (Agnes). However, not everyone makes it to the final game.

During an intense dinner party, another test unfolds, resulting in Trinity’s elimination. The remaining four contestants then advance to the final challenge, and the series comes full circle with the return of Red Light, Green Light.

Agnes is the first to go, having been picked up by the doll’s motion sensor. For a moment, it seems like Steven is in the lead, but he moves at the wrong time, making him the second to go.

In a cruel twist of fate, Squid Game: The Challenge besties Perla and Dajah are left to battle it out. And in an even crueler one, when the next red light hits, Dajah manages to injure her ankle. She tries to hold out and stay still, but eventually the pain becomes too much and she falls to the floor.

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“Something’s wrong. I felt a pop,” she says. “This is gonna haunt me forever. For the rest of my life, I’ll never know if I could’ve won… it is devastating.”

Of course, due to the movement, Dajah is eliminated, leaving just Perla. When the doll turns around, she’s able to pass the finish line, making her the winner of Squid Game: The Challenge Season 2.

Like Seong Gi-hun, Perla is gifted a gold card, giving her access to a bank account filled with $4.56 million. “Now I can take care of my family,” she says in the finale. “I can breathe now. Money is not going to be a worry, and that is just something I’ve never been used to.

“I just feel like the luckiest girl in the world right now, to be honest.” We then see Perla reunite with her family, including her brother and fellow contestant Jeffrey Figuereo, aka Player 283.

If you want to be in Perla’s shoes and think you have what it takes, the final scene reveals that Season 3 is “coming soon” – and you can apply right now. To find out more, head here.

Squid Game: The Challenge Seasons 1-2 are streaming on Netflix now. You can also check out all the Squid Game challenges so far (ranked by difficulty), if Squid Game: The Challenge is scripted, and the new shows coming to Netflix this month.