MEAD, Wash. – A local man from Mead is among the select few competing in Netflix’s new real-life version of Squid Game: The Challenge.
Justin Poloni is one of just 456 contestants vying for the third-largest cash prize in reality competition history, totaling $456 million. The show is based on the popular South Korean Netflix series.
Poloni shared his journey, saying it took nearly a year of interviews and casting rounds before being selected. “Out of more than 170,000 applicants, only 456 players were selected to compete for the multimillion-dollar prize,” Poloni said…