Playground (web series)
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| Playground | |
|---|---|
| Genre | Reality Gaming |
| Presented by | Mahvash (Season 1) Rohit Varghese (Season 1-4) Benafsha Soonawalla (Season 1-2) Jaideep Sood (Season 1-4) Umang Jain (Season 2) Ocean Sharma (Season 2) Tanvi Shah (Season 2) Shreya Kalra (Season 3-4) Yuvraj Dua (Season 3-4) |
| Starring | Ajey Nagar (CarryMinati) (Season 1-3) Naman Mathur (MortaL) (Season 1, 3-4) Tanmay Singh (ScoutOP) (Season 1-2) Nischay Malhan (Triggered Insaan) (Season 1-2) Ashish Chanchlani (Season 2) Harsh Beniwal (Season 2) Elvish Yadav (Season 3-4) Ujjwal Chaurasia (Techno Gamerz) (Season 3) Abhishek Malhan (Fukra Insaan) (Season 3) Mithilesh Patankar (Mythpat) (Season 4) Munawar Faruqui (Season 4) Uorfi Javed (Season 4) |
| Country of origin | India |
| Original language | Hindi |
| No. of seasons | 4 |
| No. of episodes | 146 |
| Production | |
| Production location | New Delhi |
| Camera setup | Multi-camera |
| Running time | 34-65 minutes |
| Production company | Rusk Media |
| Original release | |
| Network | Amazon miniTV MX Player YouTube |
| Release | 23 May 2022 – present |
Playground is an Indian Hindi-language reality web series, primarily available on Amazon miniTV.[1] Premiered in May 2022, Playground series blends entertainment, live gaming, and esports.
Rusk Media claimed that the show had garnered 200 million+ views following the first season.[2]
Concept
[edit]The series follows "players" competing in teams under the mentorship of leading gaming influencers and content creators. It involves a group of contestants who participate in various online games, competing individually and in teams, with eliminations based on performance, challenges and voting.
Season overview
[edit]| Season | Episodes | Originally aired | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First aired | Last aired | |||
| 1 | 28 | May 24, 2022 | June 20, 2022 | |
| 2 | 28 | January 30, 2023 | February 26, 2023 | |
| 3 | 45 | March 17, 2024 | April 27, 2024 | |
| 4 | 45 | August 29, 2024 | November 9, 2024 | |
Teams
[edit]| Season 1 | Season 2 | Exhibition Cup | Champions League | Season 3 | Season 4 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dare Dragons | Ajey Nagar (CarryMinati) |
Ajey Nagar (CarryMinati) |
Ajey Nagar (CarryMinati) |
Ajey Nagar (CarryMinati) |
Ajey Nagar (CarryMinati) |
||
| AAA Werewolves | Nischay Malhan (Triggered Insaan) |
Nischay Malhan (Triggered Insaan) |
Nischay Malhan (Triggered Insaan) |
Nischay Malhan (Triggered Insaan) |
Abhishek Malhan1 (Fukra Insaan) |
Uorfi Javed1 | |
| OP Unicorns | Tanmay Singh (ScoutOP) |
Tanmay Singh (ScoutOP) |
Tanmay Singh (ScoutOP) |
Tanmay Singh (ScoutOP) |
Naman Mathur (MortaL) |
Naman Mathur (MortaL) | |
| Power Phoenixes | Naman Mathur (MortaL) |
Harsh Beniwal | Harsh Beniwal | Harsh Beniwal | Munawar Faruqui | ||
| KO Krakens | Ashish Chanchlani | Ashish Chanchlani | Ashish Chanchlani | Elvish Yadav | Elvish Yadav | ||
| Raging Centaurs | Naman Mathur (MortaL) |
Naman Mathur (MortaL) |
Ujjwal Chaurasia (Techno Gamerz) |
Mithilesh Patankar (Mythpat) | |||
- ^ In seasons 3 and 4, AAA Werewolves entered mid-season.
Season 4
[edit]| Playground | |
|---|---|
| Season 4 | |
| Presented by | Shreya Kalra Yuvraj Dua Rohit Varghese |
| Judges | Elvish Yadav Munawar Faruqui Naman Mathur Mithilesh Patankar Uorfi Javed |
| No. of days | 42 |
| No. of housemates | 22 |
| Winner | Gaurav Singh |
| Runner-up | Vanshaj Singh Mehta |
| No. of episodes | 45 |
| Release | |
| Original network | Amazon MX Player |
| Original release | 29 August – 9 November 2024 |
Playground Season 4 was the fourth season of the Indian reality web series Playground.[3] It premiered on 29 August 2024 on Amazon MX Player.[4]
The season was won by Gaurav Singh, also known as BT Android from the KO Krakens, with Vanshaj Singh Mehta from the AAA Werewolves finishing as the runner-up, and Armaan Syed from the Power Phoenixes being awarded the season's Most Valuable Player (MVP).[5]
| Contestant | Status | Place | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gaurav "BT Android" Singh | Winner | 1st | |
| Vanshaj Singh Mehta | Runner-up | 2nd | |
| 1 | Armaan Syed | Eliminated | 3rd |
| MVP | |||
| Mohit | Eliminated | 4th | |
| Vaibhav Dixit | 5th | ||
| Shobhika Bali | Eliminated | 6th | |
| 2 | Eliminated | ||
| 3 | Khyati Sharma | Eliminated | 7th |
| 3 | Diya Bihani | 8th | |
| 4 | Ginni Pandey | 9th | |
| 5 | Unnati Patwal | 10th | |
| 5 | Aryansh Kundra | Eliminated | 11th |
| Himanshu Arora | Eliminated | 12th | |
| Eliminated | |||
| Nitin Gupta | 13th | ||
| Farhan Khan | 14th | ||
| Pankaj Rawat | 15th | ||
| 1 | Gauri G Singh | Walked | 16th |
| Vaibhav "Charlie" Veer | Eliminated | 17th | |
| Pragya "Winter" Verma | 18th | ||
| Vipul Singh | Eliminated | 19th | |
| Riya Pandey | 20th | ||
| Pragya Pandey | 21th | ||
| Bharat Madaan | Walked | 22nd | |
The numbers 1, 2, 3, 4 and 5 in the chart represent the teams in which the contestants were originally in before the swapping (i.e, 1 - OP Unicorns, 2 AAA Werewolves, 3 - KO Krakens, 4 - Raging Centaurs & 5 - Power Phoenixes).
Color Keys
- KO Krakens
- Power Phoenixes
- OP Unicorns
- Raging Centaurs
- AAA Werewolves
Reception
[edit]The series was well received, especially by the gaming community in India, for its innovative format that integrates gaming into the reality show genre.
Accolades
[edit]| Award | Year | Season | Category | Result | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Filmfare OTT Awards | 2023 | Season 2 | Best Non – Fiction Original (Series) | Nominated | [6] |
See also
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ "Amazon miniTV to stream first-ever gaming entertainment show, 'Playground'". 26 May 2022. Retrieved 2024-03-06.
- ^ "Rusk Media raises $9.5 million in funding led by Audacity VC, DAOL Investment". Retrieved 2024-03-05.
- ^ "Gaming reality show Playground to return with season 4". indiatoday.com. 2024-09-19. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
- ^ "Playground Season 4 release". filmibeat.com. 2024-09-24. Retrieved 2024-11-13.
- ^ "Mentor Elvish Yadav, Gaurav Singh Win Playground Season 4". timesnownews.com. 2024-11-09. Retrieved 2024-11-12.
- ^ "Nominations for the Filmfare OTT Awards 2023: Full list out". Retrieved 2024-03-05.
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