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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 (2022-05-23) – present (present) |
Playground is an Indian Hindi-language reality web series, primarily available on Amazon miniTV. 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.
Concept
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
| Series | Episodes | Originally released | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| First released | Last released | |||
| 1 | 28 | 24 May 2022 (2022-05-24) | 20 June 2022 (2022-06-20) | |
| 2 | 28 | 30 January 2023 (2023-01-30) | 26 February 2023 (2023-02-26) | |
| 3 | 45 | 17 March 2024 (2024-03-17) | 27 April 2024 (2024-04-27) | |
| 4 | 45 | 29 August 2024 (2024-08-29) | 9 November 2024 (2024-11-09) | |
Teams
| 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 Malhan (Fukra Insaan) |
Uorfi Javed | |
| 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
Main article: Playground (web series) season 4 Season of television series| Playground | |
|---|---|
| Season 3 | |
| 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 (2024-08-29) – 9 November 2024 (2024-11-09) |
Playground Season 4 was the fourth season of the Indian reality web series Playground. It premiered on 29 August 2024 on Amazon MX Player.
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).
| 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
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
| Award | Year | Season | Category | Result | Ref(s) |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Filmfare OTT Awards | 2023 | Season 2 | Best Non – Fiction Original (Series) | Nominated |
See also
References
- "Amazon miniTV to stream first-ever gaming entertainment show, 'Playground'". 26 May 2022. Retrieved 6 March 2024.
- "Rusk Media raises $9.5 million in funding led by Audacity VC, DAOL Investment". Retrieved 5 March 2024.
- "Gaming reality show Playground to return with season 4". indiatoday.com. 19 September 2024. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
- "Playground Season 4 release". filmibeat.com. 24 September 2024. Retrieved 13 November 2024.
- "Mentor Elvish Yadav, Gaurav Singh Win Playground Season 4". timesnownews.com. 9 November 2024. Retrieved 12 November 2024.
- "Nominations for the Filmfare OTT Awards 2023: Full list out". Retrieved 5 March 2024.
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