{"id":2311893,"date":"2026-03-04T11:07:20","date_gmt":"2026-03-04T11:07:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/?p=2311893"},"modified":"2026-03-04T11:07:20","modified_gmt":"2026-03-04T11:07:20","slug":"mel-b-leads-celebrity-cast-of-squid-game-the-vip-challenge-on-netflix","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/mel-b-leads-celebrity-cast-of-squid-game-the-vip-challenge-on-netflix\/","title":{"rendered":"Mel B Leads Celebrity Cast Of Squid Game: The VIP Challenge On Netflix"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><\/p>\n<div data-article-body=\"true\">\n<div class=\"relative\"><img alt=\"The cast of Squid Game: The VIP Challenge\" loading=\"lazy\" width=\"630\" height=\"354\" decoding=\"async\" data-nimg=\"1\" class=\"rounded-lg\" style=\"color:transparent\" src=\"https:\/\/s.yimg.com\/ny\/api\/res\/1.2\/CJTjo7nBkdWlOpJcaVIPRQ--\/YXBwaWQ9aGlnaGxhbmRlcjt3PTEyNDI7aD02OTg7Y2Y9d2VicA--\/https:\/\/media.zenfs.com\/en\/huffpost_uk_744\/1cf3761bdb26f6d94b2d4cd1cbbc3906\"\/><\/div>\n<p>The cast of Squid Game: The VIP Challenge <span class=\"copyright\">Netflix<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><span>When <span>Netflix<\/span> first confirmed it was making a reality TV spin-off of <span>Squid Game<\/span>, you may recall the announcement was <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/entry\/squid-game-reality-show-netflix-raises-eyebrows_uk_62a9a416e4b0cdccbe57432a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:almost unanimously panned;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">almost unanimously panned<\/a>.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><span>However, we have to concede that the ensuing series, Squid Game: The Challenge, ended up winning us over in the end, <a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.huffingtonpost.co.uk\/entry\/funniest-celebrity-tv-moments-2025-videos_uk_69429bc7e4b0ec0b2f95cf3a\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:even if it is more guilty pleasure;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">even if it is more guilty pleasure<\/a> than TV treasure.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><span>After two seasons of the popular reality competition \u2013 which offers one of the biggest cash prizes in telly history \u2013 the streaming platform has now announced that it is upping the ante with a new celebrity run, dubbed Squid Game: The VIP Challenge.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><span>On Wednesday, Netflix unveiled the eight contestants on its VIP line-up, with <span>Spice Girls<\/span> icon <span>Mel B<\/span> among them.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><span>Also on the line-up are <span>The Traitors US<\/span> fave <span>Dylan Efron<\/span> (otherwise known as Zac\u2019s brother); basketball player (and Keeping Up With The Kardashians fixture) <span>Tristan Thompson<\/span>; and Viper, a contestant you might remember from the second season of Squid Game: The Challenge, who won a fan vote to be chosen for the new VIP series.<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\"><strong>Who is on the line-up for Squid Game: The VIP Challenge?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><span>The full cast is as follows:<\/span><\/p>\n<ul class=\"mb-4\">\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Dylan Efron (TV personality and reality star)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Hannah Godwin (former The Bachelor contestant)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Kim Zolciak (Real Housewives Of Atlanta alum)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Kristy Sarah (influencer)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\"\/>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Ryan Serhant (real estate broker and Owning Manhattan cast member)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Tristan Thompson (basketball player)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"ml-4 list-disc\">\n<div class=\"\">\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><strong>Viper (Squid Game: The Challenge participant)<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\"><strong>What is Squid Game: The VIP Challenge all about?<\/strong><\/h3>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><span><a rel=\"nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.netflix.com\/tudum\/articles\/squid-game-the-vip-challenge-celebrities-cast\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" data-ylk=\"slk:A post on Netflix\u2019s Tudum outlet teases;elm:context_link;itc:0;sec:content-canvas\" class=\"link \">A post on Netflix\u2019s Tudum outlet teases<\/a>: \u201cWhat\u2019s one way to raise the stakes in an already stressful, deeply unpredictable, and downright diabolical competition? Let eight VIPs enter the game.<\/span><\/p>\n<p class=\"mb-4 text-lg md:leading-8 break-words\"><span>\u201cCelebrities are shaking up the world of Squid Game to put their wits, strategies, and skill sets to the ultimate test in Squid Game: The VIP Challenge.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n<h3 class=\"mb-4 text-lg font-bold\">READ MORE:<\/h3>\n<\/div>\n<p><em> \u2018 The preceding article may include information circulated by third parties \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n<p><em> \u2018 Some details of this article were extracted from the following source ca.news.yahoo.com \u2019 <\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The cast of Squid Game: The VIP Challenge Netflix When Netflix first confirmed it was making a reality TV spin-off of Squid Game, you may recall the announcement was almost unanimously panned. However, we have to concede that the ensuing series, Squid Game: The Challenge, ended up winning us over in the end, even if [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":2311894,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"om_disable_all_campaigns":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"jnews-multi-image_gallery":[],"jnews_single_post":[],"jnews_primary_category":[],"jnews_social_meta":[],"footnotes":""},"categories":[25173],"tags":[347312,23191,103580,358049,447948],"class_list":["post-2311893","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-artists","tag-dylan-efron","tag-netflix","tag-squid-game","tag-tristan-thompson","tag-vip-series"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/03\/Mel-B-Leads-Celebrity-Cast-Of-Squid-Game-The-VIP.jpeg","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2311893","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2311893"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2311893\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":2311895,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2311893\/revisions\/2311895"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2311894"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2311893"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2311893"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/celebrity.land\/en\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2311893"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}