The Squid Game: The Challenge finalists have officially been unveiled. Just three Squid Game players have made it to The Challenge final. Vietnam-born Mai Whelan (player 287) is believed to have the potential to win, alongside a friendship alliance, Phill Cain (player 451) and Sam (player 016).

Squid Game: The Challenge finalists

Mai Whelan, Phillip Cain and Sam Lantz are the Squid Game: The Challenge finalists. Mai decided to retaliate over a player’s perceived behaviour, while Sam attempted to stop things descending into chaos.

The three players on the Netflix series all have one thing in common: they all avoided a near-certain elimination in Dalgona by receiving the third most difficult, but still precarious star shape.

Sam’s boat took significant hits earlier in the season, but he managed to stay in the game. Mai came to the United States as a refugee when she was just eight years old, and had been held at gun point once in a terrifying ordeal.

Where Squid Game: The Challenge finalists are now

Phillip Cain plays for Team Brazil, NY Titans, and NY Slice Quadball. He has also “been working real hard on some new music” with his band Six Ways to Saturday and enjoying his relationship with Mac Abraham.

Sam, player 016, is known as Uncle Studio on Instagram. He has been busy making custom characters since filming Squid Game: The Challenge, alongside posing for modelling shoots, such as Beard Giant.

Mai on Squid Game: The Challenge doesn’t have any social media presence, but she was very open on the Netflix show about her difficult upbringing. She currently works as an immigration adjudicator.

Since her childhood, Mai has continued to use the difficult memories to remind herself “to be strong,” propelling her through single parenthood and a 20-year career in the Navy.

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Mai hopes for retirement cash if she wins

Mai, who has potential to become the Squid Game: The Challenge final winner, plans to spend the cash prize on a retirement home if she wins. Fellow finalist Sam plans on opening an art studio with the prize.

Phillip plans on giving away a portion of the prize pot. “If I suddenly become a millionaire, I wouldn’t keep most of the money,” he told Netflix. “I’ve personally been helped a lot throughout my entire life.”

In the past, Phillip has “never really been able to reciprocate” favors to his family and friends. His alliance, Sam, wants to help his husband with his film projects, as well as donate to rescue and protect animals.

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