We've always known that Russia is a strange and sometimes surreal place, but now it's officially gone over into the region of fictional sci-fi totalitarian state.
A new reality TV series that's being produced for Russian state television will see thirty contestants - fifteen men and fifteen women - deposited into the wilderness of Siberia for nine months and the survivor / survivors will win a prize of just over ₽100,000,000 - that's approximately €1.5 million in our money.
The gameshow, known as Game2: Winter, will be set in a 900 hectare region of Siberia with 2,000 cameras set up for filming. As well as this, the participants in the show will also be given body-cameras. All streams will be available twenty-four hours a day for the entire length of the game.
What's more, the producers of the show say that pretty much everything is permitted - physically attacking contestants, gambling, alcohol, rape, even murder. However, the producers also warned that should anyone actually murder anyone on camera, police will intervene and contestants will be arrested.
Showrunner Seneca Crane Yevgeny Pyatkovsky has said that survival in the game is almost "virtually impossible."
"You should also keep in mind that this will be a real forest, with dangerous wildlife and harmful insects. Of course, there will be some safety precautions in place, but it would still take about half an hour to reach the area where the show will take place by helicopter."
Contestants can either buy their way into the game at a cost of around €150,000 or apply via an online voting system. Pyatkovsky claims that, as of writing, 60 people have signed up for the challenge, including one American.
Pytakovsky also claims that several international television broadcasters are interested in streaming the show on their channels and hopes to make Game2: Winter a worldwide phenomenon, because that's exactly where the world is heading.
Via VK.com
