GREENVILLE, N.C. — YouTube star MrBeast has released a new endurance video that recruited contestants specifically because they had publicly claimed his challenges were too easy, then put that boast to the test inside a sprawling mansion over more than three months.

The video, titled "Last To Leave Mansion, Keeps It," features roughly 15 contestants competing to be the final person remaining in the house, with the winner keeping the property itself. MrBeast, whose real name is Jimmy Donaldson, has built his channel around elaborate competitions offering cars, islands and cash prizes, but this installment leaned on a specific premise: every participant had previously posted online that his games were not difficult.

According to the video and outside coverage of the shoot, Donaldson directly told the group he had seen their comments before laying out the rules. "You guys all said publicly my videos are easy," he told contestants early in the challenge, adding that they would now get to experience one for themselves.

The early stretch of the competition, covering the first 12 days, centered on simple survival in the mansion. Several contestants said the isolation and separation from family proved harder than expected, and multiple participants left within the opening days. One contestant, explaining his decision to quit, said he did not expect to be away for as long as the game required, telling producers he was not........

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