Now that the world knows who won a whopping $4.56 million on 含羞草研究社淪quid Game: The Challenge,含羞草研究社� Surrey resident Darylle Johnson is keen to talk about her time on the British reality-competition show.

The popular Netflix series, based on the South Korean drama 含羞草研究社淪quid Game,含羞草研究社� was filmed in London last January, nearly a year ago.

Crowned champion on Wednesday, Dec. 6, American contestant Mai Whelan, 55, pockets the biggest cash prize in reality-TV history.

Johnson, a Guildford-area designer of , says she enjoyed her time playing kid-friendly games as one of the 456 含羞草研究社淪quid含羞草研究社� contestants, including a handful of fellow Canadians.

She was player #273.

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To become a contestant she endured six months of interviews with show producers.

含羞草研究社淢ost reality shows have 10 to 20 contestants, so the process of picking all 456 was pretty crazy,含羞草研究社� Johnson noted.

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Before Johnson was eliminated in the third episode, she was a lieutenant in a life-size version of the Battleship board game.

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She says it含羞草研究社檚 been a strange few weeks of having people ask questions about her time on 含羞草研究社淪quid Game: The Challenge,含羞草研究社� a 10-episode series that debuted in November.

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She continued.

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So, would she do another reality-TV game show?

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