Apollo Poetry, a New Jersey resident with exceptional cognitive abilities, has been selected as one of the 100 contestants in MrBeast's Beast Games Season 2, which premiered on January 7, 2026, on Amazon Prime Video. The show, offering a record-breaking $5 million grand prize, cast Apollo out of over 400,000 applicants based on his intellectual profile: he tests in the top 1% for Memory Index and Processing Speed, top 2% for Spatial Ability, and top 6% for IQ.
Apollo, a chess and poker player, holds two Master's degrees including an MBA, and has bridged high-level logic with emotional intelligence. He has presented an EQ workshop for MENSA and delivered three TEDx talks. Additionally, he facilitated a social and emotional learning workshop in high schools across the country for over 100,000 people, which was featured on The Oprah Winfrey Show.
Beyond the screen, Apollo is a Guinness World Record breaker, an Amazon Best-selling author, and a member of the All 50-State Club after visiting every U.S. state. He has been featured on MTV, ABC, PBS, FOX, and NPR. In July 2026, one of his poems is scheduled to be flown to and permanently placed on the surface of the moon. He stated, 'I applied for this opportunity so that long after I'm gone, my daughter can look up to the moon and know that I am always right there with her.'
As Beast Games trends globally on Prime Video, Apollo Poetry represents New Jersey's community, competing to bring the $5 million prize home. Media assets, including photos and the official trailer, are available for further context.
