WATCH: Guernsey YouTuber wins £2.5m plane

Tuesday 22 November 2022

Wroetoshaw - also known as Harry Lewis - has beaten other influencers to win a private jet in a competition set up by 'MrBeast'.

He is the world's most popular content creator, with 113m subscribers on his YouTube channel.

Harry - also known as WS2 - has 16.3m subscribers on his own channel.

One of his competitors in the win a plane stunt was Jersey YouTuber Chris Dixon (ChrisMD). 

Pictured: The YouTubers couldn't take their hands off the jet for the duration of the challenge... even to go to the toilet. (YouTube/MrBeast)

The Channel Islanders competed alongside other famous YouTubers in the challenge which involved them trying to keep their hands on the $2.5m private jet for as long as possible whilst completing various challenges.

Those challenges included eating meals, being taped together in pairs, and even a trip into the air on the jet. 

Pictured: The moment Jersey YouTuber ChrisMD was eliminated from the challenge after accidentally taking his hands off the plane to touch his face.  (YouTube/MrBeast)

The 12 competitors included Youtubers LazarBeam, who has over 20m YouTube subscribers, and Vikkstar123, who is a member of the YouTube group 'The Sidemen' alongside Harry.

Pictured: Organiser MrBeast has filmed many similar videos in the past.  (YouTube/MrBeast)

Jersey's ChrisMD made it to the final six before appearing to forget the rules of the game and accidentally took his hand off the plane's window shortly after the jet had taken flight.

Guernsey's Harry managed to keep a hand on it the whole time and progressed to the final. 

W2S eventually won the challenge after fellow YouTuber 'GeorgeNotFound' also momentarily lifted his finger off the plane.

Harry decided to donate the $2.5m prize to his younger siblings, Josh and Rosie.

Pictured: Harry's brother Josh was in complete disbelief when his older brother surprised him with the private jet.  (YouTube/MrBeast)

The video's creator, MrBeast, said he has offset the carbon emissions from the video, and has also promised to continue to offset all carbon emissions created by the private jet's future use.