Sheffield Youtube star and member of The Sidemen set to launch new Netflix show
Sheffield school alumnus, ‘Vikkstar’, part of famous Youtube group who announced the launch of new reality Netflix show.
A famous Sheffield Youtuber will be part of the production team for a new Netflix reality show - it has been announced.
The hugely popular streamers The Sidemen are putting together in the new venture, marking a new major milestone for the group.
One member, Vikram Singh Barn, known as ‘Vikkstar’, rose to stardom when he made videos during his time at Silverdale School in Sheffield.
He now has 4.2 million followers on Instagram and 7.57 million subscribers on his own Youtube channel. The Sidemen channel currently has 23.4 million.
The new reality TV show will be called ‘Outside’ and will launch this autumn. It will see a group of content creators thrown into a forest to battle for a prize of up to £1 million.
The announcement happened at Edinburgh TV Festival on Wednesday 26 August, and will bring even more success to the Youtube group.
Former Sheffield schoolboy ‘Vikkstar’ began posting videos with his friends of themselves gaming onto Youtube before he realised his hobby could turn into a very impressive career.
He moved to Sheffield from Guildford, Kent, when he was eight-years-old. After he finished sixth form at Silverdale, Vikram received an offer to study natural sciences at University College London but he deferred it for one year to concentrate on his gaming business.
He has never looked back since.
Alongside being a member of the Sidemen, he now DJs at festivals all over the globe, including Tomorrowland, which is one of the largest electronic dance festivals in the world.
Following the success of the Sidemen’s previous TV show, ‘Inside’, a reality show that in its latest series landed at number one in over 10 countries, people can predict fans will be excited to hear a new show will be coming out very soon.
The cast features digital stars including Matt Morsia, TheBurntChip, Heinz Baines, Chloe Veitch, Dani Babes, Kaci Jay, Lacy, Louis Russell, Moyo, Paigey Cakey, Sara Saffari and Yonna Jay.
Contestants are expected to face brutal decisions, unpredictable challenges and plenty of Sidemen mischief as they attempt to keep hold of the cash prize.
This will mark another milestone for The Sidemen and Sidemen Productions, which was launched at the start of this year created to develop big ideas and grow them into entertainment formats.