Shaquille O’Neal has signed on for a new game show tasking contestants with hiding the towering star in plain sight.
Shaquille O’Neal is starring in a new hide-and-seek inspired game show.
The towering NBA legend will try to go under the radar with new ABC competition series Can You Hide… Shaq?, which will be hosted by comedian Nicole Byer.
As reported by Variety, eight contestants will be tasked with hiding Shaq in plain sight in Dallas.
According to the series logline: “In the fast, funny and unpredictable challenges, contestants first split into two teams, each with a set mission and time clock.
“The team that completes its mission with the fewest spottings earns immunity for one team member in the next round, who then becomes team captain.
“The teams must work together toward one greater mission: earning prize money to add to the ‘Shaq-pot’ that will ultimately be claimed by one winner.”
Shaq has promised plenty of fun for viewers.
He said in a statement: “I’m 7-foot-1. I’m not exactly easy to miss.
“I love meeting people wherever I go, but for years I’ve always wondered, could somebody actually make me disappear? Well, we finally decided to put it to the test.
“We turned it into a real competition, and I can’t wait for you to see the creative, ridiculous ways they tried to hide me in plain sight.
“The stakes are high, and so is the prize. But you know me, we’re gonna have some fun along the way.”
The show is set to launch on ABC with two episodes on December 3, and they will drop on Hulu the next day.
Shaq previously revealed how 12 months of success in 1996 forced him to maintain a level of focus that helped shape the rest of his career.
During that single year, Shaquille joined the Los Angeles Lakers after four seasons with the Orlando Magic, represented the United States at the Atlanta Olympics, was selected for the NBA’s 50th Anniversary Team, released his third studio album, You Can’t Stop the Reign, and starred as a genie in the fantasy comedy Kazaam.
Shaq told PEOPLE magazine: “That was probably one of my years where I had to be focused every day.”
He added: “I’m a guy that likes to go up and down with my focus on purpose, of course, because I always like to get away from it and then get back. But that year, there was so much coming, so much expectation, so many opportunities.”
Towering NBA icon Shaquille O’Neal set for ‘unpredictable’ game of hide and seek
