FYRE fans have shared their excitement for Andy King's return to TV in the new show The Anonymous. Andy King, known as the "water guy," appeared in the 2019 Netflix documentary Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened. The film documented the failed Fyre Festival of 2017 and its organizer Billy McFarland.
Andy, an event producer for the festival and one of the stars of the doc, appeared in a teaser for USA's new reality competition show, The Anonymous. In the video, Andy asked, "How would you like to be known as the biggest failure in pop culture today? "That would be me, Andy King." READ MORE ON ANDY KING He continued, "Best known for one event that I hosted a few years ago, the infamous Fyre Festival.
" The post was captioned, "This guy is on FYRE! "Spend some time with @realandyking in #TheAnonymous , premiering August 19 on @USANetwork !" In the comment section, one fan wrote, "Hey hey hey!! Looking good Andy." Most read in Reality "Andy — complete opposite of failure darlin’ — you made Netflix a lot of money..
. and you have Craig— winning!!" added another. "You are a treasure! Can’t wait to watch!" commented a third.
A fourth fan wrote, "Awesome Andy!!" "Omg Andy...
you’re the best, you’re on Fyre, we cannot wait to see your show Aug 19, you’re handsome and we love you more than anything," added a fifth. FYRE FESTIVAL Fyre Festival promised an epic party for the ages in paradise, replete with luxury villas and decadent dishes cooked by the world's finest chefs, with tickets costing up to $100,000. Instead of luxury villas, attendees were housed in emergency FEMA tents; instead of world-class cuisine, they were served cold cheese sandwiches in foam containers.
In a game of covert deception, 12 players will manipulate, mislead, and do whatever it takes to secure up to $100,000. The Anonymous is a strategic competition played in the real world and anonymous mode. The Digital Anonymous Networking Interface, or "DANI," has invited 12 players to live in her domain and work side-by-side to raise a prize fund of up to $100,000.
Despite their close quarters, all players will have their own private underground hideouts, where each is completely anonymous and can say anything and everything behind the mask of a unique handle. In their hideouts, players can provide unfiltered takes on their fellow contestants. They will scheme, connive, and deceive to build influence and advance their game but can they stay anonymous while doing so, or will the other players guess their identity? Each week DANI conducts tests where all contestants must try and match players to their handles.
The player who is best at staying anonymous becomes the one with the power to eliminate their competitors. In this game, anonymity equals power and the player best at staying anonymous becomes the player with the power to eliminate their competitors. Straddling two realities, contestants must play the ultimate game of perception and deception to win.
The Anonymous premieres with three episodes on Monday, August 19 at 11 pm ET on USA Network. Andy, a veteran events planner, was called in by Billy McFarland to stave off disaster and "save Fyre Fest" six weeks before opening night as preparation for the big day was heading south. Despite his best efforts, the event inevitably imploded and Andy's reputation as one of Hollywood's premier event planners went up in flames.
Financial challenges would follow, with King estimating he lost somewhere between $200,000 to $300,000 in the harebrained scheme which also saw Billy jailed for four years on fraud charges and hit with $25million in fines. TEAM PLAYER A reprieve for Andy would come two years later in the unlikely form of a Netflix documentary. After Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened hit the streaming platform in January 2019, Andy became its breakout star.
He was immortalized in meme -hood and dubbed the ultimate team player on social media for an anecdote he shared during the film about being willing to "suck d**k" to ensure delivery of Evian water would make it to the festival on time. Read More on The US Sun A sponsorship deal with the drinks brand soon followed, as did an appearance in an ad campaign for actor Ryan Reynolds ' gin company, Aviation , titled "Dedication." 5 He was immortalized in meme-hood due to his appearance in the Netflix documentary Fyre: The Greatest Party That Never Happened Credit: Netflix.
