Marx, Jennifer and Dave (29 December 2006). "Who Wants to Be a Winner? Passport Tips for Who Wants to Be a Millionaire – Play It!". PassPorter.com. Archived from the original on 21 August 2014 . Retrieved 5 September 2014. In the “Taking Turns” mode, compete with up to 9 other players in LAN by sharing the controller: make a single mistake and you lose!

During the British original, between 1998 and 2007, the show's format focused on fifteen questions. The payout structure was as follows (questions at guaranteed levels are highlighted with a bolded text): [8] Question number Sweating Bullets on the Hot Seat as a Know-It-All Phone-a-Friend". Los Angeles Times. 25 April 2001 . Retrieved 25 August 2014. Ask the Audience: the audience takes voting pads attached to their seats and votes for the answer that they believe is correct. The computer tallies the results and displays them as percentages to the contestant. This lifeline was removed on international versions with episodes taped without an audience due to the COVID-19 pandemic. With 15 questions to answer, it will become harder and harder to increase the prize fund: over 3,000 themed questions waiting to be answered (geographic, science, history, but also entertainment or arts) with a growing difficulty...Free-For-All” mode: answer the most questions in a row to earn bonus points: the one with the largest amount of points in the end will win! In the first series, if anybody was struggling in the early questions Chris would give a clue to the answer for the contestant to save their lifelines such as "I don't know but B looks good". This also indicated that Chris saw the answer when the question appeared. This led to future shows saying the answer won't appear on his screen until the contestant says "final answer", thus forcing the contestant to use their lifelines early. a b c "Millionaire". Andy Walmsley, Production Designer. Archived from the original on 9 June 2009 . Retrieved 24 September 2013. james booker (5 February 2014). "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? The People Play 2012 Episode 1"– via YouTube. KBC 4 beats Bigg Boss 4 in its final episode". One India. Archived from the original on 14 July 2012 . Retrieved 13 December 2010.

British television producer Paul Smith first had the idea to franchise the UK programme internationally. He developed a series of standards for international variants that ensured they mirrored the British original closely. For example, all hosts were required to appear on-screen wearing Armani suits, as Tarrant did in the UK; producers were forbidden from hiring local composers to create original music, instead using the same music cues used by the British version; and the lighting system and set design were to adhere faithfully to the way they were presented on the British version. [6] Some of Smith's rules have been slightly relaxed over the years as the franchise's development has progressed. That’s information about the game Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Switch version on Roms Shaboysglobal. All About Who Wants to be a Millionaire? Switch Roms Rossi, Simone (2 April 2008). " Fifty Fifty, il nuovo quiz di Gerry Scotti accende la sfida del preserale". Digital-News.it (in Italian). On 13–14 September 2000, a Canadian version called Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: Canadian Edition was broadcast in Canada on CTV. It was hosted by newscaster Pamela Wallin. [81]Millionaire: A TV phenomenon". BBC News. 3 March 2003. Archived from the original on 14 March 2003 . Retrieved 24 July 2014. The series was planned to be shown off at MIPCOM that year, however nothing else was confirmed for the series, and was silently scrapped without a formal announcement. In round 2, the host poses five questions to one player of the team in succession. After playing them, the other player would have only seen one of the two choices. Now the second player will look at all five answers and determine how many questions the first player answered correctly. If the player guesses too few or too many, the winnings are reduced to zero. Fifty-Fifty): the game's computer eliminates two wrong answers from the current question, leaving behind the correct answer and one incorrect answer. From 2000, the selection of two incorrect answers were random.

Silvia Jato ficha por Cuatro para presentar el concurso 'Fifty Fifty' ". elcorreoweb.es (in Spanish).The much-lauded music, which runs almost continuously throughout the whole show, was written by Keith and Matthew Strachan in ten days after it was decided that the music in the pilot show (composed by Pete Waterman) wasn't good enough. The shows format is what ultimately makes WWTBAM a boring experience. The show asks you 15 questions from a selection of 3000. You get four lifelines to help you out such as ask the audience (poll), phone a friend (with some generic voice acting), removing 2 of the 4 answer choices with 50/50 or flipping the question. The drama of the show is that you second guess your knowledge because of the prize pool and as that doesn’t exist here, you end up speeding through the questions as fast as the game allows. Qui Veut Gagner des Millions – France Board Game". Millionaire Store. Archived from the original on 18 September 2014 . Retrieved 17 September 2014. Ignoring the first programme's Graham Elwell and Rachel da Costa, who posted Fastest Finger First times of 0.69 seconds but had the advantage of only having to press one button, the fastest time on any UK edition was by Michelle Brook on 8 October 2022, with 0.74 seconds. If you don't count her either, on the grounds that she was at an advantage (her episode featured a visually impaired contestant, and as such all the answers were read out before the noise), the next fastest was Jonathan Pash on 6 May 2008, with 0.97 seconds. Jump the Question – Used in the U.S. version of the show, as part of the "shuffle format", from the start of the ninth season to the end of the thirteenth season. When used, prior to giving a final answer, a contestant skipped the current question and moved on to the next one, but earned no money from the question they skipped; the lifeline could not be used if they have reached the final question. Unlike other lifelines, it could be used twice during a game, except for the thirteenth season – the introduction of "Plus One" led to the lifeline being modified as a result. The lifeline was removed following the 2014–2015 season.

Taxman scoops a million". BBC News. 21 November 1999. Archived from the original on 21 June 2015 . Retrieved 30 July 2014. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? has been credited with single-handedly reviving interest in, and breaking new ground for, the television game show. [2] It revolutionised the look and feel of game shows with its unique lighting system, dramatic music cues, and futuristic set. The show also became one of the most popular game shows in television history, and is credited by some with paving the way for the phenomenon of reality programming. [2] Awards, accolades and honours [ edit ] Day, Julian (22 April 2003). "The cough carries it off". The Guardian . Retrieved 6 September 2014. Duca, Lauren (15 August 2014). "The Final Answer On Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?, 15 Years After It Premiered". Huffington Post. Archived from the original on 22 August 2015 . Retrieved 9 July 2015.In 2001, a Hong Kong version called Baak Maan Fu Yung was launched by Asia Television. It ran until 2005, and was hosted by actor Kenneth Chan. In November 2008, the Italian version modified the format of the show under the title Edizione Straordinaria ( lit. 'Extraordinary Edition'). In this variation of the game, six contestants take part, with each taking it in turns to answer questions and build up their prize fund. [15] Utilising the time limit format introduced in the US version, this variation on the format grants a contestant the right to pass the question on to another player, who cannot pass it on themselves, while eliminating both the option of walking away from a question, and the use of lifelines. [15] If a contestant cannot pass on or correctly answer a question, they are eliminated, and the highest cash value they made is removed. [15] The game ends when all contestants are eliminated or the question for the highest cash value is answered – if a contestant who answers the final question gives a correct answer, they win that prize; if the final question is answered incorrectly, or the last contestant is eliminated, they win a small prize, provided they reach the fifth question safety net. [15] This format was later introduced to various markets over the course of a four-year-period from 2009 to 2012, including Norway, Hungary, Spain, Vietnam, [16] Indonesia, Australia, and Chile. [17] The Telegraph (20 December 2013). "The day I was phone-a-friend on Who Wants to be a Millionaire". Archived from the original on 11 December 2021 – via YouTube.