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{{Other uses|Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (disambiguation)}}
{{About|the general, international franchise|the original UK version|Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (UK game show)|the U.S. version|Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (U.S. game show)}}

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{{Infobox television
| show_name = Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
| image = [[File:Wwtbam-uk-2010.png|300px]]
| caption = Current title card for the UK version, as of 2010
| genre = [[Game show]] franchise
| runtime = 30–120 minutes (depending on the version)
| creator = David Briggs<br>[[Steven Knight|Steve Knight]]<br>Mike Whitehill
| country = United Kingdom
| company = [[Celador]] (1998-2007)<br>[[2waytraffic]] (2007-present)<br>[[Sony Pictures Television]] (2008-present)
| first_aired = {{Start date|1998|9|4|df=y}}
| last_aired = present
| website = http://www.itv.com/millionaire
| website_title = Official UK version website
}}
'''''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?''''' is an international television [[game show]] franchise of British origin, created in 1998 by David Briggs, Mike Whitehill, and [[Steven Knight]]. In its format, currently owned and licensed by [[Sony Pictures Television]], large cash prizes are offered for correctly answering a series of multiple-choice questions of increasing (or, in some cases, random) difficulty. The maximum cash prize (in the [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (UK game show)|original British version]]) is one million [[Pound sterling|pounds]]. Most international versions offer a top prize of one million units of the local currency; the actual value of the prize obviously varies widely, depending on the value of the currency.

The [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (UK game show)|original British version of the show]] debuted on September 4, 1998, and airs on [[ITV]] with [[Chris Tarrant]] as its host. The show's format is a surprising twist on the game show genre—only one contestant plays at a time (similar to some radio quizzes), and the emphasis is on suspense rather than speed. In most versions there are no time limits to answer the questions, and contestants are given the question before they must decide whether to attempt an answer.

In 2000, a [[board game]] based on ''Millionaire'' was released by [[Pressman Toy Corporation]]. In March 2006, original producer [[Celador]] announced that it was seeking to sell the worldwide rights to the show, together with the rest of its British program library, as the first phase of a sell-off of the company's format and production divisions. ''Millionaire'' and all of Celador's other programs were ultimately acquired by Dutch company [[2waytraffic]]. Two years later, [[Sony Pictures Entertainment]] purchased 2waytraffic for £137.5m.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/media/2008/mar/13/television.mediabusiness | work=The Guardian | location=London | title=Sony to buy Millionaire firm for £137.5m | first=Chris | last=Tryhorn | date=13 March 2008}}</ref> ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'' is the most internationally popular television franchise of all time, having aired in more than 100 countries worldwide.<ref>{{cite news| url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/entertainment/4436837.stm | work=BBC News | title=Millionaire dominates global TV | date=12 April 2005}}</ref>

==History==
The format of the show was devised by David Briggs, who, along with Steven Knight and Mike Whitehill, devised a number of the promotional games for [[Chris Tarrant]]'s [[breakfast show]] on [[95.8 Capital FM|Capital FM]] radio, such as the [[bong game]]. The original working title for the show was ''Cash Mountain''. The original British version, hosted by Tarrant, debuted on the [[ITV]] network on September 4, 1998.

The game has similarities with the 1950s show ''[[The $64,000 Question]]''. In that show, the money won roughly doubled with each question; if a wrong answer was given, the money was lost. Contestants would win a new car as a consolation prize if they had reached the $8,000 question. In 1999-2000, the US version of ''Millionaire'' was the first primetime game show since ''The $64,000 Question'' to finish first in the season-ending [[Nielsen rating]]s.

In the 1990s, the [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (U.S. game show)|U.S. ''Millionaire'']]'s future [[executive producer]], [[Michael Davies (television producer)|Michael Davies]], attempted to revive the long-lost U.S. game show ''[[The $64,000 Question]]'' for the [[American Broadcasting Company]] (ABC) as ''The $640,000 Question'', before abandoning that effort in favor of adapting ''Millionaire'' to America.

The title of the show is derived from a [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (song)|song of the same title]], written by [[Cole Porter]] for the 1956 film ''[[High Society (1956 film)|High Society]]'', in which it was sung by [[Frank Sinatra]] and [[Celeste Holm]].

===Disputed claims of creation===
Since the original version launched, several individuals have claimed that they originated the format and that Celador had breached their [[copyright]].

Sponsored by the ''[[Daily Mail]]'', Mike Bull, a [[Southampton]]-based journalist, took Celador to the High Court in March 2002, claiming authorship of the lifelines. Celador settled out of court with a confidentiality clause.

In 2003 Sydney resident John J. Leonard also claimed to have originated a format substantially similar to that of ''Millionaire'', but without the concept of lifelines. To date, he has been unable to raise the minimum £250,000 required for a non-UK resident to finance legal action against Celador in the High Court. In an effort to finance his case, he wrote and published a book titled ''Millionaire!!'', a detailed account of how he created the show.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.xavierax.com/ebook.pdf |title=Millionaire 2nd Edition.qxd |format=PDF |last=Leonard | first=John J. |year=2005 |accessdate=2 June 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=The show that should have made me a million|url=http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2003/03/29/1048653901387.html|author=Daniel Dasey|publisher=The Sydney Sun-Herald|date=March 30, 2003}}</ref>

In 2004 Alan Melville sued ITV over a similar claim. He claimed that it had used the opening phrase "Who wants to be a millionaire?" from his ideas for a game show based on the lottery, called ''Millionaires' Row'', for which he had sent his documents to [[Granada Television]]. ITV counter-claimed, and the parties reached an out-of-court agreement/settlement.

In 2002, John Bachini started a claim against Celador, ITV, and five individuals who claimed that they had created ''Millionaire''. Bachini claimed they had used ideas from his 1982 board game format, a two-page TV format concept known as ''Millionaire'' dating from 1990, and the telephone mechanics from another of his concepts, ''BT Lottery'', also dating from 1990. Bachini submitted his documents to Paul Smith, from a sister company of Celador's, in March 1995 and again in January 1996, and to Claudia Rosencrantz of ITV in January 1996. Bachini claimed that they used 90% of his ''Millionaire'' format, which contained all of the same procedures as the actual British ''Millionaire'''s pilot: twenty questions, three lifelines, two safe havens (£1,000 and £32,000), and even starting from £1.00. Bachini's lifelines were known by different names; he never claimed he coined the phrase ''phone-a-friend'', but Tim Boone and Mike Bull claimed they did. Celador claimed the franchise originated from a format known as ''The Cash Mountain'', a five page document created by either Jo Sandilands or her husband David Briggs in October 1995. The defendants brought Bachini to a summary hearing. The defendants lost and Bachini won the right to go to trial. Due to serious illness, Bachini could not continue at trial, so Celador reached an out-of-court settlement with Bachini.<ref>[http://icbirmingham.icnetwork.co.uk/sundaymercury/news/tm_objectid=15908484&method=full&siteid=50002&headline=who-wants-to-sue-a-millionaire-name_page.html Birmingham Sunday Mercury], 28 August 2005</ref>

==Gameplay rules==

===Original format===
The contestants must first play a preliminary round, called "Fastest Finger First" (or, in the [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (U.S. game show)|U.S. version]], simply "Fastest Finger"), where they are all given a question and four answers from the host and are asked to put those four answers into a particular order; in the first series of the British version and in pre-2003 episodes of the [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (Australian game show)|Australian version]], the round instead required the contestants to answer one multiple-choice question correctly as quickly as possible. The contestant who does so correctly and in the fastest time goes on to sit in a chair in the center of the set, known as the "Hot Seat," and play for the maximum possible prize (often a million units of the local currency). In the event that two or more contestants are tied for the fastest time, those contestants play another question to break the tie. If no one gets the question right, that question is thrown out and another question is played in the same manner. If any contestants are visually impaired, the host reads the question and four choices all at once, then repeats the choices after the music begins.

The round was eliminated from the U.S. ''Millionaire'' when the show moved to syndicated distribution in 2002; however, it would return whenever the primetime show was brought back for specials. The American version's contestants are currently required to pass a more conventional game show qualification test at auditions.

Once in the Hot Seat, the contestant is asked increasingly difficult [[general knowledge]] questions by the host. Questions are multiple choice: four possible answers are given (labeled ''A'', ''B'', ''C'', and ''D''), and the contestant must choose the correct one. Upon answering a question correctly, the contestant wins a certain amount of money. In most versions, there is no time limit to answer a question; a contestant may (and often does) take as long as they need to ponder an answer. After the first few questions, the host will ask the contestant if that is their "final answer." When a contestant says "final" in conjunction with one of the answers, it is official, and cannot be changed. The first five questions usually omit this rule, unless the contestant has guessed a wrong answer (at which point, the host is hoping the contestant will take the hint){{Citation needed|date=June 2009}}, because the questions are generally so easy that requiring a final answer would significantly slow the game down; thus, there are five chances for the contestant to leave with no money if they were to provide a wrong answer before obtaining the first guaranteed amount; going for 1,000 units of currency after winning 500 units is the last point in the game at which a contestant can still leave empty-handed.

Subsequent questions are played for increasingly large sums, roughly doubling at each turn. The first few questions often have some joke answers. Below is the complete sequence of prizes for episodes of the UK version aired between 1998 and 2007:
*£100
*£200
*£300
*£500
*'''£1,000'''
*£2,000
*£4,000
*£8,000
*£16,000
*'''£32,000'''
*£64,000
*£125,000
*£250,000
*£500,000
*'''''£1,000,000'''''

After viewing a question, the contestant can leave the game with the money already won rather than attempting an answer. If the contestant answers a question incorrectly, then all of their winnings are lost, except that the £1,000 and £32,000 prizes are guaranteed: if a player gets a question wrong above these levels, then the prize drops to the previous guaranteed prize. Answering the £2,000 and £64,000 questions wrong does not reduce the prize money. The prizes are generally non-cumulative; for example, answering the £500 question gives the contestant £500, not the previous £300 plus £500 (i.e. £800).

The game ends when the contestant answers a question incorrectly, decides not to answer a question, or answers all questions correctly. On the UK version, Tarrant usually rips the check for £500,000 apart when a contestant wins the top prize of £1 million.

===New formats and variations===
Several international versions of ''Millionaire'' have recently changed or modified their respective formats. Note that with the exception of the Hot Seat format, all of the named format variants are not officially called so, and are only named after the significant change (12 question format for only having 12 questions in a game for example) for reference and comparison reasons.
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====11-question format====
From 18 April 1999 to summer 2000, the Australian version had 11 questions, and answering the first question correctly would guarantee the contestant [[Australian dollar|A$]]1,000, no matter what happened thereafter. During this time, the show also used the following money tree:
*'''$1,000'''
*$2,000
*$4,000
*$8,000
*$16,000
*'''$32,000'''
*$64,000
*$125,000
*$250,000
*$500,000
*'''$1,000,000'''

====Elimination of Fastest Finger First====
When the [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (U.S. game show)|U.S. ''Millionaire'']]'s syndicated version debuted in 2002, the Fastest Finger round was eliminated for the reduced episode length (30 minutes as opposed to the previous primetime version's length of 60 minutes). Thus, contestants immediately take the Hot Seat, each of them called in after their predecessors' games end. However, when the U.S. ''Millionaire'' show revived its primetime version for specials, it would also restore the Fastest Finger round; this was done in 2004 for the ''Who Wants to Be a Super Millionaire'' series that raised the top prize to $10,000,000, as well as in August 2009 for an eleven-night special that celebrated the U.S. version's tenth anniversary.

After the U.S. version eliminated its Fastest Finger round, other versions followed suit by eliminating their respective Fastest Finger First rounds. The [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (Australian game show)|Australian]], [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? New Zealand|New Zealand]], and [[Chi vuol essere milionario? - Edizione Straordinaria|Italian]] versions eliminated their Fastest Finger First rounds in 2007; the [[Legyen Ön is milliomos!|Hungarian]] version in 2009; the [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (UK game show)|British]] version in 2010; the [[Stani bogat|Bulgarian]], [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (Armenian game show)|Armenian]], [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (Philippine game show)|Philippine]], and [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (Turkey)|Turkish]] versions in 2011, and the Colombian version in 2013. Also, Fastest Finger First is eliminated in some versions for special events wherein celebrities play for charity (such as the [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (UK game show)|British]], [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (Bulgarian game show)|Bulgarian]], [[Hvem vil være millionær?|Danish]], [[Lotto Weekend Miljonairs|Dutch]], [[Qui Veut Gagner des Millions?|French]], [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (Philippine game show)|Philippine]], [[Milionerzy|Polish]], and [[Кто хочет стать миллионером?|Russian]] versions).

====12-question format====
On August 13, 2007, it was announced that the [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (UK game show)|UK version]] was changing its format, reducing the number of questions that a contestant must answer in order to reach the £1&nbsp;million jackpot. The prize fund started at £500 rather than £100, and the total number of questions was reduced from 15 to 12. After reaching £1,000, the prize fund increases to £2,000, £5,000, £10,000, £20,000 and £50,000, which is the second safe haven, previously £32,000.
*£500
*'''£1,000'''
*£2,000
*£5,000
*£10,000
*£20,000
*'''£50,000'''
*£75,000
*£150,000
*£250,000
*£500,000
*'''''£1,000,000'''''

The first set of contestants to face the new rules were comedians [[Jon Culshaw]] and [[John Thomson (comedian)|John Thomson]] in a charity special, aired on August 18, 2007.<ref>{{cite web|author=Neil Wilkes|date=13 August 2007 |url=http://www.digitalspy.co.uk/tv/a71325/new-prize-levels-for-millionaire.html |title=New prize levels for '&#39;Millionaire'&#39; |publisher=Digital Spy |accessdate=2 June 2010}}</ref> The show returned on Saturday, June 13, 2009 on ITV1 at 7.30pm with a new episode after a long absence since January 31, 2009, and by that time, the British version of the show had come to suffer its longest drought of winners, not having a top prize winner since [[Ingram Wilcox]] in 2006.

The 12-question format was subsequently carried over to a number of international versions, including [[Man sa yarbah al malyoon|the Arab version]] (January 2010), [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (Bulgarian game show)|the Bulgarian version]] (January 2008), [[Lotto Weekend Miljonairs|the Dutch version]] (March 2011), [[Qui Veut Gagner des Millions?|the French version]] (April 2009), [[Milionerzy|the Polish version]] (January 2008), [[¿Quién quiere ser millonario? (Spain)|the Spanish version]] (2009), and [[Kim Milyoner Olmak İster|the Turkish version]] (August 2011).

The first contestant to win the top prize in a 12-question format was Mohammad Hamzeh, on an episode of the Arab version aired on March 23, 2010.{{citation needed|date=August 2012}} Five days later, Krzysztof Wójcik also won the top prize on the Polish version, becoming that version's first top prize winner after a decade-long waiting period.<ref>{{cite web|last=Davis |first=Alex |url=http://buzzerblog.flashgameshows.com/top-prize-given-away-on-polish-millionaire/ |title=Top Prize Given Away on Polish "Millionaire" - BuzzerBlog |publisher=Buzzerblog.flashgameshows.com |date= |accessdate=2010-06-02}}</ref>

====16-question format====
[[Image:australian millionaire fragment.jpg|thumb|Screenshot from the [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (Australian game show)|Australian version]] showing a contestant and the sixteen-question money tree.]]
In 2007, before adopting the "Hot Seat competition" format, the Australian version slightly modified the normal format to add an additional bonus 16th question, worth A$5 million. The [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (Thai game show)|Thai version]] also used this format before switching to the 12-question format.

====Risk format====
In 2007, the [[Wer wird Millionär? (Germany)|German version]] modified its format, so that contestants would be allowed to choose the option of playing in a variant called the ''Risikovariante'' ("Risk Mode"), which includes an extra lifeline called the ''Zusatzjoker'', in which one of the audience can stand up and give an answer to the contestant. However, if the contestant chooses to play this variant, the tenth-question safe haven is forfeited. This means that if the contestant answers any of questions 11–15 incorrectly, they drop all the way to the guaranteed winnings gained by answering question 5 correctly. If the contestant just chooses to the play the ''Klassische Variante'' ("Classic/Normal Mode"), they keep the second safe haven but are given only three lifelines. Germany's three most recent top prize winners, [[Oliver Pocher]], [[Thomas Gottschalk]], and [[Barbara Schöneberger]], used Risk Mode to win the million, all in celebrity charity editions.

The risk format was also adopted by the [[Die Millionenshow|Austrian version]] (but with ''Double Dip'' as additional lifeline) (September 2007), the [[Legyen Ön is milliomos!|Hungarian version]] (January 2008—September 2009), the [[Milionerzy|Polish version]] (March 2010), the [[Kto hochyet stat' millionyerom?|Russian version]] (September 2010), the [[Wer wird Millionär? (Switzerland)|Swiss version]] (November 2011), and the [[¿Quién quiere ser millonario? (Venezuela)|Venezuelan version]] (Televen version in 2011, with "People Speaks" as the fourth lifeline).

The Polish version also implements the 12-question format for both modes and contestants are given ''Switch the Question'' as the fourth lifeline.

The Russian format gives "Double Dip" as the fourth lifeline, and contestants are given the ability to place the milestone to any level on the money tree as this wish before beginning gameplay. The "milestone change" is not available if the contestant chooses the normal format.<ref name="Buzzerblog - Russian Twist">{{cite web|url= http://buzzerblog.flashgameshows.com/russias-millionaire-twist/|title= Russia’s "Millionaire Twist"|publisher= Buzzerblog|date=2010-01-25|accessdate=2011-01-27}}</ref>

====Clock format====
[[File:Ken Basin.JPG|thumb|250px||Example of game play from the show, with contestant Ken Basin facing the first American clock-format $1,000,000 question, which is about [[Lyndon Baines Johnson]]'s fondness for [[Fresca]], which, along with sibling product [[Coca-Cola]], was one of the buttons LBJ pressed for refreshment.]]
In 2008, the [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (U.S. game show)|U.S. version]] changed its format so that contestants were required to answer questions within a time limit each of 15 seconds for questions 1–5, 30 seconds for questions 6-10, and 45 seconds for questions 11-14. After each of the 14 questions have been answered correctly, the remaining time after giving an answer was banked for the million-dollar question. The clock for each question began counting down immediately after all of the question was revealed, and was temporarily paused when a lifeline was used. Contestants who exceeded the time limit were forced to walk away with any prize money they had won up to that point. The only exception to this rule is if the ''Double Dip'' lifeline was used; if the clock expired before a second final answer was given, the contestant's winnings were reduced to the previous safe haven level.

When the clock format was implemented, the questions were assigned to categories, and the ''50/50'' and ''Switch the Question'' lifelines were replaced with ''Double Dip'' and ''Ask the Expert'', ''Ask The Expert'' being available after the contestant reached $1000. Later changes included an adjustment to the money tree, the removal of ''Phone-a-Friend'', and allowing the contestant to use ''Ask the Expert'' from the start.

For a period in November 2009, the U.S. show also had a one-off event called the [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (U.S. game show)#Million Dollar Tournament of 10|Million Dollar Tournament of 10]] in response to the show's lack of a top-prize winner since Nancy Christy in 2003. The winner of the tournament was Sam Murray, who became the first person to win the top prize of [[US$]]1&nbsp;Million with the clock format. The U.S. version ended usage of this format in 2010, switching to the shuffle format.

The [[Quiz $ Millionaire|Japanese version]] adopted this format beginning on September 15, 2009. However, that version uses the original three lifelines; the time limits are 30 seconds for questions 1–9, 1 minute for questions 10–12, and 3 minutes for questions 13–15; and unused time is not banked.

The [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (UK game show)|UK version]] also adopted this format on August 3, 2010; however, it uses the 12-question money tree and the original lifelines, and the final 5 questions do not have a time limit.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/news/a231867/format-changes-ahead-for-millionaire.html |title=Format changes ahead for 'Millionaire' |author=Daniel Kilkelly |date=23 June 2010 |publisher=Digital Spy |accessdate=8 July 2010}}</ref> Contestants also receive a fourth lifeline, "Switch the Question" or "Switch," upon completing question 7 in addition to the clock being turned off. However, during the first 7 questions, if the contestant runs out of time on a question, their winnings will drop back down to the last safe haven they passed as if the question had been answered incorrectly, instead of being forced to walk away.

The [[Kaun Banega Crorepati|Indian version]] also adopted this format upon its return on October 11, 2010. India's new format was similar to the UK version, except that it had a 13-question money tree, the same lifelines originally used in the U.S. clock format version,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/mam/headlines/y2k10/sep/sepmam82.php|title=KBC to give away Rs 50 mn in 60 minutes|date=28 September 2010|publisher=Business Standard|accessdate=9 October 2010}}</ref> and a 30 second time limit for questions 1-2, and 45 seconds for questions 3-7.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.india-server.com/news/kbc-4-will-be-presented-in-a-changed-30071.html|title=KBC 4 Will Be Presented In A Changed Format |date=14 July 2010|publisher=indiaserver.com |accessdate=2 August 2010}}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.business-standard.com/india/news/kbc-waiting-forfacelift/402440/|title=KBC: Waiting for a facelift|date=26 July 2010|publisher=Business Standard|accessdate=2 August 2010}}</ref>

Similar clock rules and time limits also exist in the [[Chao ji da fu weng|Taiwanese version]], the former theme park attraction ''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? - Play It!|Play It!]]'', computer and video game adaptations of the show, and the "Hot Seat" format (see below). The former [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (Australian game show)|Australian version]] had no true time limit; however, in 2007, a 60-second shot clock went into effect if the player took too long to answer a question (to prevent the possibility of cheating on a question). If time expired, the contestant was forced to walk away with any money won to that point.

====Hot Seat format====
In 2008, the [[Vil du bli millionær?|Norwegian version]] tried out a new format, essentially involving 6 contestants playing at once, with each taking turns to climb the money tree. The lifelines were removed and replaced with a single "pass" per player that, at any one time, would transfer the onus of answering the question to the next contestant in line, who was unable to re-pass to the next contestant for that question. Also added were time limits on every question, with 15 seconds allocated for the first five questions, 30 for the middle five, and 45 for the last five. In addition, the option of walking away was eliminated, rendering several questions' values pointless, as they cannot be won. Also, if a player fails to give out an answer in the time limit, it is considered an automatic pass. If the question cannot be passed on or if answered incorrectly, that player is eliminated and the highest value on the money tree is removed.

The game ends either when all contestants are eliminated, or when the question for the highest value in the money tree is answered. If this last question is answered correctly, the answering player receives the amount of money. If it is answered incorrectly, or all contestants are eliminated before the final question is reached, the last player to be eliminated receives either nothing, or a smaller prize if the fifth question milestone is reached.

This format was used for the [[Chi vuol essere milionario? - Edizione Straordinaria|Italian version]] from December 15, 2008 to March 18, 2009, and has been adopted by the [[Millionaire Hot Seat|Australian version]] starting in April 2009, the [[Hvem vil være millionær?|Danish version]] starting in October 2009, the [[Legyen Ön is milliomos! - Felpörgetve|Hungarian version]] starting in September 2009, the [[Quem quer ser milionário? Alta Pressão|Portuguese version]] starting in July 2010{{Citation needed|date=July 2010}}, the [[Ai là triệu phú|Vietnamese version]] starting on September 7, 2010,<ref>[http://vtv.vn/Article/Get/Ai-la-trieu-phu-phien-ban-moi-se-ra-mat-vao-ngay-79--8b63ee3e16.html VTV.vn] {{vi icon}}</ref> the [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Hot Seat|Indonesian version]] starting on September 13, 2010, the Chilean version since January 2011,<ref>[http://programas.13.cl/millonarioaltatension/ Canal13.cl]</ref> the Ukrainian version starting on February 15, 2011, and the Spanish version in 2012.

Starting in 2013, the Colombian version also uses this format exclusively in special celebrity charity episodes.

The first contestant to ever win with this format was Bjørn Lien in the Norwegian version on 19 January 2010.<ref>[http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_F_58ToL4Vo WWTBAM - First Norway Winner 1 Million Kroner author=Fendtionaer on Youtube]</ref>

====Shuffle format====
Beginning in 2010, the [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (U.S. game show)|U.S. version]] ended their usage of the clock format and revised the rules to this new format.<ref>{{cite web|url= http://buzzerblog.flashgameshows.com/more-lifelines-more-excitement-and-more-suspense-on-millionaire-starting-september-13/|title=More Lifelines, More Excitement, and More Suspense on "Millionaire" Starting September 13|author=Alex Davis|date=23 July 2010|publisher=Buzzerblog|accessdate=2 August 2010}}</ref> The money tree was shortened to 14 questions. For the first 10 questions, the money tree values are randomly shuffled and the exact values for each question are not revealed to the contestant until a final answer is given. If a contestant answers correctly, the value of the question is added to the contestant’s bank. If a contestant does not know the answer, that person can walk away with half of the bank during the first ten questions. However, if a contestant answers a question incorrectly prior to the eleventh question (even if it is the first question), the contestant will only receive $1,000 (in effect, any contestant is guaranteed $1,000 simply for participating on the show, eliminating the possibility of leaving with nothing). Once the contestant answers all 10 questions correctly, the contestant will receive the accumulated money of all the questions they answered correctly (up to $68,600) and the contestant proceeds through the money tree as in earlier formats. Contestants are guaranteed only $25,000 in the U.S. version if any of the last four questions are answered incorrectly.

All the lifelines, with the exception of ''Ask the Audience'', have been removed and replaced with a lifeline called ''Jump the Question''. Contestants receive two opportunities to jump any two of the first thirteen questions at the start of the game.

The set was also modified significantly: the Hot Seat was removed, so that the contestant and host stand and possibly walk around throughout the episode; and the traditional monitors facing the contestant and host were also replaced with monitors around the set.<ref name="millionaire facebook - 2010 changes">{{cite web|url= http://www.facebook.com/notes/who-wants-to-be-a-millionaire/the-new-season-of-millionaire-is-a-real-game-changer-click-here-to-learn-all-of-/412488051663|title= The New Season of "Millionaire" is a Real Game-Changer |publisher= Disney*ABC Domestic Television|date=16 August 2010|accessdate=17 August 2010}} {{dead link|date=September 2011}}</ref><ref name="Buzzerblog - 2010 changes">{{cite web|url= http://buzzerblog.flashgameshows.com/millionaire-gets-facelift-in-september-new-game-new-set-new-thrills/comment-page-2/#comment-150087|title= "Millionaire" Gets Facelift in September; New Game, New Set, New Thrills|publisher= Buzzerblog|date=16 August 2010|accessdate=17 August 2010}}</ref>
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===Lifelines===
If at any point the contestant is unsure of the answer to a question, he or she can use one or more "lifelines" which provide some form of assistance. After using a lifeline, the contestant can either answer the question, use another lifeline, or walk away and keep the money (although using the ''Double Dip'' lifeline removes this final option). With the exception of the 2010 ''Jump the Question'' lifeline, each lifeline can only be used once.

In the original format of the show, three lifelines were available to the contestant:

*'''''50/50''''': The contestant asks the host to have the computer randomly eliminate two of the incorrect answer choices, leaving the contestant with a choice between the correct answer and one incorrect one.
**Originally, in both the UK and (original primetime) U.S. versions, the answers eliminated were not random but were pre-selected as the ones the contestant was least likely to pick. Beginning with the U.S. syndicated version's debut in 2002, two answers were randomly removed when a contestant chose to use the lifeline. This change was also made on the UK version of the show {{When|date=July 2010}} when host [[Chris Tarrant]] emphasized that the selection was random in 2007. ''50/50'' was then eliminated from the U.S. version for good beginning with the implementation of the clock format in the seventh season of the U.S. syndicated program.

*'''''Ask the Audience''''': The contestant asks the studio audience which answer they believe is correct. Members of the studio audience indicate their choices using an [[audience response]] system (having 20 seconds to do so, though many televised versions edit out most of the time). The results are immediately displayed on the contestant's and host's screens. This is a popular lifeline, known for its near-perfect accuracy. [[Regis Philbin]], host of the U.S. primetime versions, once said that the audience's answer is correct 95% of the time.{{Citation needed|date=January 2009}}
**From 2004-2006 on the syndicated U.S. version, the question was also asked through [[AOL Instant Messenger]] to those who had signed up to answer questions for this lifeline. The contestant saw the studio-audience and AOL responses displayed separately. The AOL tie-in was discontinued beginning with the 2006-2007 season.
**''Ask the Audience'' was also used on a reality TV special of ''[[The Weakest Link (UK game show)|The Weakest Link]]'' in the UK, aired in 2006. Although not used as a lifeline, this feature allowed the audience to vote as to who they thought was the weakest link, and therefore who should be voted off.
**Despite the 95% success rate, sometimes a majority of the studio audience guesses incorrectly. In 2009, a question relating to the only time which the [[House of Commons of the United Kingdom]] are permitted to consume alcohol in the chamber resulted a staggering 81% of the audience guessing the State opening over the correct answer, the budget speech.

*'''''Phone-a-Friend''''': Contestants may call one of up to five (in some countries' versions, three) pre-arranged friends. In the U.S., the number of pre-arranged friends was three from the introduction of the clock format in September 2008 until the lifeline's elimination from that version in January 2010. The contestant must provide the required number of friends' names and phone numbers (and more recently, their pictures as well) in advance. In countries where the show is broadcast live, the friends are alerted when their contestant reaches the Hot Seat, and are told to keep the phone free and to wait for three rings before answering.{{Citation needed|date=December 2007}} The conversation is limited to 30 to 60 seconds (depending on the version), during which time the contestant must tell the friend the question and choices and the friend must answer. A contestant with a disability making them unable to use this lifeline without assistance has the option of having the host read the question and answer choices to the friend, and obtain an answer from them. Phone-a-friends may not be called on mobile phones, and individuals participating as phone-a-friends may do so only twice on any given version. ''Phone-a-Friend'' was removed from the U.S. version in January 2010, the reason being because of the increased usage of [[Internet search engines]] such as [[Google]] by the contestant's friends;<ref>{{cite web|url=http://marquee.blogs.cnn.com/2009/10/07/phone-a-friend-no-longer-available |title=Phone-a-friend no longer available - The Marquee Blog - CNN.com Blogs |publisher=Marquee.blogs.cnn.com |date=7 October 2009 |accessdate=2 June 2010}}</ref> and in return for this, ''Ask the Expert'' became available throughout the entire game. On the German version, the players can use this lifeline in this way or alternatively call some random person (which can be specified by town/region or gender) to answer the question. The latter will usually be chosen when a strongly regional question is asked (e.g.: ''What is the largest city on the island of [[Hiddensee]]?'' may lead to a phone call to a random person from Hiddensee).

In February 2004, the U.S. version spawned a short-lived spin-off known as ''Who Wants to Be a Super Millionaire''. On this particular version, two new lifelines were introduced, which were only available after a contestant cleared the $100,000 question (the tenth question in this version).

*'''''Three Wise Men''''': The contestant asks a sequestered panel chosen by the sponsor which answer they believe is correct. The panel, consisting of three people, one being a former million-dollar winner of the show and at least one being female, has 30 seconds to select an answer but does not need to reach a consensus—each member of the panel may provide a different answer. This lifeline is also used in the Russian version of the show when the 100,000 rubles is not a guaranteed sum, though it can be used on any of the 15 questions. This lifeline is also used in the Swiss version of the show when the 15,000 CHF is not a guaranteed sum. Three Wise Men replaces Ask the Audience in the Swiss version.

*'''''Double Dip''''': The contestant can give two answers for a question; however, once a contestant elects to use ''Double Dip'', the contestant is forbidden to walk away from the question or use any additional lifelines. The contestant must indicate and confirm that they intend to use this lifeline before giving a first answer. If the first answer is incorrect, the contestant gives another answer; but if the second answer is also wrong or if time runs out (in the case of the clock format), then the contestant will lose all winnings down to the last milestone achieved. For example, if they failed ''on'' (not after) the $25,000 question, they would go back down to $5,000. If the first answer given is correct, the lifeline is still considered to have been used. On versions where ''Double Dip'' is available with ''50/50'', if a contestant uses this lifeline having already used ''50/50'', they can get past this question freely. Most recently the ''Double Dip'' lifeline was introduced on the Russian version, where it is only available in Risk Mode. ''Double Dip'' was also introduced to the Indian version, ''[[Kaun Banega Crorepati]]'', upon its revival on October 11, 2010.
**Prashant Batar became the first contestant to use this lifeline on the final question in the Indian version; however, after initially getting one answer wrong, he was also wrong with his second guess, thus becoming the latest top prize loser in the franchise to date.

In 2004 the syndicated U.S. version introduced another new lifeline:
*'''''Switch the Question''''': This lifeline becomes available only after the contestant has correctly answered the tenth question, or fifth for some versions. Other versions have it available for the entire game. If the contestant has not chosen a final answer on the revealed question, this lifeline entitles the contestant to switch out the original question for another question of the same value. Once the contestant elects to use this lifeline, he or she cannot return to the original question, and thus the correct answer is revealed for the record. In addition, any lifelines used by the contestant while attempting to answer the original revealed question prior to the question switch will not be reinstated. The syndicated U.S. version introduced this lifeline in 2004, and it has also been used in occasional specials of the UK show, where it is referred to as ''Flip''. It has also been used in the Armenian, Spanish, Colombian, Australian, Arabic, Greek, Israeli, Indonesian, Indian, Italian, New Zealand, Philippine, Polish, Portuguese, Serbian, Swedish, and Turkish versions of the show. In the Portuguese version, the difficulty level of the second question can be higher or lower than the first one. The Polish and Swiss versions require the player to forfeit the second safe haven to have this lifeline available, which the player decides to do before the game starts. Starting on August 3, 2010, this lifeline is now available in the UK version as a fourth lifeline once the contestant has answered seven questions correctly to reach the £50,000 safe haven.

In the German version, an additional lifeline exists, which will be given if the player chooses to play the game in Risk Mode:
*'''''Ask One of the Audience''''': The host will reread the question, and ask those members of the audience who think they would be able to answer that question to stand up. The contestant may choose one of these (judging by looks only) and discuss the question at length with said audience member. He may or may not choose any answer after that. If he chooses the suggested answer and it proves to be correct, the audience member will also receive a prize of €500.

In 2008, the syndicated U.S. version eliminated the ''50/50'' and ''Switch the Question'' lifelines, revived ''Double Dip'' as a replacement for ''50/50'', and introduced this new lifeline:
*'''''Ask the Expert''''': This lifeline is similar in nature to the Three Wise Men lifeline mentioned above. The contestant is able to consult with an expert as to what they believe the correct answer is. It is available to the contestant after they successfully answer the $5,000 (fifth) question. After Phone-a-Friend was discontinued midway through Season 8, the rule that stated it was available starting with the sixth question was eliminated, so the Expert could be used during any question. This lifeline is also used in Poland starting in 2009 replacing Phone-a-Friend. It has also replaced Switch the Question in both the Arabian version and the Indian version as of 2010.

The 2009 Tenth Anniversary U.S. prime time series uses the four lifelines from the U.S. version: Double Dip, Ask the Audience, and Phone a Friend were always available—Ask the Expert was available after $1,000 has been won.

In the Hot Seat versions of the show, a new lifeline was introduced to replace all existing lifelines:

*'''''Pass''''': True to its name, if a player does not know the answer to the question, they may pass, however, they forfeit their place in the Hot Seat. The next player in line is then forced to answer the question correctly within the allotted time. If they answer correctly, they retain control of the Hot Seat, and play continues. If they answer incorrectly, they are eliminated, and the top prize money is reduced. As with all other lifelines, Pass may only be used once.

For the shuffle format in the syndicated U.S. version, all lifelines, with the exception of ''Ask the Audience'', were removed and replaced with this:

*'''''Jump the Question''''': Similar in nature to ''Switch the Question'', if the contestant has not chosen a final answer on the revealed question, this lifeline entitles the contestant to skip to the next question. The difference between this and ''Switch the Question'' is that the contestant goes on to the next section in the money tree. However if this lifeline is used in the "Super Mix" section, the money value of the question will not be added to their money bank. This lifeline can also be used in the upper tier of questions, however, they will not win the specified amount and if the contestant were to move on the next question, they will only receive the money from the last question answered correctly (or if the last question was in the "Super Mix" section, the amount of banked money).<ref name="millionaire facebook - 2010 changes"/> For example, if a contestant were to use this lifeline on the $500,000 question, they can skip to the $1 million question but if they decide to walk on that question, they will only receive $250,000 (assuming that they did not use the other jump on that question). Because of this, this lifeline cannot be used on the final question. Unlike all other lifelines in any international version though, contestants are allowed to use this lifeline twice in a single game.<ref name="millionaire facebook - 2010 changes"/><ref name="Buzzerblog - 2010 changes"/>

The Philippine version's 2011 season introduced a new lifeline, as well as ''Switch the Question'', to replace ''Ask the Audience'':

*'''''People Speak''''': Originally used in the Chilean version in 2007 as "Three of the Audience", the host rereads the question and ask all members of the audience who think they would be able to answer that question to stand up. Three of these are chosen by the contestant to give their answers to the question. The contestant may choose any answer after that. The audience members who are correct will receive a share of a prize of P20,000, even if the contestant ends up giving a wrong answer. It is basically a hybrid of ''Ask One of the Audience'' and ''Three Wise Men''.

=="Is that your final answer?"==
The ''Millionaire'' franchise's [[catchphrase]] is "Is that your final answer?" (more commonly said by some versions' hosts as "Final answer?" or simply "Final?"), a question derived from a rule requirement that the players must clearly indicate their choices before being made official (since the nature of the game allows the player to think aloud about the options before committing to an answer). As a side effect, once a final answer has been given, it cannot be changed. Many parodies of the game show capitalized on this phrase.

Players can prevent the host from asking this question by themselves stating "final answer" or some variant.

Another hallmark of the show is using dramatic pauses before the host acknowledges whether or not the answer was correct. Occasionally, on some versions, if it is time to go for a commercial break, the host will take the final answer but not announce if it is correct until after the break.

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! scope="col" style="background-color:#cccfcf;" | Country
! scope="col" style="background-color:#cccfcf;" | Host
! scope="col" style="background-color:#cccfcf;" | Host Ask
! scope="col" style="background-color:#cccfcf;" | Translated
|-
| {{Flagicon image|Arab Maghreb Union (orthographic projection).svg}} [[Arab Maghreb]]
| Rachid El Ouali
| اللي ليها ليها؟<br>''Elli leeha leeha?''
| What did happen to happen?
|-
| rowspan=2| {{flagicon|Arab League}} [[Arab World]]
| [[George Kurdahi]]
| جواب نهائي؟<br>''Jawab Niha'yi''
| Final Answer?
|-
| Maysaa Maghrebi
| نثبت الإجابة؟<br>''Nthabet el Ijaba?''
| Fix the Answer?
|-
| {{Flagicon|Australia}} [[Australia]]
| [[Eddie McGuire]]
| Lock it in?
|
|-
| rowspan=2| {{Flagicon|Belgium}} [[Belgium]]
| Walter Grootaers
| ''Is dit je definitieve antwoord?''
| Is this your definitive answer?
|-
| Alain Simons
| ''C'est votre dernier mot?''
| Is that your final word?
|-
| {{Flagicon|Chile}} [[Chile]]
| Don Francisco, Sergio Lagos
| ''¿Respuesta definitiva?''
| Definitive Answer?
|-
| {{Flagicon|Colombia}} [[Colombia]]
| [[Paulo Laserna Phillips]]
| ''¿Última palabra?''
| Final word?
|-
| rowspan=2|{{Flagicon|Ecuador}} [[Ecuador]]
| Alfonso Espinosa de los Monteros
| rowspan=2| ''¿Última palabra?''
| rowspan=2| Final word?
|-
| Estéfani Espín
|-
| {{Flagicon|Finland}} [[Finland]]
| [[Ville Klinga]]
| ''Lukitaanko vastaus?''
| To lock as the answer?
|-
| {{Flagicon|France}} [[France]]
| [[Jean-Pierre Foucault]]
| ''C'est votre dernier mot?''
| Is that your final word?
|-
| {{Flagicon|Germany}} [[Germany]]
| [[Günter Jauch]]
| ''Definitiv?''
| Definitely?
|-
| {{Flagicon|Israel}} [[Israel]]
| Yoram Arbel
| ?סופי <br>''Sofi?''
| Finally?
|-
| rowspan=5| {{Flagicon|India}} [[India]]
| [[Amitabh Bachchan]]
| ''Lock kiya jaye?''
| Lock it?
|-
| [[Shah Rukh Khan]]
| ''Freeze kare?''
| Freeze it?
|-
| [[Prakash Raj]]
| ''Lock panallama?''
| Can it be locked?
|-
| [[Suresh Gopi]]
| ''Lock cheyyam?''
| Lets lock?
|-
| [[Puneet Rajkumar]]
| ''Lock maadoda?''
| Can it be locked?
|-
| {{Flagicon|Italy}} [[Italy]]
| [[Gerry Scotti]]
| ''L'accendiamo?''
| Shall we light it up?
|-
| {{Flagicon|Malaysia}} [[Malaysia]]
| [[Jalaluddin Hassan]]
| ''Jawapan Muktamad?''
| Final Answer
|-
| {{Flagicon|Mexico}} [[Mexico]]
| Pablo Latapí
| ''¿Decision absoluta?''
| Absolute decision?
|-
| {{Flagicon|New Zealand}} [[New Zealand]]
| [[Mike Hosking]]
| ''Lock it in?''
|
|-
| {{Flagicon|Poland}} [[Poland]]
| [[Hubert Urbański]]
| ''Ostatecznie?'', ''Definitywnie?''
| Finally? Definitely?
|-
| {{Flagicon|Portugal}} [[Portugal]]
| [[Jorge Gabriel]]
| ''Qual quer que bloqueie?''
| What you want to block?
|-
| rowspan=2| {{Flagicon|Russia}} [[Russia]]
| Maksim Galkin
| rowspan=2| Это Ваш окончательный ответ?<br>''Eto vash okonchatelʹnyy otvet?''
| rowspan=2| Is that your final answer?
|-
| Dmitry Dibrov
|-
| {{Flagicon|Spain}} [[Spain]]
| Carlos Sobera
| ''¿La marcamos?''
| Shall we mark it?
|-
| {{Flagicon|Turkey}} [[Turkey]]
| [[Kenan Işık]]
| ''Son kararınız mı?''
| Your final decision?
|-
| {{Flagicon|Venezuela}} [[Venezuela]]
| [[Eladio Lárez]]
| ''¿Respuesta definitiva?''
| Definitive Answer?
|-
|}

==Music==
Father-and-son composer team [[Keith Strachan]] and [[Matthew Strachan]] wrote the ''Millionaire'' franchise's original musical score. Brought in after the initial pilot with a brief instructing them to create music providing mood and tension, they decided to approach the project like a film score with music playing almost throughout the entire show, a unique approach for a game show at the time. After almost completing the task they came up with the idea of taking the pitch up a semi-tone for each subsequent question in order to increase tension as the game progressed. The music has received numerous [[ASCAP]] awards.<ref name="stage">{{cite news |author=Nick Smurthwaite |title=Million pound notes - Keith Strachan|url=http://www.thestage.co.uk/features/feature.php/6991 |work=The Stage |date= 21 March 2005 |accessdate=23 March 2010}}</ref>

When the U.S. version of ''Millionaire'' was honored by [[Game Show Network|GSN]] on its ''Gameshow Hall of Fame'' special, the narrator described the show's original music tracks as "mimicking the sound of a beating heart," and stated that as the contestant works their way up the money ladder, the music is "perfectly in tune with their ever-increasing pulse."<ref name="Gameshow Hall of Fame">{{Cite episode|title=Who Wants to Be a Millionaire|series=Gameshow Hall of Fame|publisher=GSN|airdate=January 21, 2007}}</ref> Although most international versions of the show still continue to use the Strachan score, in 2010 the U.S. version retired it altogether in favor of a new musical score, with cues composed by Jeff Lippencott and Mark T. Williams.

A soundtrack album was released, featuring most of the musical stages, but not all of them.

==Cheating scandal==
[[File:Charles Ingram 1.jpg|thumb|100px||Charles Ingram and his wife Diana.]]
{{Main|Charles Ingram}}
In April 2003, [[Major (United Kingdom)|British Army Major]] [[Charles Ingram]], his wife Diana and college lecturer [[Tecwen Whittock]] were convicted of using fraudulent means to win £1 million on the UK version of the show when Ingram was a contestant on the show in September 2001. The allegation was that when host Chris Tarrant asked a question, Whittock, one of that edition's nine other Fastest Finger First contestants, would cough in order to guide Ingram to the correct answer. Ingram won the £1 million top prize, but members of the production crew raised suspicions over Whittock's coughing along with the Ingrams' behavior after the recording, and the police were called in to investigate. The defense claimed that Whittock simply suffered from allergies, but all three were found guilty and given suspended sentences. They maintained their innocence.<ref>[http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/2910119.stm BBC report]</ref> After the trial, ITV screened a documentary about the scandal, along with Ingram's entire game, complete with Whittock's coughing sounds. As a joke, [[Benylin]] cough syrup paid to have the first commercial shown during the program's commercial break.{{Citation needed|date=August 2012}}

==Table of international versions==
There have been 81 different versions of ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'' since the original UK version debuted on 4 September 1998. Including the UK version, there are 39 versions currently airing and 42 versions that have ended.

'''Legend:'''
{{colorbox|#92FF00}} Currently airing &nbsp;
{{colorbox|#FF7777}} Ended &nbsp;
{{colorbox|#DCDCDC}} Future version &nbsp;
{|class="wikitable"
! scope="col" style="background-color:#cccfcf;" | Countries/regions
! scope="col" style="background-color:#cccfcf;" | Title
! scope="col" style="background-color:#cccfcf;" | Host
! scope="col" style="background-color:#cccfcf;" | Network
! scope="col" style="background-color:#cccfcf;" | Top prize
! scope="col" style="background-color:#cccfcf;" | Premiere
! scope="col" style="background-color:#cccfcf;" | Ended
! scope="col" style="background-color:#cccfcf;" | Current/last used format
|-
| style="background-color: #92FF00" |'''{{flag|Afghanistan}}&nbsp;{{ps icon}}'''
| '''[[Suok Ghwari Chi Shi Millonar?|څوك غواري چې شي میلیونر؟]]'''<br><small>Sok Ghwari Chi Shi Millonar?</small>
| [[Aryan Khan]]<br>Najeeba Faiz
| [[Shamshad TV]]<br>[[Ariana Television Network|ATN]]
| [[Afghan afghani|Af.]]1,000,000
| October 17, 2008
|
| [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
| style="background-color: #92FF00" |'''{{flag|Afghanistan}}&nbsp;{{fa icon}}'''
| '''[[Suok Ghwari Chi Shi Millonar?|کی ميخواهد میلیونر شود؟]]'''<br><small>Ke Mekhowahad Milyoner Shawad?</small>
| [[Walid Soroor]]<br>Khatera Yusufi
| [[Ariana Television Network|ATN]]
| [[Afghan afghani|Af.]]1,000,000
| June 25, 2010
|
| [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
| style="background-color: #FF7777"|{{flagicon|Albania}} {{flagicon|Kosovo}}<br>'''[[Albania]] and [[Kosovo]]'''
| '''[[Kush do të bëhet milioner?]]'''
| Veton Ibrahimi<br>Fehmi Ferati<br>Agron Llakaj
| [[TV Klan]]
| [[€]]50,000
| December 15, 2008
| July 30, 2012
| [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
| style="background-color: #FF7777"|'''{{flag|Angola}}'''
| '''[[Quem Quer Ser Milionário? (Angolan TV show)|Quem quer ser milionário?]]'''
| [[Jorge Antunes (actor)|Jorge Antunes]]
| TV Zimbo
| 3,000,000[[Angolan kwanza|Kz]]
| 2009
|
| [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
| style="background-color: #FF7777"|'''{{Flagicon image|Arab Maghreb Union (orthographic projection).svg}} [[Maghreb|Arab Maghreb]]'''
| '''[[Man sa yarbah al malyoon|من سيربح المليون؟]]'''<br><small>Man Sayarbah Al-malyoon</small>
| Rachid El Ouali
| [[Nessma TV]]
| [[€]]500,000
| August 22, 2009
| September 3, 2010
| [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
| style="background-color: #92FF00" rowspan=3 |''' {{Flagicon|Arab League}} [[Arab world]]'''
| '''[[Man sa yarbah al malyoon|من سيربح المليون؟]]'''<br><small>Man Sayarbah Al-malyoon</small>
| rowspan=2 |[[George Kurdahi]]
| rowspan=2 |[[MBC 1 (Middle East)|MBC 1]]
| [[Saudi riyal|SR]]1,000,000
| November 27, 2000<br>January 12, 2010
| May 2004<br>August 3, 2010
| |[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#12-question format|12-question format]] (with 4 lifelines)
|-
| '''[[Man sa yarbah 2 malyoon|من سيربح 2 مليون؟]]'''<br><small>Man Sayarbah 2 Malyoon</small>
| [[Saudi riyal|SR]]2,000,000
| November 15, 2005
| June 2007
| [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]] (with 4 lifelines)
|-
| '''المليونير: الحلقة الأقوى'''<br><small>El milyoner: Elhalka elaqwa</small>
<ref>http://www.dmi.ae/dubaitv/program_detail.asp?PTID=1&PID=16285&CM=PM</ref>
| Maysa Maghrebi
| [[Dubai TV]]
| [[Emirati dirham|AED]]1,000,000
| April 17, 2013
|
| [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Hot Seat format|Hot Seat format]]
|-
| style="background-color: #FF7777"|'''{{flag|Argentina}}'''
| '''[[¿Quién quiere ser millonario? (Argentina)|¿Quién quiere ser millonario?]]'''
| Julián Weich
| [[Canal 13 (Argentina)|El Trece]]
| [[Argentine peso|AR$]]1,000,000
| May 2001
| December 2001
| [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
| style="background-color: #92FF00" rowspan=4 |'''{{flag|Armenia}}'''
| rowspan=4 |'''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (Armenian game show)|Ո՞վէ ուզում դառնալ միլիոնատեր]]'''<br><small>Ov e uzum darnal milionater</small>
| Ashot Adamyan<br>Mark Saghatelyan<br>Arman Saghatelyan<br>Avet Barseghyan
| rowspan=4 |Shant TV
| rowspan=4 |[[Armenian dram|դր.]]5,000,000
| rowspan=2 | 2003
| rowspan=2 |
| rowspan=4 |[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]] (with 4 lifelines)
|-
| Egor Glumov
|-
| rowspan=2 |Avet Barseghyan
| May 1, 2011
| November 19, 2011
|-
| November 20, 2011
|
|-
| style="background-color: #92FF00" rowspan=2 |'''{{flag|Australia}}'''
| '''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (Australian game show)|Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?]]'''
| rowspan=2 |[[Eddie McGuire]]
| rowspan=2 |[[Nine Network]]
| [[Australian dollar|A$]]1,000,000<br>[[Australian dollar|A$]]5,000,000
| April 18, 1999<br>October 22, 2007
| April 3, 2006<br>November 26, 2007
| [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
| '''[[Millionaire Hot Seat]]'''
| [[Australian dollar|A$]]1,000,000
| April 20, 2009
|
| [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Hot Seat format|Hot Seat format]]
|-
| style="background-color: #92FF00" rowspan=2|'''{{flag|Austria}}'''
| '''[[Die Millionenshow#Broadcast history|Alles ist möglich — Die 10-Millionen Show]]'''
| [[Rainhard Fendrich]]
| rowspan=2|[[ORF (broadcaster)|ORF]]
| [[Austrian Schilling|öS]]10,000,000
| January 24, 2000
| December 31, 2001
| rowspan=2|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Risk format|Risk format]]
|-
| '''[[Die Millionenshow]]'''
| Barbara Stöckl<br>[[Armin Assinger]]
| [[€]]1,000,000
| January 1, 2002
|
|-
| style="background-color: #FF7777"|'''{{flag|Azerbaijan}}'''
| '''[[Milyonçu dövlətli olmaq istərdinmi?|Dövletli olmaq isterdinmi milyonçu]]'''
| Azar "Axsam" Sabanov
| [[Lider TV]]
| 100,000,000 [[Azerbaijani manat|man.]]
| 2002
| 2007
| [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
| style="background-color: #92FF00"|'''{{flag|Bangladesh}}'''
| '''[[Ke Hotey Chay Kotipoti|কে হতে চায় কোটিপতি]]'''<br><small>Ke Hotey Chay Kotipoti</small>
| Asaduzzaman Noor
| [[Desh TV]]
| [[Bangladeshi taka|৳]]10,000,000
| July 10, 2011
|
| [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
| style="background-color: #FF7777"|'''{{flag|Belgium}}&nbsp;{{fr}}'''
| '''[[Qui sera millionnaire?]]'''
| Alain Simons
| [[RTL Television|RTL]]
| 10,000,000[[Belgian franc|BFr.]]<br>[[€]]1,000,000
| 1999<br>2002<br>2009
| 2001<br>2008
| [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
| style="background-color: #FF7777" rowspan=2|'''{{flag|Belgium}}&nbsp;{{nl}}'''
| '''[[Wie wordt euromiljonair?|Wie wordt multimiljonair?]]'''
| rowspan=2|Walter Grootaers
| rowspan=2| [[vtm|VTM]]
| 20,000,000[[Belgian franc|BEF]]
| 1999
| 2002
| rowspan=2|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
| '''[[Wie wordt euromiljonair?]]'''
| [[€]]1,000,000
| 2002
| 2006
|-
| style="background-color: #DCDCDC"|'''{{flag|Brazil}}'''
| '''Quem quer ser milionário?'''
| José Luiz Datena
| [[Rede Bandeirantes|Band]]
| [[Brazilian real|R$]]5,000,000
| 2013
| TBA
| TBA
|-
| style="background-color: #92FF00"|'''{{flag|Bulgaria}}'''
| '''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (Bulgarian game show)|Стани богат]]'''<br><small>Stani bogat</small>
| [[Niki Kunchev]]
| [[Nova Television (Bulgaria)|Nova]]
| 100,000[[Bulgarian lev|лв]] ≈ 67,000 $
| May 12, 2001
|
| [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#12-question format|12-question format]]
|-
| style="background-color: #FF7777"|'''{{flag|Canada}}'''&nbsp;{{en}}
| '''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: Canadian Edition]]'''
| [[Pamela Wallin]]
| [[CTV Television Network|CTV]]
| [[Canadian dollar|CA$]]1,000,000
| September 2000
| September 2000
| [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
| style="background-color: #FF7777" rowspan=4|'''{{flag|Chile}}'''
| '''[[¿Quién quiere ser millonario? (Chile)|¿Quién quiere ser millonario?]]'''
| [[Don Francisco (television host)|Don Francisco]]<br>Sergio Lagos
| rowspan=4|[[Canal 13 (Chile)|Canal 13]]
| [[Chilean peso|CL$]]100,000,000<br>[[Chilean peso|CL$]]65,000,000
| 2001
| 2003
| rowspan=1|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
| rowspan=2|'''[[¿Quién merece ser millonario?]]'''
| [[Don Francisco (television host)|Don Francisco]]
| rowspan=3|[[Chilean peso|CL$]]120,000,000
| 2006
| 2008
| rowspam=1|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]] (with 4 lifelines)
|-
| Sergio Lagos
| September 2, 2010
| December 30, 2010
| rowspam=3|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]] (with 4 lifelines)
|-
| '''[[¿Quién quiere ser millonario?: Alta tensión]]'''
| [[Diana Bolocco]]<br>Sergio Lagos
| January 6, 2011
|
| rowspan=1|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Hot Seat format|Hot Seat format]]
|-
| style="background-color: #FF7777"|'''{{flag|China}}'''
| '''[[Bǎi Wàn Zhì Duō Xīng|百万智多星]]'''<br><small>Bai Wan Zhi Duo Xing</small>
| [[Li Fan (actor)|Li Fan]]
| GuiZhou TV
| [[Chinese yuan|CN¥]]1,000,000
| September 27, 2007
| 2008
| [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
| style="background-color: #92FF00" rowspan=2 |'''{{flag|Colombia}}'''
| rowspan=2 | '''[[¿Quién quiere ser millonario? (Colombia)|¿Quién quiere ser millonario?]]'''
| rowspan=2 | [[Paulo Laserna Phillips]]
| [[Canal Caracol]]
| rowspan=2 | [[Colombian peso|CO$]]300,000,000
| 2000
| 2011
| [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
| [[RCN TV|RCN]]
| March 10, 2013
|
| [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
| style="background-color: #92FF00" |'''{{flag|Costa Rica}}'''
| '''[[¿Quién quiere ser millonario? (Costa Rica)|¿Quién quiere ser millonario?]]'''
| Ignacio Santos Pasamontes
| [[Teletica Canal 7|Teletica]]
| [[Costa Rican colón|₡]]25,000,000
| February 3, 2009
|
| [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
| style="background-color: #FF7777"|'''{{flag|Croatia}}'''
| '''[[Tko želi biti milijunaš?]]'''
| [[Tarik Filipović]]
| [[HRT 1]]
| 1,000,000[[Croatian kuna|Kn]]
| March 24, 2002
| June 3, 2010
| [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
| style="background-color: #FF7777" rowspan=2|'''{{flag|Czech Republic}}'''
| '''[[Chcete být milionářem?]]'''
| Vladimir Čech<br>Ondřej Hejma<br>Martin Preiss
| [[Nova (Czech TV)|Nova TV]]
| 10,000,000[[Czech koruna|Kč]]
| 2000
| 2005
| rowspan=2|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]] (with 4th lifeline since the second guaranteed sum)
|-
| '''[[Milionář]]'''
| Roman Šmucler
| [[TV Prima]]
| 2,000,000[[Czech koruna|Kč]]
| 2008
|
|-
| style="background-color: #FF7777"|'''{{flag|Denmark}}'''
| '''[[Hvem vil være millionær?]]'''
| Peter Kjær<br>Jes Dorph Petersen<br>Hans Pilgaard
| [[TV 2 (Denmark)|TV2]]
| 1,000,000[[Danish krone|Kr]]
| 1999
|
| [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
|style="background-color: #92FF00"|'''{{flag|El Salvador}}'''
|'''[[¿Quién quiere ser millonario? (El Salvador)|¿Quién quiere ser millonario?]]'''
|[[Willie Maldonado]]
|[[Telecorporación Salvadoreña]]
|[[United States dollar|US$]]200,000
|March 3, 2010
|
|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
| style="background-color: #FF7777" rowspan=2|'''{{flag|Ecuador}}'''
| '''[[¿Quién quiere ser millonario? (Ecuador)|¿Quién quiere ser millonario?]]'''
| Alfonso Espinosa de los Monteros
| rowspan=2| [[Ecuavisa]]
| [[United States dollar|US$]]25,000<br>[[United States dollar|US$]]50,000
| 2001<br>August 23, 2009
| 2004<br>November 28, 2010
| [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
| '''¿Quién quiere ser millonario? Alta tensión'''
| Estéfani Espín
| [[United States dollar|US$]]100,000
| July 1, 2012
| December 23, 2012
| |[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Hot Seat format|Hot Seat format]]
|-
|style="background-color: #92FF00"|'''{{flag|Egypt}}'''
| '''المليونير'''<br><small>El Milyoner</small>
| [[George Kurdahi]]
| Hayat 2 EI Hayat
| 1,000,000 [[Egyptian pound|ج.م]]
| July 20, 2012<br>April 24, 2013
| October 29, 2012
| [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]] and [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Clock format|clock format]]
|-
| style="background-color: #FF7777"|'''{{flag|Estonia}}'''
| '''[[Kes tahab saada miljonäriks?]]'''
| Hannes Võrno
| [[TV3 (Estonia)|TV3]]
| 1,000,000[[Estonian kroon|Kr]]
| 2002
| 2008
|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
|style="background-color: #FF7777" rowspan=2 |'''{{flag|Finland}}'''
|rowspan=2 |'''[[Haluatko miljonääriksi?]]'''
|[[Lasse Lehtinen]]
|[[Nelonen]]
|1,000,000[[Finnish markka|mk]]<br>[[€]]200,000
|1999
|2005
|rowspan=2|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
|[[Ville Klinga]]
|[[MTV3]]
|[[€]]1,000,000
|2005
|2007
|-
|style="background-color: #92FF00"|'''{{flag|France}}'''
|'''[[Qui veut gagner des millions ?]]'''
|[[Jean-Pierre Foucault]]
|[[TF1]]
|3,000,000[[French franc|₣]]<br>4,000,000[[French franc|₣]]<br>1,000,000[[€]]
|July 3, 2000
|
|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#12-question format|12-question format]]
|-
|style="background-color:#FF7777" rowspan=2|'''{{flag|Georgia}}'''
|rowspan=2|'''[[Vis Unda 20000?|ვის უნდა ოცი ათასი?]]'''<br><small>Vis Unda 20000</small>
|Dimitry Skhirtlazde
|rowspan=2|[[Rustavi 2]]
|rowspan=2|20,000[[Georgian lari|ლ]]
|2001
|2005
|rowspan=2|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]] (with 4 lifelines)
|-
|Mamuka Gamkrelidze
|September 23, 2009
|2011
|-
|style="background-color: #92FF00"|'''{{flag|Germany}}'''
|'''[[Wer wird Millionär? (Germany)|Wer wird Millionär?]]'''
|[[Günther Jauch]]
|[[RTL Television|RTL]]
|[[German Mark|DM]]1,000,000<br>[[€]]1,000,000
|September 3, 1999
|
|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Risk format|Risk format]]
|-
|style="background-color: #92FF00"|'''{{flag|Ghana}}'''
|'''[[Who Wants to Be Rich?]]'''
|Kafui Dey
|[[GTV (Ghana)|GTV]]
|[[Ghanaian cedi|₵]]50,000
|October 2009
|
|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
|style="background-color: #FF7777" rowspan=5|'''{{flag|Greece}} and <br>{{flag|Cyprus}}'''
|rowspan=5|'''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (Greek game show)|Ποιος Θέλει Να Γίνει Εκατομμυριούχος?]]'''<br><small>Poios thelei na ginei Ekatommyriouchos</small>
|rowspan=3|Spiros Papadopoulos
|rowspan=2|[[Mega Channel|Mega]]
|[[Greek drachma|₯]]50,000,000
|rowspan=2|October 4, 1999
|rowspan=2|2002
|rowspan=5|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
|rowspan=3|[[€]]150,000
|-
|rowspan=2|[[New Hellenic Television|NET]]
|rowspan=2|2002
|rowspan=2|2005
|-
|rowspan=2|Todoris Ateridis
|-
|[[Alpha TV]]
|[[€]]200,000
|2005
|2006
|-
|style="background-color: #92FF00"|'''{{flag|Honduras}}'''
|'''[[¿Quién quiere ser millonario? (Honduras)|¿Quién quiere ser millonario?]]'''
| Juan Carlos Pineda
| Televicentro
|[[Honduran lempira|L]]1,000,000
| July 2, 2012
|
|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
|style="background-color: #FF7777"|'''{{flag|Hong Kong}}'''
|'''[[Baak Maan Fu Yung|百萬富翁]]'''<br><small>Baak Maan Fu Yung</small>
|[[Kenneth Chan (actor)|Kenneth Chan]]
|[[Asia Television Limited|ATV]]
|[[Hong Kong dollar|HK$]]1,000,000
|2001
|2005
|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
|style="background-color: #92FF00" rowspan=6|'''{{flag|Hungary}}'''
|rowspan=5|'''[[Legyen Ön is milliomos!]]'''
|rowspan=2|[[István Vágó]]
|rowspan=4|[[RTL Klub]]
|25,000,000[[Hungarian forint|Ft]]
|rowspan=2|February 29, 2000
|rowspan=2|February 29, 2008
|rowspan=5|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
|rowspan=5|40,000,000[[Hungarian forint|Ft]]
|-
|[[Sándor Fábry]]
|September 17, 2009
|February 18, 2010
|-
|rowspan=2|Sándor Friderikusz
|February 29, 2012
|May 30, 2012
|-
|[[RTL II (Hungary)|RTL II]]
|October 1, 2012
|
|-
|'''[[Legyen Ön is milliomos! - felpörgetve]]'''
|[[Sándor Fábry]]
|[[RTL Klub]]
|March 18, 2010
|May 27, 2010
||[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Hot Seat format|Hot Seat format]]
|-
| style="background-color: #FF7777" rowspan=2|'''{{flag|Iceland}}'''
| rowspan=2|'''[[Viltu vinna milljón?]]'''
| [[Þorsteinn J]]
| rowspan=2 |[[Stöð 2]]
| 1,000,000[[Icelandic króna|Kr]]
| rowspan=2|December 26, 2000
| rowspan=2|2005
| rowspan=2|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
| Jónas R, Jónsson
| 5,000,000[[Icelandic króna|Kr]]
|-
| style="background-color: #92FF00" rowspan=4|'''{{flag|India}}''' {{hin}}
| rowspan=4|'''[[Kaun Banega Crorepati]]'''
| rowspan=2|[[Amitabh Bachchan]]
| rowspan=3|[[STAR Plus]]
| {{Indian Rupee}}10,000,000
| rowspan=2|June 3, 2000<br />2005
| rowspan=2|2002<br />2006
| rowspan=4|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#12-question format|13-question format]] and [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Clock format|Clock format]]<br>[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Hot Seat format|Hot Seat format]] </small>(Hot seat only with celebrity contestants)<small>
|-
| rowspan=2|{{Indian Rupee}}20,000,000
|-
| [[Shahrukh Khan]]
| January 2007
| April 2007
|-
| [[Amitabh Bachchan]]
| [[Sony Entertainment Television (India)|Sony TV]]
| {{Indian Rupee}}50,000,000
| October 11, 2010<br>August 15, 2011<br>September 7, 2012
| December 9, 2010<br>November 17, 2011<br>
|-
| style="background-color: #92FF00" rowspan=2|'''{{flag|India}}''' {{ta icon}}
| '''[[Kōṭīṣvaraṉ|Kodeeshwaran]]'''
| [[Sarath Kumar]]
| rowspan=1|[[Sun TV (India)|Sun TV]]
| {{Indian Rupee}} 10,000,000
| 2000
| 2004
||[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
| '''[[Neengalum Vellalam Oru Kodi|நீங்களும் வெல்லலாம் ஒரு கோடி]]'''<br><small>Neengalum Vellalam Oru Kodi</small>
| [[Suriya (actor)|Suriya]] (Season 1)<br/>[[Prakash Raj]] (Season 2)
| rowspan=1|[[STAR Vijay]]
| {{Indian Rupee}} 10,000,000
| February 27, 2012 (Season 1)<br/>March 11, 2013 (Season 2)
|July 12, 2012
| [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]] and [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Clock format|clock format]]
|-
| style="background-color: #92FF00"|'''{{flag|India}}''' {{kn icon}}
| '''[[Kannadada Kotyadhipati|ಕನ್ನಡದ ಕೋಟ್ಯಾಧಿಪತಿ]]'''<br><small>Kannadada Kotyadhipati</small>
| [[Puneet Rajkumar]]
| [[Suvarna TV]]
| {{Indian Rupee}} 10,000,000
| March 12, 2012
| July 28, 2012
|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]] and [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Clock format|clock format]]
|-
| style="background-color: #92FF00"|'''{{flag|India}}''' {{ml icon}}
| '''[[Ningalkkum Aakaam Kodeeshwaran|നിങ്ങൾക്കും ആകാം കോടീശ്വരൻ]]'''<br><small>Ningalkkum Aakaam Kodeeshwaran</small>
| [[Suresh Gopi]]
| [[Asianet]]
| {{Indian Rupee}} 10,000,000
| April 9, 2012 / March 4, 2013
| August 23, 2012
| [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]] and [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Clock format|clock format]]
|-
| style="background-color: #92FF00"|'''{{flag|India}}''' {{mr icon}}
| '''Kon Hoeel Marathi Crorepati|कोण होईल मराठी करोडपती '''<br><small>Kon Hoeel Marathi Crorepati</small>
| [[Sachin Khedekar]]<ref>{{cite web|title=KBC to air on ETV Marathi|url=http://www.indiantelevision.com/headlines/y2k13/mar/mar65.php}}</ref>
| [[ETV Marathi]]
| {{Indian Rupee}} 10,000,000
| TBA
| TBA
| [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]] and [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Clock format|clock format]]
|-
| style="background-color: #92FF00"|'''{{flag|India}}''' {{Bn icon}}
| '''কে হবে বাংলার কোটিপতি'''<br><small>Ke Hobe Banglar Kotipoti</small>
| [[Saurav Ganguly]]
| [[Mahuaa Bangla]]
| {{Indian Rupee}} 10,000,000
| June 4, 2011
|
|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
|style="background-color: #FF7777"|'''{{flag|India}}''' <span class="languageicon" style="font-size:0.95em; color:#555555">'''(Bhojpuri)'''</span>
|'''के बनी क्रोरेपती'''<br><small>Ke Bani Crorepati</small>
|[[Shatrughan Sinha]]
|[[Mahuaa TV]]
|{{Indian Rupee}} 10,000,000
|June 6, 2011
|August 12, 2011
|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
|style="background-color: #DCDCDC" rowspan=4|'''{{flag|Indonesia}}'''
|'''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (Indonesian game show)|Who wants to be a millionaire?]]'''
|[[Tantowi Yahya]]<br>[[Fifi Aleyda Yahya]]
|[[RCTI]]<br>[[Bang Habib]]
|[[Indonesian Rupiah|Rp.]]1,000,000,000
|August 4, 2001<br>July 9, 2013
|2005
|rowspan=2|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]] (with 4th lifeline since the first guaranteed sum)
|-
|'''[[Super Milyarder 3 Milyar]]'''
|[[Dian Sastrowardoyo]]
|[[ANTV]]
|[[Indonesian Rupiah|Rp.]]3,000,000,000
|September 24, 2006
|January 21, 2007
|-
|'''[[Who Wants To Be a Millionaire Hot Seat]]'''
|[[Ferdi Hasan]]
|[[RCTI]]
|[[Indonesian Rupiah|Rp.]]500,000,000
|September 13, 2010
|October 31, 2010
|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Hot Seat format|Hot Seat format]]
|-
|'''[[Wannabe a Miliyar]]'''
|[[Asri Welas]]
|[[Bang Habib]]
|[[Indonesian Rupiah|Rp.]]100,000,000
|April 28, 2013
|May 10, 2013
|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]] (with 4th lifeline since the first guaranteed sum)
|-
|style="background-color: #FF7777" rowspan=2|'''{{flag|Ireland}}'''
|rowspan=2|'''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (Ireland)|Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?]]'''
|rowspan=2 |[[Gay Byrne]]
|rowspan=2 |[[RTÉ]]
|[[Irish pound|IR£]]1,000,000
|rowspan=2|2000
|rowspan=2|2002
|rowspan=2|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
|[[€]]1,000,000
|-
| style="background-color: #FF7777"|'''{{flag|Israel}}'''
| '''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (Israeli game show)|?מי רוצה להיות מיליונר]]'''<br><small>Mi rotseh lehiyot milyoner</small>
| Yoram Arbel
| [[Channel 2 (Israel)|Channel 2]]<br>[[Channel 10 (Israel)|Channel 10]]
| [[Israeli new shekel|₪]]1,000,000
| November 18, 1999<br>2005
| 2003<br>2006
| [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
| style="background-color: #FF7777" rowspan=3 |'''{{flag|Italy}}'''
| '''[[Chi vuol essere miliardario?]]'''
| rowspan=3 |[[Gerry Scotti]]
| rowspan=3 |[[Canale 5]]
| 1,000,000,000[[Italian lira|₤]]
| May 18, 2000
| November 4, 2001
| rowspan=3|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]] (with one guaranteed sum)
|-
| '''[[Chi vuol essere milionario?]]'''
| rowspan=2 |[[€]]1,000,000
| March 11, 2002
| July 29, 2011
|-
| '''[[Chi vuol essere milionario? – Edizione Straordinaria]]'''
| December 15, 2008—March 29, 2009
|
|-
| style="background-color: #FF7777"|'''{{flag|Ivory Coast}}'''
| '''[[Qui veut gagner des millions? (Ivory Coast)|Qui veut gagner des millions?]]'''
| Bamba Bakary<br>Yves Zogbo
| [[Radio Télévision Ivoirienne|RTI]]
| [[West African CFA franc|CFA]]30,000,000
| October 8, 2010
|
| [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
| style="background-color: #92FF00"|'''{{flag|Japan}}'''
| '''[[Quiz $ Millionaire|クイズ$ミリオネア]]'''<br><small>kuizu$mirionea</small>
| [[Monta Mino]]
| [[Fuji TV]]
| [[Japanese yen|¥]]10,000,000
| April 20, 2000
|
| [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Clock format|Clock format]]
|-
|style="background-color: #FF7777"|'''{{flag|Kazakhstan}}'''
|'''[[Кто возьмет миллион?|Кто возьмёт миллион?]]'''
|Evgeny Jumanov<br>Serik Akishev<br>Iskindir Sergibaev
|[[KTK (Kazakhstan)|KTK]]<br>[[Khabar]]<br>El-Arna
|[[Kazakhstani tenge|₸]]5,000,000
|2002
|2006
|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
|style="background-color: #FF7777"|'''{{flag|Kenya}}'''
|'''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (Kenyan game show)|Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?]]'''
|Fayaz Qureishi
|[[Kenya Television Network|KTN]]
|5,000,000[[Kenyan shilling|Ksh]]
|October 13, 2000
|''unknown''
|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
|style="background-color: #FF7777"|'''{{flag|Kurdistan}}
|'''[[Miliyoner|Milyoner]]'''
|Shwuan Haco
|[[Kanal4]]
|100,000,000[[Iraqi Dinar|IQD]]
|November 2009
|
|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]] (with 4 guaranteed sums, each after 3 questions)
|-
|style="background-color: #FF7777"|'''{{flag|Latvia}}'''
|'''[[Gribi būt miljonārs?]]'''
|[[Martinš Kibilds]]<br>[[Girts Licis]]
|[[TV3 Latvia|TV3]]
|50,000[[Latvian lats|Ls.]]
|2002
|2008
|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
|style="background-color: #FF7777"|'''{{flag|Lithuania}}'''
|'''[[Kas laimės milijoną?]]'''
|Henrikas Vaitiekūnas<br>[[Vytautas Kernagis]]
|[[TV3 Lithuania|TV3]]
|1,000,000[[Lithuanian litas|Lt.]]
|May 16, 2002
|August 18, 2005
|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
|style="background-color: #FF7777"|'''{{flag|Macedonia}}'''
|'''[[Кој сака да биде милионер?]]'''<br><small>Koj saka da bide milioner?</small>
|Sašo Macanovski-Trendo
|[[A1 (Macedonian TV channel)|A1]]
|4,000,000[[Macedonian denar|ден]]
|2004
|2009
|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
|style="background-color: #FF7777" rowspan=2|'''{{flag|Malaysia}}'''
|'''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (Malaysian game show)|Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?]]'''
|[[Jalaluddin Hassan]]
|[[NTV7]]
|[[Malaysian ringgit|RM]]1,000,000
|June 5, 2000<ref>{{cite web|last=Mok|first=Sew Kuen (2003)|title=Populariti program games show : suatu fenomena baru dalam kajian audiens TV Di Malaysia|url=http://studentsrepo.um.edu.my/698/3/CHAP2.pdf|work=Dept of Media Studies, Faculty of Arts and Social Sciences|publisher=Universiti Malaya|accessdate=6 December 2012}}</ref>
|2002
|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
|'''[[Bai Wan Fu Weng|百万富翁]]'''<br><small>Bai Wan Fu Weng</small>
|Victor Gu
|[[NTV7]]
|[[Malaysian ringgit|RM]]1,000,000
|2001
|2003
|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
|style="background-color: #FF7777"|'''{{flag|Mexico}}'''
|'''[[¿Quién quiere ser millonario? (Mexico)|¿Quién quiere ser millonario?]]'''
|Pablo Latapí
|[[TV Azteca]]
|[[Mexican peso|MX$]]3,000,000<br>|[[Mexican peso|MX$]]1,500,000
|March 23, 2010
|
|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
|style="background-color: #FF7777"|'''{{flag|Moldova}}'''
|'''[[Vrei să fii milionar? (Moldova)|Vrei să fii milionar?]]'''<ref>http://prime.md/ro/emisiuni/vrei-sa-fii-milionar/</ref>
|Dan Negru
|[[Prime TV]]
|[[Moldovan leu|MDL]]1,000,000
|December 4, 2011
|
|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
|style="background-color: #FF7777" rowspan=2|'''{{flag|Netherlands}}'''
|'''[[Lotto Weekend Miljonairs|Weekend Miljonairs]]'''
|rowspan=2|[[Robert ten Brink]]<br>[[Jeroen van der Boom]]
|rowspan=2 |[[SBS 6]]<br>[[RTL 4]]
|rowspan=2|[[Dutch gulden|ƒ]]1,000,000<br>[[€]]1,000,000
|February 6, 1999
|February 6, 2006
|rowspan=2|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#12-question format|12-question format]] and [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Clock format|Clock format]] (with 4th lifeline since the second guaranteed sum)
|-
|'''[[Lotto Weekend Miljonairs]]'''
|March 4, 2006<br>March 12, 2011
|May 24, 2008<br>
|-
|style="background-color: #FF7777"|'''{{flag|New Zealand}}'''
|'''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? New Zealand]]'''
|[[Mike Hosking]]
|[[TV One (New Zealand)|TV ONE]]
|[[New Zealand dollar|NZ$]]1,000,000
|2008
|
|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]] (with 4th lifeline since the second guaranteed sum)
|-
|style="background-color: #92FF00"|'''{{flag|Nigeria}}'''
|'''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (Nigerian game show)|Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?]]'''
|Frank Edoho
|NTA
|[[Nigerian naira|₦]]10,000,000
|2004
|
|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
|style="background-color: #FF7777"|'''{{flag|Norway}}'''
|'''[[Vil du bli millionær?]]'''
|Arve Juritzen<br>Frithjof Wilborn<br>Sarah Natasha Melbye
|[[TV 2 (Norway)|TV2]]
|2,000,000[[Norwegian krone|Kr]]
|2000
|February 2011
|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Hot Seat format|Hot Seat format]]
|-
|style="background-color: #FF7777"|'''{{flag|Pakistan}}'''
|'''[[Kya Aap Banaingay Crorepati?]]'''
|[[Moin Akhtar]]
|[[ARY Digital]]
|[[Pakistani rupee|₨]]10,000,000
|2003
|2004
|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
|style="background-color: #FF7777"|'''{{flag|Panama}}'''
|'''[[¿Quién quiere ser millonario? (Panama)|¿Quién quiere ser millonario?]]'''
|Atenógenes Rodríguez
|Telemetro
|[[Panamanian balboa|B/.]]100,000
|July 9, 2009
|
|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
|style="background-color: #FF7777"|'''{{flag|Peru}}'''
|'''[[¿Quién quiere ser millonario? (Peru)|¿Quién quiere ser millonario?]]'''
|[[Guido Lombardi]]
|[[Red Global]]
|1,000,000[[Peruvian nuevo sol|S/.]]
|2001
|2002
|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
|style="background-color: #FF7777" rowspan=2|'''{{flag|Philippines}}'''
|rowspan=2|'''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (Philippine game show)|Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?]]'''
|[[Christopher de Leon]]
|[[Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation|IBC]]
|rowspan=2 |[[Philippine peso|₱]]2,000,000
|November 20, 2000
|December 14, 2002
|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
|[[Vic Sotto]]
|[[TV5 (Philippines)|TV5]]
|May 23, 2009<br>May 15, 2011<br>July 1, 2012
|October 2, 2010<br>February 26, 2012 <br> October 7, 2012
|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]] (with 4th lifeline since the second guaranteed sum)
|-
|style="background-color: #FF7777"|'''{{flag|Poland}}'''
|'''[[Milionerzy]]'''
|[[Hubert Urbański]]
|[[TVN (Poland)|TVN]]
|1,000,000[[Polish złoty|zł]]
|September 3, 1999<br>January 19, 2008
|January 26, 2003<br>December 19, 2010
|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#12-question format|12-question format]] and [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Risk format|Risk format]]
|-
|style="background-color: #FF7777" rowspan=2|'''{{flag|Portugal}}'''
|'''[[Quem quer ser milionário?]]'''
|[[Carlos Cruz (television presenter)|Carlos Cruz]]<br>Maria Elisa<br>Diogo Infante<br>Jorge Gabriel
|rowspan=2|[[RTP 1]]
|50,000,000[[Portuguese escudo|$]]00<br />[[€]]250,000
|2000<br>2003<br>2008
|2001<br>2005<br>2009
|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
|'''[[Quem quer ser milionário? Alta Pressão]]'''
|[[José Carlos Malato]]
|[[€]]100,000
|July 5, 2010
|2011
|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Hot Seat format|Hot Seat format]]
|-
|style="background-color: #FF7777" rowspan=2|'''{{flag|Romania}}'''
|'''[[Vrei să fii miliardar?]]'''
|rowspan=2|Virgil Ianțu
|[[Prima TV]]
|1,000,000,000 [[Romanian leu#Third leu (ROL): 1952-2005|lei]]
|2000
|2003
|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
|'''[[Vrei să fii milionar?]]'''
|[[Kanal D]]
|1,000,000 [[Romanian leu|lei]]
|August 24, 2011
|November 29, 2012
|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]] (with 4th lifeline after the second guaranteed sum)
|-
|style="background-color: #92FF00" rowspan=2|'''{{flag|Russia}}'''
|'''[[О, счастливчик!]]'''<br><small>O, schastlivchik!</small>
|Dmitry Dibrov
|[[NTV Russia|NTV]]
|1,000,000[[Russian ruble|руб]]
|October 1, 1999
|January 28, 2001
|rowspan=2|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Risk format|Risk format]]
|-
|'''[[Кто хочет стать миллионером?]]'''<br><small>Kto khochet stat' millionerom?</small>
|[[Maksim Galkin]]<br>Dmitry Dibrov
|[[Channel One (Russia)|ORT]]
|1,000,000[[Russian ruble|руб]]<br>3,000,000[[Russian ruble|руб]]
|February 19, 2001
|
|-
|style="background-color: #FF7777" rowspan=2|'''{{flag|Serbia}}'''
|rowspan=2|'''[[Želite li da postanete milioner?]]'''
|rowspan=2|Ivan Zeljković
|[[BKTV]]
|3,000,000[[Serbian dinar|din.]]
|2002
|2006
|rowspan=2|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]] (with 4th lifeline after the first guaranteed sum)
|-
|[[B92]]<br>[[Prva]] (ex [[Fox televizija|Fox]])
|5,000,000[[Serbian dinar|din]]
|2007<br>2010
|2009<br>2011
|-
|style="background-color: #FF7777" rowspan=2|'''{{flag|Singapore}}'''
|'''[[Bai wan da ying jia|百万大赢家]]'''<br><small>Bai wan da ying jia</small>
|Chao Chi-Tai
|[[MediaCorp TV Channel 8]]
|rowspan=2|[[Singaporean dollar|S$]]1,000,000
|Aug 15 2001
|2004
|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
|'''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (Singaporean game show)|Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?]]'''
|Mark Van Cuylenberg
|[[MediaCorp TV Channel 5]]
|Apr 18 2001
|2002
|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
|style="background-color: #FF7777" rowspan=2|'''{{flag|Slovakia}}'''
|rowspan=2|'''[[Milionár]]'''
|Martin Nikodým
|[[TV Markíza|Markíza]]
|1,000,000[[Slovak koruna|Sk]]<br>5,000,000[[Slovak koruna|Sk]]
|2000
|2006
|rowspan=2|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]] (with 4 lifelines)
|-
|Iveta Malachovská
|[[Jednotka]]
|10,000,000[[Slovak koruna|Sk]]
|2007
|March 26, 2008
|-
|style="background-color: #FF7777" rowspan=3|'''{{flag|Slovenia}}'''
|'''[[Lepo je biti milijonar - Kviz z Jonasom]]'''
|[[Jonas Znidarsic|Jonas Žnidaršič]]
|[[POP TV]]
|10,000,000[[Slovenian tolar|SIT]]
|2000
|2003
|rowspan=3|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
|'''[[Lepo je biti milijonar]]'''
|Boštjan Romih
|[[POP TV]]
|15,000,000[[Slovenian tolar|SIT]]
|2003
|2005
|-
|'''[[Milijonar]]'''
|[[Jonas Znidarsic|Jonas Žnidaršič]]
|[[Radiotelevizija Slovenija|RTV Slovenia]]
|[[€]]100,000
|2007
|2008
|-
|style="background-color: #FF7777"|'''{{flag|South Africa}}'''
|'''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (South African game show)|Who wants to be a millionaire?]]'''
|[[Jeremy Maggs]]
|[[M-NET]]
|[[South African rand|R]]1,000,000
|2000
|2005
|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
| style="background-color: #FF7777" rowspan=3|'''{{flag|Spain}}'''
| '''[[¿Quiere ser millonario? 50 por 15]]'''
| Carlos Sobera
| [[Telecinco]]
| 50,000,000[[₧]]
| April 19, 1999
| 2001
| rowspan=2|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#12-question format|12-question format]]
|-
| '''[[¿Quién quiere ser millonario? (Spain)|¿Quién quiere ser millonario?]]'''
| Carlos Sobera<br>Antonio Garrido
| [[Antena 3 (Spain)|Antena 3]]
| [[€]]1,000,000
| July 25, 2005<br>May 18, 2009
| May, 2008<br>July, 2009
|-
| '''¿Quién quiere ser El millonario?'''
| Núria Roca
| [[laSexta]]
| [[€]]100,000
| February 15, 2012
| July 31, 2012 (are emitted repetitions)
|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Hot Seat format|Hot Seat format]]
|-
|style="background-color: #92FF00"|'''{{flag|Sri Lanka}} &nbsp;{{si icon}}'''
|'''[[Obada Lakshapathi Mamada Lakshapathi|ඔබ ද ලක්ෂපති මම ද ලක්ෂපති]]'''<br><small>Obada Lakshapathi Mamada Lakshapathi</small>
|[[Lucky Dias|Chandana Sooriyabandara]]
|[[Sirasa TV]]
|[[Sri Lankan Rupee|₨]]2,000,000
|September 18, 2010
|
|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
|style="background-color: #92FF00"|'''{{flag|Sri Lanka}} &nbsp;{{ta icon}}'''
|'''[[Maha Lakshadhipathi|உங்களில் யார் மகா இலட்சாதிபதி]]'''<br><small>Ungali Yaar Maha Latchathipathi</small>
| Balendran Kandeeban
|[[Shakthi TV]]
|[[Sri Lankan Rupee|₨]]2,000,000
| May 2011
|
|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
|style="background-color: #92FF00"|'''{{flag|Sri Lanka}}
|'''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'''
| Riyaz (Shaq) Shah Jahan
|[[MTV Sports]]
|[[Sri Lankan Rupee|₨]]2,000,000
| May 12, 2012
|
|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
|style="background-color: #92FF00" rowspan=2|'''{{flag|Sweden}}'''
|'''[[Vem vill bli miljonär?]]'''
|Bengt Magnusson
|rowspan=2|[[TV4 (Sweden)|TV4]]
|10,000,000[[Swedish krona|Kr]]
|January 21, 2000
|2003
|rowspan=2|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Risk format|Risk format]]
|-
|'''[[Postkodmiljonären]]'''
|Rickard Sjöberg
|1,000,000[[Swedish krona|kr]]
|2005
|
|-
|style="background-color: #FF7777" rowspan=2|'''{{flag|Switzerland}}'''
| rowspan=2|'''[[Wer wird Millionär? (Switzerland)|Wer wird Millionär?]]'''
|René Rindlisbacher
|TV3
|rowspan=2|[[Swiss francs|SFr]]1,000,000
|March 27, 2000
|2001
|rowspan=2|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Risk format]]
|-
| Claudio Zuccolini
| 3+
| November 29, 2011
| December 13, 2011
|-
|style="background-color: #FF7777"|'''{{flag|Taiwan}}'''
|'''[[Chao ji da fu weng|超級大富翁]]'''<br><small>Chao ji da fu weng</small>
|[[Xie Zhen Wu]]
|[[Taiwan Television|TTV]]
|[[New Taiwan dollar|NT$]]1,000,000
|2000
|2006
|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
|style="background-color: #FF7777"|'''{{flag|Thailand}}'''
|'''[[เกมเศรษฐี]]'''
|Traipop Limprapat
|[[Channel 3 (Thailand)|ThaiTV 3]]<br>[[iTV (Thailand)|ITV]]<br>[[iTV (Thailand)|TITV]]
|1,000,000[[Thailand baht|฿]]
|March 4, 2000
|January 14, 2008
||[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#12-question format|12-question format]]
|-
|style="background-color: #92FF00" rowspan=4|'''{{flag|Turkey}}'''
|'''[[Kim beşyüz milyar ister?]]'''
|[[Kenan Işık]]
|[[Show TV]], [[Kanal D]]
|500,000,000,000[[Turkish lira|TL]]
|March 7, 2000
|2004
| rowspan=2|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
|'''[[Kim beşyüz bin ister?]]'''
|[[Kenan Işık]]<br>[[Haluk Bilginer]]
|[[Show TV]]
|500,000[[Turkish new lira|YTL]]
|2005
|2007
|-
|'''[[Kim bir milyon ister?]]'''
|[[Kenan Işık]]
|[[Star TV (Turkey)|Star TV]]
|1,000,000[[Turkish new lira|YTL]]
|February 1, 2008
|2009
|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#16-question format|16-question format]] (with 4th lifeline since the second guaranteed sum)
|-
|'''[[Kim Milyoner Olmak İster]]'''
|[[Kenan Işık]]
|[[atv (Turkey)|aTV]]
|1,000,000[[Turkish new lira|TL]]
|August 2, 2011
|
|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#12-question format|12-question format]] and [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Clock format|Clock format]] (with 4th lifeline since the second guaranteed sum)
|-
|style="background-color: #FF7777"|'''{{flag|Uganda}}'''
|'''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (Ugandan game show)|Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?]]'''
|Alan Kasujja
|NTV
|25,000,000[[Ugandan shilling|USh]]
|January 31, 2011
|
|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
|style="background-color: #FF7777" rowspan=2|'''{{flag|Ukraine}}'''
|'''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (Ukrainian game show)|Хто хоче стати мiльйонером? Перший мільйон]]'''<br><small>Khto khoche staty milyonerom? Pershy milyon</small>
|Danylo Yanevs'kyi<br />Anatoli Borsiuk<br />Ostap Stupka
|[[1+1]]
|rowspan=2|1,000,000[[Ukrainian hryvnia|₴]]
|2001
|2005
|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
|'''[[Milyoner - Garyache Krislo|Мільйонер - Гаряче крісло]]'''<br><small>Milyoner - Garyache Krislo</small>
|Vladimir Zelenski
|[[Inter (TV channel)|Inter]]
|February 15, 2011
|August 13, 2011
|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Hot Seat format|Hot Seat format]]
|-
|style="background-color: #92FF00"|'''{{flag|United Kingdom}}'''
|'''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (UK game show)|Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?]]'''
|[[Chris Tarrant]]
|[[ITV]]
|[[pound sterling|£]]1,000,000
|4 September 1998
|
|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#12-question format|12-question format]] & [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Clock format|Clock format]]
|-
|style="background-color: #92FF00" rowspan=6 |'''{{flag|United States}}'''
|rowspan=6 |'''[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (U.S. game show)|Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?]]'''
|rowspan=3 |[[Regis Philbin]]
|rowspan=3 |[[American Broadcasting Company|ABC]]
|rowspan=6 |[[United States dollar|US$]]1,000,000
|rowspan=2 |August 16, 1999
|rowspan=2 |June 27, 2002
|-
|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
|November 30, 2009
|December 4, 2009
|rowspan=3 |[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]] & [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Clock format|Clock format]]
|-
|rowspan=3 |[[Meredith Vieira]]
|rowspan=3 |[[television syndication]]
|November 10<br>
|
|-
|September 16, 2002
|November 27, 2009
|-
|December 7, 2009
|
|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Shuffle format|Shuffle format]]
|-
|style="background-color: #FF7777"|'''{{flag|Uruguay}}'''
|'''[[¿Quién quiere ser millonario? (Uruguay)|¿Quién quiere ser millonario?]]'''
|Andrés Tulipano
|Teledoce
|[[United States dollar|US$]]40,000
|2001
|
|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
|style="background-color: #92FF00" rowspan=2|'''{{flag|Venezuela}}'''
|rowspan=2|'''[[¿Quién quiere ser millonario? (Venezuela)|¿Quién quiere ser millonario?]]'''
|rowspan=2|[[Eladio Lárez]]
|[[Radio Caracas Televisión|RCTV]]
|[[Venezuelan bolívar|Bs.]]200,000,000<br>[[Venezuelan bolívar|Bs.F]]200,000
|August 23, 2000
|January 20, 2010
|rowspan=2|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Risk scheme of game|Risk format]]
|-
|[[Televen]]
|[[Venezuelan bolívar|Bs.F]]250,000<br>[[Venezuelan bolívar|Bs.F]]300,000
|May 8, 2011<br>March 4, 2012
|November 27, 2011
|-
|style="background-color: #92FF00" rowspan=2|'''{{flag|Vietnam}}'''
|'''[[Ai Là Triệu Phú]]'''
|rowspan=2|[[Lại Văn Sâm]]
|rowspan=2|[[Vietnam Television|VTV3]]
|[[Vietnamese dong|₫]]150,000,000
|January 4, 2005<br/> July 5, 2011
|August 31, 2010<br>
|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Original scheme of game|Original format]]
|-
|'''[[Ai Là Triệu Phú|Ai Là Triệu Phú - Ghế nóng]]'''
|₫120,000,000
|September 7, 2010
| June 28, 2011
|[[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?#Hot Seat format|Hot Seat format]]
|-
|}

==Top prize winners==
{{Main|List of top prize winners in Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?|l1=List of top prize winners of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire}}
Out of all contestants that have played the game, few have been able to win the top prize on any international version of the show. The first was [[John Carpenter (game show contestant)|John Carpenter]], who won the top prize on the [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (U.S. game show)|U.S. version]] on 19 November 1999. Carpenter did not use a lifeline until the final question, using his Phone-a-Friend not for help but to call his father to tell him he had won the million.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gjfg5tS3nDs |title=WWTBAM - John Carpenter's Complete Run - Part 4 |publisher=YouTube |date= |accessdate=2 June 2010}}</ref>

Other notable top prize winners include [[Judith Keppel]], the first winner of the [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (UK game show)|UK version]]; Kevin Olmstead from the U.S. version, who won a progressive jackpot of $2.18&nbsp;million; [[Martin Flood]] from the [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (Australian game show)|Australian version]], who was accused of cheating much like Charles Ingram but was later acquitted; [[Takeshi Kitano]] from the Japanese version, who participated in two celebrity episodes, winning the top prize in his latter appearance after having answered the top question incorrectly in his first; [[Svyatoslav Vakarchuk]] from the Ukrainian version, who was the first celebrity contestant outside of Japan to win the top prize; and Sushil Kumar from the [[Kaun Banega Crorepati|Indian version]], who is often referred to in Western media as the 'real-life ''[[Slumdog Millionaire]]'''.<ref>{{cite news|last=Burke|first=Jason|title='Real Slumdog Millionaire' is first to win $1m on Indian gameshow|url=http://www.guardian.co.uk/world/2011/oct/27/real-slumdog-millionaire-indian-gameshow?newsfeed=true|accessdate=20 November 2011|newspaper=The Guardian|date=27 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Stanglin|first=Douglas|title=Real-life 'Slumdog Millionaire' wins $1M in India|url=http://content.usatoday.com/communities/ondeadline/post/2011/11/real-life-slumdog-millionaire-wins-1m-in-india/1?csp=34news|accessdate=20 November 2011|newspaper=USA Today|date=3 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|title=Indian man becomes real life Slumdog Millionaire as he wins game show|url=http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/asia/india/8866558/Indian-man-becomes-real-life-Slumdog-Millionaire-as-he-wins-game-show.html|accessdate=20 November 2011|newspaper=The Telegraph|date=3 November 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Magnier|first=Mark|title=Indian from modest background becomes TV game show millionaire|url=http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-fg-india-slumdog-20111029,0,5838569.story|accessdate=20 November 2011|newspaper=Los Angeles Times|date=28 October 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|last=Beard|first=Lanford|title='Slumdog Millionaire' comes to life for Sushil Kumar|url=http://popwatch.ew.com/2011/10/27/slumdog-millionaire-sushil-kumar/|accessdate=20 November 2011|newspaper=Entertainment Weekly PopWatch|date=27 October 2011}}</ref> <!-- !!! Please add only Top prize winners with significant milestones and/or moments and if they have a Wikipedia page of their own !!! -->;Sunmeet Kaur from [[Kaun Banega Crorepati|Indian version]] won the jackpot prize ({{INR}} 50,000,000)

==Lowest scores==
The first contestant ever to win nothing was John Davidson from the British version, failing on his fifth question.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vxrmmuWZiGA |title=Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? - The first ever Epic Failure! |publisher=YouTube |date=4 March 2010 |accessdate=20 July 2010}}</ref> Robby Roseman, from the American version, was the first contestant to fail on the first question, and [[Richard Hatch (Survivor contestant)|Richard Hatch]], in a celebrity special on the Australian version became their first A$0 winner, failing on his fourth question.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mJ1qvlUktBE |title=Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? - Australia's first ever Epic Failure! |publisher=YouTube |date=6 April 2010 |accessdate=20 July 2010}}</ref> New Zealand's first contestant ever, Courtney Washington, also became their first NZ$0 winner, failing on her fourth question.<ref>{{cite web|url=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u7rfvtHlkdI |title=Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? - New Zealand's first ever Epic Failure! |publisher=YouTube |date=30 July 2010|accessdate=17 August 2010}}</ref> In March 2007, Dutch contestant Peter Lindhout got his fourth question, worth €250, wrong and went home with €0.

In 2006, a screenshot from the [[UKGameshows.com]] site<ref name="ukgameshows1">{{cite web|url=http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/Who_Wants_to_be_a_Millionaire%3F |title=Who Wants to be a Millionaire? |publisher=UKGameshows |date= |accessdate=2 June 2010}}</ref> was digitally altered and used in a piece on the satire site BS News. The image was also widely circulated as an email<ref name="snopes">{{cite web|url=http://www.snopes.com/radiotv/gameshows/millionaire.asp |title=Urban Legends Reference Pages |publisher=Snopes.com |date=30 October 2007 |accessdate=2 June 2010}}</ref> in which it was purported to show a contestant named ''Fiona Wheeler'' failing to answer her $100 question correctly after using all three lifelines because she was too skeptical of the assistance that was given. The image was actually a digitally altered screenshot of real-life contestant Fiona Wheeler on the [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (UK game show)|original UK version]] answering a different question from a higher tier.<ref name="ukgameshows1"/>

The hoax may have been inspired by an infamous moment from the [[Qui Veut Gagner des Millions?|French version]] of the show, in which a contestant requested help from the audience on a €3,000 question which asked which celestial body orbits the Earth: the Sun, the Moon, Mars or Venus. The audience provided the answer of "the Sun",<ref name="snopes"/> and the player ended up leaving with €1,500 as a result. The hoax also borrows elements from other infamous moments of numerous unlucky contestants on the U.S. version, all of whom won nothing after giving a wrong answer to one of the first five questions.

==Spin-off==
The [[Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (UK game show)|UK version]] has been working on a spin-off of the show called ''[[Fifty Fifty (game show)|50:50]]''.<ref name="2waytraffic 2007-9-24">[http://www.2waytraffic.com/en/press/archive/2waytraffic_unveils_first_who_wants_to_be_a_millionaire_spin_off 2waytraffic unveils first Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? spin-off], 2waytraffic.com</ref><ref name="OnScreen 2007-10-1">[http://www.onscreenasia.com/article-1912-whowantstobeamillionairespinoffrollsoutinternationally-onscreenasia.html Who Wants To Be a Millionaire spin-off rolls out internationally], onscreenasia.com</ref> Such a spin-off has aired in [[Republic of Macedonia|Macedonia]], [[Spain]], [[Italy]], [[Sweden]], [[Greece]], [[Japan]] and [[Egypt]].

==Who Wants To Be A Millionaire - Play It!==
''for the main article see: [[Who Wants To Be A Millionaire - Play It!]]''

[[File:Who Wants To Be a Millionaire Playit(DCA).png|thumb|right|200px|LOGO]] Who Wants To Be A Millionaire - Play It! was an attraction at Disney's Hollywood Studios (formerly Disney-MGM Studios) theme park at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida and Disney California Adventure Park in Anaheim, California. The attraction was a modified version of the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire television game show.

==See also==
*[[Fifty Fifty (game show)|50:50]]
*[[List of television programs]]
*[[List of television show franchises]]
*''[[Slumdog Millionaire]]''

==References==
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==External links==
*[http://colsearch.nfsa.afc.gov.au/nfsa/search/display/display.w3p;adv=yes;group=;groupequals=;holdingType=;page=0;parentid=;query=414357;querytype=;rec=0;resCount=10 Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? at the National Film and Sound Archive]

;Original United Kingdom version
*[http://www.itv.com/millionaire ''Millionaire''] at [[itv.com]]
*[http://www.challenge.co.uk/millionaire Challenge TV ''Classic WWTBAM'' website]
*[http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/Who_Wants_to_be_a_Millionaire%3F UKgameshow.com's website on the show]
*[http://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/Good_Game_Guide_7_Ingrams_Millionaire_Trial Major Charles Ingram affair in detail]

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