Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (Australian game show)

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? is an Australian television game show which would offer a maximum cash prize of $1,000,000 for answering 15 successive multiple-choice questions of increasing difficulty. The show was based on and follows the same general format of the original version of the show from the United Kingdom, and is part of the international Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? franchise.

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

Millionaire

Game show

David Briggs
Steven Knight
Mike Whitehill

Peter Ots

Eddie McGuire

Keith Strachan (1999–2006, 2021)
Matthew Strachan (1999–2006, 2021)
Ramon Covalo (2007, 2010, 2021)

Australia

English

14 (original)
1 ($5 Million)
1 (Whizz Kids)
1 (Special Events)

292 (original)
6 ($5 Million)
2 (Whizz Kids)
4 (Special Events)

GTV-9, Richmond, Victoria (1999–2007)
Docklands Studios Melbourne (2010, 2021)^[1]

30 minutes (1999–2000)
60 minutes (2000–2006, 2010)
90 minutes (2007)
75 to 100 minutes (2021)

Grundy Television (1999–2001)
Celador (1999–2006)
2waytraffic (2007, 2010)
Sony Pictures Television (2021)

Nine Network

18 April 1999 (1999-04-18) –
3 April 2006 (2006-04-03)

22 October (2007-10-22) –
26 November 2007 (2007-11-26)

27 February (2010-02-27) –
6 March 2010 (2010-03-06)

25 January (2021-01-25) –
13 May 2021 (2021-05-13)

50:50: (1999–2006, 2007, 2010, 2021): Two incorrect answers are eliminated, leaving the contestant with a choice between the correct answer and one remaining incorrect answer.

Phone a Friend: (1999–2006, 2007, 2010): The contestant calls a pre-arranged friend and is given 30 seconds to discuss the question with that person.

Ask the Audience: (1999–2006, 2007, 2010): Audience members use keypads to vote on what they believe to be the correct answer to the question they've been asked. The percentage of each option selected by the audience is displayed to the contestant and audience after this vote.

Switch (2007, 2021): The computer replaces one question with another of the same monetary value. Any lifelines already used on the original question are not reinstated. In the 2007 version, this lifeline was earned after correctly answering the $32,000 question. In the 2021 specials, it was made available from the start.

Ask the Host (2021): This lifeline allows the contestant to ask for the host's advice on the current question and give the best possible answer.

During a contestant's game, they may make use of a set of lifelines to assist them on a question. Each lifeline may only be used once. Throughout the course of the show's history, these lifelines involve the following:

"Molly" Meldrum

Shane Warne

Pauline Hanson

Alicia Molik

Murray Cook

Dame Edna Everage

Paul "Fatty" Vautin

Richard Hatch

DVD[edit]

On 27 October 2004, a Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? interactive multiplayer DVD game was released.^[29] Also a picture edition was also released in 2005 offering the choice of either adult and junior questions.

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (Australian game show)