Million Dollar Money Drop: Singapore Edition

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Million Dollar Money Drop: Singapore Edition
Genre Game show
Developed by Endemol
Presented byGeorge Young
Country of origin Singapore
Original languageEnglish
No. of seasons1
No. of episodes13 episodes
Production
Executive producersJennifer Gwee
Rahmat Samad
Production locationMediacorp Caldecott Broadcast Centre
Running time60 minutes (including adverts)
Release
Original network MediaCorp Channel 5
Original release9 August (2011-08-09) 
2 November 2011 (2011-11-02)
Related
The Million Pound Drop Live
Million Dollar Money Drop

Million Dollar Money Drop: Singapore Edition was a game show which aired on MediaCorp Channel 5 in the Singapore. It was based on the UK series The Million Pound Drop Live . However, unlike the original UK version, it was not broadcast live, and there were several changes to the format. The show premiered on 9 August 2011, after the nation's 46th National Day Parade segment, and is hosted by George Young. The show's set, theme song and question cues was followed based on the British edition. About 300,000 people watched the premiere of the show: approximately 6% of the total population of Singapore at that time. [1]

Contents

Game format

A team of two people with a pre-existing relationship is presented with SGD$1,000,000 in denominations of $50 in bundles of $25,000 (40 bundles = $1,000,000). The team must risk the entire amount on each correctly of eight multiple-choice questions.

For each question, the contestants choose one of two categories, then indicate which answer(s) they wish to risk their money on by moving the bundles of cash onto a row of trap doors, termed "drops," each of which corresponds to one answer. However, they must always keep at least one drop "clear" with no money on it. In addition, all eight questions have a time limit; any money that is not placed on an answer when time runs out will be lost.

Once the money is in place, the trap doors for the incorrect answers are opened, and the cash on them falls out of sight and is lost. The contestants then continue the game using the cash they had placed on the correct answer. They get to keep whatever money is left after the eighth question; if they lose everything before reaching this point, the game ends immediately and they leave with nothing.

Question(s)Answer
choices
Time limit
1–4460 seconds
5–7360 seconds
8260 seconds

Contestants and their winnings

Episode NoContestantsDate PremièredTotal Money WonQuestion Where All Money Was Lost
1Eugene & Izam
Amelia & Marianne
9 August 2011Eugene & Izam – $0

Amelia & Marianne – $25,000 remaining after 5 questions

Eugene & Izam – 1st question ($1 million lost)
2Amelia & Marianne
Sean & Shu Ming
Krystle & Cheryl
17 August 2011Amelia & Marianne – $0

Sean & Shu Ming – $0

Krystle & Cheryl – $525,000 remaining after 2 questions

Amelia & Marianne – 7th question ($25,000 lost)

Sean & Shu Ming – 3rd question ($1 million lost)

3Krystle & Cheryl
Sheedah & Maznah
24 August 2011Krystle & Cheryl – $0

Sheedah & Maznah – $0

Krystle & Cheryl – 5th question ($150,000 lost)

Sheedah & Maznah – 4th question ($50,000 lost)

4Chua Enlai & Sebastian Tan 1
Justin Ang & Vernon A 1
31 August 2011Enlai & Sebastian – $0

Justin & Vernon – $75,000

Enlai & Sebastian – 6th question ($50,000 lost)
5Juliana & Willy7 September 2011Juliana & Willy – $25,000
6Greg & Coral
Clifford & Sharma
14 September 2011Greg & Coral – $0

Clifford & Sharma – $100,000 remaining after 3 questions

Greg & Coral – 4th question ($50,000 lost)
7Clifford & Sharma
Weiwen & Jeremiah
21 September 2011Clifford & Sharma – $0

Weiwen & Jeremiah – $75,000 remaining after 4 questions

Clifford and Sharma – 6th question ($50,000 lost)
8Weiwen & Jeremiah
Ratna & Del
Doris & San
28 September 2011Weiwen & Jeremiah – $0

Ratna & Del – $0

Doris & San – $325,000 remaining after 2 questions

Weiwen & Jeremiah – 6th question ($25,000 lost)
Ratna & Del – 4th question ($25,000 lost)
9Doris & San
Shahlan & Shahreel
5 October 2011Doris & San – $0

Shahlan & Shahreel – $75,000 remaining after 5 questions

Doris & San – 4th question ($200,000 lost)
10Shahlan & Shahreel
Li Qi & Xin
12 October 2011Shahlan & Shahreel – $50,000

Li Qi & Xin – $50,000 remaining after 5 questions

11Li Qi & Xin
Li Heng & Jocelyn
DJ (Ng Ding Jie) & Lai Yinzuo
19 October 2011Li Qi & Xin – $25,000

Li Heng & Jocelyn – $0
DJ & Yinzuo – $750,000 remaining after 1 question

Li Heng & Jocelyn – 3rd question ($75,000 lost)
12DJ (Ng Ding Jie) & Lai Yinzuo
Erwin & Jasmine
Linda & Leonie
26 October 2011DJ & Yinzuo – $0

Erwin & Jasmine – $0
Linda & Leonie – $0

DJ & Yinzuo – 5th Question ($50,000 lost)

Erwin & Jasmine – 2nd Question ($50,000 lost)
Linda & Leonie – 2nd Question ($750,000 lost)

13Joanne Peh & Bobby Tonelli 1 2 November 2011Joanne & Bobby – $0Joanne & Bobby – 6th Question ($75,000 lost)

^1 These players played for charity. Bold denotes the winning pair

All statistics are accurate as of Season 1.

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References

  1. "Population in Brief: 2011" (PDF). Ministry of Social and Family Development, Singapore. Archived from the original (PDF) on 13 May 2014. Retrieved 8 May 2014.