The Weakest Link is a British television quiz show, mainly broadcast on BBC Two and BBC One. It was devised by Fintan Coyle and Cathy Dunning and developed for television by the BBC Entertainment Department. The game begins with a team of nine contestants, who take turns answering general knowledge questions within a time limit to create chains of nine correct answers in a row. At the end of each round, the players then vote one contestant, "the weakest link", out of the game. After two players are left, they play in a head-to-head penalty shootout format, with five questions asked to each contestant in turn, to determine the winner.
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? is an international television game show franchise of British origin, created by David Briggs, Mike Whitehill and Steven Knight. In its format, currently owned and licensed by Sony Pictures Television, contestants tackle a series of multiple-choice questions to win large cash prizes in a format that twists on many game show genre conventions – only one contestant plays at a time, similar to radio quizzes; contestants are given the question before deciding whether to answer, and have no time limit to answer questions; and the amount offered increases as they tackle questions that become increasingly difficult. The maximum cash prize offered in most versions of the format is an aspirational value in local currency, such as £1 million in the UK or ₹75 million in India.
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire – Play It! was a game show taping mock-up at Disney's Hollywood Studios theme park at Walt Disney World Resort in Orlando, Florida, and Disney California Adventure at Disneyland Resort in Anaheim, California. The attraction was a modified version of the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire television game show.
John Carpenter is an American game show contestant and Internal Revenue Service agent. He is the fourteenth highest-earning American game show contestant of all time. Carpenter is best known for becoming the first top-prize winner on the American version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire, and the first ever top-prize winner in the entire Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? franchise. He held the record for the largest single win in United States game show history, until it was broken by Rahim Oberholtzer who won $1.12 million on another U.S. quiz show, Twenty One.
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? is a British television quiz show, created by David Briggs, Steven Knight and Mike Whitehill for the ITV network. The programme's format has contestants answering multiple-choice questions based on general knowledge, winning a cash prize for each question they answer correctly, with the amount offered increasing as they take on more difficult questions. If an incorrect answer is given, the contestant will leave with whatever cash prize is guaranteed by the last safety net they have passed, unless they opt to walk away before answering the next question with the money they had managed to reach. To assist in the quiz, contestants are given a series of "lifelines" to help answer questions.
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire is an American television game show based on the format of the same-titled British program created by David Briggs, Steven Knight and Mike Whitehill and developed in the United States by Michael Davies. The show features a quiz competition with contestants attempting to win a top prize of $1,000,000 by answering a series of multiple-choice questions, usually of increasing difficulty. The program has endured as one of the longest-running and most successful international variants in the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? franchise.
Qui veut gagner des millions ? is the French version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, which originated in Great Britain on the ITV network. The aim of the game is to win the top prize of €1,000,000 by answering 15 multiple-choice questions correctly. It is broadcast on the TF1 network, and was hosted by Jean-Pierre Foucault from 2000 until 2019, then by Camille Combal and in 2024 by Arthur.
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.
Wer wird Millionär? is a German game show based on the original British format of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. It is shown on RTL on Mondays and Fridays at 20:15 (CET/CEST). It is hosted by Günther Jauch. The show has been broadcast from 3 September 1999 until today.
Tko želi biti milijunaš? is a Croatian game show based on the original British format of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. The show is hosted by Tarik Filipović. The main goal of the game is to win the top prize by answering 15 multiple-choice questions correctly. There are 4 "lifelines", which are ways for a player to get help during the game. They are 50:50 (pola-pola) (2002–present), phone a friend (zovi) (2002–present), ask the audience and an additional lifeline three wise men (2020–2022). The game show was broadcast from 2002 to 2010 and from 2019 onward. It was shown on the Croatian TV station HRT1. From 2002 to 2022, when a contestant got the fifth question correct, he left with at least 1,000 kn. When a contestant got the tenth question correct, he left with at least 32,000 kn. As of January 5, 2023, When a contestant got the fifth question correct, he left with at least €150. When a contestant got the tenth question correct, he left with at least €5,000.
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? New Zealand was a New Zealand game show based on the original British format of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. The show was hosted by Mike Hosking. The main goal of the game was to win one million New Zealand dollars by answering 15 multiple-choice questions correctly. There were four "lifelines". It was broadcast on the TVNZ station TV ONE. The show was taped in Melbourne, Australia on the set of the Australian version of the show.
Gribi būt miljonārs? was a Latvian game show based on the original British format of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?.
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? is a Nigerian game show based on the original British format of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. It first aired on 8 October 2004 and stopped temporarily on 25 June 2017. On 29 August 2017, a deal was secured with Airoplaycare behind the new sponsor after MTN Nigeria pulled out from the game show.
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? is a Philippine television game show broadcast by IBC and TV5. The show is based on the British game show on the same name. Originally hosted by Christopher de Leon, it aired from November 13, 2000 to December 14, 2002. The first season aired on TV5 from May 23, 2009 to October 2, 2010, and was replaced by 5 Max Movies. The second season from May 15, 2011 to February 26, 2012, replacing My Darling Aswang in Talentadong Pinoy's timeslot and was replaced by Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Philippines in Talentadong Pinoy's timeslot. The third season aired from July 1 to October 7, 2012, replacing Extreme Makeover: Home Edition Philippines and was replaced by The Million Peso Money Drop. The fourth season aired from September 15, 2013 to January 11, 2015, replacing Istorifik: The Pidol’s Kwentong Fantastik and was replaced by Move It: Clash of the Streetdancers. The fifth and final season aired from May 10 to November 22, 2015, replacing Move It: Clash of the Streetdancers and was replaced by Barangay Utakan. Vic Sotto serve as the final host.
Quiz $ Millionaire, sometimes referred to as Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, is a Japanese quiz show based on the original program of the latter title. It premiered on Fuji Television on April 20, 2000, and aired its final episode on January 2, 2013. The show was hosted by television personality Monta Mino throughout its entire run.
Chcete být milionářem? is a Czech game show based on the original British format of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. The show was hosted by Vladimír Čech, Martin Preiss, Ondřej Hejma, and Marek Vašut (consecutively). The main goal of the game is to win 10 million Kč by answering 15 multiple-choice questions correctly. There were 3 lifelines, in the new version a 4th lifeline was added - fifty fifty (50:50), phone a friend, ask the audience and help of the one from audience. The game show was broadcast on Czech TV station TV Nova. When a contestant correctly answered the fifth question, they could leave with at least 10,000 Kč. When a contestant got the tenth question correct, they could leave with at least 320,000 Kč. Nobody won the main prize. The format was briefly adopted by another TV station under the name Milionář. The show was on from 2000 to 2005, before returning in March 2016 with new Risk format, which eliminates the second safety net after the tenth question. The 2016 episodes were recorded in Cologne, where German and Austrian versions were shot as well. In June 2017, the show returned to air.
من سيربح المليون is a pan-Arab game show, part of the international Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? franchise. Its host for much of its inception was George Kurdahi. The show's prize was SR 1,000,000. It aired on pan-Arab television channel MBC1 from 27 November 2000 until May 2004, and was later revived by MBC as من سيربح 2 مليون, with an increased top prize of SR 2,000,000.
Millionaire Hot Seat, also known as Hot Seat, is an Australian television quiz show. The show was a spin-off of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and began airing on the Nine Network on 20 April 2009. As with the original Australian version of the show, it was hosted by Eddie McGuire and followed a similar format.
Kim Milyoner Olmak İster? is a Turkish game show based on the original British format of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. The program was broadcast from August 2, 2011 and it is shown on ATV.
Ningalkkum Aakaam Kodeeshwaran is an Indian Malayalam-language game show. It is an adaptation of the British Sony Pictures Television game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and its Hindi version Kaun Banega Crorepati. The show is hosted by actor Suresh Gopi.
