Chi vuol essere milionario?
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Chi vuol essere miliardario? (2000-2001) Chi vuol essere milionario? (since 2002)' | |
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Created by | David Briggs Mike Whitehill Steven Knight |
Presented by | Gerry Scotti |
Country of origin | Italy |
Original language | Italian |
No. of seasons | 14 |
Production | |
Production companies | Endemol (2000–2011) Wavy (2018–present) |
Original release | |
Network | Canale 5 |
Release | 22 May 2000 1 December 2001 (lira version) 13 January 2002 – 29 July 2011; 7 December 2018 – 2020 (euro version) | –
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Chi vuol essere milionario? (pronounced [ˈki vˌvwɔl ˈɛssere miljoˈnaːrjo]; English translation: Who wants to be a millionaire?), originally titled Chi vuol essere miliardario? (pronounced [ˈki vˌvwɔl ˈɛssere miljarˈdaːrjo]; English translation: Who wants to be a billionaire?), is an Italian game show based on the original British format of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. The show is hosted by Gerry Scotti and broadcast on the Italian TV station Canale 5.
In the original version (Chi vuol essere miliardario?; 2000–2001), the main goal of the game was to win 1,000,000,000 Italian lire by answering 15 multiple-choice questions correctly. There were three "lifelines" – 50:50, Phone-a-Friend and Ask the Audience. If a contestant answered the fifth question correctly, they left with at least ₤1,000,000. If a contestant answered the tenth question correctly, they left with at least ₤32,000,000. There was one winner of the show, Francesca Cinelli.
In 2002, after the transition of Italy's currency to euros, the show changed its name into Chi vuol essere milionario?.
In 2011, the Guinness World Records confirmed Gerry Scotti as the presenter who has hosted the most episodes of the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? format (1,593, on 5 May 2011).[1]
The game's prizes
- 1. question • ₤100,000 (€51)
- 2. question • ₤200,000 (€103)
- 3. question • ₤300,000 (€154)
- 4. question • ₤500,000 (€258)
- 5. question • ₤1,000,000 (€516) (guaranteed sum)
- 6. question • ₤2,000,000 (€1,032)
- 7. question • ₤4,000,000 (€2,065)
- 8. question • ₤8,000,000 (€4,131)
- 9. question • ₤16,000,000 (€8,263)
- 10. question • ₤32,000,000 (€16,526) (guaranteed sum)
- 11. question • ₤64,000,000 (€33,053)
- 12. question • ₤125,000,000 (€64,557)
- 13. question • ₤250,000,000 (€129,114)
- 14. question • ₤500,000,000 (€258,228)
- 15. question • ₤1,000,000,000 (€516,456)
- 2002-2007
- 1. question €50
- 2. question €100
- 3. question €200
- 4. question €300
- 5. question €500 ( guaranteed sum)
- 6. question €1,000
- 7. question €2,000
- 8. question €4,000
- 9. question €8,000
- 10. question €16,000 ( guaranteed sum)
- 11. question €35,000
- 12. question €70,000
- 13. question €150,000
- 14. question €300,000
- 15 question €1,000,000
Francesca Cinelli's billion lire question
Legend:
• V: answer removed by using "fifty fifty" |
• X: chosen correct answer |
• Y: chosen incorrect answer |
• Z: not chosen correct answer |
- Francesca Cinelli – 18 March 2001[2]
If you were Albert King, what would be your profession? | |
• A: Writer | • B: Television journalist |
• C: Formula One driver | • D: Musician |
References
- ^ Most episodes of WWTBAM hosted (male presenter), Guinness World Records
- ^ "Il primo miliardo di Scotti a un'impiegata di Pistoia". la Repubblica (in Italian). 17 March 2001. Retrieved 11 September 2020.