Who Wants To Be a Millionaire? (partially found first season of Australian quiz show; 1999)
The show's logo from 1999-2000
Status: Partially Found
Who Wants To Be a Millionaire? is a British game show that premiered on ITV on 4 September 1998 and was created by David Briggs, Steve Knight and Mike Whitehill. It's a simple question and answer show where the contestant has to answer 15 multiple choice questions correctly with increasing difficulty. To help the contestant through the questions is three lifelines, 50:50 is when two incorrect answers are taken out leaving the correct answer and one other wrong answer, Phone-A-Friend where the contestant calls someone they know over the phone (usually a family member or friend) and they have 30 seconds to discuss the question and possible answers and Ask The Audience where the studio audience is polled on the question and it's results would help the question in identifying the correct answer. The show became a runaway success which lead to numerous international versions that became success in their own right, including a version in Australia.
The Australia version of the show (hosted by AFL commentator Eddie McGuire) first aired in May 1999. While the show's run ended in April 2006, it did get resurrected numerous times throughout the years, with the most notable revival being Millionaire Hot Seat that has been airing since 2009[1]. The first season aired on April 18th, 1999 and ended a month later on May 2nd, 1999 for only 11 episodes[2] and to date, hardly any of it has resurfaced.
Episodes
| Episode | Status | Contestant Name | Contestant Winnings | Information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Lost | Michael Medlock | $16,000 | Questions 1, 4, 5 and 6 are known. Parts of run are featured in The Amazing 90s segment on WWTBAM and the end of series highlights |
| Bill ? | $32,000 | Part of run featured in the end of series highlights | ||
| 2 | Lost | |||
| Stephen ? | $32,000 | Gave the wrong answer on the $250,000 Question. Part of run featured in end of series highlights | ||
| 3 | Lost | |||
| Unknown Contestant | $16,000 | Part of run is found on the first clip of Episode 5 | ||
| 4 | Lost | |||
| Rick Elliot | $64,000 | Part of run is found on the first clip of Episode 5 and at the end of series highlights | ||
| 5 | Part ially Found | |||
| Steven Old | $? | Total Prize Money is unknown | ||
| Kristin Ciccone | $8,000 | Last part of run featured in the end of series highlights | ||
| 6 | Lost | |||
| Scott ? | $32,000 | Part of run featured in end of series highlights | ||
| 7 | Lost | |||
| An unknown number of contestants were in the hot seat in between Scott and Joanne | ||||
| Joanne ? | $8,000 | Part of run featured in end of series highlights | ||
| 8 | Partially Lost | |||
| Paddy Spooner | $250,000 | First triple digit winner. $500,000 Question featured in end of series highlights | ||
| 9 | Lost | |||
| An unknown number of contestants were in the hot seat in between Paddy and Mike | ||||
| 10 | Lost | |||
| Mike Harper | $64,000 | Part of run featured in end of series highlights | ||
| 11 | Partially Found | |||
| Alice Lesley | $8,000 | Part of run featured in Is That Your Final Answer? | ||
| End of Series Highlights (Found) | ||||
See Also
- Who Wants To Be A Millionaire 10th Anniversary Primetime Celebration (found episodes of ABC game show; 2009)
- Who Wants to be a Millionaire? (unaired American segments of game show; 1999)
- Tim Shields 2nd run on Who Wants to be a Millionaire (partially found American version of gameshow; 2000)
- Who Wants To Be a Millionaire? (partially lost episodes of British quiz show; 1998-present)