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Die Millionenshow 
Logo of Die MillionenshowFormat Quiz show Created by nobeo GmbH Presented by - Rainhard Fendrich (January 2000)
- Barbara Stöckl (May 2000 - May 2002)
- Armin Assinger (September 2002 - Present)
Country of origin Austria Production Running time approx. 45 minutes Broadcast Original channel ORF1/ORF2 Original airing - January 2000 (6 episodes, as Alles ist möglich - Die 10-Millionen-Show, in ATS)
- May 2000 - Present (as Die Millionenshow, in Austrian schiling until 2001, in Euro since 2002)
External links Website Die Millionenshow (English translation: The millions show) is an Austrian game show based on the original British format of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. The show is hosted by Armin Assinger from 2002 to today. The main goal of the game is to win €1,000,000 (originally öS10,000,000 [€726,728]) by answering 15 multiple-choice questions correctly. There are usually three lifelines - Fifty Fifty (Fünfzig-Fünfzig), Phone A Friend (Telefon) and Ask The Audience (Publikumsjoker), but if the contestants want to play an altered version of the game, a fourth lifeline is added - Additional joker (Zusatzjoker), but when a contestant decides that he wants this lifeline, the second milestone in the money tree (€15,000) is removed. When a contestant chooses to have this joker, he/she can guess two times, which means that if they use this lifeline, they are allowed to answer the question wrong, and then they may still guess a second time; this is similar to the "Double Dip" lifeline in other countries' versions of the show.
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Broadcast history
The show first aired irregularly in January 2000, with six episodes which all were broadcast within one week and were hosted by singer Rainhard Fendrich. This was considered as a trial run to see if the show is liked by the Austrian audience. Since this first series was sponsored by the Austrian lottery, the show's title was chosen to be Alles ist möglich - Die 10-Millionen Show (in English: Everything is possible - The ten millions show), because the phrase Alles ist möglich is an advertising slogan of the Austrian lottery. After the first six episodes had aired, and were a big success in ratings, the ORF ordered another set of episodes. However, host Rainhard Fendrich did not agree to host any more episodes for the offered payment. Hence, a new host had to be found, as well as a new sponsor since the Austrian lottery did not renew the contract for the new episodes.
In May 2000 the show returned on screens with the new title Die Millionenshow. The show's new host was Barbara Stöckl who in fact was the first female host of any version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire? around the world. After the show was broadcast irregularly again during the summer of 2000, it then was picked up to air regularly on Thursdays, Saturdays, Fridays as of late fall of 2000. As of fall 2001, the episodes on Thursdays were moved to Mondays, to compete with the German version (Wer wird Millionär?) which also aired on Fridays, Saturdays and Mondays, and can be received in Austria.
In the last show of 2001, which aired on the 30th of December, the currency was changed to the Euro. In May 2002 it was announced that Barbara Stöckl was not going to return in the upcoming season. Hence, during the summer break the ORF organized a casting with ten possibles successors for hosting the show, and in the end Alpine skier and sports commentator Armin Assinger was chosen to be the new host. Since then, there have been no more remarkable changes, besides from that the show is only shown twice a week since fall 2007 (Friday and Monday).
Production
The executive producer of game show is nobeo GmbH.
The show is taped at the same set as the German version, in Cologne, Germany. The early episodes (until late fall 2000) were taped at the Dutch set in Hilversum, Holland, as well as the German show. The ORF once considered building an own set in Austria, but this was deemed too expensive.
Contestant and the money tree
Money tree (Shillings)
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- 1. question • öS1,000 (€72)
- 2. question • öS2,000 (€145)
- 3. question • öS3,000 (€218)
- 4. question • öS5,000 (€363)
- 5. question • öS10,000 (€726) (guaranteed sum)
- 6. question • öS20,000 (€1,453)
- 7. question • öS40,000 (€2,096)
- 8. question • öS80,000 (€5,813)
- 9. question • öS160,000 (€11,627)
- 10. question • öS320,000 (€23,255) (guaranteed sum)
- 11. question • öS640,000 (€46,510)
- 12. question • öS1,250,000 (€90,841)
- 13. question • öS2,500,000 (€181,682)
- 14. question • öS5,000,000 (€363,364)
- 15. question • öS10,000,000 (€726,728)
Money tree (Euro)
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- 1. question • €100
- 2. question • €200
- 3. question • €300
- 4. question • €400
- 5. question • €500 (guaranteed sum)
- 6. question • €1,000
- 7. question • €2,000
- 8. question • €5,000
- 9. question • €10,000
- 10. question • €15,000 (guaranteed sum unless 4th lifeline is enabled)
- 11. question • €30,000
- 12. question • €75,000
- 13. question • €150,000
- 14. question • €300,000
- 15. question • €1,000,000
Winners
- February 19, 2001: Anton Sutterlüty (Vorarlberg) (öS10,000,000)
öS 10,000,000 (15 of 15) - no time limit Who is the Greek muse of lyrical music? • A: Euterpe • B: Musica • C: Lyra • D: Viola - November 11, 2002: Christiane de Piero (Carinthia) (€1,000,000)
€1,000,000 (15 of 15) - no time limit Who killed Medusa by cutting off her head? • A: • B: Jason • C: Perseus • D: - May 9, 2003: Sigrid Weiß-Lutz (Styria) (€1,000,000)
€1,000,000 (15 of 15) - no time limit In 1923, Austrian Fritz Pregl received the Nobel Prize in what? • A: Physics • B: Medicine • C: Literature • D: Chemistry - November 3, 2003: Karin Huber (Upper Austria) (€1,000,000 in Europe Special Edition)
€1,000,000 (15 of 15) - no time limit Which of these people does not belong to the EU-commission? • A: Loyola de Palacio • B: Neil Kinnock • C: Gustav Hägglund • D: Günter Verheugen - March 14, 2005: Elfriede Awadalla (Vienna) (€1,000,000)
€1,000,000 (15 of 15) - no time limit Which of these famous people was born Bernard Schwartz? • A: Tony Curtis • B: Walter Matthau • C: James Garner • D: Jack Lemmon - September 18, 2006: Heide Gondek (Vienna) (€1,000,000)
€1,000,000 (15 of 15) - no time limit Which of these U.S. presidents was never a Vice-President? • A: Lyndon B. Johnson • B: Jimmy Carter • C: Gerald Ford • D: George Bush, Sr. - October 20, 2007: Philip Aschner (Hallein) (€100,000 in Junior-Special)
- June 28, 2008: Marion Eidenhammer (Upper Austria) (€100,000 in Junior-Special)
- May 23, 2009: Stefan Schwaiger (Maishofen/Salzburg) (€100,000 in Junior-Special)
Special editions
At irregular intervals there are also Celebrity Special Edition, and there also was a Europe Special Edition (with questions about Europe and EU enlargement), an edition for children, couples, twins, for young fathers and mothers, family editions (with a child, an adult and senior citizens), a Mayor Special Edition, where a town's mayor player and could win money for his town, and there also was a high school edition.
There also are celebrity editions, where the prize money is donated to charity. To date, there have been twelve celebrity editions.
Shipment Candidates 19. Special (February 15, 2010)
total winnings: -Toni Faber, Hubert Neuper, Jazz Gitti, Claudia Reiterer 18. Special (December 12, 2009)
total winnings: - €145,000
donation: campaign Österreichische SporthilfeChristian Clerici & Anita Wachter; Andreas Goldberger & Stefanie Schuster; Vera Russwurm & Fritz Strobl; Verena Scheitz & Michaela Dorfmeister 17. Special (November 23, 2009)
total winnings: €90,000
donation: campaign Licht ins DunkelFrancine Jordi, Ursula Strauss, Otto Retzer, Stefan Ruzowitzky 16. Special (September 4, 2009)
total winnings: €90,000
donation: campaign: -Herbert Steinböck, Gerold Rudle, Klaus Eberhartinger, Sigrid Hauser 15. Special (February 14, 2009)
total winnings: -
donation: campaign: Licht ins DunkelAlbert Fortell, Lisa Gadenstätter, Andreas Goldberger, Andy Lee Lang, Elke Winkens 14. Special (November 26, 2008)
total winnings: €200,000
donation: campaign Licht ins DunkelMaggie Entenfellner, Brigitte Neumeister, Marc Pircher, Gregor Seberg, Matthias Steiner 13. Special (October 18, 2008)
total winnings: -
donation: campaign Österreichische SporthilfeHelge Payer & Marina Schneider, Bernhard Kohl & Franz Stocher, Alexandra Meissnitzer & Matthias Lanzinger, Ludwig Paischer & Thomas Geierspichler, Doris Schwaiger & Clemens Doppler 12 Special (February 2, 2008)
total winnings: €200,000
donation: campaign Licht ins DunkelPetra Frey, Karlheinz Hackl, Sandra Pires, Fritz Strobl, Robert Palfrader (as Kaiser Robert Heinrich I.) 11 Special (September 29, 2007)
total winnings: ?
donation: Austrian SporthilfeMarkus Brier, Anton Innauer, Mirna Jukić, Michael Konsel, Heidi Krings 10 Special (February 9, 2007)
total winnings: €200,000
donation: campaign Licht ins DunkelGregor Bloéb, Michaela Dorfmeister, Nina Proll, Eva Maria Marold, Peter Simonischek 9 Special (February 5, 2005)
total winnings: €115,500
donation: campaign Licht ins DunkelToni Polster, Catherine Stemberger, Arabella Kiesbauer, Georg Danzer, Viktor Gernot 8 Special (February 7, 2004)
total winnings: €115,500
donation: campaign Licht ins DunkelHeinz Prüller, Wolfgang Böck, Thomas Brezina, Claudia Stöckl, Jazz Gitti 7 Special (October 18, 2003)
total winnings: €170,500
donation: campaign Save the St. Stephen's CathedralAndreas Jäger, Harald Serafin, Monica Weinzettl, Elfriede Ott, Werner Grissmann 6 Special (May 26, 2003)
total winnings: €125,000
donation: Hohe Tauern National ParkElisabeth Engstler, Dagmar Koller, Rainer Schönfelder, Alexander Telesko, Joesi Prokopetz 5 Special (February 8, 2003)
total winnings: €80,000
donation: Campaign Licht ins DunkelKristina Sprenger, Robert Seeger, Christoph Fälbl, Chris Lohner, Peter Rapp 4 Special (February 9, 2002)
total winnings: €135,000
donation: Campaign Licht ins DunkelRoland Düringer, Ulrike Beimpold, Heinz Marecek, Gisela Hopfmüller, Gerry Friedle 3 Special (November 29, 2001)
total winningss: öS1,750,000 (€127,177)
donation: Campaign Save the St. Stephen's CathedralAugust Paterno, Marianne Mendt, Armin Assinger, Danielle Spera, Jenny Jürgens 2 Special (May 28, 2001)
total winnings: öS2,000,000 (€145,345)
donation: Campaign Menschen für MenschenRoman Rafreider, Barbara Karlich, Toni Polster, Harald Krassnitzer, Karlheinz Böhm 1 Special (February 16, 2001)
total winnings: öS5,000,000 (€363,364)
donation: Campaign Licht ins DunkelDodo Roscic, Ingrid Thurnher, Michael Niavarani, Franz Klammer, Erwin Steinhauer External links
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