Who Wants To Be A Millionaire is Back, Bigger and Better
The popular show “Who wants to be a millionaire” which
started in October 2004 is back. You will recall that the show went on an
indefinite break on June 25th, 2017 when its major sponsor MTN
pulled out.
At this time, no official
date has been announced, but the organizers have however revealed that the
grand prize to be won weekly is now 20 million Naira.
After 13 memorable
years in which the show entrailed Nigerians, and boasted of formidable
participants with a deep wealth of knowledge. An example is Aroma Ufodike from Nnewi
Anambra state who appeared on the show on September 11 2009 and won a whopping
10 million Naira.
The game who Wants
to be a millionaire is based on the original British version which is popularly
called “ WWTBAM” in the literature space and it aired for over 13 years.
HOW DOES WHO WANTS TO
BE A MILLIONAIRE WORK?
The game show, who
wants to be a millionaire has an intricate set of rules. In each episode, it
starts with hosting a group of contestants in a preliminary round called “fastest
finger first”. In this round, a question and four answers are giving by the
host, and the contenders are required to place them in a particular order.
The contender who
answers the question accurately in the fastest time is picked to play the main
game. Once the contestant enters the
main game, he/she will be asked different difficult questions by the host. Each
of these questions has four options in which the contestant will have to pick
the correct answer.
Each question comes
with a certain amount of money, thus as the contestant advances in the game,
his prize fund increases. The contestant has a set of lifelines that they may
use during the game when they need help with a question.
Lifelines are 50/50
whereby the computer eliminates two random wrong options thus leaving the right
option and one wrong option. “Phone a friend” is when the contestant has 30
seconds to phone a friend read out the question and the four options and then
ask the friend for the answer. There is
also an “ask the audience” where the audience
is allowed to select what they believe is the correct answer. Each option has a
percentage of persons who write chose it and that percentage is displayed to
the contestant.
Some of the past winners include Osazuwa Osahon Daniels – N5
million (2009), Aroma Ufodike Chimuanya – N10 million (2009), Babatunde Oni
Oladipo – N5 million (2010), Nnaemeka Ubaekwena – N5 million (2012).
Many Nigerians can`t
wait for the show to start airing again.
