Wer wird Millionär? is a Swiss game show based on the original British format of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. It was hosted by René Rindlisbacher. The show was broadcast from 27 March 2000 to 2001. It was shown on the Swiss TV station TV3.
The main goal of the show was to win 1 million CHF by answering 15 multiple-choice questions correctly. There were three 'lifelines': fifty-fifty, phoning a friend, and asking the audience. The biggest prize won on the show was 500,000 CHF, won by Hans Frauchiger.
From 29 November to 13 December 2011, Swiss TV station 3+ resumed the show with slight changes: the lifeline 'ask the audience' was replaced by 'ask the experts' and the candidate needs to choose at the beginning of the game whether he plays the save or the risky variant. If he chooses the risky variant, he gets a fourth lifeline, 'switch the question', but loses the second guaranteed sum. Money tree Payout structureQuestion numberQuestion value2000–200120111100 CHF2200 CHF3300 CHF4500 CHF51,000 CHF62,000 CHF74,000 CHF3,000 CHF88,000 CHF5,000 CHF916,000 CHF8,000 CHF1032,000 CHF15,000 CHF1164,000 CHF25,000 CHF12125,000 CHF50,000 CHF13250,000 CHF150,000 CHF14500,000 CHF300,000 CHF15
References
External links Article about the show (weltwoche.ch)