International versions of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

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Countries of the world that have or had their own version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (painted in purple) as of February 2020

This table lists all international variants in the television game show franchise Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? that have been broadcast since the debut of the original British version of the show on 4 September 1998.

International versions[]

Legend:   Currently airing     No longer airing     Upcoming or returning version  

Countries/regions Title Host Network Top prize Premiere Ended Current/last used format
 Afghanistan څوك غواري چې شي میلیونر؟
Sok Ghwari Chi Shi Millonar?
Aryan Khan
Tasal Khan
Najeeba Fais
Shamshad TV
ATN
Af.1,000,000 October 17, 2008 November 1, 2011 Original format
 Afghanistan کی ميخواهد میلیونر شود؟
Ke Mekhowahad Milyoner Shawad?
Walid Soroor
Khatera Yusufi
Mustafa Sadat
ATN June 25, 2010 October 30, 2011 Original format
 Albania
 Kosovo
Kush do të bëhet milioner? Veton Ibrahimi
Fehmi Ferati
Agron Llakaj
RTK1
TV Klan
50,000 December 15, 2008 July 30, 2012 Original format
Enkel Demi RTSH 25,000 March 7, 2014 June 6, 2014 Risk format
 Angola Quem quer ser milionário? Jorge Antunes TV Zimbo 3,000,000Kz 2009 2010 Original format
  Arab Maghreb من سيربح المليون؟
Man Sayarbah Al-malyoon
Rachid El Ouali Nessma TV 500,000 August 22, 2009 September 3, 2010 Original format
Arab League Arab world من سيربح المليون؟
Man Sayarbah Al-malyoon
George Kurdahi MBC 1 SR1,000,000 November 27, 2000 May 2004 Original format (with 4 lifelines)
من سيربح 2 مليون؟
Man Sayarbah 2 Malyoon
SR2,000,000 November 2005 June 2007
من سيربح المليون؟
Man Sayarbah Al-malyoon
SR1,000,000 January 12, 2010 August 3, 2010 12-question format (with 4 lifelines)
September 18, 2021 Original format (with 4 lifelines)
المليونير - الحلقة الأقوى
El milyoner - Elhalka elaqwa[1]
Mayssa Maghrebi Dubai TV Dhs1,000,000 April 17, 2013 January 12, 2014 Hot Seat format
من سيربح المليون؟
Man Sayarbah Al-malyoon[2]
George Kurdahi OSN Yahala HD SR2,000,000 October 16, 2015 April 8, 2016 Original format (with 4 lifelines)
 Argentina[3] ¿Quién quiere ser millonario? Julián Weich El Trece AR$1,000,000 May 2000 2003 Original format
Santiago del Moro Telefe AR$2,000,000 April 8, 2019 February 23, 2020 Original format (with 4 lifelines)
 Armenia Ո՞վէ ուզում դառնալ
միլիոնատեր

Ov e uzum darnal milionater
Ashot Adamyan
Mark Saghatelyan
Arman Saghatelyan
Akop Rubinyan
Avet Barseghyan
Armenia 1
Shant TV
֏5,000,000 2003 2011 Original format
(with 4th lifeline since
the first guaranteed sum)
Egor Glumov May 1, 2011 November 19, 2011
Avet Barseghyan November 20, 2011 January 4, 2015
 Australia Who Wants To Be A Millionaire? Eddie McGuire Nine Network A$1,000,000 April 18, 1999 April 3, 2006 Original format (11-question format in 1999)
February 27, 2010 March 6, 2010
January 25, 2021 May 13, 2021
A$5,000,000 October 22, 2007 November 26, 2007 16-question format
Millionaire Hot Seat A$1,000,000 April 20, 2009 Hot Seat format
(with lifelines available and
15-question Fastest Finger First)
 Austria Alles ist möglich - Die 10-Millionen Show Rainhard Fendrich ORF 1 öS10,000,000 (2000–02)
öS 500,000 (2000–02)
(Celebrity edition)

1,000,000 (2002–present)
75,000, earlier 50,000 (Celebrity edition) (2002–present)
100,000 (Junior edition) (2002–present)

January 24, 2000 January 31, 2000 Original format
Die Millionenshow Barbara Stöckl
Armin Assinger
ORF 2 May 29, 2000 Original format or Risk Format (contestant's choice)
 Azerbaijan Milyonçu - Dövlətli olmaq istərdinmi? Ilhamiyyə Rzayeva
Azer Axşam
Lider TV AZM100,000,000

10,000

August 9, 2002 2007 Original format
Kim zəngin olmaq istəyir? - Milyonların şousu DJ Fateh İctimai TV 100,000 October 3, 2021 Original format (with second
guaranteed sum chosen by
player)
 Bangladesh কে হতে চায় কোটিপতি
Ke Hotey Chay Kotipoti
Asaduzzaman Noor Desh TV 10,000,000 July 10, 2011 November 2, 2011 Original format
 Belgium Wie Wordt Multimiljonair? Walter Grootaers VTM BEF20,000,000
1,000,000
August 31, 1999 2001 Original format
Wie Wordt Euromiljonair? November 17, 2002 2006
Wie wordt Miljonair? Staf Coppens August 7, 2017 (season 1)
July 30, 2018
(season 2)
August 24, 2017 (season 1)
August 30, 2018
(season 2)
Hot Seat format
(with 5-question Fastest Finger
First and lifelines available)
 Belgium Qui sera millionnaire ? Alain Simons RTL-TVI BEF10,000,000
1,000,000
August 28, 2000
September 8, 2008
June 2005
October 13, 2008
Original format
 Brazil Quem quer ser um milionário?[4] Luciano Huck TV Globo R$1,000,000 May 6, 2017 Original format
 Bulgaria
Stani Bogat
Niki Kanchev Nova TV 100,000 lv May 12, 2001 May 30, 2014 Original format
Mikhail Bilalov BNT 1 April 1, 2018 January 26, 2020
bTV December 20, 2021[5] Original format (second guaranteed sum chosen by player)
 Cambodia[6] អ្នកនឹងក្លាយជាសេដ្ឋី
Ith Setha CTN 100,000,000 June 29, 2013 May 28, 2016 Original format
 Canada Who Wants to Be a Millionaire:
Canadian Edition
Pamela Wallin CTV CA$1,000,000 September 13, 2000 September 14, 2000 Original format
 Chile ¿Quién quiere ser millonario? Don Francisco
Sergio Lagos
Canal 13 CLP$100,000,000
CLP$65,000,000
April 2, 2001 2003 Original format
¿Quién merece ser millonario? Don Francisco CLP$120,000,000 July 2006 July 2008 Original format (with 4 lifelines)
Sergio Lagos September 2, 2010 December 30, 2010 Original format (with 4 lifelines)
¿Quién quiere ser millonario?:
Alta tensión
Diana Bolocco
Sergio Lagos
January 4, 2011 November 30, 2012 Hot Seat format
¿Quién quiere ser millonario? [7] Diana Bolocco MEGA CLP$100,000,000 October 10, 2019 Original format
 China 百万智多星
Bǎi Wàn Zhì Duō Xīng
Lǐ Fán GuiZhou TV CN¥1,000,000 September 29, 2007 April 2008 Original format
 Colombia ¿Quién quiere ser millonario? Paulo Laserna Phillips Canal Caracol $200,000,000
$210,000,000
$300,000,000
September 2, 2000 December 10, 2011 Original format
(with 4 lifelines)
RCN March 10, 2013 November 7, 2015 Original format
(with 4 lifelines as of 2015)
 Costa Rica ¿Quién quiere ser millonario? Ignacio Santos Pasamontes Teletica 25,000,000
30,000,000
February 3, 2009 September 3, 2013 Original format
(with 4 lifeline since the
first guaranteed sum)
30,000,000 April 27, 2021
 Croatia Tko želi biti milijunaš? Tarik Filipović HRT 1 1,000,000Kn March 24, 2002
September 19, 2019
June 3, 2010 Original format (Phone-a-Friend lifeline shortened from 30 to 25 seconds as of 2019)
 Czech Republic Chcete být milionářem? Vladimír Čech
Martin Preiss
Ondřej Hejma
Telka-Nova TV 10,000,000 October 16, 2000 September 4, 2005 Original format
Marek Vašut Nova March 23, 2016 September 27, 2016 Original format or
Risk format (contestant's choice)
June 21, 2017[8] August 23, 2017
Milionář Roman Šmucler TV Prima 2,000,000 February 4, 2008 June 23, 2008 Original format
(with 4th lifeline since
the second guaranteed sum)
 Denmark Hvem vil være millionær? Peter Kjær
Jes Dorph Petersen
Hans Pilgaard
Christian Degn
TV2 1,000,000Kr September 9, 1999
October 13, 2019[9]
April 30, 2017 Original format (Phone-a-Friend lifeline shortened from 30 to 25 seconds as of 2019)
Hvem vil være millionær: Alle
mod alle
Hans Pilgaard 2,000,000Kr October 12, 2009 October 19, 2009 Hot Seat format
 Ecuador ¿Quién quiere ser millonario? Alfonso Espinosa de los Monteros Ecuavisa US$25,000
US$50,000
2001
August 23, 2009
2004
November 28, 2011
Original format
¿Quién quiere ser millonario?:
Alta tensión
Estéfani Espín US$100,000 July 1, 2012 December 23, 2012 Hot Seat format
 Egypt المليونير
El Milyoner
George Kurdahi Al-hayat TV 1,000,000 LE July 20, 2012
April 24, 2013
October 29, 2012
2016
Original format and clock format
 El Salvador ¿Quién quiere ser millonario? Willie Maldonado TCS US$200,000 March 3, 2010 December 31, 2014 Original format
 Estonia Kes tahab saada miljonäriks? Hannes Võrno TV3 1,000,000 EEK September 8, 2002 December 3, 2008 Original format
 Finland Haluatko miljonääriksi? Lasse Lehtinen Nelonen 1,000,000mk
200,000
November 12, 1999 May 15, 2005 Original format
Ville Klinga MTV3 1,000,000 September 3, 2005 March 4, 2007
Jaajo Linnonmaa Nelonen January 23, 2016 October 10, 2020
 France Qui veut gagner des millions? Jean-Pierre Foucault TF1 3,000,000Fr
4,000,000Fr
1,000,000
July 3, 2000 January 1, 2016 Original format
1,000,000
Camille Combal May 13, 2019 August 16, 2019 Original format with 4 lifelines
Qui veut gagner des millions? - Á la maison 300,000 April 20, 2020 August 1, 2020 Original format with 4 lifelines and the third lifeline replaced by new lifeline "Ask Home".
 Georgia ვის უნდა ოცი ათასი?
Vis Unda (Otsi atasi?) 20000
Duta Skhirtladze Rustavi 2 20,000 September 1, 2000 2005 Original format (with 4 lifelines)
Mamuka Gamkrelidze September 23, 2009 July 26, 2011
 Germany Wer wird Millionär? Günther Jauch RTL 1,000,000 DM
1,000,000
2,000,000 (Gamblers Special - Autumn 2013)
September 3, 1999 Original format or Risk format (contestant's choice) and Clock format (Highspeed-Special only)
 Ghana Who Wants to Be Rich? Kafui Dey GTV GH₵50,000 October 4, 2009 July 8, 2012 Original format
 Greece
 Cyprus
Ποιος θέλει να γίνει εκατομμυριούχος?
Poios thélei
na gínei Ekatommyrioúchos?
Spiros Papadopoulos Mega 50,000,000
150,000
October 4, 1999 June 28, 2002 Original format
NET
ET1
150,000 November 4, 2002 May 28, 2004
Theodoris Atheridis Alpha TV 250,000 April 10, 2006 July 28, 2006 Original format (with 4th lifeline since the first guaranteed sum)
Grigoris Arnaoutoglou ANT1 100,000 February 2022 Original format
Millionaire Hot Seat Skai TV October 29, 2014 June 16, 2016 Hot Seat format
 Honduras ¿Quién quiere ser millonario? Juan Carlos Pineda Televicentro 1,000,000 L July 2, 2012 2012 Original format
 Hong Kong 百萬富翁
Baak Maan Fu Yung
Kenneth Chan ATV $1,000,000 April 29, 2001 March 20, 2005 Original format
Stephen Chan January 29, 2018[10] June 1, 2018
 Hungary Legyen Ön is milliomos! István Vágó RTL Klub 25,000,000Ft (2000)
40,000,000Ft (2000-2008)
February 29, 2000 February 29, 2008 Original format
40,000,000Ft
Sándor Fábry September 17, 2009 February 18, 2010
Sándor Friderikusz February 29, 2012 May 30, 2012
RTL II October 1, 2012 March 25, 2013
Gábor Gundel Takács TV2 50,000,000Ft January 2, 2019 February 28, 2019
Legyen Ön is milliomos! - felpörgetve Sándor Fábry RTL Klub 40,000,000Ft March 18, 2010 May 27, 2010 Hot Seat format
 Iceland Viltu vinna milljón? Þorsteinn J Stöð 2 1,000,000ISK December 26, 2000 March 17, 2005 Original format
Jónasar R. Jónssonar 5,000,000ISK
 India कौन बनेगा करोड़पति
Kaun Banega Crorepati
Amitabh Bachchan STAR Plus 10,000,000 July 3, 2000 (season 1)
August 5, 2005 (season 2)
December 31, 2001 (season 1)
December 24, 2005 (season 2)
Original format
20,000,000
Shahrukh Khan January 22, 2007 (season 3) April 19, 2007 (season 3)
Amitabh Bachchan Sony TV 50,000,000 October 11, 2010 (season 4)
August 15, 2011 (season 5)
September 7, 2012 (season 6)
December 9, 2010 (season 4)
November 17, 2011 (season 5)
January 26, 2013 (season 6)
Original format and Clock format
Hot Seat format (Hot seat only
with celebrity contestants)

Risk format (with one guaranteed sum
chosen by a player, Season 5 & Season 6)

70,000,000 September 6, 2013 (season 7)
August 18, 2014 (season 8)
August 28, 2017 (season 9)
September 3, 2018 (season 10)
August 19, 2019 (season 11)

September 28, 2020 (season 12)

December 1, 2013 (season 7)
November 16, 2014 (season 8)
November 7, 2017 (season 9)
November 26, 2018 (season 10)
November 29, 2019 (season 11)

January 22, 2021 (season 12)

16-question format and
Clock format (with 4th lifeline) (Phone-a-Friend lifeline extended from 30 to 45 seconds as of 2020)
 India നിങ്ങൾക്കും ആകാം
കോടീശ്വരൻ

Ningalkkum Aakaam Kodeeshwaran
Suresh Gopi Asianet
Mazhavil Manorama
10,000,000 April 9, 2012
November 11, 2019
July 6, 2017 Original format and clock format
 India நீங்களும் வெல்லலாம்
ஒரு கோடி

Neengalum Vellalam Oru Kodi
Suriya (season 1)
Prakash Raj (season 2)
Arvind Swamy (season 3)
Star Vijay February 27, 2012 November 19, 2016 Original format and clock format
கோடீஸ்வரி
Kodeeswari
Raadhika Sarathkumar Colors Tamil December 23, 2019 February 14, 2020 Original format and clock format
(only women contestants)
 India మీలో ఎవరు కోటీశ్వరుడు
Meelo Evaru Koteeswarudu
Nagarjuna (Seasons 1–3)
Chiranjeevi (season 4)
Star Maa June 9, 2014 (season 1)
8 December, 2014 (season 2)
27 November, 2015 (season 3)
13 February, 2017 (season 4)
14 August, 2014 (season 1)
27 February, 2015 (season 2)
22 May, 2016 (season 3)
24 May, 2017 (season 4)
Original format and clock format
ఎవరు మీలో కోటీశ్వరులు
Evaru Meelo Koteeswarulu
N. T. Rama Rao Jr. Gemini TV 22 August, 2021
 India ಕನ್ನಡದ ಕೋಟ್ಯಾಧಿಪತಿ
Kannadada Kotyadhipati
Puneeth Rajkumar † (Seasons 1–2 and 4)

Ramesh Aravind (season 3)

Star Suvarna
Colors Kannada
March 12, 2012
March 11, 2013
June 25, 2018[11]
June 22, 2019
July 28, 2012 (season 1)
July 27, 2013 (season 2)
September 21, 2018 (season 3)
November 17, 2019 (season 4)
Original format and clock format
 India कोण होईल मराठी करोडपती
Kon Hoeel Marathi Crorepati
Sachin Khedekar[12] ETV Marathi May 8, 2013 January 4, 2017 Original format and clock format
कोण होणार करोडपती
Kon Honaar Crorepati
Nagraj Manjule Sony Marathi May 27, 2019
 India কে হবে বাংলার কোটিপতি
Ke Hobe Banglar Kotipoti
Sourav Ganguly Mahuaa Bangla June 4, 2011
July 16, 2018
2012
August 31, 2018
Original format and clock format
Prosenjit Chatterjee Colors Bangla
 India के बनी क्रोरेपती
Ke Bani Crorepati
Shatrughan Sinha Mahuaa TV June 6, 2011 August 12, 2011 Original format and clock format
 India کُس بانِ كٲشُر کرورپٔتی
Kus Bani Kashur Karorpaet
Rayees Mohiuddin DD Kashir April 29, 2019 July 6, 2019 Original format and clock format
 Indonesia Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Tantowi Yahya RCTI Rp.1,000,000,000 August 4, 2001 July 30, 2006 Original format
Super Milyarder 3 Milyar Dian Sastrowardoyo ANTV Rp.3,000,000,000 September 24, 2006 January 21, 2007 Original format
(with 4th lifeline since the
first guaranteed sum)
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Hot Seat
Ferdy Hasan RCTI Rp.500,000,000 September 13, 2010 October 31, 2010 Hot Seat format
 Iran برنده باش
Barande Bash (unlicensed)
Mohammad Reza Golzar IRIB TV3 IRR 2,000,000,000
IRR 200,000,000
IRR 100,000,000
August 19, 2018 April 19, 2019 Original format
 Ireland Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Gay Byrne RTÉ One IR£1,000,000 (2000–02)
1,000,000 (2002)
October 17, 2000 March 29, 2002 Original format
 Israel ?מי רוצה להיות מיליונר
Mi rotseh lehiyot milyoner?
Yoram Arbel Channel 2 1,000,000 November 18, 1999 October 31, 2003 Original format
Channel 10 May 3, 2006 April 30, 2007 Original format (with 4th lifeline
since the first guaranteed
sum, but a contestant can
only use 3 of the 4 different
lifelines)
Erez Tal Channel 12 July 16, 2020[13][14][15] Original format (with 30-second time limit on the first 5 questions)
 Italy Chi vuol essere miliardario? Gerry Scotti Canale 5 1,000,000,000 May 24, 2000 November 4, 2001 Original format

Risk format (2009-2011)

Chi vuol essere milionario? 1,000,000 January 13, 2002 July 29, 2011
December 7, 2018 Original format (with second
guaranteed sum chosen by
player and 4 lifelines)
Chi vuol essere milionario?
– Edizione Straordinaria
December 15, 2008 March 29, 2009 Hot Seat format
 Ivory Coast Qui veut gagner des millions? Bamba Bakary
Yves Zogbo Jr.
RTI 30,000,000 CFA October 8, 2010 September 7, 2013 Original format
 Japan クイズ$ミリオネア
Kuizu $ Mirionea
Monta Mino Fuji TV ¥10,000,000 (original)
¥20,000,000; ¥30,000,000 (Super Millionaire)
¥1,000,000 (Junior edition)
April 20, 2000 January 2, 2013 Original format, later Clock format,
then back to Original format.
 Kazakhstan Миллион кiмге бұйырады?
Mïllïon kimge buyıradı?
Eskender Serkebayev El Arna (Khabar-2) 5,000,000 September 2004 September 30, 2006 Original format
Dosymbek Otegaliev Khabar 10,000,000 September 15, 2018 July 27, 2019
 Kazakhstan Кто возьмёт миллион?
Kto vozmyot million?
Eugene Zhumanov 5,000,000 May 19, 2001 June 26, 2004 Original format
Serik Akishev El Arna (Khabar-2) 5,000,000 September 2004 September 29, 2006
Khabar 10,000,000 September 16, 2017 June 27, 2018
 Kenya Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Fayyaz Qureshi KTN 5,000,000Ksh October 13, 2000 2000s Original format
 Kurdistan Miliyonêr Ciwan Haco Kanal4 100,000,000IQD November 2009 2011 Original format
(with 4 guaranteed sums,
each after 3 questions)
 Kyrgyzstan Миллионер болгуң келеби?
Millioner bolgung kelebi?
KTRK 3,000,000 som
1,000,000 som
September 4, 2016 November 25, 2018 Original format
 Latvia Gribi būt miljonārs? Mārtiņš Ķibilds
Ģirts Līcis
TV3 50,000 Ls.
10,000 Ls. (2002–2003)
September 4, 2002 2008 Original format
 Lithuania Kas laimės milijoną? Henrikas Vaitiekūnas
Vytautas Kernagis
TV3 Lt.1,000,000 May 16, 2002 August 18, 2005 Original format
 Malaysia Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Jalaluddin Hassan NTV7 RM1,000,000 June 5, 2000[16] November 2001 Original format
 Malaysia 百万富翁
Bai Wan Fu Weng
Victor Gu November 2001 May 2003 Original format
 Mauritius[17] Qui veut gagner des millions? Sandra Mayotte MBC Rs.1,000,000 August 11, 2018 Original format
 Mexico ¿Quién quiere ser millonario? Pablo Latapí Ortega TV Azteca MX$3,000,000
MX$1,500,000
March 23, 2010 June 23, 2012 Original format
 Moldova Vrei să fii milionar?[18] Dan Negru Prime TV MDL1,000,000 December 4, 2011 July 29, 2012 Original format
 Mongolia Монголын саятан тв-шоу
Mongolin Sayatan TV-Show (unlicensed)
R. Nyambayar Edutainment TV 1,000,000 July 2010 2010 12-question format and
Clock format
5,000,000 2011 2012 Original format
   Nepal Ko Banchha Crorepati[19] Rajesh Hamal AP1 TV NRs.10,000,000 February 2, 2019 June 3, 2019 Original format
 Netherlands (Lotto) Weekend Miljonairs Robert ten Brink SBS 6
RTL 4
ƒ1,000,000
1,000,000
February 6, 1999 May 24, 2008 Original format
Lotto Weekend Miljonairs Jeroen van der Boom SBS 6 1,000,000 March 12, 2011 October 15, 2011 12-question format and Clock format
(with 4th lifeline since
the second guaranteed sum)
BankGiro Miljonairs Robert ten Brink RTL 4 1,000,000 May 25, 2019 March 6, 2021 Original format (Phone-a-Friend lifeline shortened from 30 to 25 seconds as of 2019)
VriendenLoterij Miljonairs August 28, 2021
 New Zealand Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
New Zealand
Mike Hosking TV One NZ$1,000,000 September 9, 2008 November 11, 2008 Original format
(with 4th lifeline since the
second guaranteed sum)
 Nigeria Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Frank Edoho NTA, Silverbird TV 10,000,000 October 8, 2004 June 25, 2017[20] Original format
TBA 20,000,000 TBA TBA
 North Macedonia Кој сака да биде милионер?
Koj saka da bide milioner?
Sašo Macanovski Trendo A1 3,000,000MKD
4,000,000MKD
March 25, 2004 November 2009 Original format
 Norway Vil du bli millionær? Arve Juritzen
Frithjof Wilborn
TV2 2,000,000Kr January 10, 2000 2009 Original format
Vil du bli millionær? Hot Seat January 4, 2010 October 21, 2011 Hot Seat format
 Pakistan Kya Aap Banaingay Crorepati? Moin Akhtar ARY Digital 10,000,000 2002 2004 Original format
 Panama ¿Quién quiere ser millonario? Atenógenes Rodríguez Telemetro US$100,000 July 9, 2009 December 29, 2011 Original format
 Peru ¿Quién quiere ser millonario? Guido Lombardi Red Global S/.1,000,000 2001 2002 Original format
 Philippines Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Christopher de Leon Viva Television

IBC

2,000,000 November 20, 2000 December 14, 2002 Original format
Vic Sotto TV5 May 23, 2009
May 15, 2011
July 1, 2012
September 15, 2013
May 10, 2015
October 2, 2010
February 26, 2012
October 7, 2012
January 11, 2015
November 22, 2015
Original format and
Risk format
(with 4th lifeline)
 Poland Milionerzy Hubert Urbański TVN 1,000,000 September 3, 1999 January 26, 2003 Original format
January 19, 2008 December 19, 2010 12-question format and Risk format
February 9, 2017 12-question format
 Portugal Quem quer ser milionário? Carlos Cruz RTP 1 50,000,000$00 January 24, 2000 May 2000 Original format
Maria Elisa Domingues September 2000 January 2001
Diogo Infante January 2001 April 2001
Jorge Gabriel 250,000 € September 29, 2003 January 11, 2005
January 21, 2008 June 6, 2008
Manuela Moura Guedes 100,000 € September 23, 2013 April 24, 2015
Quem quer ser milionário?
Alta Pressão
José Carlos Malato July 5, 2010 September 16, 2011 Hot Seat format
April 28, 2015 December 30, 2015
Filomena Cautela 50,000 June 20, 2020 Hot Seat format (with 3-question Fastest Finger First and lifelines available)
 Romania Vrei să fii miliardar? Virgil Ianțu Prima TV 1,000,000,000 lei September 8, 2000 July 1, 2003 Original format
Vrei să fii milionar? Kanal D 1,000,000 lei August 24, 2011 November 29, 2012 Original format (with 4th lifeline
after the second guaranteed sum)
Prima TV March 22, 2014 June 15, 2014 Original format (with 4th lifeline
after the second guaranteed sum)
Teo Trandafir Kanal D November 5, 2018 July 22, 2019 Original format (with 4th lifeline
after the second guaranteed sum)
 Russia О, счастливчик!
O, schastlivchik!
Dimitry Dibrov NTV 1,000,000 October 1, 1999 January 27, 2001 Original format
Кто хочет стать
миллионером?

Kto khochet stat' millionerom?
(Mariya Kiselyova (women Christmas—
participants−day°2002)
Maxim Galkin
Channel One (formerly ORT) February 19, 2001 August 13, 2005
3,000,000 September 17, 2005 September 13, 2008 Original format
(with 4th lifeline and one
guaranteed sum on the 5th question)
Dimitry Dibrov December 27, 2008 August 14, 2010 Original format
September 4, 2010 November 24, 2018 Risk format
(with one guaranteed sum
chosen by a player)
December 1, 2018 December 2021 Risk format
(with one guaranteed sum
chosen by a player and 5 lifelines, 4 of which are
available to be used)
2022 Original format (with second guaranteed sum chosen by player and 5 lifelines, 4 of which are
available to be used)
 Serbia
 Montenegro
Želite li da postanete milioner? Ivan Zeljković BKTV 3,000,000 RSD May 6, 2002 April 24, 2006 Original format
(with 4th lifeline after the
first guaranteed sum)
B92
Prva (formerly Fox)
5,000,000 RSD April 9, 2007
March 23, 2010
June 22, 2009
July 9, 2011
 Singapore Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Mark Van Cuylenburg Channel 5 S$1,000,000 April 19, 2000 2004 Original format
 Singapore 百万大赢家
Bai wan da ying jia
Chao (Timothy) Qitai Channel 8 August 16, 2000
 Slovakia Milionár Martin Nikodým Markíza 1,000,000Sk
5,000,000Sk
September 15, 2000 October 4, 2006 Original format
Jednotka April 12, 2007 June 28, 2007 Original format (with 4th lifeline since the first guaranteed sum)
Iveta Malachovská 10,000,000Sk October 4, 2007 March 26, 2008
 Slovenia Lepo je biti milijonar? - Kviz z jonasom Jonas Žnidaršič POP TV 10,000,000SIT March 6, 2000 June 2002 Original format (As of 2019 with 4 lifelines, but a contestant can only use 3 of the 4 different lifelines)
Lepo je biti milijonar? Boštjan Romih 15,000,000SIT February 22, 2003 May 27, 2005
Milijonar Jonas Žnidaršič TV SLO 1 100,000 March 1, 2007 January 1, 2008

Jure Godler
Planet TV March 4, 2019
 South Africa Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Jeremy Maggs M-NET R1,000,000 November 7, 1999 2005 Original format
 South Africa Wie Word 'n Miljoenêr? kykNET October 27, 2021
 South Korea 퀴즈쇼 밀리어네어
Kwijeusyo Millieoneeo
Kim Kap-soo tvN 500,000,000 May 26, 2013 June 2, 2013 Clock format
 Spain ¿Quiere ser millonario? 50
por 15
Carlos Sobera Telecinco 50,000,000 April 17, 1999 December 2001 Original format
¿Quién quiere ser millonario? Carlos Sobera
Antonio Garrido
Antena 3 1,000,000 July 25, 2005 July 10, 2009
Juanra Bonet January 22, 2020
¿Quién quiere ser el millonario?[21] Nuria Roca laSexta 100,000 February 15, 2012 July 31, 2012 Hot Seat format
 Sri Lanka ඔබ ද ලක්ෂපති මමද ලක්ෂපති
Obada Lakshapathi Mamada Lakshapathi
Lucky Dias (2010 only)
Chandana Suriyabandara
Sirasa TV Rs.2,000,000 September 18, 2010 June 6, 2021 Original format
සිරස ලක්ෂපතිSirasa Lakshapathi Chandana Suriyabandara Rs.3,000,000 August 7, 2021
 Sri Lanka உங்களில் யார் மகா இலட்சாதிபதி
Ungali Yaar Maha Lakhshadhipathi
Abarna Suthan Shakthi TV Rs.2,000,000 May 2011 July 2015 Original format
Balendran Kandeepan (2012 only)
 Sri Lanka Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Riyaz Shah Jahan TV1 May 12, 2012 May 6, 2013 Original format
 Sweden Vem vill bli miljonär? Bengt Magnusson TV4 10,000,000Kr
3,000,000Kr
January 21, 2000 June 2003 Original format
Postkodmiljonären Rickard Sjöberg 1,000,000kr August 26, 2005 Original format or Risk format (contestant's choice)
  Switzerland Wer wird Millionär? René Rindlisbacher TV3 1,000,000 CHF March 27, 2000 December 3, 2001 Original format
Claudio Zuccolini 3+ November 29, 2011 December 13, 2011 Original format or Risk format (contestant's choice)
 Taiwan 超級大富翁
Chao ji da fu weng (unlicensed)
Hsie Zhen-wu TTV NT$1,000,000 May 29, 2000 February 18, 2006 Original format
 Thailand เกมเศรษฐี
Kemsetthi (unlicensed)
Traiphop Limpapath TV3 ฿1,000,000 March 4, 2000 March 28, 2004 16-question format
ITV
April 1, 2004 January 14, 2008 16-question format
12-question format
 Turkey Kim 500 Milyar İster? Kenan Işık Show TV
Kanal D
500,000,000,000 TL March 7, 2000 May 2004 Original format
Kim 500 Bin İster? Kenan Işık
Haluk Bilginer
Show TV 500,000 YTL 2005 2007
Kim Bir Milyon İster? Kenan Işık Star TV 1,000,000 YTL February 1, 2008 2009 16-question format
(with 4th lifeline since
the second guaranteed sum)
Kim Milyoner Olmak İster?[22] Kenan Işık
Selçuk Yöntem
Murat Yıldırım
Kenan İmirzalıoğlu
ATV 1,000,000 August 2, 2011 12-question format and
Clock format

(with 4th lifeline since
the second guaranteed sum)
 Uganda Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Alan Kasujja NTV USh25,000,000 January 31, 2011 February 20, 2012 Original format
 Ukraine Хто хоче стати мiльйонером?
Перший мільйон

Khto khoche staty mil'yonerom?
Pershy milyon
Danylo Yanevskiy
Anatoly Borsiuk
Ostap Stupka
1+1 1,000,000 November 10, 2000 December 17, 2005 Original format
Мільйонер - Гаряче крісло
Mil'yoner - Garyache Krislo
Volodymyr Zelensky Inter February 15, 2011 August 13, 2011 Hot Seat format
Хто хоче стати мiльйонером?
Khto khoche staty mil'yonerom?[23]
ICTV November 29, 2021 Original format
 United Kingdom
(original)
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Chris Tarrant ITV £1,000,000 September 4, 1998 February 11, 2014 Original format
12-question format
(2007–2014) &
Clock format (2010–2014)
Jeremy Clarkson[24] May 5, 2018 Original format (second guaranteed sum chosen by player, 4th lifeline: Ask the Host)[25]
 United States Who Wants to Be a Millionaire Regis Philbin ABC US$1,000,000 August 16, 1999 June 27, 2002 Original format
August 9, 2009 August 23, 2009 Original format &
Clock format
Meredith Vieira (2002–2013)
Cedric the Entertainer (2013–2014)
Terry Crews (2014–2015)
Chris Harrison (2015–2019)
Television syndication September 16, 2002 June 25, 2010
September 13, 2010 May 31, 2019 Shuffle format (2010–2015)
Original format with 14 questions (2015–2019)
Jimmy Kimmel ABC April 8, 2020 Original format with the lifeline Ask the Host replaces Ask the Audience; after 10th question any lifeline is available to be switched for a lifeline similar to Plus One.
Who Wants to Be a Super Millionaire Regis Philbin ABC US$10,000,000 February 22, 2004 May 25, 2004 Original format with lifelines of Three Wise Men and Double Dip available after 10th question
 Uruguay ¿Quién quiere ser millonario? Andrés Tulipano Teledoce US$40,000 July 2001 2001 Original format
Orlando Petinatti Canal 10 $1.500.000 April 29, 2021
 Venezuela ¿Quién quiere ser millonario? Eladio Lárez RCTV Bs.F100,000,000
Bs.F200,000,000
Bs.F200,000
August 23, 2000 January 20, 2010 Risk format
Televen Bs.F250,000
Bs.F300,000
Bs.F400,000
Bs.F500,000
Bs.F2,000,000
May 8, 2011
March 4, 2012
November 27, 2011
April 2, 2017
 Vietnam Ai là triệu phú Lại Văn Sâm (2005–2017)
Phan Đăng (2018–2020)
Đinh Tiến Dũng (Cù Trọng Xoay) (2021–present)
VTV3 50,000,000
100,000,000
120,000,000
150,000,000
January 4, 2005 Original format
(with 4th lifeline since the first guaranteed sum, which is Three of the Audience (2008–2020) or Ask Two Experts (2020–present))
Ai Là Triệu Phú - Ghế nóng Lại Văn Sâm 120,000,000 September 7, 2010 June 28, 2011 Hot Seat format

"Is that your Final answer?" catchphrases[]

The Millionaire franchise's catchphrase is "Is that your final answer?" (more commonly said by some versions' hosts as "Final answer?", "Chris' Final Answer" or simply "Final?"), a question derived from a rule requirement that the players must clearly indicate their choices before being made official (since the nature of the game allows the player to think aloud about the options before committing to an answer). As a side effect, once a final answer has been given, it cannot be changed. Many parodies of the game show capitalised on this phrase. However, not every version has taken over such a catchphrase so that the answer is stated rather informally in that case.

Players can prevent the host from asking this question, by stating themselves "final answer" or some variant after they declare their choice.

Another hallmark of the show is using dramatic pauses before the host acknowledges whether or not the answer was correct. Occasionally, on some versions, if it is time to go for a commercial break, the host will take the final answer but not announce if it is correct until after the break.

Country Host Question Translation
  Arab Maghreb Rachid El Ouali اللي ليها ليها؟
Elli leeha leeha?
What did happen to happen?
Arab League Arab World George Kurdahi جواب نهائي؟
Jawab Nihaeyy?
Final answer?
Maysa Maghrebi نثبت؟
Nthabbet?
Fix it?
Argentina Julián Weich ¿Respuesta final? Final answer?
Santiago del Moro ¿Ultima palabra? Final word?
Armenia Avet Barseghyan Սա Ձեր վերջնակա՞ն պատասխանն է:
Sa Dzer verjnaka n pataskhann e
Is that your final answer?
Australia Australia Eddie McGuire Lock it in? N/A
Austria Austria Rainhard Fendrich
Barbara Stöckl
Armin Assinger
Ist das deine endgültige Antwort? Is this your Final Answer?
Azerbaijan Azerbaijan Ilhamiye Rzayeva
Azer Akhsham
DJ Fateh
Son qərarnızdır? Is this your final decision?
Belgium Belgium Walter Grootaers
Staf Coppens
Is dit je definitieve antwoord? Is this your definitive answer?
Alain Simons C'est votre dernier mot? Is that your final word?
Brazil Brazil Luciano Huck Por sua conta e risco, Resposta final? At your own risk, Final answer?
Bulgaria Bulgaria Niki Kanchev
Mikhail Bilalov
Това ли е твоят окончателен отговор?
Tova li e tvoyat okonchatelen otgovor?
Is that your final answer?
Chile Chile Don Francisco
Sergio Lagos
Diana Bolocco
¿Respuesta definitiva? Definitive answer?
China China Li Fan 确定吗?
Que ding ma?
Are you sure to the answer?
Colombia Colombia Paulo Laserna Phillips ¿Última palabra? Final word?
Costa Rica Costa Rica Ignacio Santos ¿Respuesta definitiva? Definitive answer?
Croatia Croatia Tarik Filipović Je li to Vaš konačni odgovor? Is that your final answer?
Czech Republic Czech Republic Vladimír Čech
Martin Preiss
Ondřej Hejma
Roman Šmucler
Marek Vašut
Je to vaše poslední slovo? Is that your final word?
Denmark Denmark Peter Kjær Er det dit endelige svar? Is that your final answer?
Jes Dorph Petersen
Hans Pilgaard
Ecuador Ecuador Alfonso Espinosa de los Monteros ¿Última palabra? Final word?
Estéfani Espín
El Salvador El Salvador Willie Maldonado ¿Respuesta definitiva? Definitive answer?
Finland Finland Lasse Lehtinen
Ville Klinga
Jaajo Linnonmaa
Lukitaanko vastaus? Shall we lock the answer?
France France Jean-Pierre Foucault C'est votre dernier mot ? Is that your final word?
Camille Combal
Hong Kong Hong Kong Kenneth Chan 最後答案?
Zeoi hau daap ngon?
Final answer?
Stephen Chan
Hungary Hungary István Vágó
Sándor Fabry
Sándor Friderikusz
Gábor Gundel Takács
Végleges? Megjelöljük? Final? Shall we mark it?
Iceland Iceland Þorsteinn J Loka svar? Final answer?
India India Amitabh Bachchan लॉक किया जाए?
Lock kiya jaye?
Lock it?
Confirm? N/A
Shah Rukh Khan फ्रिज़ करें?
Freeze kare?
Freeze it?
Nagarjuna

Chiranjeevi

Lock cheseyana? Shall I lock it?
Prakash Raj Lock panallama? Shall we lock it?
Suresh Gopi Lock cheyyam? Let's lock?
Puneeth Rajkumar Lock maadoda? Can it be locked?
Iran Iran Mohammad Reza Golzar انتخاب آخر شماست؟
Entekhabe akhare shomast?
Is that your final choose?
Israel Israel Yoram Arbel ?סופי
Sofi?
Finally?
Italy Italy Gerry Scotti È la tua risposta definitiva? L'accendiamo? Is that your definitive answer? Shall we light it up?
Japan Japan Monta Mino ファイナルアンサー?
Fainaruansā?
Final answer?
Malaysia Malaysia Jalaluddin Hassan Jawapan muktamad? Definitive answer?
Mexico Mexico Pablo Latapí Ortega ¿Decisión absoluta? Absolute decision?
New Zealand New Zealand Mike Hosking Lock it in? N/A
Panama Panama Atenogenes Rodriguez ¿Respuesta definitiva? Definitive answer?
Philippines Philippines Christopher de Leon
Vic Sotto
No direct translation. Uses the English catchphrase. N/A
Poland Poland Hubert Urbański Ostatecznie? Definitywnie? Czy to jest twoja ostateczna odpowiedź? Finally? Definitely? Is that your final answer?
Portugal Portugal Jorge Gabriel Quer que bloqueie? Shall I lock?
Manuela Moura Guedes
Romania Romania Virgil Ianțu Răspuns final? Final answer?
Russia Russia Dmitry Dibrov Это ваш окончательный ответ?
Eto vash okonchatel'nyy otvet
This is your final answer?
Maxim Galkin
Slovakia Slovakia Martin Nikodým
Iveta Malachovská
Označujeme? Je to vaše posledné slovo? Mark it? Is that your final word?
Slovenia Slovenia Jonas Žnidaršič Je to vaš zadnji odgovor? Is that your final answer?
Spain Spain Carlos Sobera ¿La marcamos? ¿Respuesta final? Shall we mark it? Final answer?
Sri Lanka Sri Lanka Lucky Dias
Chandana Suriyabandara
අවසන් පිළිතුර? Final answer?
Sweden Sweden Bengt Magnusson
Rikard Sjöberg
Är det ditt slutgiltiga svar? Is that your final answer?
Switzerland Switzerland René Rindlisbacher
Claudio Zuccolini
Definitiv? Definitive?
Taiwan Taiwan Hsieh Chen-wu 確定? Are you sure?
Turkey Turkey Kenan Işık
Haluk Bilginer
Selçuk Yöntem
Murat Yıldırım
Son kararınız mı? Your final decision?
Venezuela Venezuela Eladio Lárez ¿Respuesta definitiva? Definitive answer?
Vietnam Vietnam Lại Văn Sâm
Phan Đăng
Đinh Tiến Dũng
Câu trả lời cuối cùng của bạn là? Your final answer is?

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