Qui sera millionnaire?
Belgian television quiz show
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Qui sera millionnaire? (English: Who Will Be a Millionaire?) is the French-language Belgian adaptation of the original British format Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. Hosted by Alain Simons, it aired on RTL-TVI from 28 August 2000 to June 2005, and from September to October 2008.
Mike Whitehill
Steven Knight
| Qui sera millionnaire? | |
|---|---|
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| Genre | Quiz show |
| Created by | David Briggs Mike Whitehill Steven Knight |
| Based on | Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? |
| Presented by | Alain Simons |
| Theme music composer | Keith Strachan Matthew Strachan Ramon Covalo Nick Magnus (2008) |
| Country of origin | Belgium |
| Original language | French |
| Production | |
| Running time | 52 minutes |
| Original release | |
| Network | RTL-TVI |
| Release | 28 August 2000 – June 2005 |
| Release | 8 September – 13 October 2008 |
Money tree
| Payout structure[1] | ||
|---|---|---|
| Question number |
Question value | |
| 2000–2001 | 2002–2005 2008 | |
| 15 | 10,000,000 BEF (€247,894) | €1,000,000 |
| 14 | 5,000,000 BEF (€123,947) | €125,000 |
| 13 | 3,000,000 BEF (€74,368) | €75,000 |
| 12 | 2,000,000 BEF (€49,579) | €50,000 |
| 11 | 1,000,000 BEF (€24,789) | €25,000 |
| 10 | 500,000 BEF (€12,395) | €12,500 |
| 9 | 300,000 BEF (€7,437) | €8,000 |
| 8 | 150,000 BEF (€3,718) | €4,000 |
| 7 | 80,000 BEF (€1,983) | €2,000 |
| 6 | 40,000 BEF (€992) | €1,000 |
| 5 | 20,000 BEF (€496) | €500 |
| 4 | 10,000 BEF (€248) | €250 |
| 3 | 5,000 BEF (€124) | €125 |
| 2 | 2,000 BEF (€50) | €50 |
| 1 | 1,000 BEF (€25) | €25 |
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History
The show began with a jackpot of 10 million Belgian francs. Only one contestant, Katia Savignano on 4 June 2001, won the jackpot in the entire history of the show.[2] Starting from 31 December 2001, the jackpot became €1,000,000, roughly four times as much as before.[3] The series reached peaks of 700,000 viewers, a 40% market share.[4]
In June 2005, it was announced that the show would not return for autumn, having already been put earlier in the schedule due to the success of Lost.[5] It remained off air until it was announced in July 2008 that it would return.[4] Running from 8 September to 13 October, it received an average audience of 379,000 (21.7% market share).[6]