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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (Nigerian game show)

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Created by
  
Tenn-Speed TV Pictures

Presented by
  
Frank Edoho

Original network
  
NTA

Genre
  
Game show

Directed by
  
Darien Amos

Country of origin
  
Nigeria

First episode date
  
8 October 2004

Language
  
English

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (Nigerian game show) httpslh3googleusercontentcom97r5HZ7WT2YAAA

Original release
  
8 October 2004 – present

Awards
  
Nigerian Broadcasters Merit Award for Best Use of Branded Content (TV only)

Similar
  
Project Fame West Africa, Game show, Millionaire Hot Seat, Who Wants to Be a Millionair, Nigeria's Got Talent

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Who wants to be a millionaire? is a Nigerian game show based on the original British format of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, and produced locally by Darien Amos under his banner Tenn-Speed TV Pictures (previously known as African-Indian Productions). It first aired on 8 October 2004.

Contents

Lifelines

Three lifelines were presented at the beginning of the game in order to aid contestants:

  • 50/50: The computer eliminates two random wrong options, leaving the right option and the other remaining wrong option.
  • Phone a Friend: The contestant calls one of their five prearranged friends, who provided their phone numbers in advance. The contestant has 30 seconds to read the question and four possible options to the friend, who then has the remaining time to offer input.
  • Ask the Audience: Audience members use touch pads to designate what they believe the correct option to be. The percentage of the audience choosing each specific option is displayed to the contestant.

    • Top prize winners

  • Osazuwa Osahon Daniels - 5 million Naira (Year 2009)
  • Aroma Ufodike Chimuanya - 10 million Naira (Year 2009)
  • Babatunde Oni Oladipo - 5 million Naira (Year 2010)
  • Nnaemeka Ubaekwena - 5 million Naira (Year 2012)
  • Winifred E. Karieren - 5 million Naira [First female to win 5 million] (Year 2012)
  • Sammy Abraham - 5 million Naira (Year 2013)
  • Olalowo Olatokun - 5 million Naira (Year 2014)

    • Final question right

    On September 11, 2009, a contestant called Aroma Ufodike became the first person to win the ₦10,000,000, and currently, he is the only one who won the top prize of this game show. One of the questions related to celebrated Nigerian football referee Linus Mbah. Just like in Slumdog Millionaire Mr. Ufodike was able to answer the question from his personal experience. Ironically Mr. Mbah lived in the apartment above him or, as Mr. Ufodike put it - "He lives on top of me!"

    Final question wrong

    A contestant called Chukwuma Eze provided the wrong answer for the final ₦10,000,000 question where he competed on WWTBAM in March 6, 2016. He asked the audience and decided to go with the most popular answer, which was wrong. He lost ₦4,750,000 and walked away with ₦250,000.

    Table of prizes

    The payout structure is as below.

    References

    Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (Nigerian game show) Wikipedia
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