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Post by TruelyMostWanted on Jun 4, 2018 14:52:30 GMT -5
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Post by TruelyMostWanted on Jun 4, 2018 16:06:48 GMT -5
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Post by millionairenut on Jun 4, 2018 23:03:59 GMT -5
This is very encouraging and uplifting. I love it how 20 years later, this show continues to run in several different countries and continues to produce top prize winners.
I learned some things, such as what the Godfather means in another language, plus that final question. I will admit I don't know precisely what the final question was, though I certainly have an idea.
The Russians should take note. That is how you celebrate a top prize winner. Of course, I doubt anything will ever be as crazy as Aroma winning the top prize in Nigeria, but go look up the video of when Russia had its first top prize winner in 2001. Then go watch this video. There was confetti, there was loud cheering, a standing ovation. Plus I love how the Austrians kept the original music bed as well.
When you look at the 20th Anniversary in Britain being a success, and then this, 2018 has been a pretty good year for Millionaire, wouldn't you think?
Congratulations to the winner. It seems like he was a comedian who could crack jokes. Let's continue to see more top prize winners in the future.
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Post by TruelyMostWanted on Jun 5, 2018 8:23:18 GMT -5
i think the question translated equals: "Who received a nobel prize in a city which was called Kristiania thesedays?" And yeah  As far as i'm concerned we in Germany (plus Austria) are the only ones who use firework when the million gets won. Austria produces like the German version in Cologne, Germany in the same studio ^^ the only difference are the host, some moneyvalues and the colors of the studio ^^ |
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Post by TruelyMostWanted on Jun 5, 2018 8:25:19 GMT -5
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Post by millionairenut on Jun 5, 2018 8:49:53 GMT -5
i think the question translated equals: "Who received a nobel prize in a city which was called Kristiania thesedays?" And yeah As far as i'm concerned we in Germany (plus Austria) are the only ones who use firework when the million gets won. Austria produces like the German version in Cologne, Germany in the same studio ^^ the only difference are the host, some moneyvalues and the colors of the studio ^^ First of all, thank you for uploading these. Second, I knew it obviously had something to do with the Nobel Peace Prize and especially with Kristiana in there, since that is the former name of Oslo, which hands out the Nobel Peace Prize. The other Nobel Prizes are handed out in Stockholm. Anyway, this is a question which potentially could have thrown a lot of people off with the way it was phrased. All four of these choices were Nobel laureates. Two of them won for Peace. Bertha Von Suttner won one and Albert Schweitzer won it, too. However, Schweitzer won his in the 1950s, which was after the name change to Oslo. That's a question you would have to be very careful on. You would have to know a number of things in order to get this question right. You'd have to know where the Nobel Prizes are given out. You'd have to know who won what prize and when they won it, and you would have to know what Kristiania was and when it was changed to Oslo. |
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Post by realdeo on Jun 5, 2018 11:36:05 GMT -5
In his run, I notice that he had a disabled ?? lifeline. What is it? Is this the risk millionaire where you can get a fourth lifeline for the second safe haven?
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Post by Gagamillionaire on Jun 5, 2018 12:51:34 GMT -5
In his run, I notice that he had a disabled ?? lifeline. What is it? Is this the risk millionaire where you can get a fourth lifeline for the second safe haven? Yep, it's the symbol they use for Double Dip. |
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Post by TruelyMostWanted on Jun 5, 2018 17:19:46 GMT -5
realdeoIn both the German and the Austrian Version you can choose how youd like to play Classic - 3 Lifelines - 50:50, PAF, AtA - Thresholds at Q5 & Q10 Risk - 4 Lifelines - 50:50, PAF, AtA, DoubleDip - Threshold at Q5 (in the German Version you have "Ask An Audience Member" instead of Double Dip)
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Post by millionairenut on Jun 5, 2018 22:36:20 GMT -5
I see a resemblance to the Japanese version in Austrian Millionaire. The show has its own announcer/narrator, like Japan. It's interesting how the fastest finger contestants are introduced not by the host but by the announcer. That is actually the first time I have ever seen that happen in any edition of the franchise.
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Post by TruelyMostWanted on Jun 6, 2018 10:03:19 GMT -5
They introduce them this way since 2011? i'm not sure, but yeah.
i like it this way, since its not only the 3sec Name + City/State.
This way you get around 8-10sec to get to know 1-2facts about the contestant.
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Post by TruelyMostWanted on Jun 6, 2018 10:07:13 GMT -5
Well in both our german version "Wer Wird Millionär?" and austrian version "Die Millionenshow" they do it like this.
No matter how the show starts, the announcer introduces them.
If its a new show without a returning contestant
Opening -> Contestant Presentation (Announcer) -> Host Walks In -> ....
with a returning contestant
Opening -> Contestant & Host Walk In -> Continue Game -> Game ends -> Contestants Leaves Studio -> Contestant Presentation (Announcer) -> ....
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Post by ThePaSch on Jun 9, 2018 18:44:53 GMT -5
That is actually the first time I have ever seen that happen in any edition of the franchise. The German and Austrian versions are produced by the same company at the same location in the same studio. As such, they both usually change in the same ways at the same time. Both the German and the Austrian versions have had their own announcer, responsible for introducing the contestants and opening the shows, ever since the number of FFF contestants was cut down from 10 to 5 some time in 2010. |
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Post by millionairenut on Jun 10, 2018 12:11:23 GMT -5
That is actually the first time I have ever seen that happen in any edition of the franchise. The German and Austrian versions are produced by the same company at the same location in the same studio. As such, they both usually change in the same ways at the same time. Both the German and the Austrian versions have had their own announcer, responsible for introducing the contestants and opening the shows, ever since the number of FFF contestants was cut down from 10 to 5 some time in 2010. Is there any reason the Fastest Finger contestants have been reduced? The U.K. had only six last month. Of course, it's better than no Fastest Finger at all, but I'm curious, since that helps make Millionaire what it is. I also have some of my own thoughts now that I have seen this contestant's entire run. Another thing I have never seen before is that in this show if the contestant says the answer before all the choices are read, the choices are sped up and that answer is automatically locked in. That's a pretty unique concept. This happened on quite a few of his questions. I know many times Chris Tarrant in Britain asked if a contestant knew something, and the contestant would say what it is, but Chris would always read the choices, and then the contestant would confirm for the final answer. Mike Pomfrey did this on his question for half a million, when he said before the choices he read that the capybara was a rodent, and Roger Walker on one of his questions said Mark Spitz was an American before the choices were read. Perhaps the most famous case of this in the franchise was when David Paterson said before the answers were read that Judy Garland was known as Baby Frances Gumm. His 13th question on the Red Priest was also a $500,000 question on Primetime Millionaire. Some questions that are high monetary amounts on one show are obviously not always the case on another version. It seems like this was worth an upper dollar amount on both versions. I've never seen the host stand up during a question. I know I mentioned during last month's U.K. episodes that I had never heard the klaxon go off after the lights had dimmed. This may have been the longest example of that. The klaxon sounded about a good 32 or 33 seconds after the lights had dimmed after he answered his 13th question. I wonder how long it took in between taping the two episodes, since there was a break between the winner's two episodes. I know there was a few weeks in between Kim Hunt's two runs as a summer break, Regis said. So I'm curious if the taping time in between the episodes was equivalent to the air time between the two. I've tried using the English subtitles on these videos. They're not that great, though I was able to make out some stuff. About the studio, the staircase has a rail, which stands out to me because I don't think I saw one in the U.S. version. Why that stands out to me, I don't know. It just does. It looks like your standard sized Millionaire studio, although I think Nigeria has the smallest one I've ever seen in the franchise. The host certainly can be suspenseful in the higher amount questions. I think the best ones at this were Chris Tarrant and of course Monta Mino. I noticed the answers sound cues are different, and it was the same thing in Britain. The usual final answer last question cue was used on earlier questions, such as Gareth Kendall's question on Loch Ness, and a few times here, although I can appreciate how this show has maintained the original music beds and win cues, as I am a Millionaire purist. I'm just glad that Millionaire is still going on around the globe, and not the sad, syndicated show that calls itself Millionaire here in the U.S. This is actually Millionaire, and it looks like another Million Euro question happened this year, asking about Handel and Hendrix in London. Needless to say, I'm pretty happy for Hooman Vojdani. |
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Post by ThePaSch on Jun 10, 2018 12:31:11 GMT -5
Is there any reason the Fastest Finger contestants have been reduced? I'd reckon it's to cut costs. The production crew pays out a lump sum to each contestant based on how far their travel distance was; if it's more than 200km, they add a flat amount of €100 for hotel costs. Additionally, every contestant receives complementary catering while they're waiting for the taping to start. Inviting 10 contestants for every taping, of which only two or three usually made it on the chair, meant that a good amount of money was essentially wasted per show.
Additionally, ever since contestants are much more heavily curated and interviewed during the casting process - being a contestant on the German show soon, I've had one 15-minute, and one 60+ minute interview - vetting 10 contestants for every show probably proved too labor-intensive. After all, each of the contestants' tag lines are written by the editorial team, based on what the contestant tells them in their second round of interviews.
Yeah, same thing on the German version. The German/Austrian versions don't really place value in the typical "ceremonials" that, above all else, the English-language versions do; there is no "final answer", there are no repeated, typical catchphrases (i.e. "Let's play Millionaire!", "Audience, please vote now!", "You are now X questions away from the million!", etc), and the hosts are usually a lot more laid-back and relaxed. Oftentimes, if a contestant is struggling during the first five, the host will outright help them and not accept their answer - at least for a while - if they immediately dash for a wrong one. Obviously, if that contestant insists on picking that wrong answer, the host will eventually let them, but not usually before basically putting up figurative blinking neon signs that say "USE A LIFELINE" on them.
As long as you unmistakably make sure that you want to lock in an answer, it will get locked in. There is no "oops, you said final answer! That means that answer is definitely locked in now!". Same reason for why the klaxon didn't sound immediately after the lights were dimmed. The show is a lot more fluid and dynamic around here.
They were both taped on the same day.
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