Chi Vuol Essere Milionario (WWTBAM Italy)

Well, I personally believe that it looks very nice. As far as shown in the clip, the return of the Italian WWTBAM version will be based on the current format of the international versions and might actually capture many of the trademarks from the 20th Anniversary special, as well - such as the studio, lighting, etc. 
But if there is indeed anything else I would like to mention, it would be the opportunity to participate in the casting of the show. This has indeed not been done many times in international trailers of the show, except for the UK version, where people were usually given the phone number to call in order to become a contestant in the show. But with the return of the Italian format, the pick of the contestants receives a new execution and general meaning behind it. To sum it up, I'm indeed looking forward to the return of the return of WWTBAM in Italy. Perhaps we could see quite a lot of changes or differences compared to other versions of the show...

Last year Gerry Scotti was interviewed by an Italian magazine, he said he wanted to bring this show back and he kept his promise. I think the good results (in terms of ratings) of the UK revival convinced the Italian production team and Mediaset (the TV Network) that the show needed a second chance, after its closure in 2011.
Chi vuol essere Milionario? is coming back with four special episodes airing every Thursday evening from November 29th to December 20th, 2018. It will have a new logo and some other new features.



What we know so far is that, due to the fact only four episodes will be aired, the set won't be built in Italy and the show will be taped elsewhere. One of the options is that the production team and the contestants will travel to the UK, where they will use the set of the British version.
The show will air from 9:30 pm to 11:30 pm, an unusual time slot for game shows in Italy. If these special episodes will have good ratings, the show will probably be back with a proper season in late 2019.

Full-screen AD: link
Host interwiew (in Italian): link

I can confirm the fact that the show will be taped in Warsaw, Poland, but apparently they won't use the set of the Polish version, as they will build a new set specifically for the Italian revival. The new lifeline Ask the Host will be introduced and will be called Chiedilo a Gerry (Ask Gerry). In addition, the lifeline Phone-a-Friend will be replaced with the Plus One, fistly because they would need to make international calls and secondly because they want to avoid people using the Internet to find the answers.

I honestly don't know what to expect, I hope it will be a successful season so that we can have more in the future.

Oh, that's a good piece of information! I knew the host was in Milan-Malpensa Airport a couple of days ago, boarding a flight to Warsaw, but I didn't know they had already started recording the show. Do you know when they will finish? And can you confirm they were looking for Italian-speaking people in the audience? In fact I was wondering how the Ask the Audience lifeline could have worked in a foreign country... 

The fact the "friend" is in an isolated room makes sense, but I've heard they are going to call the lifeline something like Ask your friend, that's the reason why I said Phone-a-Friend was replaced, because apparently there won't be a phone call. 

Just by looking at Hubert's pictures, it seems the revival won't have FFF.

A video has appeared on the vk website, where you can also see a Polish studio
vk.com/video-97638035_456243499

It was a good episode.
I've recorded it while watching of course
Gonna let it render over night.
But for those who cant wait to see some parts.

Here are a few parts of that first episode:

CHI VUOL ESSERE MILIONARIO - Episode 1 - December 7, 2018 
Language: Italian
Studio: Poland
Episode Length: 1hour 50minutes + 4-5minute long REWIND afterwards
Host: Gerry Scotti

OPENING


THE MONEYTREE (Explain The Rules)

LIFELINES:
4 Lifelines (50:50, Ask The Audience, Ask A Friend/Plus One AND Ask The Host 

THRESHOLDS:
Question 5
Variable 2nd Threshold (Q6-14) like UK 20TH ANNIVERSARY



AND OF COURSE, The "ASK THE HOST" Lifeline has Gerry's Head Shape
Best & Funniest Picture for Comparison is this one:


They've used the same lightning as poland, same studio colors, nothing changed there.
But there were a few camera views that poland didnt use 
AND after the episode was over and credits rolled, commercials were ofter, they returned from commercials, showing a 3-4minute REWIND part of that episode today.

I can give you guys tomorrow more informations & the full episode