Qui sera millionaire? (literally, "Who Will Be a Millionaire?") is the French-language Belgian adaptation of the game show 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.
Payout structure | ||
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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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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. [1] Starting from 31 December 2001, the jackpot became €1,000,000, roughly four times as much as before. [2] The series reached peaks of 700,000 viewers, a 40% market share. [3]
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. [4] It remained off air until it was announced in July 2008 that it would return. [3] Running from 8 September to 13 October, it received an average audience of 379,000 (21.7% market share). [5]