Lotto Weekend Miljonairs
| Lotto Weekend Miljonairs | |
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| Genre | Game Show |
| Presented by |
Robert ten Brink (1999-2008) Jeroen van der Boom (2011) |
| Country of origin | Netherlands |
| Production | |
| Producer(s) | Celador Endemol |
| Running time | 60 minutes |
| Release | |
| Original network |
SBS 6 (February 6, 1999 - 2006, March 12, 2011 - October 15, 2011) RTL 4 (March 4, 2006 - May 24, 2008) |
| Original release | February 6, 1999 - May 24, 2008 March 12, 2011 – October 15, 2011 |
| External links | |
| Website | www |
Lotto Weekend Miljonairs (Dutch pronunciation: [ˈlɔtoː ˈʋikɛnt mɪljoːˈnɛːrs], Lotto Weekend Millionaires) is a Dutch game show based on the original British format of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. The show has been hosted by Jeroen van der Boom since 2011. The main goal of the game is to win €1 Million by answering 12 multiple-choice questions correctly. It has been shown from 6 February 1999. Until 2008 the show was hosted by Robert ten Brink.
From 6 February 1999 to February 2006, it was shown on SBS 6, and from 4 March 2006 to 24 May 2008, it was shown on RTL 4. In 2011 it was once again broadcast by SBS 6.
From the start on, the Lotto was the main sponsor, however, in the first seasons (from about 1999 to 2001), the show was known as just Weekend Miljonairs. Later, the title was changed to Lotto Weekend Miljonairs.
When a contestant gets the second question correct, he will leave with at least €1,000. When a contestant gets the seventh question correct, he will leave with at least €25,000.
There are four lifelines: Fifty-Fifty, Phone-A-Friend, Ask The Audience, and Switch the Question. Switch the Question becomes available when the contestant correctly answers the seventh question.
The first contestant on the show won ƒ16,000.
The program has only been won once so far, on January 6, 2001 by Hans Peters. Because the euro was not used yet in 2001, he did not win €1 Million, but ƒ1,000,000 (€453,780).
The only other time in the program so far anybody has faced the 15th question without walking away was on December 20, 2003 by contestant Menno de Ruijter, but he lost €234,000 of the €250,000 he had.
There have also been a few €0 winners, none more so than Peter Lindhout in March 2007 (he missed his 4th question).
There have been a lot of other final questions, but none of the contestants took the risk.
In November 2007, the Lotto announced that it would stop sponsoring the show in mid-2008, and would not renew the contract. RTL did not want to give up the program, and so they searched hard for a new sponsor. Eventually they failed.
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