El Milyoner (Arabic: المليونير) is the Egyptian version based on the original British Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. Aired from July 20, 2012 to October 29, 2012 on Al hayat TV2/1 under the original format, and from April 24, 2013 under the clock format. Hosted by George Kurdahi. Top prize is 1 000 000 Egyptian pounds.
From 2013, the show was broadcast under the clock format: 30 seconds are given to give an answer from the 1st to the 5th question, 45 seconds from the 6th to the 10th question. After question 10 there is no clock.
On July 31, 2012, a man named Mohammed became the first contestant to walk away empty-handed. The question asked to him was: "What is the metal that is used to coat iron to protect it from rust?". He said it was lead, but zinc was the correct answer.
1, 2, 3, 4 are used in the answer options instead of A, B, C, D.
Lifelines
In show 4 main lifelines are used:
- 50:50 (حذف إجابتين)
- Phone-A-Friend (اتصال بصديق)
- Ask the Audience (مساعدة الجمهور)
- Switch the Question (تغيير السؤال)
Seasons
Money Tree
| Question | Prize |
| 15 | 1 000 000 |
| 14 | 500 000 |
| 13 | 250 000 |
| 12 | 125 000 |
| 11 | 64 000 |
| 10 | 32 000 |
| 9 | 16 000 |
| 8 | 8 000 |
| 7 | 4 000 |
| 6 | 2 000 |
| 5 | 1 000 |
| 4 | 500 |
| 3 | 300 |
| 2 | 200 |
| 1 | 100 |
The biggest winners
- Samir from Cairo - 125 000 (July 23, 2012)
- Mostafa El-Sayed from Cairo - 125 000 (July 26, 2012)
- Dr. Mahmoud Hassan from Assiut - 125 000 (July 31, 2012)
- Inge Mohamed Yousry from Cairo - 32 000 (July 24, 2012)
- Mustafa Ali from Cairo - 32 000 (July 25, 2012)
- Sarah Ali from Cairo - 32 000 (July 27, 2012)
- Mohammed Abdel-Rahman from East - 64.000 (October 27, 2012)
The 0 Egyptian pounds winners
- Mohammed - 0 (July 31, 2012) (4th question wrong)
Sources
- Wikipedia page (in Arabic)