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Fastest Finger First failures are situations in Fastest Finger First in which none of the contestants playing arrange the four choices into the right order or, if it is a multiple choice question, choose the correct answer. In such situations, the contestants are all asked a new Fastest Finger First question. Such situations are generally cut from broadcast.

Number of aired instances by country or version[]

  • Czech Republic (42) (2 doubles) (1 triple)
  • Austria (13) (1 triple)
  • Germany (11) (1 double)
  • Russia (6) (1 computer error)
  • United States (5)
  • United Kingdom (5)
  • Australia (3)
  • Croatia (3)
  • India Kannada (3)
  • India Tamil (3)
  • Israel (2)
  • Slovenia (2)
  • Hungary (2)
  • Finland (2)
  • Vietnam (2)
  • Netherlands (2)
  • Italy (2)
  • Albania (2)
  • India Hindi (5)
  • India Malayalam (1)
  • India Marathi (1)
  • Nepal (1)

Failure dates[]

  • November 21, 2019 (Germany - Celebrity special)
  • November 25, 2019 (Austria)
  • January 13, 2020 (Germany)
  • February 10, 2020 (Austria)
  • March 10, 2020 (Germany - Gamblers Special)
  • April 11, 2020 (Finland)
  • May 11, 2020 (Austria)
  • May 14, 2020 (Croatia)
  • September 14, 2020 (Austria)
  • October 10, 2020 (Netherlands)
  • October 19, 2020 (Austria - Celebrity special)
  • October 22, 2020 (Croatia)
  • November 19, 2020 (Croatia)
  • December 28, 2020 (Germany)
  • January 15, 2021 (Germany - Gamblers Special)
  • February 5, 2021 (Germany - Gamblers Second chance Special)
  • October 18, 2021 (Austria)
  • October 25, 2021 (Austria - Celebrity special)
  • January 10, 2022 (Austria)
  • February 28, 2022 (Germany)
  • August 8, 2022 (India Marathi)
  • August 11, 2022 (India Hindi)
  • September 2, 2022 (India Hindi)
  • September 16, 2022 (India Hindi)
  • November 10, 2022 (India Hindi)
  • March 4, 2024 (Germany)
  • March 18, 2024 (Austria)

Unknown Dates[]

  • twice in a row, Germany
  • Vietnam (possibly around 2005 - 2006 - never aired)

Trivia[]

  • Czech Republic is the country that has the most fastest finger first failures in Millionaire history.
    • Also in two episodes of it, has a double fastest finger first failure.
  • In Russia in O, Schastlivchik! on December 9, 2000 episode was failure where none of the contestants in FFF failed. This moment was cut from the air, but was included in the "Is this your final answer? "O, Lucky Man!"s Seсrets"" documentary. The question was:


Fastest Finger First Question
Put these dictionaries and encyclopedias for their publications, starting with the earliest.
⬥ A: Granat ⬥ B: Brockhaus
⬥ C: Ozhegov ⬥ D: Dal

The right order was BDAC.

  • Also in Russia, a computer error has occurred when the green light on Anna Korsakova with a typo of 15.94 instead of 5.94 seconds.
  • In Czech Republic, on February 15, 2002 (134th episode) and on May 18, 2016, had double FFF fails.
    • In Germany, also had a double FFF fail.
  • In German Celebrity Special on November 23, 2006 FFF between Maria Furtwängler and Ralf Schumacher ended without revival of correct order.
  • In Albania, in 1st episode of season 2, very first FFF failed.
  • In India (Hindi), in Season 8, on November 3, 2014 featured the very first FFF fail.
  • In Australia in June 12, 2000 and April 4, 2005 had both the FFF fails and FFF tiebreakers.
  • There was a FFF fail one point in Vietnam:


Fastest Finger First Question
Arranges these leaves as they get gradually smaller.
⬥ A: Bamboo leaves ⬥ B: Banana leaves
⬥ C: Cane leaves ⬥ D: Rice leaves

Nobody got the question correctly.

  • Also in Vietnam, a FFF fail happened after a FFF tiebreakers between Dương Quốc Phương and Nguyễn Tiến Trường, forcing them to answer another FFF question.
  • In Austria in November 11, 2019, a triple FFF fail between Josef Rohringer and Leo Schnitzhofer. Also, after those 3 FFF fails, klaxon plays.
  • In Croatia, on May 14, 2020, had the first ever FFF fail in the show history. On this day, 4 contestants instead of 6 due to COVID-19.

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