Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (Chinese game show)

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百万智多星
Nowadays logo of 百万智多星
Format	Quiz show
Country of origin	China
Production
Running time	80 minutes
Broadcast
Original channel	GuiZhou TV (贵州电视台)
Original run	29 September 2007 – Present
External links
Official website

百万智多星 (transliteration: Bǎi Wàn Zhì Duō Xīng, English translation: Who deserves to be a millionaire?, sometimes called 百萬富翁) is a Chinese game show based on the original British format of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. The show is hosted by Lǐ Fán (李凡). The main goal of the game is to win 1 million Chinese yuans by answering 15 multiple-choice questions correctly. There are 3 lifelines - fifty fifty (50:50), phone a friend (打電話問老友) and ask the audience (問現場觀眾). The game show is broadcasted from 29th September 2007 to today. It is shown on the Chinese TV station GuiZhou TV (贵州电视台). When a contestant gets the fifth question correct, he will leave with at least 8,000 yuan. When a contestant gets the tenth question correct, he will leave with at least 60,000 yuan. There was one total prize winner. New episode is shown on every Saturday at 20:40 (UTC+8).

1 Characteristics of the Chinese Version
2 Translation of the name
3 Money tree
4 References
5 External links

[edit] Characteristics of the Chinese Version

The Mainland China version differs from all other version of the show for the fact that it doesn't feature civil contestants taking home the money won during the game, but celebrities playing for money which is given to charity^[1]. This is because the Chinese Government issued a decree that television programmes need to be uplifing and inspiring^[2].

[edit] Translation of the name

The name of the show cannot be translated literally. It consists of two parts: 百万 (read Bǎi Wàn) which means million(s) or millionaire and 智多星 (Zhì Duō Xīng) which referst to someone who is especially clever and unbeatable, and usually very energetic^[3].