Andrew Skarbek (game show contestant)

This article is about the Australian game show winner. For the Polish scientist, see Andrzej Skarbek.

Andrew Skarbek (born 1967 or 1968)[1] is an Australian game show contestant who became the first person to win the top prize of $1,000,000 on Australian TV game show Million Dollar Minute. In a show record run of 23 nights, Skarbek defeated over 40 contestants, rejected over $150,000 in safe money and answered nearly 600 questions correctly to win the top prize on the episode aired on 27 March 2015.[1]

Including an additional $16,000 in safe money picked up throughout earlier rounds, Skarbek's win is the biggest cash prize ever awarded in the history of Australian TV at A$1,016,000, beating the previous top prize offer of $1,000,000 previously awarded on Big Brother Australia, twice on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and The Big Adventure.[2][1]

References

  1. ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 "Million Dollar Minute winner Andrew Skarbek becomes first millionaire". Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved 27 March 2015.
  2. ↑ Rao, Shoba (2015-03-27). "Channel Seven’s quiz show Million Dollar Minute gets its first millionaire, Andrew Skarbek". News.com.au. Retrieved 2015-03-28.