Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? TV 5 Game Show

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? TV 5 Game Show The main goal of the game is to win 2 million Philippine pesos (earlier 1 million) by answering 15 multiple-choice questions correctly. There are four lifelines: 50:50 (fifty-fifty), Phone-a-Friend, People Speak, and Switch. The latter two replaced Ask the Audience, which was used until the 2010 seasons.

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? was broadcast from 2000 to 2002 on the government-sequestered Intercontinental Broadcasting Corporation, produced by Viva Television [1][2], and was hosted by actor Christopher de Leon.

On May 23, 2009, the game show returned under a new home over TV5[3], with actor-host-comedian Vic Sotto as the new host.On April 2009, plugs about the "comeback" of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? started airing on TV5 (Associated Broadcasting Company, and is the first show taken from IBC 13). Vic Sotto was also announced to host the show. A promo is being sponsored by the network in connection to its comeback.[6] Contestants who want to join are also invited to submit their name through an SMS number. The new show had its return to Philippine screens on May 23, 2009. It last aired on October 2, 2010 in line with programming changes to the network; it returned on May 15, 2011.

Despite changes into the format in the parent and US versions, the revival keeps all original elements (i.e. fifteen questions, Faster Finger First, and three lifelines). However, several visible changes are seen, such as a redesigned logo, a new opening sequence, and new music and graphics, all in line with standards on many of its counterparts around the world. The money tree, shown below, has also been modified (only the P1,000 and the seven-digit tiers were retained; guaranteed amounts, as with the money tree in the previous section, are shown in bold):

P1,000

P3,000

P5,000

P10,000

P20,000

P35,000

P50,000

P70,000

P100,000

P150,000

P250,000

P400,000

P600,000

P1,000,000

P2,000,000 (top prize)

On January 9, 2010, Sharon Cuneta (see above) once again played and this time won P2,000,000, making her the first top prize winner in the Philippine franchise's history, three days after her birthday. References to her first appearance, especially the 14th question asked, were made during her game. Below is a translation of the question that Cuneta answered correctly to win the game: