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Post by chrisharrisonftw on May 14, 2018 12:45:11 GMT -5
I think Jeremy Clarkson did a pretty good job at his tenure on Millionaire. But alas, there were many design errors (Some I missed because I only watched like 1 or 2 episodes.) What are your thoughts?
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Post by millionairenut on May 14, 2018 19:55:51 GMT -5
At first things seemed off to me when I saw a clip on YouTube. The studio was dark. I didn't see a fastest finger and there are two names I associate Millionaire with above all else: Regis and Chris. They were easily my two favorite hosts of all time, and I thought it would be underwhelming.
Many of the questions I either knew the answer to or could figure out by guesses and logic.
I don't know why fastest finger was reduced from 10 to six, but it's better than nothing at all. It's one of my favorite parts of the game.
The studio was very dark, which bothered me at first but I grew on it.
To me, it got off to a slow start because of the quality of contestants/pace, but finished strong. Hopefully ITV knows many want a full series. That includes myself.
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Post by kbx79796 on May 16, 2018 13:41:19 GMT -5
Were people from Ireland allowed to apply to the show?
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Post by chrisharrisonftw on May 16, 2018 14:28:06 GMT -5
Idk
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Post by millionairefan on May 17, 2018 10:16:30 GMT -5
Were people from Ireland allowed to apply to the show? I'm fairly certain you had to be within the UK, so Northern Ireland yes, Ireland no. |
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Post by millionairenut on May 17, 2018 12:23:46 GMT -5
I was really impressed with the questions for the most part. My opinion is that questions should be tough, but fair. Syndicated is on a right budget, but the questions they ask are rather unreasonable for the big amounts. I saw some clips yesterday with Chris Harrison for $250,000 or $500,000. Who would know those questions? How does somebody study for something like that? Ever since they got rid of the hot seat, there's only one question I've known for $500,000, and Chip Esten's $1,000,000 question was way too out there, in my opinion.
Contrast that with this. Gareth Kendall was asked questions that were general knowledge and something people might actually know. The same goes for the £125,000 question asking how many Emirates are in the United Arab Emirates. That's a good question and one somebody should study when going on Millionaire or any quiz show to begin with.
The 2009 10th Anniversary had many easy questions. Hopefully a 20th comes back next year and the questions are more reasonable than syndicated.
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Post by kbx79796 on May 17, 2018 12:55:27 GMT -5
Were people from Ireland allowed to apply to the show? I'm fairly certain you had to be within the UK, so Northern Ireland yes, Ireland no. That's sad, because for example people from Canada are usually allowed to play in U.S. game shows. I was looking for something similar in UK and Ireland - people from less populated country would be allowed to play in more populated country with the same language. |
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Post by millionairenut on May 17, 2018 13:02:56 GMT -5
I'm fairly certain you had to be within the UK, so Northern Ireland yes, Ireland no. That's sad, because for example people from Canada are usually allowed to play in U.S. game shows. I was looking for something similar in UK and Ireland - people from less populated country would be allowed to play in more populated country with the same language. Rules for each country must be different then, as Paddy Spooner was able to go onto the Irish version in addition to the two countries in which he correctly answered 13 questions. |
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Post by kplewisvox on May 18, 2018 3:06:23 GMT -5
Rules for each country must be different then, as Paddy Spooner was able to go onto the Irish version in addition to the two countries in which he correctly answered 13 questions. Paddy Spooner was a world traveler. He probably had residency in Ireland when he went on, just like he probably had residency in England and Australia respectively at the times. |
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Post by millionairenut on May 18, 2018 23:29:00 GMT -5
Gareth Kendall knowing the answer to the £125,000 question and his reason for knowing it will never be forgotten, but what I find even more amazing is how many times he was flatlined and revived. He was a true one of a kind contestant. If he had gone for that £250,000 question, who knows? Maybe we'd be celebrating him as the sixth £1,000,000 winner. He'd have been as deserving as anybody.
It shows you how timeless Millionaire really is. We've seen great moments in 1999, and we've seen great moments in 2018. May we continue to see even more great Millionaire moments.
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) I guess the next on will be Poland then...
