Austria - Die Millionenshow - 1.000.000€ Winner 04.06.2018

[millionairenut]

Jun 10, 2018 12:31:11 GMT -5 ThePaSch said:

Jun 10, 2018 12:11:23 GMT -5 millionairenut said:

Is there any reason the Fastest Finger contestants have been reduced?

I'd reckon it's to cut costs. The production crew pays out a lump sum to each contestant based on how far their travel distance was; if it's more than 200km, they add a flat amount of €100 for hotel costs. Additionally, every contestant receives complementary catering while they're waiting for the taping to start. Inviting 10 contestants for every taping, of which only two or three usually made it on the chair, meant that a good amount of money was essentially wasted per show.

Additionally, ever since contestants are much more heavily curated and interviewed during the casting process - being a contestant on the German show soon, I've had one 15-minute, and one 60+ minute interview - vetting 10 contestants for every show probably proved too labor-intensive. After all, each of the contestants' tag lines are written by the editorial team, based on what the contestant tells them in their second round of interviews.

Another thing I have never seen before is that in this show if the contestant says the answer before all the choices are read, the choices are sped up and that answer is automatically locked in. That's a pretty unique concept. This happened on quite a few of his questions.

 Yeah, same thing on the German version. The German/Austrian versions don't really place value in the typical "ceremonials" that, above all else, the English-language versions do; there is no "final answer", there are no repeated, typical catchphrases (i.e. "Let's play Millionaire!", "Audience, please vote now!", "You are now X questions away from the million!", etc), and the hosts are usually a lot more laid-back and relaxed. Oftentimes, if a contestant is struggling during the first five, the host will outright help them and not accept their answer - at least for a while - if they immediately dash for a wrong one. Obviously, if that contestant insists on picking that wrong answer, the host will eventually let them, but not usually before basically putting up figurative blinking neon signs that say "USE A LIFELINE" on them.

As long as you unmistakably make sure that you want to lock in an answer, it will get locked in. There is no "oops, you said final answer! That means that answer is definitely locked in now!". Same reason for why the klaxon didn't sound immediately after the lights were dimmed. The show is a lot more fluid and dynamic around here.

I wonder how long it took in between taping the two episodes, since there was a break between the winner's two episodes.

They were both taped on the same day.

You're actually going to be a contestant on Millionaire in Germany? That is so awesome. I hope you get into the hot seat, win the top prize and we can all celebrate. Would you mind sending us the video, please, if you do get in? Thank you.

It sounds like it's radically different from the English language shows. I know Frank Edoho sometimes would ask a contestant if they were sure as they were about to give a wrong answer, and he helped someone during a kids' special. 

Regis wouldn't be allowed to help, but you could tell he genuinely wanted the contestants to do well, and he would ask them to think about it or ask if it could be a certain answer, and he would always remind them of the lifelines.

Thanks for the information. It would make sense they were taped on the same day.