Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (South African game show)

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? was a South African game show hosted by Jeremy Maggs and based on the original British format of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. The goal of the game was to win one million rand by answering fifteen multiple choice questions correctly. Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? was shown on the South African TV station M-Net, which also used their logo in the programme's logo. The program was shown on Wednesdays and Sundays. Six series of the show were made. There was a project to make another version of the quiz show in Afrikaans, which launched on 27 October 2021 as Wie Word 'n Miljoenêr? airing on KykNET.

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Created by	Celador
Presented by	Jeremy Maggs
Country of origin	South Africa
Original language	English
Production
Running time	60 minutes including commercials
Production company	Videovision Entertainment
Original release
Network	M-Net
Release	7 November 1999 (1999-11-07) – 2005 (2005)

Payout structure

Question number	Question value
	(Yellow zones are the guaranteed levels)
1	R100
2	R200
3	R300
4	R500
5	R1,000
6	R2,000
7	R4,000
8	R8,000
9	R16,000
10	R32,000
11	R64,000
12	R125,000
13	R250,000
14	R500,000
15	R1,000,000

Top prize winners

David Paterson was the only million rand winner, on 19 March 2000. He was the first winner outside the United States.

R1,000,000 (15 of 15) – no time limit
Which famous musical star was known as Baby Frances Gumm early in her career?
⬥ A: Ginger Rogers	⬥ B: Deanna Durbin
⬥ C: Doris Day	⬥ D: Judy Garland
Paterson's one million rand question

External links

• Official website