Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (Magisteria)

Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, sometimes referred to it's French name Qui veut gagner des millions?, is a Magisterian television game show adapted from the same-titled British program created by David Briggs, Steven Knight and Mike Whitehill and developed for Magisteria by Renee Thomas. The show features a quiz competition with contestants attempting to win a top prize of M$2,000,000 by answering a series of multiple-choice questions, usually of increasing difficulty. The program has endured as one of the longest-running and most successful international variants in the Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? franchise, running continuously since 2000.

This version has the distinction of having the most top prize winners in the worldwide Millionaire franchise, with 54 winners, and the only version of Millionaire that has a winner every season (the Millionaire Miracle).

Gameplay
At its core, the game is a quiz competition in which the goal is to correctly answer a series of fifteen consecutive multiple-choice questions. The questions are of increasing difficulty. Each question is worth a specific amount of money; the amounts are not cumulative. If at any time the contestant gives a wrong answer, the game is over and the contestant's winnings are reduced to $0 for tier-one questions, $10,000 for tier-two questions, and $75,000 for tier-three questions. However, the contestant may choose to stop playing after being presented with a question, allowing them to keep all the money they have won to that point.

They then have to answer fifteen multiple-choice questions correctly to move up the money tree. They can walk away at any time, and they have four "lifelines" to assist them:


 * 50:50: The computer removes two random incorrect answers, leaving the correct answer and one incorrect answer.
 * Switch: This lifeline allows the contestant to swap the question for a different one.
 * Three Wise Men: The show has a team of three knowledgeable people (one of whom is a former Millionaire contestant, and at least one of whom is a female) 30 seconds to consult and advise the contestant.
 * Double Dip (High risk only): The contestant is given two chances to answer a question. If the first answer is incorrect, they cannot walk away and must give a second answer.

Former lifelines

 * Phone-A-Friend (2000-2013): The contestant calls one of their friends from their predetermined list. They are given 30 seconds to discuss the question.
 * Ask the Audience (2000-2010; 2015): The members of the audience are polled using a keypad with buttons labelled from A to D. They press the button corresponding to the answer they think is the correct one. The percentage of the answers are shown onscreen and on the monitors.
 * Ask the Host (2018-2020): This lifeline allows the contestant to consult the presenter for guidance.

Over the course of the show's run, the format of Millionaire was changed in a number of aspects, mainly relating to the setup of questions used in the game, along with minor tweaks and changes in other aspects:


 * In the seventh season (2006), the Fastest Finger round was removed until it made it's return in the ninteenth season in 2018
 * Between the eleventh season (2010) and the sixteenth season (2015), the questions 15 to 12. Unlike its British counterpart, the first three questions were simply removed. The high risk format was also used in this format.
 * From the thirteenth season (2012) to the fourteenth season (2013), the show used the clock format.

Top prize winners
The Magisterian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? takes the first place for the most top prize winners in the franchise's history, with 54. Thanks to the show having winners every season, the Millionaire Miracle refers to a superstition. Every time that a contestant gets to the million dollar question, they answer it correctly and win M$2,000,000 (Millionaire/Extreme Millionaire)/M$10,000,000 (Super Millionaire).

The Magisterian version had no top prize losers up until 31 December 2021, where Kelly Devine, a celebrity contestant, got the 15th question wrong, leaving her with $75,000.

Millionaire top prize winners

 * 1) Wardell Hanson - 10 November 2000
 * 2) Finn Wescott - 22 December 2000
 * 3) Carmen Eldred - 29 December 2000
 * 4) Anthelme Ledford - 26 January 2001
 * 5) René Paris - 9 February 2001
 * 6) Albert Burnham - 16 March 2001
 * 7) Regina Patrickson - 30 March 2001
 * 8) Charlton Aston - 6 April 2001
 * 9) Félicien Hatheway - 20 April 2001
 * 10) Sunny Harlan - 25 May 2001
 * 11) Patton Garey - 31 August 2001
 * 12) Ermintrude Pitts - 30 November 2001
 * 13) Ken Hopson - 28 December 2001
 * 14) Antonin Dubois - 4 January 2002
 * 15) Thelma Fabron - 22 February 2002
 * 16) Remington Rake - 31 May 2002
 * 17) Miranda Thomson - 20 September 2002
 * 18) Darin Sourd - 25 October 2002
 * 19) Trevelyan Huxtable - 27 December 2002
 * 20) Palmer Petit - 3 January 2003
 * 21) Ghyslain Descoteaux - 31 January 2003
 * 22) Elwin Twist - 14 February 2003
 * 23) Raleigh Tatton - 16 May 2003
 * 24) Hailie Ayers - 13 June 2003
 * 25) Joseph Scriven - 12 March 2004
 * 26) Justina Martel - 10 March 2006
 * 27) Magalie Roux - 28 July 2006
 * 28) Ed Bowman & Élisabeth Soucy-Bowman - 16 February 2007
 * 29) Bertrand North - 9 March 2007
 * 30) Averie Giroux - 29 February 2008
 * 31) Driscoll Hartley - 27 February 2009
 * 32) Ely Daniel - 25 December 2009
 * 33) Jarrod Harvey - 31 December 2010
 * 34) Olivia Arrington - 11 March 2011
 * 35) Fulbert Alvey - 24 February 2012
 * 36) Chelsey Wheatley - 26 October 2012
 * 37) Orville François - 22 February 2013
 * 38) Marshal Eustache - 27 December 2013
 * 39) Raquel Hayley - 29 August 2014
 * 40) Deforrest Rigby - 23 September 2016
 * 41) Rosalyn Bunker - 22 December 2017
 * 42) Malcolm Sauvage - 30 November 2018
 * 43) Eric Janvier - 25 January 2019
 * 44) Christiana Kitchen - 31 May 2019
 * 45) Ford Hatheway - 25 December 2020
 * 46) Coretta Boyce - 24 December 2021

Super Millionaire top prize winners

 * 1) Roselyn Cross - 11 March 2005
 * 2) Pierce Walters - 30 December 2005
 * 3) David Skeates - 25 December 2015

Extreme Millionaire top prize winners

 * 1) Nolene Russel - 6 August 2004
 * 2) Edith Timberlake - 13 August 2004
 * 3) Alphonso Todd - 20 August 2004
 * 4) Mervyn Hutchinson - 27 August 2004
 * 5) Léopoldine Adams - 3 September 2004

Out of all the 54 top prize winners so far, Ghyslain Descoteaux, Olivia Arrington, and Eric Janvier are the three celebrity winners in the history of the show.