Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: Canadian Edition

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Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: Canadian Edition
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Logo of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: Canadian Edition.
Also known as 'Millionaire: Canadian Edition'
Genre Game show
Presented by Pamela Wallin
Country of origin Canada
Original language(s) English
No. of seasons 1
No. of episodes 2
Production
Production location(s) United States
Running time 39–48 minutes
Production company(s) Celador
Valleycrest Productions
Buena Vista Television
CTV
Distributor Sony Pictures Television
Disney-ABC Domestic Television
Release
Original network CTV
Picture format 480i (SDTV)
Original release September 13 –
September 14, 2000
Chronology
Related shows Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (U.S.)
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (UK)

Who Wants to Be A Millionaire: Canadian Edition was a Canadian game show based on the British format of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and taped on the ABC Television Network set of the American version of that show. A Canadian audience was flown to the American studio in New York for the shows, so the contestants could "ask the audience" for help on the Canadian-themed questions.[citation needed] Following the airing of the two specials, CTV did announce that additional episodes of the Canadian Edition would be produced, but they never came to fruition.[citation needed] The series was hosted by Pamela Wallin.[1]

The Canadian version aired on CTV in September 2000.

Gameplay

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Further information: Gameplay section of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (UK game show)

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Further information: Gameplay section of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire (U.S. game show)

As in the United Kingdom and the United States, Contestants tried to answer 15 multiple-choice questions to win $1,000,000 with three lifelines (50:50, Phone-A-Friend, and Ask The Audience) to help them. Contestants were guaranteed $1,000 for correctly answering the fifth question, and $32,000 for the tenth.

Bill Shizas was the first contestant on the Canadian show. He won $1,000.[2]

The biggest winner during the show's run was François Dominic Laramée, a writer from Verdun, Quebec. He won $64,000.[3]

See also

References

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