Poios thelei na ginei ekatommyriouchos

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Poios thelei na ginei ekatommyriouchos
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Greek	Ποιος θέλει να γίνει εκατομμυριούχος
Presented by	Spiros Papadopoulos (1999–2004) Thodoris Atheridis (2006) Grigoris Arnaoutoglou (2022)
Country of origin	Greece
Original language	Greek
No. of seasons	9
Production
Running time	45-60 min.(including commercials)
Production companies	Pearson Television (1999-2001)[1] FremantleMedia (2002-2006)[2] JK Productions (2022)
Original release
Network	Mega Channel (1999–2002) ERT (2002–2004) Alpha TV (2006) ANT1 (2022)
Release	October 4, 1999 (1999-10-04) – present
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Ποιος θέλει να γίνει εκατομμυριούχος (English translation: Who wants to become a millionaire?, transliteration: Poios thelei na ginei ekatommyriouchos) is a game show based on the British Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? format debuted in 1999 on Mega Channel. The player had to answer 15 questions correctly in order to win ₯50 million up to 2001, €150,000 up to 2004, €250,000 in 2006, and €100,000 from 2022 onward. In 2010, the show was chosen as the most popular game show in 20 years of Mega Channel program. From 1999 to 2004 the show was hosted by Spiros Papadopoulos, in 2006 - by Thodoris Atheridis, and from 2022 onward - by Grigoris Arnaoutoglou. There were three lifelines - fifty-fifty (50:50), phone a friend and ask the audience, but in 2006, the "switch the question" lifeline was added, but if a contestant wanted to use it, he had to give up one of his other lifelines. The show was broadcast from 1999 to 2002 on Mega Channel, from 2002 to 2004 on the ERT channels, in 2006 on Alpha TV and from 2022 onward on ANT1.

There have been three winners.

Giorgos Georgopoulos (Γιώργος Γεωργόπουλος) won ₯50 million by correctly answering the question:

Nikos Georgiou (Νίκος Γεωργίου) won ₯50 million. It is unknown what his winning question was, but his win occurred after Giorgos Georgopoulous' win.^[4]

Stelios Stergiou (Στέλιος Στεργίου) won €150,000 by correctly answering the question:

Only one contestant has reached the final question and answered it incorrectly.

Michalis Mavrogenis (Μιχάλης Μαυρογένης) lost ₯22 million and won ₯2 million by incorrectly answering the question:

Michalis Mavrogenis reappeared on the show 22 years later, in November 2023 and won 500 €, answering incorrectly on the 9th question