Top Prize Losers

"Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?" has had a few Top Prize losers from some countries of the world. All of the following list of who answered the final question incorrectly. This list gives all of these players who answered the last question wrong in chronological order of their lose.

2001 Losers

 * Ganesh Shinde lost 4,680,000 rupees on March 2001.


 * Per Eivind lost 900,000 NOK on March 2, 2001.


 * Michalis Mavrogenis lost 22,000,000 drachmas on April 30, 2001.
 * Ling Wing Kuen and Ling Shuk Ling lost HK$440,000 on November 9, 2001.


 * Kalin Evtimov lost 47,500 lev on December 10, 2001.

2002 Losers

 * Filip Łapiński lost 468,000 ztolys on June 2, 2002.

2003 Losers

 * Krešo Lilić lost 468.000 Kuna on May 8, 2003.
 * Menno de Ruijter lost €234,000 on December 20, 2003.

2005 Losers

 * Galina Semenova lost 468,000 roubles on January 22, 2005.


 * Yavor Kostov lost 97,000 lev on June 28, 2005.

2008 Losers

 * Dilan Pavlov lost 97,000 lev on June 13, 2008.


 * Takeshi Kitano lost ¥6,500,000 on September 18, 2008.

2009 Losers

 * Yuji Tanaka lost ¥6,500,000 on April 1, 2009.
 * Barry Soraghan lost $249,000 on June 8, 2009.


 * Ken Basin lost $475,000 on August 23, 2009.


 * Jeff Tarr lost $249,000 on September 28, 2009.

2010 Losers

 * Orlando Morales lost ₡22,000,000 on June 1, 2010.


 * Paul Wolfenden lost $249,000 on June 14, 2010.


 * Prashant Batar lost 9,680,000 rupees on November 9, 2010.

2011 Losers

 * Vladimir Yefremov lost 700,000 roubles on April 30, 2011.


 * Jim Graham lost $249,000 on June 20, 2011.

2012 Losers

 * Alan Edwards lost $249,000 on April 16, 2012.

2013 Losers

 * Kevin Short lost $249,000 on May 13, 2013.


 * Şeyma Özin lost 235,000 TL on June 1, 2013.


 * Josina Reaves lost $75,000 on September 25, 2013.

2014 Losers

 * Nikolaj Hübbe and Alexander Kølpin lost Kr 450,000 on March 17, 2014.


 * Georges Devalois Yepnang Mouhoutou lost €499,500 on October 17, 2014.

2015 Losers

 * Kyle Andaya lost P850,000 on September 2015.

2016 Losers

 * Chukwuma Eze lost ₦4,750,000 on at least March 6, 2016.

2017 Losers

 * Dušan Perović and Yekaterina Andreyeva and lost 1,100,000 roubles on April 1, 2017.

Unknown Year Losers

 * Yakkun Sakurazuka lost ¥6,500,000.
 * Popular Horse Jockey lost ¥6,500,000.
 * Unknown Celebrity Couple lost ¥6,500,000.
 * Unknown Japanese Contestant lost ¥6,500,000.

Losers Originally By A Bad Question

 * Laurence and Jackie Llewellyn Bowen lost £468,000 on January 2006 by a bad question. Instead, they walked away with £500,000 on February 11, 2006.