Millionaire Hot Seat (2009 season)

Is is first season of Australian version of Millionaire Hot Seat. Hosted by Eddie McGuire. In total, 20 episodes (nights) aired. Top prize is $1,000,000.

Each contestant had clock:
 * Questions 1-5 - 15 seconds
 * Questions 6-10 - 30 seconds
 * Questions 11-15 - 45 seconds

History of appearance
Rumours about a new shortened version of Millionaire first began circulating in February 2009, and were confirmed when the Nine Network produced a pilot version of the format titled Millionaire: Russian Roulette in March 2009. The official title was announced as Millionaire Hot Seat, but this was later shortened to simply Hot Seat. The new format was originally promoted as a short-run series, with advertisements featuring McGuire exclaiming "20 nights! 20 million dollars!" It was announced on 7 April 2009 that Hot Seat would begin airing on 20 April 2009 in the 5:00 pm–6:00 pm weeknight timeslot and would compete against the high-rating game show, Deal or No Deal, on the Seven Network. As expected, the show's format was shortened to 30 minutes and given an overhaul of the rules and gameplay, in a system based on the Italian version of the show.

Lifelines

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Episodes
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Trivia
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