Hvem vil være millionær?

Hvem vil være millionær? (English translated: Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?) is a Danish game show that is based off on the British version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. Premiered on September 9, 1999. Hosted by Hans Pilgaard.

Lifelines
In show three lifelines used:
 * 50:50
 * Phone-a-Friend (Ring til en ven)
 * Ask the Audience (Spørg publikum)

Seasons
In total, for 30 seasons, 387 episodes aired.
 * Season 1 (September 9, 1999 - ?)
 * Season 2 (March 17, 2000 - ?)
 * Season 3 (September 20, 2000 - ?)
 * Season 4 (January 22, 2001 - ?)
 * Season 5 (September 5, 2001 - ?)
 * Season 6 (March 4, 2002 - ?)
 * Season 7 (September 2, 2002 - ?)
 * Season 8 (March 3, 2003 - ?)
 * Season 9 (September 1, 2003 - ?)
 * Season 10 (February 2, 2004 - ?)
 * Season 11 (August 30, 2004 - ?)
 * Season 12 (February 7, 2005 - ?)
 * Season 13 (August 29, 2005 - ?)
 * Season 14 (August 19, 2006 - ?)
 * Season 15 (February 15, 2007 - ?)
 * Season 16 (August 23, 2007 - ?)
 * Season 17 (January 10, 2008 - ?)
 * Season 18 (August 18, 2008 - ?)
 * Season 19 (January 19, 2009 - ?)
 * Season 20 (August 17, 2009 - ?)
 * Season 21 (January 3, 2010 - ?)
 * Season 22 (September 6, 2010 - ?)
 * Season 23 (January 3, 2011 - ?)
 * Season 24 (August 29, 2011 - ?)
 * Season 25 (2012 - 2012)
 * Season 26 (August 27, 2012 - ?)
 * Season 27 (April 5, 2013 - ?)
 * Season 28 (August 12, 2013 - ?)
 * Season 29 (9 episodes, February 17, 2014 - May 6, 2014)
 * Season 30 (September 15, 2014 - October 20, 2014)
 * Season 31 (February 22, 2015 - May 2, 2015)
 * Season 32 (October 18, 2015 - December 27, 2015)
 * Season 33 (March 4, 2016 - May 22, 2016)
 * Season 34 (October 20, 2016 - December 25, 2016)

Money Trees
The bold numbers are guaranteed sums.

Top Prize winners

 * Søren Brøndum Laursen - Kr 1,000,000 (October 13, 2001)
 * Anders and Peter Lund Madsens - Kr 1,000,000 (September 17, 2002)
 * Signe Svendsen and Søren Sko - Kr 1,000,000 (January 1, 2004)
 * Søren Gudbrand and Lis Gudbrand - Kr 1,000,000 (March 21, 2005)
 * Claus Højbak and Bertel Haarder - Kr 1,000,000 (October 3, 2005)
 * Peter, Helle and Alexander - Kr 1,000,000 (October 15, 2007)
 * Julie, Ulrik and Sia - Kr 1,000,000 (November 4, 2007)
 * Joachim, Lukkas and Daniel - Kr 1,000,000 (March 15, 2008)
 * Simon Ron Dalsgaard, Emil Aleksej Belinson and Marcus Heinrich Abrahamsen - Kr 1,000,000 (May 9, 2008)
 * Mogens Lykketoft and Martin Krasnik - Kr 1,000,000 (October 11, 2010)
 * Jon Mikkel Hansen and Lars Ole Jørgensen - Kr 1,000,000 (March 12, 2012)
 * Charlotte Bircow and Lasse Rimmer - Kr 2,000,000 (October 22, 2012)
 * Bjarke Refslund and Thure Kjær - Kr 1,000,000 (April 19, 2013)
 * Morten Resen and Ellen Nybo - Kr 1,000,000 (September 30, 2013)
 * Anders and Peter Lund Madsens - Kr 1,000,000 (October 28, 2013)
 * Daniel Paske and Jasmin Sharzad - Kr 1,000,000 (March 3, 2015)
 * Søren Pilmark and Henrik Koefoed - Kr 1,000,000 (March 6, 2016)
 * Tommy Kenter and Lise Baastrup - Kr 1,000,000 (May 8, 2016)

Top Prize losers

 * Nikolaj Hübbe and Alexander Kølpin - Kr 50,000 (March 17, 2014) (15th question wrong)

Biggest winners

 * Anders Hejgaard - Kr 500,000 (1999-2000)
 * Jøns Dalum - Kr 500,000 (2001)
 * Eyvind Malchow-Møller - Kr 500,000 (2002)
 * Svend Eskildsen - Kr 500,000 (2003)
 * Peter Hesselberg Jensen - Kr 500,000 (2004)
 * Mads Theodorsen - Kr 500,000 (2004)
 * Peter and Tove - Kr 500,000 (September 17, 2007)
 * Thomas and Jytte - Kr 500,000 (October 15, 2008)
 * Mette and Jens - Kr 500,000 (February 9, 2009)
 * Thure Lindhardt and Rasmus Hammerich (March 28, 2015)
 * Charlotte and Younas (December 1, 2015)
 * Rie Hansen - Kr 250,000 (2000)
 * Ask and Embla - Kr 250,000 (2006)
 * Ole Pedersen - Kr 250,000 (August 30, 2007)
 * Henrik and Susanne - Kr 250,000 (October 8, 2008)
 * Eitan Cederquist - Kr 125,000 (April 2007)
 * René Langdahl Jørgensen - Kr 125,000 (May 17, 2007)
 * Michael Robdrup - Kr 125,000 (September 6, 2007)
 * Søs and Molly - Kr 125,000 (February 23, 2009)

Biggest losers

 * Jes Dorph and Niels Brinch - Kr 50,000 (November 10, 2008) (13th question wrong)
 * Steen and Morten Ankerdal - Kr 50,000 (November 10, 2008) (14th question wrong)
 * Szhirley and Silas - Kr 50,000 (February 2, 2009) (13th question wrong)

Kr 0 winners

 * Thomas and Michael (2005) (5th question wrong)
 * USO and Niarn (?) (4th question wrong)
 * Anders Breinholt and Michael Meyerheim (?) (5th question wrong)
 * Anders Breinholt and Søren Malling (?) (5th question wrong)
 * Ulrik Wilbek and Peter Bredsdorff-Larsen (?) (5th question wrong)
 * Rasmus Botoft and Bodil Jørgensen (?) (5th question wrong)
 * Anne-Grethe Bjarup Riis and Michael Olesen (?) (5th question wrong)
 * Morten Westh (August 23, 2007) (?)
 * Jesper Steinmetz and Rasmus Tantholdt (October 28, 2012) (5th question wrong)

Trivia

 * First winner in Denmark is Jan Byriel, who won Kr 2,000.
 * Anders and Peter Lund Madsens (on September 17, 2002 and October 28, 2013 appeared) is contestants only, who won Top Prize twice.
 * On October 12 and 19, 2009, 10th Anniversary Special episodes aired.
 * After 27 seasons (until August 12, 2013) 348 episodes aired. There are currently 30 seasons, and 387 shows have been shown (As of November 13, 2014). In total, 215 of 387 episodes hosted by Hans Pilgaard.
 * In November 2014, the website www.sondagsavisen.dk was voted for the best show. 17% voted for Hvem vil være millionær?, because of what it became the leader, overtaking even the world-famous X Factor (8%).
 * According to TV 2, the program has had over one million viewers 161 times.