Ai Là Triệu Phú (2021 season)

Ai Là Triệu Phú (2021 season)
Host	Đinh Tiến Dũng
Start Date	January 5, 2021
End Date	December 28, 2021
Number of Episodes	50
Number of Contestants	95
Number of Couples	2
Prize Winnings
₫60,000,000 Winners	1
₫40,000,000 Winners	3
₫30,000,000 Winners	13
₫22,000,000 Winners	19
₫14,000,000 Winners	15
₫10,000,000 Winners	8
₫6,000,000 Winners	1
₫2,000,000 Winners	35
Total Winnings	₫1,324,000,000
Average Winnings Per Contestant	₫13,649,485

This was the twelfth season of Ai Là Triệu Phú. From this season, Phan Đăng, after 3 years, is replaced by Đinh Tiến Dũng.

Major differences can be seen in this season including the host, slightly upgraded studio and the new graphics that are being used in several countries currently using graphics made by Olga van den Brandt. This season also witnessed the third ever contestant on the show and the first after nearly 13 years to answer 14 questions correctly, faced (and missed) the final question.

Lifelines

In this version these lifelines used:

• 50:50 (Năm Mươi - Năm Mươi)
• Phone-a-Friend (Gọi điện thoại cho người thân)
• Plus One (Hỏi ý kiến bạn đồng hành)
• Two Wise Men (Hỏi ý kiến những nhà thông thái) (After 5th question)

Episodes

Note: The episodes in bold are the ones taped during COVID-19 outbreak (no audience).

• Episode 1 (January 5, 2021)

Trần Đặng Đăng Khoa (₫22,000,000 - lost on ₫150,000,000)

• Episode 2 (January 12, 2021)

Khổng Thị Nguyên (₫2,000,000 - lost on ₫10,000,000)
Đào Khắc Việt (₫22,000,000 - lost on ₫30,000,000)

• Episode 3 (January 19, 2021)

Hồ Văn Bính (₫40,000,000)
Vũ Thị Phương (₫30,000,000)

• Episode 4 (February 2, 2021)

Lê Thị Thúy (₫2,000,000 - lost on ₫14,000,000)
Trần Ngọc Sung (₫14,000,000)
Nguyễn Hoài Anh (₫2,000,000 - continued)

• Episode 5 (February 9, 2021)

Nguyễn Hoài Anh (₫30,000,000)
Nguyễn Minh Hoàng (₫30,000,000)

• Episode 6 (February 23, 2021)

Trần Thế Trung (₫40,000,000)
Hoàng Thị Quỳnh Anh (₫3,000,000, continued)

• Episode 7 (March 2, 2021)

Hoàng Thị Quỳnh Anh (₫14,000,000)
Vương Tất Đức (₫2,000,000 - lost on ₫22,000,000)

• Episode 8 (March 9, 2021)

Nguyễn Văn Khu (₫2,000,000 - lost on ₫22,000,000)
Nguyễn Thị Hoài Thu (₫14,000,000)

• Episode 9 (March 16, 2021)

Trần Thị Thanh Thanh (₫22,000,000 - lost on ₫30,000,000)
Bùi Công Tài (₫22,000,000 - lost on ₫30,000,000)

• Episode 10 (March 23, 2021)

Vũ Văn Hùng (₫22,000,000 - lost on ₫40,000,000) 
Dương Vinh Quang (₫2,000,000 - lost on ₫14,000,000)

• Episode 11 (March 30, 2021) - VTV3's 25th Anniversary Special

Xuân Bắc (₫40,000,000)
Rica (₫30,000,000)

• Episode 12 (April 6, 2021)

Hồ Đức Hoàng (₫2,000,000 - lost on ₫22,000,000)
Trần Thị Phương Ái (₫2,000,000 - lost on ₫14,000,000)

• Episode 13 (April 13, 2021)

Lâm Hùng Khoa (₫30,000,000)
Vũ Phương Oanh (₫2,000,000 - lost on ₫10,000,000)

• Episode 14 (April 20, 2021)

Nguyễn Thục Nữ (₫22,000,000 - lost on ₫40,000,000)
Lê Thanh Tuần (₫22,000,000 - lost on ₫40,000,000)

• Episode 15 (April 27, 2021)

Nguyễn Lê Hồng Minh (₫2,000,000 - lost on ₫22,000,000)
Đặng Anh Tuấn (₫10,000,000)
Nguyễn Huy Hoàng (₫2,000,000 - continued)

• Episode 16 (May 4, 2021)

Nguyễn Huy Hoàng (₫2,000,000 - lost on ₫6,000,000)
Lê Vương Thịnh (₫2,000,000 - lost on ₫10,000,000)
Hồ Thành Công (₫30,000,000)

• Episode 17 (May 11, 2021)

Thái Vũ Lê Hoàng (₫2,000,000 - lost on ₫10,000,000)
Đào Thúy Duyên (₫22,000,000 - lost on ₫30,000,000)
Trần Tuấn Việt (₫2,000,000 - continued)

• Episode 18 (May 18, 2021)

Trần Tuấn Việt (₫2,000,000 - lost on ₫22,000,000)
Phạm Thị Diễm (₫2,000,000 - lost on ₫10,000,000)
Lê Minh Nhật (₫22,000,000 - lost on ₫30,000,000)

• Episode 19 (May 25, 2021)

Đông Văn Cường (₫10,000,000)
Hoàng Đức Thành (₫22,000,000 - lost on ₫40,000,000)

• Episode 20 (June 1, 2021) - International Children's Day Special

Nguyễn Đức Minh and Lê Khánh Thy (₫22,000,000 - lost on ₫40,000,000)
Nguyễn Như Khôi and Hoàng Thùy Dương (₫22,000,000 - lost on ₫60,000,000)

• Episode 21 (June 8, 2021)

Nguyễn Quang Nguyên (₫2,000,000 - lost on ₫3,000,000)
Vũ Tiến Đạt (₫22,000,000 - lost on ₫40,000,000)

• Episode 22 (June 15, 2021)

Võ Duy Khánh (₫22,000,000 - lost on ₫40,000,000)
Đỗ Tuyết Trinh (₫2,000,000 - lost on ₫10,000,000)

• Episode 23 (June 22, 2021)

Vũ Thị Phương Anh (₫2,000,000 - lost on ₫14,000,000)
Nguyễn Viết Thắng (₫30,000,000)

• Episode 24 (June 29, 2021)

Nguyễn Thu Hiền (₫2,000,000 - lost on ₫22,000,000)
Nguyễn Trọng Kiên (₫2,000,000 - lost on ₫14,000,000)

• Episode 25 (July 6, 2021)

Lê Huy Tuấn (₫14,000,000)
Trần Văn Trường (₫10,000,000)

• Episode 26 (July 13, 2021)

Việt Anh (₫60,000,000)

• Episode 27 (July 20, 2021)

Nguyễn Ngọc Nho (₫14,000,000)
Nguyễn Thanh Nga (₫2,000,000 - lost on ₫10,000,000)
Hoàng Anh Tuấn (₫2,000,000 - continued)

• Episode 28 (July 27, 2021)

Hoàng Anh Tuấn (₫30,000,000)
Kiều Thị Hiên (₫2,000,000 - lost on ₫6,000,000)
Vũ Thành An (₫2,000,000 - continued)

• Episode 29 (August 3, 2021)

Vũ Thành An (₫2,000,000 - lost on ₫14,000,000)
Vũ Xuân Thủy (₫22,000,000 - lost on ₫30,000,000)

• Episode 30 (August 10, 2021)

Nguyễn Thu Hương (₫22,000,000 - lost on ₫30,000,000)
Nguyễn Văn Bình (₫30,000,000)

• Episode 31 (August 17, 2021)

Nguyễn Minh Tuấn (₫14,000,000)
Trịnh Phương Thảo (₫14,000,000)

• Episode 32 (August 24, 2021)

Kiều Thanh Bình (₫14,000,000)
Hoàng Hải Anh (₫2,000,000 - lost on ₫22,000,000)

• Episode 33 (August 31, 2021)

Nguyễn Thế Ngọc (₫30,000,000)
Nguyễn Thị Phương Thu (₫2,000,000 - lost on ₫14,000,000)

• Episode 34 (September 7, 2021)

Hạnh Phúc (₫30,000,000)
Nguyễn Quốc Huy (₫2,000,000 - continued)

• Episode 35 (September 14, 2021)

Nguyễn Quốc Huy (₫2,000,000 - lost on ₫22,000,000)
Lương Văn Tuân (₫10,000,000)

• Episode 36 (September 21, 2021)

Đinh Thị Hậu (₫14,000,000)
Bùi Minh Đức (₫10,000,000)

• Episode 37 (September 28, 2021)

Nguyễn Anh Thắng (₫10,000,000)
Tào Đức Hiệp (₫2,000,000 - lost on ₫22,000,000)

• Episode 38 (October 5, 2021)

Phạm Minh Huyền (₫14,000,000)
Nguyễn Sĩ Tường An (₫2,000,000 - lost on ₫14,000,000)

• Episode 39 (October 12, 2021)

Nguyễn Anh Hùng (₫2,000,000- lost on ₫22,000,000)
Nguyễn Thị Thu Uyên (₫2,000,000 - lost on ₫3,000,000)
Trần Trung Dũng (₫2,000,000 - continued)

• Episode 40 (October 19, 2021)

Trần Trung Dũng (₫22,000,000 - lost on ₫30,000,000)
Trần Kim Tân (₫2,000,000 - lost on ₫14,000,000)
Nguyễn Thị Lộc (₫2,000,000 - continued)

• Episode 41 (October 26, 2021)

Nguyễn Thị Lộc (₫30,000,000)
Nguyễn Ngọc Quyến (₫14,000,000)

• Episode 42 (November 2, 2021)

Đinh Phương Hà (₫30,000,000)
Hoàng Tùng Dương (₫2,000,000 - lost on ₫6,000,000)

• Episode 43 (November 9, 2021)

Lê Xuân Thạch (₫22,000,000 - lost on ₫30,000,000)
Nông Hương Lan (₫14,000,000)

• Episode 44 (November 16, 2021)

Bùi Văn Dũng (₫22,000,000 - lost on ₫30,000,000)
Ngô Thị Hoài Thơ (₫10,000,000)

• Episode 45 (November 23, 2021)

Nguyễn Quốc Thuận (₫2,000,000 - lost on ₫10,000,000)
Phạm Tiến Sỹ (₫2,000,000 - lost on ₫10,000,000)
Lê Trần Ngọc Nam (₫2,000,000 - continued)

• Episode 46 (November 30, 2021)

Lê Trần Ngọc Nam (₫14,000,000)
Nguyễn Văn Mừng (₫14,000,000)

• Episode 47 (December 7, 2021)

Nguyễn Kiều Anh‎ (₫10,000,000)
Bùi Quang Huy‎ (₫2,000,000 - lost on ₫3,000,000)
Ngô Minh Nguyệt (₫3,000,000 - continued)

• Episode 48 (December 14, 2021)

Ngô Minh Nguyệt (₫14,000,000)
Nguyễn Văn Mạnh (₫2,000,000 - lost on ₫6,000,000)
Nguyễn Hồng Sơn (₫2,000,000 - continued)

• Episode 49 (December 21, 2021)

Nguyễn Hồng Sơn (₫6,000,000)
Phạm Thị Thu Hương (₫14,000,000)
Nguyên Văn Khuyến (₫2,000,000 - continued)

• Episode 50 (December 28, 2021)

Nguyên Văn Khuyến (₫14,000,000)
Hoàng Thị Chuyền (₫2,000,000 - lost on ₫22,000,000)

Trivia

• Khổng Thị Nguyên and Nguyễn Quang Nguyên were the contestants to get a question wrong and leave the game with all four lifelines still intact.
• The 4th episode was originally supposed to be aired on January 26, 2021, but was delayed until February 2 due to a VTV news broadcast having been aired for nearly 2 hours, until 9pm (GMT +7) instead of the usual 8pm.
• The 6th episode was originally scheduled to be aired on February 16, 2021, but was delayed to February 23 due to a special show for celebrating Lunar New Year (called locally as Tết).
• The episodes aired from August 24 to September 21, 2021 the first part of the episode that aired on October 5, 2021, and the episodes that aired from November 16, 2021 to December 28, 2021 were recorded at the old S10 Studio, now the S17 Studio - Vietnam Television Station. This is the first time in 6 years that this studio has filmed Who Wants to be a Millionaire. later Điều ước thứ 7 (Wishing Saturday) is borrowing the same studio for recording their show.
• This was the season that didn't have a female expert.

Preceded by Season 11

Vietnamese Seasons Season 12

Succeeded by Season 13