Ai Là Triệu Phú - Ghế Nóng (Who is the Millionaire - Hot Seat) was the Hot Seat version of Ai Là Triệu Phú based on the original Australian Hot Seat version and also the first Asian Hot Seat version. The show began airing on VTV3 on September 7, 2010 and concluded on June 28, 2011. It was hosted by Lại Văn Sâm.
There were 15 questions with randomized difficulty. Contestants had to answer the questions correctly to have a chance to win the top prize. When there was a difficult question, they could use their "Pass" lifeline and the next contestant was required to answer the question and could not pass. Each contestant could only pass once. If the answer was correct, the contestant will be playing for the next prize in the money tree. If the answer was wrong, that person was eliminated, and the top prize would go down one level, with a bonus 5,000,000₫ (if that person gave a wrong answer on the 15th question).
In each game, there were 6 contestants. Each contestant had 15 seconds for questions 1-5, 30 seconds for questions 6-10 and 45 seconds for questions 11-15.
The last contestant to answer question 15 or the last person on the hot seat would be the winner of the top prize if the answer was correct. If the answer was wrong, the contestant would only win ₫5,000,000.
This is the only show that used Arial font instead of the Rave font Verdana, which was later used on Ai Là Triệu Phú since July 5, 2011 until they adopted the new graphics in September 30, 2014.
List of episodes[]
See Ai Là Triệu Phú - Ghế Nóng/List of episodes
Money Tree[]
Prizes in bold are safe havens. Unlike other Hot Seat versions, the money tree was shown with the point value instead of monetary value, which is a thousandth of the VND price value.
Question No. |
Correct Answer Value (Points) | Correct Answer Value (Money) | Amount Lost if Wrong Answer (Effective with the Last Man Standing only) |
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15 | 120,000 | ₫120,000,000 | ₫75,000,000 |
14 | 80,000 | ₫80,000,000 | ₫45,000,000 |
13 | 50,000 | ₫50,000,000 | ₫30,000,000 |
12 | 35,000 | ₫35,000,000 | ₫20,000,000 |
11 | 25,000 | ₫25,000,000 | ₫15,000,000 |
10 | 20,000 | ₫20,000,000 | ₫10,000,000 |
9 | 15,000 | ₫15,000,000 | ₫5,000,000 |
8 | 10,000 | ₫10,000,000 | ₫3,000,000 |
7 | 8,000 | ₫8,000,000 | ₫1,000,000 |
6 | 6,000 | ₫6,000,000 | ₫0 |
5 | 5,000 | ₫5,000,000 | ₫4,000,000 |
4 | 4,000 | ₫4,000,000 | ₫3,000,000 |
3 | 3,000 | ₫3,000,000 | ₫2,000,000 |
2 | 2,000 | ₫2,000,000 | ₫1,000,000 |
1 | 1,000 | ₫1,000,000 | ₫0 |
Lifelines[]
There was only one lifeline in the show:
- Pass (Chuyển)
Last Man Standing[]
Top Prize Winners[]
- Nguyễn Xuân Điều - ₫120,000,000 (May 24, 2011)
The Biggest Winners other than Top Prize Winners (incomplete list)[]
- Lê Văn Tuân - 80,000,000₫ (April 12, 2011)
- Unknown contestant - 50,000,000₫ (March, 2011)
- Đỗ Xuân Đức - 50,000,000₫ (May 17, 2011)
- Unknown contestant - 35,000,000₫ (October, 2010)
- Unknown contestant - 35,000,000₫ (February 8, 2011)
- Unknown contestant - 35,000,000₫ (June 28, 2011)
- Trần Quang Hiệp - 25,000,000₫ (September 14, 2010)
- Đoàn Hải Yến - 25,000,000₫ (December 2010)
₫20,000,000 Winners (incomplete list)[]
- Ngô Đức Dương - ₫20,000,000 (September 7, 2010) - First ever Hot Seat Winner in Vietnam and Asian.
- Unknown foreign contestant - ₫20,000,000 (January 4, 2011 - New Year's Eve Special)
- Dương Thùy Linh - ₫20,000,000 (February 1, 2011 - Lunar New Year Special)
- Unknown contestant - ₫20,000,000 (June 7, 2011)
- Nguyễn Đức Ngọc - ₫20,000,000 (June 14, 2011)
- Đoàn Lan Hương - ₫20,000,000 (June 21, 2011)
₫5,000,000 Winners (incomplete list)[]
- Nguyễn Văn Vĩnh - ₫5,000,000 (September 28, 2010) (lost on ₫25,000,000)
- Unknown man - ₫5,000,000 (October 5, 2010)
- Unknown contestant - ₫5,000,000 (October, 2010) (played again due to bad question)
- Unknown woman - ₫5,000,000 (October/November, 2010) (lost on ₫50,000,000)
Unknown Amount Winners[]
- Unknown contestant - ₫25,000,000 or ₫5,000,000 (November 2010)
- Unknown woman - ₫25,000,000 or ₫5,000,000 (maybe December 7, 2010)
- Huy Khánh - ₫20,000,000 or ₫5,000,000 (October/November 2010)
0₫ winners[]
Note: This list only contains contestants who flunked out within the first 5 questions. Since only the last remaining contestant in the hot seat gets all the money at the end of the episode, the other 5 contestants all go away empty-handed, regardless if they flunked out within the first 5 questions or the next 10 questions.
- Phạm Trọng Thức - 0₫ (September 7, 2010, 4th question wrong)
- Nguyễn Thị Thủy Nguyên - 0₫ (September 14, 2010, 4th question wrong)
- Nguyễn Thị Mai - 0₫ (September 28, 2010, 4th question wrong)
- Unknown contestant - 0₫ (Early 2011, 2nd question wrong)
- Nguyễn Thị Thu Hằng - 0₫ (April 12, 2011, 3rd question wrong)
- Nguyễn Thị Tuyết - 0₫ (June 14, 2011, 2nd question wrong)
- Nguyễn Thị Kim Phụng - 0₫ (June 14, 2011, 2nd question wrong)
- Phan Văn Thảo - 0₫ (June 14, 2011, 5th question wrong)
One contestant in Vietnam answered the 1st question wrong under the Hot Seat format, but the date is currently unknown.
Sponsors[]
- February 1 - June 28, 2011: BIDV
Trivia[]
- In one episode, a contestant lost due to a bad question about the planet named after the goddess of beauty and love in Greek mythology. The answer was claimed to be B, however, the contestant complains afterwards to the staff, who finds out the question was flawed. The host demanded an another question, so therefore he was allowed to continue the game, ending up winning ₫5,000,000 after incorrectly answering the final question worth ₫35,000,000. The next bad question (?) in December 21, 2010 (Vietnamese Military's Day Special) is about how many intangible cultural heritages have been recognized by UNESCO and the answer claimed to be B but on the airdate (2010) there's 5 cultural heritages. These are Huế Royal Court Music, Central Highlands Gồng Cultural Space, Quan Họ Bắc Ninh Folk Song, Vietnamese Ca Trù and most recently Gióng Festival. However, the program was recorded before November 16, 2010 (before the time when UNESCO officially recognized Gióng Festival as an Intangible Cultural Heritage of Humanity).
- On one episode, two contestants lost on the ₫50,000,000 questions. One of them won ₫5,000,000 (fifth question milestone)
- In 2011, a special episode with all foreign contestants appeared. One of them won ₫20,000,000.
- The June 14, 2011 episode was the only episode to have three contestants who flunked out within the first 5 questions.
- By default, each episode ands after finishing all 15 questions or the last player answered a question wrong and that player wins the money. Because of this, sometimes the klaxon is not even played.
See also[]
- Rồng vàng (the unlicensed version in Vietnam)
- Ai Là Triệu Phú (the original Vietnamese version)
- Millionaire Hot Seat (international versions)
Sources[]
Ai Là Triệu Phú |
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1 (2005) • 2 (2005-2007) • 3 (2007-2008) • 4 (2008-2010) • Hot Seat version (2010-2011) • 5 (2011-2012) • 6 (2012-2014) • 7 (2014-2015) • 8 (2015-2017) • 9 (2018-2019) • 10 (2019-2020) • 11 (2020) • 12 (2021) • 13 (2022-2024) • 14 (2025-present) |