Almilyardir or AlMilliardaire (Arabic: الملياردير; English: The Billionaire), also known by its full title Almilyarder ma Jorj Qirdahi (Arabic: الملياردير مع جورج قرداحي; The Billionaire with George Kurdahi) is an Iraqi Arabic-language unlicensed version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. It is presented by George Kurdahi, who originally hosted the licensed Arab World version of the show, Man sa yarbah al malyoon and the Egypt version of the show, El milyoner. The soundtrack of the show was completely changed from the original licensed format.
A novelty of this format is that not all lifelines are available for free, that contestants pick between two categories of question before answering, and they must walk away before seeing the question.
The country of Iraq originally had a Kurdish-language version of the show in the early 2010s.
The show has been broadcast on Alrabiaa Network Television since March 2024, and though launching to poor ratings it has become one of the channel's top-performing shows.
Lifelines[]
In this version of the show, one lifeline is available for free, however the other two force a contestant to take a step lower on the money tree.
- The first Switch the Question is free.
- Buy Two Answers (in series 2 - as 2/4) requires a contestant to go one step lower on the money tree.
- A second Switch the Question requires a contestant to go one step lower on the money tree.
Series[]
Money tree[]
| Question No. |
Correct Answer Value |
Walk Away Value |
Miss Answer Value |
Lifeline fine | Amount Lost for a Wrong Answer |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 100,000 IRD | 0 IRD | 0 IRD | 0 IRD | 0 IRD |
| 2 | 250,000 IRD | 100,000 IRD | 100,000 IRD | 100,000 IRD | |
| 3 | 500,000 IRD | 250,000 IRD | 150,000 IRD | 250,000 IRD | |
| 4 | 1,000,000 IRD | 500,000 IRD | 250,000 IRD | 500,000 IRD | |
| 5 | 2,000,000 IRD | 1,000,000 IRD | 1,000,000 IRD | 500,000 IRD | 0 IRD |
| 6 | 3,000,000 IRD | 2,000,000 IRD | 1,000,000 IRD | 1,000,000 IRD | |
| 7 | 5,000,000 IRD | 3,000,000 IRD | 1,000,000 IRD | 2,000,000 IRD | |
| 8 | 10,000,000 IRD | 5,000,000 IRD | 2,000,000 IRD | 4,000,000 IRD | |
| 9 | 15,000,000 IRD | 10,000,000 IRD | 10,000,000 IRD | 5,000,000 IRD | 0 IRD |
| 10 | 30,000,000 IRD | 15,000,000 IRD | 5,000,000 IRD | 5,000,000 IRD | |
| 11 | 50,000,000 IRD | 30,000,000 IRD | 15,000,000 IRD | 20,000,000 IRD | |
| 12 | 100,000,000 IRD | 50,000,000 IRD | 20,000,000 IRD | 40,000,000 IRD | |
| 13 | 150,000,000 IRD | 100,000,000 IRD | 100,000,000 IRD | 50,000,000 IRD | 0 IRD |
| 14 | 250,000,000 IRD | 150,000,000 IRD | 50,000,000 IRD | 50,000,000 IRD | |
| 15 | 500,000,000 IRD | 250,000,000 IRD | 100,000,000 IRD | 150,000,000 IRD | |
| 16 | 1,000,000,000 IRD | 500,000,000 IRD | 250,000,000 IRD | 400,000,000 IRD |
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