The Autumn 2016 series of Haluatko miljonääriksi?, the Finnish version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, was broadcast from September 3 to December 3. The season had fourteen episodes, two more than the previous Spring 2016 series. The episodes were aired on Saturdays at 8:00 p.m. (local time) on TV channel Nelonen (except the September 10 episode was aired at 10:00 p.m. because of ice hockey).
As the previous season, the autumn season was hosted by Jaajo Linnonmaa. The season had 84 contestants, with 22 making it into the Hot Seat.
The total prize money of the season was €157,000, the average being €7,136.36 per contestant. The biggest total prize money was won by Janica Halminen (€60,000) who became the most succesful woman and the second most successful contestant in the Finnish version. Two contestants walked away empty-handed.
The episodes were shot in the studio of Angel Films in Herttoniemi, Helsinki. The episodes were shot in the end of the August 2016, in 7 days when 2 episodes were shot in a day. On August 25, Linnonmaa said on the radio that about 5,000 people applied for the season.
The next series was broadcast in Spring 2017, starting on February 11.
Episodes[]
- Episode 1 (September 3, 2016)
Jukka Voutilainen (€10,000 - lost on €15,000) Veera Smidt (€700, continued)
- Episode 2 (September 10, 2016)
Veera Smidt (€1,000 - lost on €5,000) Jessiina Nurmela (€1,000 - lost on €5,000) Henri Heinola (€500, continued)
- Episode 3 (September 17, 2016)
Henri Heinola (€1,000 - lost on €10,000) Jukka Vornanen (€3,000, continued)
- Episode 4 (September 24, 2016)
Jukka Vornanen (€7,000) Teemu Rissanen (€1,000 - lost on €2,000) Mikael Fraunberg (€500, continued)
- Episode 5 (October 1, 2016)
Mikael Fraunberg (€1,000 - lost on €2,000) Juulia Raivio (€0 - lost on €1,000) Johannes Hidén (€0 - lost on €200) Miikka Jokela (€2,000, continued)
- Episode 6 (October 8, 2016)
Miikka Jokela (€10,000 - lost on €15,000) Anni Ahnger (€1,000 - lost on €7,000)
- Episode 7 (October 15, 2016)
Aino-Maija Muntila (€10,000 - lost on €15,000) Lasse Laitinen (€3,000, continued)
- Episode 8 (October 22, 2016)
Lasse Laitinen (€15,000) Janica Halminen (€5,000, continued)
- Episode 9 (October 29, 2016)
Janica Halminen (€60,000) Sami Rasimus (€1,000, continued)
- Episode 10 (November 5, 2016)
Sami Rasimus (€1,000 - lost on €2,000) Katariina Keinonen (€10,000 - lost on €30,000)
- Episode 11 (November 12, 2016)
Heidi Lintinen (€10,000 - lost on €30,000) Mikko Rantala (€700, continued)
- Episode 12 (November 19, 2016)
Mikko Rantala (€1,000 - lost on €10,000) Juha-Matti Mikkolainen (€1,000 - lost on €3,000)
- Episode 13 (November 26, 2016)
Minttu Ripatti (€1,000 - lost on €7,000) Johanna Laine (€3,000, continued)
- Episode 14 (December 3, 2016)
Johanna Laine (€5,000) Viljami Rahikainen (€10,000 - lost on €15,000)
| Preceded by Spring 2016 |
Finnish Series Autumn 2016 |
Succeeded by Spring 2017 |