O, Schastlivchik! (1999-2000 season)

This is the first season of O, Schastlivchik!, Russian version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? and predecessor of Kto khochet stat' millionerom?. It's hosted by Dmitry Dibrov.

Lifelines[]

In classic format were three standard lifelines:

Episodes[]

Episode 1 (1 October 1999)

Alla Mezina (1,000 rubles - lost on 2,000 rubles)
Andrey Dvornichenko (1,000 rubles - lost on 32,000 rubles)

Episode 2 (14 October 1999)

Sergey Shevchenko (1,000 rubles - lost on 16,000 rubles)
Irina Guteyeva (1,000 rubles - lost on 2,000 rubles)
Oleg Obukhov (100 rubles, continued)

Episode 3 (21 October 1999)

Oleg Obukhov (1,000 rubles - lost on 8,000 rubles)
Vladimir Saltykov (1,000 rubles - lost on 4,000 rubles)
Yuliya Tyuzhamkina (16,000 rubles)
Lidiya Lebedeva (won FFF, continued)

Episode 4 (28 October 1999)

Lidiya Lebedeva (64,000 rubles)
Yelena Derevyankina (32,000 rubles, continued)

Episode 5 (4 November 1999)

Yelena Derevyankina (32,000 rubles - lost on 64,000 rubles)
Gai Kuznetsov (32,000 rubles - lost on 125,000 rubles)
Sergey Tikhonov (1,000 rubles - lost on 4,000 rubles)
Oleg Ledenev (1,000 rubles, continued)

Episode 6 (11 November 1999)

Oleg Ledenev (1,000 rubles - lost on 16,000 rubles)
Denis Baturin (1,000 rubles - lost on 2,000 rubles)
Nikolay Biryukov (1,000 rubles - lost on 8,000 rubles)
Sergey Rebrov (8,000 rubles, continued)

Episode 7 (18 November 1999)

Sergey Rebrov (8,000 rubles)
Yevgeny Panov (1,000 rubles - lost on 8,000 rubles)
Lyudmila Nelipa (4,000 rubles)
Vyacheslav Gusev (64,000 rubles, continued)

Episode 8 (25 November 1999)

Vyacheslav Gusev (64,000 rubles)
Alexey Menshikov (0 rubles - lost on 500 rubles)
Ruslan Kretov (1,000 rubles - lost on 16,000 rubles)
Igor Borovik (8,000 rubles, continued)

Episode 9 (2 December 1999)

Igor Borovik (1,000 rubles - lost on 16,000 rubles)
Yevgeny Artemov (32,000 rubles - lost on 64,000 rubles)
Alexey Getmantsev (1,000 rubles - lost on 2,000 rubles)
Sergey Gavrilov (500 rubles, continued)

Episode 10 (9 December 1999)

Sergey Gavrilov (1,000 rubles - lost on 2,000 rubles)
Anzor Semenov (32,000 rubles - lost on 125,000 rubles)
Yekaterina Kolomentseva (2,000 rubles, continued)

Episode 11 (16 December 1999)

Yekaterina Kolomentseva (1,000 rubles - lost on 4,000 rubles)
Yelena Anisimova (1,000 rubles - lost on 8,000 rubles)
Andrey Makarovsky (1,000 rubles - lost on 16,000 rubles)
Valentina Zaretskaya (1,000 rubles - lost on 2,000 rubles)
Viktor Krutilin (won FFF, continued)

Episode 12 (23 December 1999)

Viktor Krutilin (32,000 rubles - lost on 64,000 rubles)
Oleg Rakhimov (1,000 rubles - lost on 4,000 rubles)
Yelena Tretyakova (0 rubles - lost on 1,000 rubles)

Episode 13 (30 December 1999) - Celebrity Special

Viktor Shenderovich (1,000 rubles - lost on 16,000 rubles)
Vladimir Kara-Murza (32,000 rubles - lost on 250,000 rubles)
Andrey Norkin (0 rubles - lost on 200 rubles)
Lev Novozhonov (1,000 rubles - lost on 4,000 rubles)
Yevgeny Kiselev (32,000 rubles - lost on 64,000 rubles)
Leonid Parfyonov (64,000 rubles)
Alexander Belyayev (32,000 rubles - lost on 64,000 rubles)

Episode 14 (20 January 2000)

Elmira Smirnova (1,000 rubles - lost on 8,000 rubles)
Roman Ravoyev (1,000 rubles - lost on 4,000 rubles)
Alexey Khokhlov (8,000 rubles)
Alexey Shchepakin (?)

Episode 15 (27 January 2000)

Mikhail Zwang (16,000 rubles)
Pavel Dunin (64,000 rubles, continued)

Episode 16 (3 February 2000)

Pavel Dunin (32,000 rubles - lost on 125,000 rubles)
Dmitry Ogay (32,000 rubles - lost on 64,000 rubles)
Natalya Raybman (16,000 rubles, continued)

Episode 17 (12 February 2000)

Natalya Raybman (16,000 rubles)
Boris Tapelzon (1,000 rubles - lost on 32,000 rubles)
Yelena Volkovskaya (32,000 rubles - lost on 64,000 rubles)
Yelena Yelagina (won FFF, continued)

Episode 18 (19 February 2000)

Yelena Yelagina (1,000 rubles - lost on 32,000 rubles)
Igor Isayev (16,000 rubles)
Georgy Kokolia (2,000 rubles, continued)

Episode 19 (26 February 2000)

Georgy Kokolia (1,000 rubles - lost on 32,000 rubles)
Olga Belash (16,000 rubles)
Artashez Kazaryan (1,000 rubles - lost on 8,000 rubles)

Episode 20 (4 March 2000)

Timur Gadayev (? rubles) (see trivia)
Yuliya Khanis (125,000 rubles)
Viktor Isakov (won FFF, continued)

Episode 21 (11 March 2000)

Viktor Cherkasov (32,000 rubles - lost on 125,000 rubles)
Inna Parkhomenko (4,000 rubles, continued)

Episode 22 (18 March 2000) - Celebrity Special

Umar Jabrailov (1,000 rubles - lost on 8,000 rubles)
Yevgeny Sevostyanov (32,000 rubles - lost on 125,000 rubles)
Ella Pamfilova (32,000 rubles - lost on ? rubles)
Stanislav Govorukhin (1,000 rubles - lost on 16,000 rubles)

Episode 23 (25 March 2000)

Inna Parkhomenko (1,000 rubles - lost on 32,000 rubles)
Andrey Zinovyev (1,000 rubles - lost on 8,000 rubles)
Sofya Pismenskaya (1,000 rubles - lost on 2,000 rubles)
Olga Sichinawa (1,000 rubles, continued)

Episode 24 (30 March 2000)

Olga Sichinawa (32,000 rubles - lost on 125,000 rubles)
Leonid Kudryavtsev (1,000 rubles - lost on 32,000 rubles)
Ruslan Korotkov (2,000 rubles, continued)

Episode 25 (1 April 2000)

Ruslan Korotkov (32,000 rubles - lost on 64,000 rubles)
Anna Sharipova (32,000 rubles - lost on 250,000 rubles)
Arkady Fuks (1,000 rubles, continued)

Episode 26 (6 April 2000)

Arkady Fuks (1,000 rubles - lost on 8,000 rubles)
Anatoly Kozyr (1,000 rubles - lost on 8,000 rubles)
Svetlana Gusarova (1,000 rubles - lost on 4,000 rubles)
Mikhail Filinov-Chernyshev (1,000 rubles, continued)

Episode 27 (8 April 2000)

Mikhail Filinov-Chernyshev (32,000 rubles - lost on 125,000 rubles)
Dmitry Belyayev (1,000 rubles - lost on 32,000 rubles)
Pavel Sorokin (2,000 rubles, continued)

Episode 28 (13 April 2000)

Pavel Sorokin (8,000 rubles)
Anton Gorbachev (1,000 rubles - lost on 16,000 rubles)
Yelena Lukyanova (32,000 rubles - lost on 64,000 rubles)

Episode 29 (15 April 2000)

Alexander Kozlovsky (1,000 rubles - lost on ? rubles)
Olga Shchegoleva (?)
Grigory Novoselov (?, continued)

Episode 30 (20 April 2000)

Grigory Novoselov (125,000 rubles)
Irina Yankovskaya (1,000 rubles - lost on 32,000 rubles)
Tatyana Korneyeva (500 rubles, continued)

Episode 31 (22 April 2000)

Tatyana Korneyeva (?)
Yuliya Kolesnikova (?)
? (?)
Mikhail Kirillov (64,000 rubles, continued)

Episode 32 (27 April 2000)

Mikhail Kirillov (125,000 rubles)
Konstantin Degtev (1,000 rubles - lost on 32,000 rubles)
Nailya Yamalutdinova (1,000 rubles - lost on 16,000 rubles)

Episode 33 (29 April 2000)

Irina Varenitsa (1,000 rubles - lost on 8,000 rubles)
Tatyana Ovcharova (1,000 rubles - lost on 8,000 rubles)
Mikhail Nikitin (1,000 rubles, continued)

Episode 34 (8 May 2000)

Mikhail Nikitin (1,000 rubles - lost on 16,000 rubles)
Arkady Kosoy (1,000 rubles - lost on 16,000 rubles)
Pavel Dobkin (125,000 rubles)
Marina Nechepayeva (1,000 rubles, continued)

Episode 35 (11 May 2000)

Marina Nechepayeva (1,000 rubles - lost on 32,000 rubles)
Viktor Gesse (32,000 rubles - lost on 125,000 rubles)
Irena Aydarova (500 rubles, continued)

Episode 36 (13 May 2000)

Irena Aydarova (32,000 rubles - lost on 64,000 rubles)
Alla Volgina (16,000 rubles)
Alexander Kruglov (300 rubles, continued)

Episode 37 (18 May 2000)

Alexander Kruglov (32,000 rubles - lost on 64,000 rubles)
Tatyana Svirina (1,000 rubles - lost on 2,000 rubles)
Mikhail Masloboyev (8,000 rubles, continued)

Episode 38 (20 May 2000)

Mikhail Masloboyev (1,000 rubles - lost on 16,000 rubles)
Andrey Petrosyants (8,000 rubles)
Tatyana Telezhenko (64,000 rubles)

Episode 39 (25 May 2000)

Ilya Guseynov (1,000 rubles - lost on 32,000 rubles)
Julietta Stepanyan (1,000 rubles - lost on 32,000 rubles)
Yelena Petruchenko (won FFF, continued)

Episode 40 (27 May 2000)

Yelena Petruchenko (32,000 rubles - lost on 64,000 rubles)
Mikhail Sharov (1,000 rubles - lost on 8,000 rubles)
Nikolay Zhukov (300 rubles, continued)

Episode 41 (1 June 2000)

Nikolay Zhukov (1,000 rubles - lost on 16,000 rubles)
Ruslana Pavlenko (1,000 rubles - lost on 2,000 rubles)
Natalya Raybman (1,000 rubles - lost on 8,000 rubles)
Mikhail Cherkasov (won FFF, continued)

Episode 42 (3 June 2000)

Mikhail Cherkasov (1,000 rubles - lost on 4,000 rubles)
Anna Belokon (1,000 rubles - lost on 2,000 rubles)
Pavel Tarasov (32,000 rubles, continued)

Episode 43 (8 June 2000)

Pavel Tarasov (64,000 rubles)
Andrey Frolov (32,000 rubles - lost on 64,000 rubles)
Sergey Strokin (8,000 rubles, continued)

Episode 44 (10 June 2000)

Sergey Strokin (500,000 rubles)
Nikolay Barskov (200 rubles, continued)

Episode 45 (15 June 2000)

Nikolay Barskov (1,000 rubles - lost on 32,000 rubles)
Dmitry Bekin (1,000 rubles - lost on 2,000 rubles)
Olga Zatiyeva (1,000 rubles - lost on 2,000 rubles)
Daniil Vasilenko (1,000 rubles, continued)

Episode 46 (17 June 2000)

Daniil Vasilenko (32,000 rubles - lost on 125,000 rubles)
Marina Dmitriyeva (1,000 rubles - lost on 32,000 rubles)
Mikhail Kantin (won FFF, continued)

Episode 47 (22 June 2000)

Mikhail Kantin (1,000 rubles - lost on 2,000 rubles)
Igor Besprozvanny (1,000 rubles - lost on 16,000 rubles)
Anatoly Kotovrasov (1,000 rubles - lost on 8,000 rubles)
Dmitry Kuzin (1,000 rubles, continued)

Episode 48 (24 June 2000) - Tax Police Service Special

Svetlana Shvedova (32,000 rubles - lost on 64,000 rubles)
Alexey Shmelev (32,000 rubles - lost on 64,000 rubles)

Episode 49 (29 June 2000)

Dmitry Kuzin (8,000 rubles)
Andrey Sergiyenko (32,000 rubles - lost on 64,000 rubles)

Trivia[]

Sergey Strokin is one contestant only, who reached the Top Prize question and took the biggest winning.
Alexey Menshikov is the first male contestant in Russian version's history, who walked away nothing.
Yelena Tretyakova is the first female contestant in Russian version's history, who walked away nothing.
Natalya Raybman and Mikhail Sharov twice appeared.
A rather curious and mysterious incident can be seen in the digitization of the new version of the "O, Schastlivchik!" dated March 4, 2000. Timur Gadayev was shown and introduced by the host as a participant in FFF. Further, when the list of potential contestants who answered correctly or incorrectly to the question of the first FFF, where Yuliya Khanis won, was shown, it was possible to notice that Timur Gadayev was no longer on this list, and one player’s chair of FFF was already empty (it turned out to be place of this participant). Accordingly, before the second FFF there were already two empty seats, and 8 people were displayed among the participants. In general, some miracles of installation. Apparently, Timur Gadayev was “cut out” from the full episode for some misconduct. Or he appeared, but was not shown in the final version of episode. It’s not clear, in general, nothing... And there’s no one to find out from, since a lot of time has already passed, and the Internet was not so developed that it was possible to find out what actually happened in the studio then.
On 13 January 2000 and 1 July 2000, repeat of Celebrity Special episode aired.

Sources[]

Preceded by none	Russian Series Season 1	Succeeded by Season 2