The first season of ¿Quién quiere ser millonario?, the Spanish version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, was broadcast on Telecinco under the names Cincuenta por quince and ¿Quiere ser millonario? 50 por 15. The name referred to the 50,000,000 ₧ top prize won by answering 15 questions. Hosted by Carlos Sobera, the top prize is 50,000,000 ₧, equivalent to around 300,000 €.
The show was a massive success for Telecinco, with Sobera soon becoming a household name. Despite not having the same level of success as the format did in other countries (Spain would wait until 2005/06 for that) it still quickly attracted attention for its simplicity and Sobera's trademark facial expressions. The show soon became Telecinco's golden goose, originally aired on Saturday nights at 9pm it also gained a weekday edition at 7.30pm. The show was canned in 2002 as Telecinco's attention turned to its unexpected success with the local version of Big Brother: despite plans to turn it into a Sunday night weekly show with a top prize of 300.000 €, this never materialised.
Gameplay[]
Lifelines[]
In this season, all contestants have three lifelines, which are:
- 50:50 (Cinquenta por ciento)
- Phone-A-Friend (Comodín de la llamada)
- Ask the Audience (Comodín del público)
Money tree[]
| Question No |
Correct Answer Value |
Walk Away Value |
Miss Answer Value |
Amount Lost for a Wrong Answer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 50,000,000 ₧ | 24,000,000 ₧ | 1,500,000 ₧ | 22,500,000 ₧ |
| 14 | 24,000,000 ₧ | 12,000,000 ₧ | 10,500,000 ₧ | |
| 13 | 12,000,000 ₧ | 6,000,000 ₧ | 4,500,000 ₧ | |
| 12 | 6,000,000 ₧ | 3,000,000 ₧ | 1,500,000 ₧ | |
| 11 | 3,000,000 ₧ | 1,500,000 ₧ | 0 ₧ | |
| 10 | 1,500,000 ₧ | 750,000 ₧ | 300,000 ₧ | 450,000 ₧ |
| 9 | 750,000 ₧ | 600,000 ₧ | 300,000 ₧ | |
| 8 | 600,000 ₧ | 450,000 ₧ | 150,000 ₧ | |
| 7 | 450,000 ₧ | 350,000 ₧ | 50,000 ₧ | |
| 6 | 350,000 ₧ | 300,000 ₧ | 0 ₧ | |
| 5 | 300,000 ₧ | 150,000 ₧ | 0 ₧ | 150,000 ₧ |
| 4 | 150,000 ₧ | 75,000 ₧ | 75,000 ₧ | |
| 3 | 75,000 ₧ | 50,000 ₧ | 50,000 ₧ | |
| 2 | 50,000 ₧ | 25,000 ₧ | 25,000 ₧ | |
| 1 | 25,000 ₧ | 0 ₧ | 0 ₧ |
Episodes []
- Episode 1 (17 April 1999)
Gerardo Ramírez (450.000 ₧)
- Episode 2 (24 April 1999)
- Episode 3 (1 May 1999)
- Episode 4 (8 May 1999)
- Episode 5 (15 May 1999)
- Episode 6 (22 May 1999)
- Episode 7 (29 May 1999)
- Episode 8 (12 June 1999)
- Episode 9 (19 June 1999)
- Epiosde 10 (26 June 1999)
- Episode 11 (3 July 1999)
- Episode 12 (10 July 1999)
- Episode 13 (17 July 1999)
- Episode 14 (24 July 1999)
- Episode 15 (31 July 1999)
- Episode 16 (7 August 1999)
- Episode 17 (14 August 1999)
- Episode 18 (21 August 1999)
- Episode 19 (28 August 1999)
- Episode 20 (4 September 1999)
- Episode 21 (11 September 1999)
- Episode 22 (13 September 1999)
- Episode 23 (14 September 1999)
- Episode 24 (15 September 1999)
- Episode 25 (16 September 1999)
- Episode 26 (17 September 1999)
- Episode 27 (18 September 1999)
- Episode 28 (20 September 1999)
- Episode 29 (21 September 1999)
- Episode 30 (22 September 1999)
- Episode 31 (23 September 1999)
- Episode 32 (24 September 1999)
- Episode 33 (25 September 1999)
- Episode 34 (27 September 1999)
- Episode 35 (28 September 1999)
- Episode 36 (29 September 1999)
- Episode 37 (30 September 1999)
- Episode 38 (1 October 1999)
- Episode 39 (2 October 1999)
- Episode 40 (4 October 1999)
- Episode 41 (5 October 1999)
- Episode 42 (6 October 1999)
- Episode 43 (7 October 1999)
- Episode 44 (8 October 1999)
- Episode 45 (9 October 1999)
- Episode 46 (11 October 1999)
- Episode 47 (13 October 1999)
- Episode 48 (14 October 1999)
- Episode 49 (15 October 1999)
- Episode 50 (16 October 1999)
- Episode 51 (18 October 1999)
- Episode 52 (19 October 1999)
- Episode 53 (20 October 1999)
- Episode 54 (21 October 1999)
- Episode 55 (22 October 1999)
- Episode 56 (23 October 1999)
- Episode 57 (25 October 1999)
- Episode 58 (26 October 1999)
- Episode 59 (27 October 1999)
- Episode 60 (28 October 1999)
- Episode 61 (29 October 1999)
- Episode 62 (30 October 1999)
- Episode 63 (2 November 1999)
- Episode 64 (3 November 1999)
- Episode 65 (4 November 1999)
- Episode 66 (5 November 1999)
- Episode 67 (6 November 1999)
- Episode 68 (8 November 1999)
- Episode 69 (9 November 1999)
- Episode 70 (10 November 1999)
- Episode 71 (11 November 1999)
- Episode 72 (12 November 1999)
- Episode 73 (13 November 1999)
- Episode 74 (15 November 1999)
- Episode 75 (16 November 1999)
- Episode 76 (17 November 1999)
Gaspar Lantarón (600.000 ₧, continued)
- Episode 77 (18 November 1999)
Gaspar Lantarón (750.000 ₧) Mª Ángeles Sánchez (0 ₧ - lost on 300.000 ₧) José Zumalacárregui (0 ₧ - lost on 150.000 ₧) Alberto Izquierdo (300.000 ₧ - lost on 350.000 ₧) Emilia Busquets (300.000 ₧ - lost on 450.000 ₧) Myriam Montes (300.000 ₧ - lost on 450.000 ₧) Mª Luisa Lozano (0 ₧ - lost on 50.000 ₧)
- Episode 78 (19 November 1999)
- Episode 79 (20 November 1999)
- Episode 80 (22 November 1999)
- Episode 81 (23 November 1999)
- Episode 82 (24 November 1999)
- Episode 83 (25 November 1999)
- Episode 84 (26 November 1999)
- Episode 85 (27 November 1999)
- Episode 86 (29 November 1999)
- Episode 87 (30 November 1999)
- Episode 88 (1 December 1999)
- Episode 89 (2 December 1999)
- Episode 90 (3 December 1999)
- Episode 91 (4 December 1999)
- Episode 92 (7 December 1999)
- Episode 93 (9 December 1999)
- Episode 94 (10 December 1999)
- Episode 95 (11 December 1999)
- Episode 96 (13 December 1999)
- Episode 97 (14 December 1999)
- Episode 98 (15 December 1999)
- Episode 99 (16 December 1999)
- Episode 100 (17 December 1999) - Special 100th episode with Returning winners
Maria Teresa de Juan (? ₧)
- Episode 101 (18 December 1999)
- Episode 102 (20 December 1999)
- Episode 103 (21 December 1999)
- Episode 104 (22 December 1999)
- Episode 105 (23 December 1999)
- Episode 106 (24 December 1999)
- Episode 107 (25 December 1999)
- Episode 108 (27 December 1999)
- Episode 109 (28 December 1999)
- Episode 110 (29 December 1999)
- Episode 111 (30 December 1999)
- Episode 112 (31 December 1999)
- Episode 113 (1 January 2000)
- Episode 114 (3 January 2000)
- Episode 115 (4 January 2000)
- Episode 116 (5 January 2000)
- Episode 117 (7 January 2000)
- Episode 118 (8 January 2000)
- Episode 119 (10 January 2000)
- Episode 120 (11 January 2000)
- Episode 121 (12 January 2000)
- Episode 122 (13 January 2000)
- Episode 123 (14 January 2000)
- Episode 124 (15 January 2000)
- Episode 125 (17 January 2000)
- Episode 126 (18 January 2000)
- Episode 127 (19 January 2000)
- Episode 128 (20 January 2000)
- Episode 129 (21 January 2000)
- Episode 130 (22 January 2000)
- Episode 131 (24 January 2000)
- Episode 132 (25 January 2000)
- Episode 133 (26 January 2000)
- Episode 134 (27 January 2000)
- Episode 135 (28 January 2000)
- Episode 136 (29 January 2000)
- Episode 137 (31 January 2000)
- Episode 138 (1 February 2000)
- Episode 139 (2 February 2000)
- Episode 140 (3 February 2000)
- Episode 141 (4 February 2000)
- Episode 142 (5 February 2000)
- Episode 143 (7 February 2000)
- Episode 144 (8 February 2000)
- Episode 145 (9 February 2000)
- Episode 146 (10 February 2000)
- Episode 147 (11 February 2000)
- Episode 148 (12 February 2000)
- Episode 149 (14 February 2000)
- Episode 150 (15 February 2000)
- Episode 151 (16 February 2000)
- Episode 152 (17 February 2000)
- Episode 153 (18 February 2000)
- Episode 154 (19 February 2000)
- Episode 155 (21 February 2000)
- Episode 156 (22 February 2000) - The highest-rating episode (2,043,000 viewers)
- Episode 157 (23 February 2000)
- Episode 158 (24 February 2000)
- Episode 159 (25 February 2000)
- Episode 160 (26 February 2000)
- Episode 161 (28 February 2000)
- Episode 162 (29 February 2000)
- Episode 163 (1 March 2000)
- Episode 164 (2 March 2000)
- Episode 165 (3 March 2000)
- Episode 166 (4 March 2000)
- Episode 167 (6 March 2000)
- Episode 168 (7 March 2000)
- Episode 169 (8 March 2000)
- Episode 170 (9 March 2000)
- Episode 171 (10 March 2000)
- Episode 172 (11 March 2000)
- Episode 173 (13 March 2000)
- Episode 174 (14 March 2000)
- Episode 175 (15 March 2000)
- Episode 176 (16 March 2000)
- Episode 177 (17 March 2000)
- Episode 178 (18 March 2000)
- Episode 179 (20 March 2000)
- Episode 180 (21 March 2000)
- Episode 181 (22 March 2000)
- Episode 182 (23 March 2000)
- Episode 183 (24 March 2000)
- Episode 184 (25 March 2000)
- Episode 185 (27 March 2000)
- Episode 186 (28 March 2000)
- Episode 187 (29 March 2000)
- Episode 188 (30 March 2000)
- Episode 189 (31 March 2000)
- Episode 190 (1 April 2000)
- Episode 191 (3 April 2000)
- Episode 192 (4 April 2000)
- Episode 193 (5 April 2000)
- Episode 194 (6 April 2000)
- Episode 195 (7 April 2000)
- Episode 196 (8 April 2000)
- Episode 197 (10 April 2000)
- Episode 198 (11 April 2000)
- Episode 199 (12 April 2000)
- Episode 200 (13 April 2000)
- Episode 201 (14 April 2000)
- Episode 202 (15 April 2000)
- Episode 203 (17 April 2000)
- Episode 204 (18 April 2000)
- Episode 205 (19 April 2000)
- Episode 206 (20 April 2000)
- Episode 207 (21 April 2000)
- Episode 208 (22 April 2000)
- Episode 209 (24 April 2000)
- Episode 210 (25 April 2000)
- Episode 211 (26 April 2000)
- Episode 212 (27 April 2000)
- Episode 213 (28 April 2000)
- Episode 214 (29 April 2000)
- Episode 215 (2 May 2000)
- Episode 216 (3 May 2000)
- Episode 217 (4 May 2000)
- Episode 218 (5 May 2000)
- Episode 219 (6 May 2000)
- Episode 220 (8 May 2000)
- Episode 221 (9 May 2000)
- Episode 222 (10 May 2000)
- Episode 223 (11 May 2000)
- Episode 224 (12 May 2000)
- Episode 225 (13 May 2000)
- Episode 226 (15 May 2000)
- Episode 227 (16 May 2000)
- Episode 228 (17 May 2000)
- Episode 229 (18 May 2000)
- Episode 230 (19 May 2000)
- Episode 231 (20 May 2000)
- Episode 232 (22 May 2000)
- Episode 233 (23 May 2000)
- Episode 234 (24 May 2000)
- Episode 235 (25 May 2000)
- Episode 236 (26 May 2000)
- Episode 237 (27 May 2000)
- Episode 238 (29 May 2000)
- Episode 239 (30 May 2000)
- Episode 240 (31 May 2000)
- Episode 241 (1 June 2000)
- Episode 242 (2 June 2000)
- Episode 243 (3 June 2000)
- Episode 244 (5 June 2000)
- Episode 245 (6 June 2000)
- Episode 246 (7 June 2000)
- Episode 247 (8 June 2000)
- Episode 248 (9 June 2000)
- Episode 249 (10 June 2000)
- Episode 250 (12 June 2000)
- Episode 251 (13 June 2000)
- Episode 252 (14 June 2000)
- Episode 253 (15 June 2000)
- Episode 254 (16 June 2000)
- Episode 255 (17 June 2000)
- Episode 256 (19 June 2000)
- Episode 257 (20 June 2000)
- Episode 258 (21 June 2000)
- Episode 259 (22 June 2000)
- Episode 260 (23 June 2000)
- Episode 261 (24 June 2000)
- Episode 262 (26 June 2000)
- Episode 263 (27 June 2000)
- Episode 264 (28 June 2000)
- Episode 265 (29 June 2000)
- Episode 266 (30 June 2000)
- Episode 267 (1 July 2000)
- Episode 268 (3 July 2000)
- Episode 269 (4 July 2000)
- Episode 270 (5 July 2000)
- Episode 271 (6 July 2000)
- Episode 272 (7 July 2000)
- Episode 273 (8 July 2000)
- Episode 274 (10 July 2000)
- Episode 275 (11 July 2000)
- Episode 276 (12 July 2000)
- Episode 277 (13 July 2000)
- Episode 278 (14 July 2000)
- Episode 279 (15 July 2000)
- Episode 280 (17 July 2000)
- Episode 281 (18 July 2000)
- Episode 282 (19 July 2000)
- Episode 283 (20 July 2000)
- Episode 284 (21 July 2000)
- Episode 285 (22 July 2000)
- Episode 286 (24 July 2000)
- Episode 287 (25 July 2000)
- Episode 288 (26 July 2000)
- Episode 289 (27 July 2000)
- Episode 290 (28 July 2000)
- Episode 291 (29 July 2000)
- Episode 292 (31 July 2000)
- Episode 293 (1 August 2000)
- Episode 294 (2 August 2000)
- Episode 295 (3 August 2000)
- Episode 296 (4 August 2000)
- Episode 297 (5 August 2000)
- Episode 298 (7 August 2000)
- Episode 299 (8 August 2000)
- Episode 300 (9 August 2000)
- Episode 301 (10 August 2000)
- Episode 302 (11 August 2000)
- Episode 303 (12 August 2000)
- Episode 304 (14 August 2000)
- Episode 305 (15 August 2000)
- Episode 306 (16 August 2000)
- Episode 307 (17 August 2000)
- Episode 308 (18 August 2000)
- Episode 309 (19 August 2000)
- Episode 310 (21 August 2000)
- Episode 311 (22 August 2000)
- Episode 312 (23 August 2000)
- Episode 313 (24 August 2000)
- Episode 314 (25 August 2000)
- Episode 315 (26 August 2000)
- Episode 316 (28 August 2000)
- Episode 317 (29 August 2000)
- Episode 318 (30 August 2000)
- Episode 319 (31 August 2000)
- Episode 320 (1 September 2000)
- Episode 321 (2 September 2000)
- Episode 322 (4 September 2000)
- Episode 323 (5 September 2000)
- Episode 324 (6 September 2000)
- Episode 325 (7 September 2000)
- Episode 326 (8 September 2000)
- Episode 327 (9 September 2000)
- Episode 328 (11 September 2000)
- Episode 329 (12 September 2000)
- Episode 330 (13 September 2000)
- Episode 331 (14 September 2000)
- Episode 332 (15 September 2000)
- Episode 333 (16 September 2000)
- Episode 334 (18 September 2000)
- Episode 335 (19 September 2000)
- Episode 336 (20 September 2000)
- Episode 337 (21 September 2000)
Enrique Chicote (? ₧, continued)
- Episode 338 (22 September 2000)
Enrique Chicote (50.000.000 ₧)
- Episode 339 (23 September 2000)
- Episode 340 (25 September 2000)
- Episode 341 (26 September 2000)
- Episode 342 (27 September 2000)
- Episode 343 (28 September 2000)
- Episode 344 (29 September 2000)
- Episode 345 (30 September 2000)
- Episode 346 (2 October 2000)
- Episode 347 (3 October 2000)
- Episode 348 (4 October 2000)
- Episode 349 (5 October 2000)
- Episode 350 (6 October 2000)
- Episode 351 (7 October 2000)
- Episode 352 (9 October 2000)
- Episode 353 (10 October 2000)
- Episode 354 (11 October 2000)
- Episode 355 (12 October 2000)
- Episode 356 (13 October 2000)
- Episode 357 (14 October 2000)
- Episode 358 (16 October 2000)
- Episode 359 (17 October 2000)
- Episode 360 (18 October 2000)
- Episode 361 (19 October 2000)
- Episode 362 (20 October 2000)
- Episode 363 (21 October 2000)
- Episode 364 (23 October 2000)
- Episode 365 (24 October 2000)
- Episode 366 (25 October 2000)
- Episode 367 (26 October 2000)
- Episode 368 (27 October 2000)
- Episode 369 (28 October 2000)
- Episode 370 (30 October 2000)
- Episode 371 (31 October 2000)
- Episode 372 (1 November 2000)
- Episode 373 (2 November 2000)
- Episode 374 (3 November 2000)
- Episode 375 (4 November 2000)
- Episode 376 (5 November 2000)
- Episode 377 (6 November 2000)
- Episode 378 (7 November 2000)
- Episode 379 (8 November 2000)
- Episode 380 (9 November 2000)
- Episode 381 (10 November 2000)
- Episode 382 (11 November 2000)
- Episode 383 (12 November 2000)
- Episode 384 (13 November 2000)
- Episode 385 (14 November 2000)
- Episode 386 (15 November 2000)
- Episode 387 (16 November 2000)
- Episode 388 (17 November 2000)
- Episode 389 (18 November 2000)
- Episode 390 (19 November 2000)
- Episode 391 (20 November 2000)
- Episode 392 (21 November 2000)
- Episode 393 (22 November 2000)
- Episode 394 (23 November 2000)
- Episode 395 (24 November 2000)
- Episode 396 (25 November 2000)
- Episode 397 (26 November 2000)
- Episode 398 (27 November 2000)
- Episode 399 (28 November 2000)
- Episode 400 (29 November 2000)
- Episode 401 (30 November 2000)
- Episode 402 (1 December 2000)
- Episode 403 (2 December 2000)
- Episode 404 (4 December 2000)
- Episode 405 (5 December 2000)
- Episode 406 (6 December 2000)
- Episode 407 (7 December 2000)
- Episode 408 (8 December 2000)
- Episode 409 (9 December 2000)
- Episode 410 (10 December 2000)
- Episode 411 (11 December 2000)
- Episode 412 (12 December 2000)
- Episode 413 (13 December 2000)
- Episode 414 (14 December 2000)
- Episode 415 (15 December 2000)
- Episode 416 (16 December 2000)
- Episode 417 (17 December 2000)
- Episode 418 (18 December 2000)
- Episode 419 (19 December 2000)
- Episode 420 (20 December 2000)
- Episode 421 (21 December 2000)
- Episode 422 (22 December 2000)
- Episode 423 (23 December 2000)
- Episode 424 (24 December 2000)
- Episode 425 (25 December 2000)
- Episode 426 (26 December 2000)
- Episode 427 (27 December 2000)
- Episode 428 (28 December 2000)
- Episode 429 (29 December 2000)
- Episode 430 (30 December 2000)
- Episode 431 (31 December 2000)
- Episode 432 (1 January 2001)
- Episode 433 (2 January 2001)
- Episode 434 (3 January 2001)
- Episode 435 (4 January 2001)
- Episode 436 (5 January 2001)
- Episode 437 (6 January 2001)
- Episode 438 (8 January 2001)
- Episode 439 (9 January 2001)
- Episode 440 (10 January 2001)
- Episode 441 (11 January 2001)
- Episode 442 (12 January 2001)
- Episode 443 (13 January 2001)
- Episode 444 (14 January 2001)
- Episode 445 (15 January 2001)
? (? ₧) ? (? ₧, continued)
- Episode 446 (16 January 2001)
? (? ₧) Marta (300.000 ₧ - lost on 1.500.000 ₧) Amaia González (300.000 ₧, continued)
- Episode 447 (17 January 2001)
Amaia González (? ₧)
- Episode 448 (18 January 2001)
- Episode 449 (19 January 2001)
- Episode 450 (20 January 2001)
- Episode 451 (21 January 2001)
- Episode 452 (22 January 2001)
- Episode 453 (23 January 2001)
- Episode 454 (24 January 2001)
- Episode 455 (25 January 2001)
- Episode 456 (26 January 2001)
- Episode 457 (27 January 2001)
- Episode 458 (28 January 2001)
- Episode 459 (29 January 2001)
- Episode 460 (30 January 2001)
- Episode 461 (31 January 2001)
- Episode 462 (1 February 2001)
- Episode 463 (2 February 2001)
- Episode 464 (3 February 2001)
- Episode 465 (4 February 2001)
- Episode 466 (5 February 2001)
- Episode 467 (6 February 2001)
- Episode 468 (7 February 2001)
- Episode 469 (8 February 2001)
- Episode 470 (9 February 2001)
- Episode 471 (10 February 2001)
- Episode 472 (11 February 2001)
- Episode 473 (12 February 2001)
- Episode 474 (13 February 2001)
- Episode 475 (14 February 2001)
- Episode 476 (15 February 2001)
- Episode 477 (16 February 2001)
- Episode 478 (17 February 2001)
- Episode 479 (18 February 2001)
- Episode 480 (19 February 2001)
- Episode 481 (20 February 2001)
- Episode 482 (21 February 2001)
- Episode 483 (22 February 2001)
- Episode 484 (23 February 2001)
- Episode 485 (25 February 2001)
- Episode 486 (26 February 2001)
- Episode 487 (27 February 2001)
- Episode 488 (28 February 2001)
- Episode 489 (1 March 2001)
- Episode 490 (2 March 2001)
- Episode 491 (3 March 2001)
- Episode 492 (4 March 2001)
- Episode 493 (5 March 2001)
- Episode 494 (6 March 2001)
- Episode 495 (7 March 2001)
- Episode 496 (8 March 2001)
- Episode 497 (9 March 2001)
- Episode 498 (10 March 2001)
- Episode 499 (11 March 2001)
- Episode 500 (12 March 2001)
- Episode 501 (13 March 2001)
- Episode 502 (14 March 2001)
- Episode 503 (15 March 2001)
- Episode 504 (16 March 2001)
- Episode 505 (17 March 2001)
- Episode 506 (24 March 2001)
- Episode 507 (31 March 2001)
- Episode 508 (1 April 2001)
- Episode 509 (7 April 2001)
- Episode 510 (8 April 2001)
- Episode 511 (14 April 2001)
- Episode 512 (15 April 2001)
- Episode 513 (21 April 2001)
- Episode 514 (22 April 2001)
- Episode 515 (28 April 2001)
- Episode 516 (29 April 2001)
- Episode 517 (5 May 2001)
- Episode 518 (6 May 2001)
- Episode 519 (12 May 2001)
- Episode 520 (19 May 2001)
- Episode 521 (20 May 2001) - Celebrity Ediltion
Joaquín Leguina (? ₧) Ana García Lozano (at least 1.500.000 ₧)
- Episode 522 (26 May 2001)
- Episode 523 (31 May 2001)
- Episode 524 (2 June 2001)
Juanma Bautista (3.000.000 ₧)
- Episode 525 (3 June 2001)
- Episode 526 (7 June 2001)
- Episode 527 (9 June 2001)
- Episode 528 (10 June 2001)
- Episode 529 (14 June 2001)
- Episode 530 (16 June 2001)
- Episode 531 (17 June 2001)
- Episode 532 (21 June 2001)
- Episode 533 (23 June 2001)
- Episode 534 (24 June 2001)
- Episode 535 (28 June 2001)
- Episode 536 (30 June 2001)
- Episode 537 (1 July 2001)
- Episode 538 (7 July 2001)
- Episode 539 (14 July 2001)
- Episode 540 (21 July 2001)
- Episode 541 (28 July 2001)
- Episode 542 (4 August 2001)
- Episode 543 (11 August 2001)
- Episode 544 (18 August 2001)
- Episode 545 (25 August 2001)
- Episode 546 (1 September 2001)
- Episode 547 (8 September 2001)
- Episode 548 (15 September 2001)
- Episode 549 (22 September 2001)
- Episode 550 (27 September 2001)
- Episode 551 (29 September 2001)
- Episode 552 (4 October 2001)
- Episode 553 (11 October 2001)
- Episode 554 (18 October 2001)
- Episode 555 (17 November 2001)
- Episode 556 (18 November 2001)
- Episode 557 (8 December 2001)
- Episode 558 (15 December 2001)
- Episode 559 (21 December 2001)
- Episode 560 (29 December 2001)
- Episode 561 (5 January 2002)
- Episode ? (2000)
Guillermo Perinat (? ₧) Íñigo Míguez (3.000.000 ₧) ? (? Pts)
- Episode ? (Summer 2000)
Antonio Delgado (450.000 ₧, continued)
- Episode ? (Summer 2000)
Antonio Delgado (1.500.000 ₧ - lost on 3.000.000 ₧)
- Episode ? (May 2001)
Jaime Mariño (6.000.000 ₧)
Gallery[]
The first logo
The second logo, used in most episodes
The third logo, used in late 2001 episodes
The fourth logo, based on UK 1998 intro
Sobera on the set of 50x15
Sobera presenting the show
The questions' paragraphing alignment could be in the middle or on the left in April 1999.
Even more so, the lines of the question were often of different alignments.
Sources[]
- Telecinco renovates its Saturday grid with the broadcast of "SOS ciudadano" and "50×15" - ABC (17/04/1999)
- "All in this programme look for suspense": Interview with Carlos Sobera, presenter of the TP de Oro-winning ¿Quiere ser millonario? - La Vanguardia (28/01/2000)
- Tele 5 removes Boris Izaguirre's programme a month and a half since its premiere - La Vanguardia (27/10/2000)
- Game shows in good health - La Vanguardia (03/11/2000)
- Quiero TV will broadcast '50×15 Interactive' - La Vanguardia (26/04/2001)
- "¿Quiere ser millonario?", only on Saturdays - La Vanguardia (09/03/2001)
Trivia[]
- The first graphics and logos were very different to the rest of the countries. The same happened with the music and lights of the studio. The show changed to the "international look" at the autumn of 2000.
- In April 1999 the graphics were coloured a simple blue, and the money tree graphic was very different. The graphic displaying the number needed to call was also quite different to the rest of the show. The font for the questions and most of the show, in fact, was Arial (this font later used in Ai Là Triệu Phú - Ghế Nóng and Ai Là Triệu Phú from 2011 to 2014, although both were use the international look). The Fastest Finger First monitors were very bulky. Soon after the premiere, they were made much slimmer.
- By September 1999, the graphics changed to a rather ugly chrome variant. The title card was modified slightly to accommodate the new subtitle "¿Quiere ser millonario?". The Spanish version was the second version of the show to use the show's question mark in its logo, after the Danish version, the only others being Norway and Portugal. The show was also the only Spanish-language version to use the inverted question mark in its logo. The lighting was also much brighter and not nearly as intense as it originally was.
- In 2000 the show changed to the more familiar style used in most countries.
- 50×15 was the only version to have the Fastest Finger First contestants, as well as the current player and the host sit in swivel chairs. Therefore, the contestants could take their mind off things by swinging around in their chairs (as they often did!).
- Sobera's repeated raising and lowering of his eyebrow, premiered on 50×15, eventually became his trademark on the show, and is often the most well-remembered part of the show for many Spaniards.
- Despite the change of name in 1999 and again in 2005, even now many Spaniards, particularly the older generation, still refer to the show as 50 por 15.
- By the show's end in 2001 19 contestants had won one of the top three prizes.
- The show in Spain was originally broadcast on Saturdays at 9pm, obtaining a 21.4% share and 2,673,000 viewers, but from 27 September 2001 it was moved to Thursdays at 10pm. Throughout late 1999 and 2000, the show had a daily edition aired at 7.30pm, and in November 2000, an extra Sunday edition was parachuted in.
- Until the move, the show lasted 90 minutes.
- At the time of the move, it was still receiving a 22% share on Saturday nights, averaging 2,985,000 viewers.
- In November 2000, after its replacement El anfitrión flopped, the show was moved back to 9.30pm.
- By November 2000, the show's daily version averaged a 25.5% share and 2,043,000 viewers.
- 50×15 was the only version to put numbers on the contestants' Fastest Finger First monitors.
- Contestants who didn't pass Fastest Finger First still got a 50×15 keyring for their troubles.
- 50×15 was often ridiculed for being very poorly-produced. Phone-a-Friend used an actual phone right up until 2001 (a regular point of derision), which the original UK version dropped after its first episode. In addition, the question graphics were often very basic and misused.
- In 1999, for the 1999/2000 New Year's coverage broadcast by Telecinco, an improvised spoof of 50×15 presented by fellow Feliz 2000 host Mario Picazo challenged Sobera to remember the name of the other presenter, Raquel Meroño, without lifelines. It was here mentioned that 50×15 had brought the struggling Telecinco its best ratings yet.
- In 2001, the satellite channel Quiero TV broadcast '50×15 Interactivo', in which viewers played the same questions as the contestant with their remote control, and one lucky player would win the same prize as the contestant on the show.
- In earlier episodes, the "¿Quiere ser millonario?" tag is replaced by the "Cincuenta × Quince" (50 por 15) name and the Fastest Finger First segment is the same as in the first series of the British version, in which contestants simply have to be the first to lock in a correct answer to a general knowledge question into the machine, as opposed to rearranging four options into the correct order.
- The music of 50×15 was also rather odd. For the first few episodes, the show did not play correct or incorrect answer cues, and when they were introduced in September 1999, the only ones played were the ones for the first few questions. The read question music for Fastest Finger First was also played for every question. This was changed to the normal routine in 2000.
- The abbreviation of "Cincuenta por Quince" in Spanish can be either "50x15" or "50×15"; the former is used more yet the latter is more grammatically correct (mainly because × isn't available on a keyboard): in Spanish many often use the multiplication sign to mean "for", as × is pronounced as such in a Spanish maths equation, similar to how some substitute x for × in an English multiplication equation.
- When talking about the show, Telecinco preferred to use "50x15", whilst the × sign was used in the titles.
- On this wiki typing "50x15" into the search bar comes up with a redirect to the main Spanish version's page.
- Three contestants out of seven walked away with nothing in a single episode.
- Myriam Montes used all three lifelines on her seventh question, however Myriam still answered incorrectly and walked away with 300.000 ₧. Audience voted: 21% for A, 11% for B, 47% for C (eliminated by 50:50), 21% for D (eliminated by 50:50). Right answer was A.
- In the 18th November 1999 episode, C was the correct answer for 5 Fastest Finger First questions in a row.
- Though not achieving the desired ratings, at least in the Telecinco era, 50×15 still averaged 2,184,000 viewers - a healthy 25.3% audience share.
- The highest-rating episode was broadcast on 22 February 2000, with 3,311,000 viewers.
- On 21st June 2000, Agustín Pérez became the first person to see the final question on this version.
- Sobera won many awards for his popular presenting style on 50×15, the show which very much raised his profile. He received multiple nominations for the TP de Oro - Spain's biggest TV awards - for best presenter, the Premio Zapping and the Sexta Avenida for Best Presenter.
- Anniversary Episodes:
- On December 17, 1999, the 100th episode aired; by then 1,000 contestants had appeared in Fastest Finger First and more than 150.000.000 ₧ had been won. The ten best contestants appeared: Javier Arriaga (1.500.000 ₧), Manuela Rodríguez (1.500.000 ₧), Maria Teresa de Juan (1.500.000 ₧), José Ramón Ugartemendía (3.000.000 ₧), Juan González (3.000.000 ₧), José Maria Colillas (3.000.000 ₧), Begoña Brey (3,000,000 ₧), Pablo Martín (3.000.000 ₧), Luis Sánchez-Alciturri (6.000.000 ₧) and Begoña Matilla (6,000,000 ₧) all returned to play for more.
- On May 19, 2001, the 500th episode aired. The best contestants of the 499 previous episodes appeared again to play for charity.
- The very first 1999-2000 season of 50x15 was the longest anywhere in the World without Summer-Winter breaks.
- The final episode of 50x15 was aired on January 5, 2002.
| Preceded by None |
Spanish Series Season 1 |
Succeeded by Season 2 |