Vis Unda Otsi Atasi? (Georgian: ვის უნდა ოცი ათასი?, also Who Wants to Win Twenty Thousand?) was the Georgian version of Who Wants to be a Millionaire?. The top prize was not a million, but 20,000 ₾ (just over $16,861 in 2024). Broadcast from 2000 until 2005 and again from September 23, 2009, to July 26, 2011, on Rustavi 2, the show was hosted by Duta Skhirtladze (September 1, 2000 - June 9, 2005) and Mamuka Gamkrelidze (September 23, 2009 - July 26, 2011).
In 2000-2005 the show was aired on Tuesdays and Thursdays at 22:00.
The show was originally done on a very low budget, and the set featured audience members tightly packed together, the set itself being very small. In fact, the set barely had space to fit the contestants in Fastest Finger First.
2009-2011 format[]
On September 23, 2009, the game show returned to the TV channel a new, charitable format. This program was the only one in the TV space that included audience members and contestants in the charity. The celebrities tried to help the poor and sick people with their profits, and the support of the TV viewer was much bigger than the 9444 on the number of shows in which they were expressing sympathy. During this time, about 90 well-known celebrities appeared in the show to support so many poor people. The people, who are well known to the public were helped with up to 300,000 ₾, and the audience paid their lari for 3,000,000 ₾ for all this time.
This format was aired on Wednesdays (from autumn 2010 - on Tuesdays) in the evening.
Lifelines[]
- 50:50
- Phone-A-Friend
- Ask the Audience
- Switch the Question - after 5th question (2009-2011)
Seasons[]
- Season 1 (103+ episodes; September 1, 2000 - 2001)
- Season 2 (? episodes; 2001 - 2002)
- Season 3 (? episodes; 2002 - 2003)
- Season 4 (? episodes; 2003 - 2004)
- Season 5 (38 episodes; September 23, 2004 - June 9, 2005)
- Season 6 (39 episodes; September 23, 2009 - July 14, 2010)
- Season 7 (37 episodes; October 12, 2010 - July 26, 2011)
Money Trees[]
01.09.2000 - 09.06.2005[]
| Question No. |
Correct Answer Value |
Walk Away Value |
Miss Answer Value |
Amount Lost for a Wrong Answer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 20000 ₾ | 10000 ₾ | 1500 ₾ | 8500 ₾ |
| 14 | 10000 ₾ | 5000 ₾ | 3500 ₾ | |
| 13 | 5000 ₾ | 4000 ₾ | 2500 ₾ | |
| 12 | 4000 ₾ | 3000 ₾ | 1500 ₾ | |
| 11 | 3000 ₾ | 1500 ₾ | 0 ₾ | |
| 10 | 1500 ₾ | 1000 ₾ | 100 ₾ | 900 ₾ |
| 9 | 1000 ₾ | 800 ₾ | 700 ₾ | |
| 8 | 800 ₾ | 400 ₾ | 300 ₾ | |
| 7 | 400 ₾ | 200 ₾ | 100 ₾ | |
| 6 | 200 ₾ | 100 ₾ | 0 ₾ | |
| 5 | 100 ₾ | 50 ₾ | 0 ₾ | 50 ₾ |
| 4 | 50 ₾ | 40 ₾ | 40 ₾ | |
| 3 | 40 ₾ | 30 ₾ | 30 ₾ | |
| 2 | 30 ₾ | 20 ₾ | 20 ₾ | |
| 1 | 20 ₾ | 0 ₾ | 0 ₾ |
23.09.2009 - 26.07.2011[]
| Question No. |
Correct Answer Value |
Walk Away Value |
Miss Answer Value |
Amount Lost for a Wrong Answer |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 15 | 20 000 ₾ | 12 000 ₾ | 3 000 ₾ | 9 000 ₾ |
| 14 | 12 000 ₾ | 8 000 ₾ | 5 000 ₾ | |
| 13 | 8 000 ₾ | 6 000 ₾ | 3 000 ₾ | |
| 12 | 6 000 ₾ | 4 000 ₾ | 1 000 ₾ | |
| 11 | 4 000 ₾ | 3 000 ₾ | 0 ₾ | |
| 10 | 3 000 ₾ | 1 600 ₾ | 100 ₾ | 1 500 ₾ |
| 9 | 1 600 ₾ | 800 ₾ | 700 ₾ | |
| 8 | 800 ₾ | 400 ₾ | 300 ₾ | |
| 7 | 400 ₾ | 200 ₾ | 100 ₾ | |
| 6 | 200 ₾ | 100 ₾ | 0 ₾ | |
| 5 | 100 ₾ | 50 ₾ | 0 ₾ | 50 ₾ |
| 4 | 50 ₾ | 40 ₾ | 40 ₾ | |
| 3 | 40 ₾ | 30 ₾ | 30 ₾ | |
| 2 | 30 ₾ | 20 ₾ | 20 ₾ | |
| 1 | 20 ₾ | 0 ₾ | 0 ₾ |
Winners[]
Top Prize Winners[]
- Manana Maisuradze - 20 000 ₾ (April 30, 2001)
- Garry Kasparov and Daria Tarasova - 20 000 ₾ (February 22, 2011)
The biggest prize winners[]
- Giorgi Sanaia - 10 000 ₾ (2000)
- Unknown couple - 6 000 ₾ (2009-2011)
- Duta Skhirtladze and an Unknown Celebrity Contestant - 6 000 ₾ (December 30, 2009)
1,600 ₾ winners[]
- Irina Onashvili (2009)
1,500 ₾ winners[]
- Giorgi Chikhladze (2000)
Other Winners[]
- Irakli Archvadze - 100 ₾ (2003)
- Tata Gedevanishvili - 400 ₾ (2003)
Gallery[]
Trivia[]
- The show suffered frequent power cuts during filming in its original run, and power would often go out as episodes were filming and, with a miniscule budget, this made episodes expensive to record. It was worth it though: the show quickly became the country's biggest TV programme.
- The show was the first ever programme in Georgia to be a remade version of an imported format. This was a recipe for success, with Rustavi 2 quickly ordering The People Versus on the back of the success of Vis unda/Millionaire.
- On 22 February 2011, the grand prize was won by chess player Garry Kasparov and his wife, Daria Tarasova. The episode was mainly in Russian, with Georgian subtitles.
Sources[]
- Official website (2000-2001) (English)
- Show in TV Shows list (2003-2004) (Georgian)
- Show in TV Shows list (2003-2004) (English)
- Official website (2009-2011) (Georgian)
- Official website (2009-2011) (English)