Postkodmiljonären
Postkodmiljonären (English translation: The postal code millionaire) is a Swedish game show based on the original British format of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. The show debuted on 26 August 2005[1] and is hosted by Rickard Sjöberg. It is shown every Friday and Saturday from 7:30 PM to 8 PM (UTC+1) on the Swedish commercial television station TV4. The programme is also combined with a lottery, Svenska Postkodlotteriet (Swedish Postcode Lottery), in a twice-weekly format. The original format of the show, broadcast between 2000–2003, was known as Vem vill bli miljonär? and lacked the lottery tie-in.
| Postkodmiljonären | |
|---|---|
 Logo of Postkodmiljonären | |
| Presented by | Rickard Sjöberg |
| Country of origin | Sweden |
| Production | |
| Production company(s) | Warner Bros. International Television Production |
| Distributor | Celador (2005-2006) Sony Pictures Television (2007-present) |
| Release | |
| Original network | TV4 |
| Original release | 26 August 2005 – present |
| External links | |
| Website | |
The main goal of the game is to win 1 million SEK by answering 15 multiple-choice questions correctly. The more questions the contestant answers correctly, the more money the contestant passively earns. There are a number of lifelines which the participant can use to help them on their journey. There are "guaranteed levels" which guarantee the participant to walk away with a certain amount of money. The participant also has the option of refusing to answer a question and thus walk away with the money the participant has most recently passively or certainly earned. The game ends as soon as the participant either answers a question incorrectly, decides to walk away, or answers the million-SEK question correctly.
Format
The game contains 15 levels, each of which consists of one question. There are three guaranteed levels: 10,000 SEK, 100,000 SEK, and 1,000,000 (1 million) SEK. The contestant begins by deciding whether or not to include the Switch the Question lifeline; if the lifeline is included, the 100,000 SEK level will not be a guaranteed level. The game then begins. Each question has four possible answers. There are three–four lifelines which can be used by the contestant on any question: Fifty Fifty (50:50 – femtio-femtio), Phone A Friend (ringa en vän), Ask The Audience (fråga publiken), and Switch the Question (byta fråga). Fifty Fifty takes randomly away two of the possible answers, leaving the contestant with only two alternatives. Phone A Friend lets the contestant call a friend to help the contestant with the question. During Phone A Friend, the contestant and the called person have 30 seconds, during which the contestant usually delivers the question and then the called person gives their advice. Ask The Audience asks every person in the studio audience to give their answer to the question, after which the percentage results of each possible answer is displayed. Switch the Question swaps the question for a new one while forcing the contestant to pick an answer to find out the correct answer to the initial question. Each lifeline can only be used once during the course of the entire game. Multiple lifelines can be used on the same question.
Every time the contestant answers a question correctly, the contestant moves one step up in the money tree. If the participant answers the million-SEK question correctly, the game ends and the participant wins the top prize of 1 million SEK and is declared a millionaire. If the contestant wrongly answers a question, the right answer is revealed, the game ends and the contestant walks away with the money value of the most recently cleared guaranteed level. This implies that if the contestant loses before clearing the 10,000 SEK guaranteed level, the contestant walks away empty-handed. If the contestant decides not to answer the question, the game ends and the contestant walks away with the money value of the most recently cleared level and is asked to pick an answer to find out the correct answer to the question. This implies that if the contestant walks away before clearing the first question, the contestant walks away empty-handed.
Occasionally, special episodes are aired where the show invites pairs of celebrities who play together. However, these pairs don't get to keep their earnings; instead, they are donated to a charitable organization which is chosen by the contestants.
Payout structure
| Question number | Question value (in SEK) |
|---|---|
| (Yellow zones are the guaranteed levels) | |
| 1 | 1,000 |
| 2 | 2,000 |
| 3 | 3,000 |
| 4 | 5,000 |
| 5 | 10,000 |
| 6 | 20,000 |
| 7 | 30,000 |
| 8 | 50,000 |
| 9 | 75,000 |
| 10 | 100,000* |
| 11 | 150,000 |
| 12 | 225,000 |
| 13 | 350,000 |
| 14 | 500,000 |
| 15 | 1,000,000 |
*: Only a guaranteed level if the contestant chooses not to get the Switch the Question lifeline.
Winners
There have been 10 winners (the last 2 were together) in Postkodmiljonären: Per Hörberg,[2] Torgny Segerstedt,[3] Olle Laurell,[4] Jan Sundström,[5] Mattias Österman,[6] Lena Anviken,[7] Birgitta Hedström,[8] Ylva Orrmell, Marianne Hiller, and the pair Lena Ag and Alexandra Pascalidou.
This was the pair Lena Ag and Alexandra Pascalidou's one million SEK question:
| What was the name of the prized horse whose decapitated head was in the producer Woltz's bed in the movie "The Godfather"? | |
| • A: Rabat | • B: Khartoum |
| • C: Harare | • D: Pretoria |
This was Marianne Hiller's one million SEK question:
| Who was the crown princess Victoria's paternal grandfather's paternal grandmother? | |
| • A: Victoria | • B: Sofia |
| • C: Louise | • D: Margareta |
This was Ylva Orrmell's one million SEK question:
| What of the following best describes a cuckold? | |
| • A: An old fishing tool | • B: A deceived genuine husband |
| • C: A horizontal beam in a truss | • D: A happy event |
This was Birgitta Hedströms's one million SEK question:
| What does the Hawaiian word 'wiki' mean, having given the name for the Internet encyclopedia Wikipedia? | |
| • A: Simple | • B: Quick |
| • C: Knowledge | • D: Little |
This was Lena Anviken's one million SEK question:
| What is visible in the background of da Vinci's famous drawing Mona Lisa? | |
| • A: A curtain | • B: A county |
| • C: A city | • D: A flock of sheep |
This was Mattias Österman's one million SEK question:
| What was the serial killer John Doe's own deadly sin in the film 'Seven'? | |
| • A: Sloth | • B: Wrath |
| • C: Envy | • D: Lust |
This was Jan Sundströms's one million SEK question (after having swapped the question From what has the American chain coffeehouse Starbucks gotten its name?):
| Who was the first woman in space? | |
| • A: Valentina Tereshkova | • B: Valentina Volkova |
| • C: Valentina Koroljova | • D: Valentina Komarova |
This was Olle Laurell's one million SEK question:
| Which of the following countries does not have a coastline on the Caspian Sea? | |
| • A: Turkmenistan | • B: Kazakhstan |
| • C: Uzbekistan | • D: Azerbaijan |
This was Torgny Segerstedt's one million SEK question:
| What symbol does Senegal have in the middle of its flag? | |
| • A: Moon | • B: Bird |
| • C: Cross | • D: Star |
This was Per Hörberg's one million SEK question:
| In what Chinese city can you visit the Terracotta Army that is guarding Qin Shi Huang's tomb? | |
| • A: Nanjing | • B: Beijing |
| • C: Shanghai | • D: Xi'an |
External links
References
- "TV4" (in Swedish). Swedish Media Database. 26 August 2005. Retrieved 22 October 2019.
- http://www.postkodlotteriet.se/web/file?uuid=1b67615e-8867-4a1e-9f05-60608f10601a&owner=0cb99e51-5437-4792-bc46-2ba92a776ac0%5B%5D
- ”Postkodmiljonären” delade ut miljon SvD.se, 2 March 2008
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- http://www.postkodlotteriet.se/Press/2010-12-17-Miljonvinst-i-PostkodMiljonren.htm%5B%5D
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2012-09-08. Retrieved 2012-03-09.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2013-01-21. Retrieved 2013-01-11.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
- http://www.aftonbladet.se/nojesbladet/tv/article18708653.ab