24 March 2002 (2002-03-24) – 3 June 2010 (2010-06-03)
Release
19 September 2019 (2019-09-19) – present (present)
Tko želi biti milijunaš? (English translation: Who wants to be a millionaire?, usually called Milijunaš) is a Croatian game show based on the original British format of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. The show is hosted by Tarik Filipović. The main goal of the game is to win the top prize (1 millionkn from 2002 to 2022, €150,000 as of January 5, 2023) by answering 15 multiple-choicequestions correctly. There are 4 "lifelines", which are ways for a player to get help during the game. They are 50:50 (pola-pola) (2002–present), phone a friend (zovi) (2002–present), ask the audience (pitaj publiku) (2002–2020, 2022–) and an additional lifeline three wise men (tri znalca) (2020–2022). The game show was broadcast from 2002 to 2008 and from September 2009 to June 2010. It was shown on the Croatian TV stationHRT1. From 2002 to 2022, when a contestant got the fifth question correct, he left with at least 1,000 kn. When a contestant got the tenth question correct, he left with at least 32,000 kn. As of January 5, 2023, When a contestant got the fifth question correct, he left with at least €150. When a contestant got the tenth question correct, he left with at least €5,000.
The show returned on HRT1 in September 2019. Tarik Filipović is once again the host of the show. The show air's on Thursdays in the television primetime. Minor changes to the show have been underdone, but there were no bigger changes to the quiz format itself. The "zovi" lifeline has been shortened down to 25 seconds from 30, due to increased availability and faster speed of internet search engines, such as Google. The choice of contestants for "najbrži prst" has been cut down to 6 contestants from original 10. An additional lifeline "tri znalca" (three wise men) has been added in 2020 to substitute "pitaj publiku" (ask the audience) for the rest of the season due to coronavirus situation.
This version is also the second country to adapt the new International Rave graphics which were created by Olga Van Den Brandt.
Payout structure
Question number
Question value (Yellow zones are the guaranteed levels)
March 24, 2002 – June 3, 2010 September 19, 2019 – December 29, 2022
January 5, 2023 – present
1
100 kn
€10
2
200 kn
€20
3
300 kn
€50
4
500 kn
€100
5
1,000 kn
€150
6
2,000 kn
€300
7
4,000 kn
€600
8
8,000 kn
€1,000
9
16,000 kn
€2,500
10
32,000 kn
€5,000
11
64,000 kn
€10,000
12
125,000 kn
€18,000
13
250,000 kn
€34,000
14
500,000 kn
€68,000
15
1,000,000 kn
€150,000
Top prize winners
1,000,000 kn (15 of 15) – no time limit
Which of these female TV presenters ran the Paris Marathon in 2001?
15 contestants have reached the million HRK question as of September 27, 2019. However, only one contestant, Mira Bićanić, won the top prize on June 14, 2003. She used her "Ask the Audience" lifeline on the final question and then decided to give the final answer, which was correct.[1]