Man sa yarbah al malyoon
TV show launched on 27 November 2000, called من سيربح المليون (Who Will Win The One Million) was broadcast on MBC1 (English translation: Who will win the million?, transliteration: Man sa yarbah al-malyoon). Its host was George Kurdahi.[1] The biggest prize was SRls 1 million. It was aired until May 2004 and was replaced by من سيربح 2 مليون with SRls 2,000,000 top prize. On 12 January 2010 it returned with the 12-question format and the grand prize also decreased to SRls1 million. On 16 October 2015, the show returned again to 15-question format and the biggest prize also increased again to SRls 2 million.
| Man sa yarbah al malyoon | |
|---|---|
| Arabic | من سيربح المليون |
| Genre | Game show |
| Created by | David Briggs Mike Whitehill Steven Knight |
| Presented by | George Kurdahi |
| Composers | Matthew Strachan Keith Strachan |
| Country of origin | Middle East and North Africa |
| Production | |
| Production locations | Elstree Studios, United Kingdom (2000-2001) Saint Denis Studios - Paris, France (2001-2002) The Egyptian Media Production City (EMPC) - Cairo Egypt (2002-2004,2015-2016) MBC Studios - Zouk Mosbeh, Beirut, Lebanon (2005-2007,2010) Warner Bros Studios - Lisbon, Portugal (2021) |
| Release | |
| Original network | MBC1 (2000-2007, 2010, 2021) OSN Yahala HD (2015-2016) |
| Original release | 27 November 2000 – 18 September 2021 |
Game's prizes
| Payout structure | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Question number | Question value | |||
| late 2000-2004 2021 |
2005-2007 | 2010 (risk format)[lower-alpha 1] |
2015-2016 | |
| 1 | SRls 100 | SRls 200 | SRls 500 | SRls 500 |
| 2 | SRls 200 | SRls 300 | SRls 1,000 | SRls 1,000 |
| 3 | SRls 300 | SRls 500 | SRls 2,000 | SRls 2,500 |
| 4 | SRls 500 | SRls 1,000 | SRls 5,000 | SRls 5,000 |
| 5 | SRls 1,000 | SRls 2,000 | SRls 10,000 | SRls 10,000 |
| 6 | SRls 2,000 | SRls 4,000 | SRls 20,000 | SRls 20,000 |
| 7 | SRls 4,000 | SRls 8,000 | SRls 40,000 | SRls 30,000 |
| 8 | SRls 8,000 | SRls 16,000 | SRls 80,000 | SRls 50,000 |
| 9 | SRls 16,000 | SRls 32,000 | SRls 150,000 | SRls 75,000 |
| 10 | SRls 32,000 | SRls 64,000 | SRls 250,000 | SRls 100,000 |
| 11 | SRls 64,000 | SRls 125,000 | SRls 500,000 | SRls 200,000 |
| 12 | SRls 125,000 | SRls 250,000 | SRls 1,000,000 | SRls 350,000 |
| 13 | SRls 250,000 | SRls 500,000 | N/A | SRls 500,000 |
| 14 | SRls 500,000 | SRls 1,000,000 | SRls 1,000,000 | |
| 15 | SRls 1,000,000 | SRls 2,000,000 | SRls 2,000,000 | |
Maghreb
من سيربح المليون (English translation: Who will win a million?, transliteration: Man sa yarbah al malyoon) is a game show broadcast in Algeria, Tunisia and Morocco based on the original British format of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. The show is hosted by Rachid El Ouali. The main goal of the game will be to win €500,000 by answering multiple-choice questions correctly. من سيربح المليون was broadcast from August 2009 to September 2010. It was shown on TV station Nessma TV.
The game's prizes
| Payout structure | |
|---|---|
| Question number | Question value |
| 1 | €25 |
| 2 | €50 |
| 3 | €125 |
| 4 | €250 |
| 5 | €500 |
| 6 | €1,000 |
| 7 | €2,000 |
| 8 | €4,000 |
| 9 | €6,000 |
| 10 | €10,000 |
| 11 | €20,000 |
| 12 | €50,000 |
| 13 | €100,000 |
| 14 | €200,000 |
| 15 | €500,000 |
Winners
There are 6 top prize winners (one was a pair).
- Khaled al Mulla - 21 November 2001
- Mohammad Tanirah - 15 March 2002
- Sidi Ahmed Weld Ali - 2 January 2003
- Kenaan Matar - 15 May 2007
- Mohammad Hamzeh - 23 March 2010
- Nasser Al Qasabi and Somaya El Khashab - 18 September 2021
Notes
- In this version, there is only 1 guaranteed sum. The contestant can choose the guaranteed sum in any question except the 12th question. This is adopted in Russian version from September 2010-June 2022.
References
- "The Power 100 2008: #35 George Kurdahi". ArabianBusiness.com. Archived from the original on 2008-04-07.