'Who Wants to Be a Millionaire' Changes Important Rules of the Game After 15 Years in Vietnam

After 15 years of its launch, Who Wants to Be a Millionaire is still one of the highest rated programs in VTV's game show category. However, since its most recent broadcast,Who is a millionaire?fundamentally change the rules of the game.

Previously, the audience had 4 support rights including: 50-50, Call relatives, Ask the audience in the studio and On-site consulting team, now the last 2 support rights are replaced by Ask companions and Wise man. Thus, in the new version, the support related to the audience in the studio will be changed.

MC Phan Dang first time MC Who Wants to Be a Millionaire without an audience.

The new version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire has been adapted to the internationally recognized format of the show. This decision was made during the Covid-19 pandemic and social distancing period to help ease the difficulties for the production crew when having to make the show in a studio without an audience.

The opening character for this new format broadcast is actor Thanh Son. The person who accompanied Thanh Son to the studio is actor Phan Thang - who also co-starred with Thanh Son in the currently airing movie "Love and Ambition". If before, the companion only played the role of cheering up the players, now they go down to the stage, stand next to and directly support the players to overcome the questions.

Actor Phan Thang accompanied Thanh Son in the latest episode of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire.

The second help is the Wise Man. The production team invited to the program Who Wants to Be a Millionaire famous people, with diverse knowledge or in-depth understanding of certain fields that appeared in the program's questions. They are Associate Professor, Dr. Tran Thanh Nam, journalist Truong Anh Ngoc, Dr. Le Thong Nhat, journalist Do Thu Ha, Ha Viet Hoang - a familiar face from Road to Olympia and a member of the Vietnam Super Intelligence Team. The program continues to be hosted by MC Phan Dang.

In each broadcast, the wise men, consisting of two people, sit in a separate room and assist the players, and only have 30 seconds to listen to the questions and answer them, without any search support devices.

Ha Viet Hoang and Editor Diep Chi.

It is known that the change in the rules of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire after 15 years on air was part of VTV's plan. However, it was applied earlier than expected due to the impact of the Covid-19 epidemic. The new format of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire was recorded in April and was also the first program in the context of no audience./.