Lotto Weekend Miljonairs

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show_name = Lotto Weekend Miljonairs


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RTL 4 (March 4 2006-May 24 2008)
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"Lotto Weekend Miljonairs" (Lotto Weekend Millionaires) is a Dutch game show based on the original British format of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?". The show is hosted by Robert ten Brink. The main goal of the game is to win ƒ1/€1 Million by answering 15 multiple-choice questions correctly. It is shown on RTL 4, earlier it was shown on SBS 6. It is shown from 6 February 1999 to today. It's host is, from the beginning, Robert ten Brink.

From 6 February 1999 to February 2006, it was shown on SBS 6, but from 4 March 2006 to today, it is shown on RTL 4.

From the start on, the Lotto was the main sponsor, however, in the first seasons (from about 1999-2001), the show was more commonly known as Weekend Miljonairs. When a contestant gets the fifth question correct, he will leave with at least €500.When a contestant gets the tenth question correct, he will leave with at least €16,000.From 1999-2001, when the euro wasn't used yet and the Dutch guilders was used in Holland, it was like this:When a contestant got the fifth question correct, he would leave with at least ƒ1,000.When a contestant got the tenth question correct, he would leave with at least ƒ32,000.

The program has only been won once so far, on January 6, 2001 by Hans Peters.Because the euro wasn't used yet in 2001, he didn't won €1 Million, but ƒ1,000,000 (€453,780).

The final question has also been answered wrong once, on December 20, 2003 by contestant Menno de Ruijter, which caused him to lose €234,000 of the €250,000 he had!

There have been a lot of other final questions, but none of the contestants took the risk.

Ending of the program

In November 2007, the Lotto announced that it would stop sponsoring the show in mid-2008, and would not renew the contract. RTL didn't want to give up the program, and so they searched hard for a new sponsor. Eventually, they failed.

The last episode aired on May 24, 2008.

For some time it seemed like the program would still return after the summer of 2008, but unfortunately, on June 26 2008, RTL told in public that would not return.However, they also said that the program still can return, if they find another sponsor.

Robert ten Brink, the host of the program, will be the host of the Dutch version of The Moment of Truth (U.S. game show).

Money Trees

ƒ Money Tree (used from 1999-2001)
*ƒ50
*ƒ100
*ƒ250
*ƒ500
*ƒ1,000
*ƒ2,000
*ƒ4,000
*ƒ8,000
*ƒ16,000
*ƒ32,000
*ƒ64,000
*ƒ125,000
*ƒ250,000
*ƒ500,000
*ƒ1,000,000

Euro Money Tree (used from 2002-2008)
*€25
*€50
*€125
*€250
*€500
*€1,000
*€2,000
*€4,000
*€8,000
*€16,000
*€32,000
*€64,000
*€125,000
*€250,000
*€1,000,000

External links

*http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8vTROReumAQ Clip of Hans Peters winning NLG 1,000,000
*http://www.lottoweekendmiljonairs.nl Official Website