The Million Dollar Drop is a game show

Game show

A game show is a type of radio or television program in which members of the public, television personalities or celebrities, sometimes as part of a team, play a game which involves answering questions or solving puzzles usually for money and/or prizes...

 which airs on Nine Network

Nine Network

The Nine Network , is an Australian television network with headquarters based in Willoughby, a suburb located on the North Shore of Sydney. For 50 years since television's inception in Australia, between 1956 and 2006, it was the most watched television network in Australia...

 in Australia

Australia

Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...

. It is based on the U.S. series Million Dollar Money Drop

Million Dollar Money Drop

Million Dollar Money Drop is a game show which aired on Fox in the United States and Canada. It is based on the U.K. series The Million Pound Drop Live. However, unlike the original UK version, it was not broadcast live, and there were several changes to the format...

. However, unlike the original UK version, it is not broadcast live, and there are several changes to the format. The show premiered on 21 March 2011 and is hosted by Eddie McGuire

Eddie McGuire

Edward Joseph "Eddie" McGuire AM is an Australian television presenter and businessman known for his long association with Australian rules football and the Channel 9 television network....

.

Game format

A team of two people with a pre-existing relationship is presented with $1,000,000 A.U. in $20 Notes, banded in bundles of $20,000 (50 bundles = $1,000,000). The team must risk the entire amount on each of eight multiple-choice questions.

For each question, the contestants choose one of two categories, then indicate which answer(s) they wish to risk their money on by moving the bundles of cash onto a row of trap doors, termed "drops," each of which corresponds to one answer. However, they must always keep at least one drop "clear" with no money on it. In addition, seven of the eight questions have a time limit; any money that is not placed on an answer when time runs out will be lost.

Once the money is in place, the trap doors for the incorrect answers are opened, and the cash on them falls out of sight and is lost. The contestants then continue the game using the cash they had placed on the correct answer. They get to keep whatever money is left after the eighth question; if they lose everything before reaching this point, the game ends immediately and they leave with nothing.

International versions

Country	Title	Host	Network	Top Prize	First Airdate
Albania	100 Milionë	Adi Krasta	Top Channel Top Channel Top Channel is a commercial television station with national frequency coverage in Tirana, Albania founded by media mogul Dritan Hoxha, and part of Top Media Group. Since September 2003, Top Channel became present on satellite broadcasting all over Europe through DigitAlb, and North America through...	10,000,000 lek Albanian lek The lek is the official currency of Albania. It is subdivided into 100 qindarka , although qindarka are no longer issued.-Names:...	January 11, 2011
Argentina	Salven el Millón	Susana Giménez Susana Giménez Susana Giménez, née María Susana Giménez Aubert is an Argentine actress, ex-vedette and television host....	Telefe Telefe Televisión Federal S.A., best known as Telefe and later as TLF, is an Argentine television network. Formerly known as Canal Once , a state-run network, it was privatised and established as Telefe in 1989, when and News Corporation took over the channel...	1,000,000 AR$ Argentine peso The peso is the currency of Argentina, identified by the symbol $ preceding the amount in the same way as many countries using dollar currencies. It is subdivided into 100 centavos. Its ISO 4217 code is ARS...	June 9, 2011
Brazil	Um Milhão na Mesa	Silvio Santos Silvio Santos -External links:*...	SBT	R$ Brazilian real The real is the present-day currency of Brazil. Its sign is R$ and its ISO code is BRL. It is subdivided into 100 centavos .... 1,000,000	September 21, 2011
Chile	TBA	Don Francisco Don Francisco Don Francisco may refer to:*Don Francisco *Don Francisco *Don Francisco de Paula Marin, Hawaiian*Don Francisco...	Canal 13 Canal 13 Canal 13 is the name of six Central and South American television stations:* Canal 13 , television network from Buenos Aires, Argentina* Canal 13 , television network from Santiago, Chile...	CL$ Chilean peso The peso is the currency of Chile. The current peso has circulated since 1975, with a previous version circulating between 1817 and 1960. The symbol used locally for it is $. The ISO 4217 code for the present peso is CLP. It is subdivided into 100 centavos, although no centavo denominated coins... 500.000.000	TBA
Colombia	Millones por montones	María José Barraza	Caracol Televisión	CO$ Colombian peso The peso is the currency of Colombia. Its ISO 4217 code is COP and it is also informally abbreviated as COL$. However, the official peso symbol is $. As 20 July 2011, the exchange rate of the Colombian peso is 1750 Colombian pesos to 1 U.S. dollar.-History:The peso has been the currency of Colombia... 1.000'000.000	25 July 2011
Egypt	انت والمليون Inta wal milyon	TBA	Mehwar TV Mehwar TV Channel Mehwar TV Channel is an Egyptian TV channel based in Giza, Egypt. It covers current events, as well as broadcasting content concerning political and religious topics, and some entertainment programmes. The channel has a particular focus on Egyptian topics. Its main owner and chairman is Hassan...	‏EGP Egyptian pound The Egyptian Pound is the currency of Egypt. It is divided into 100 Qirsh , or 1,000 Milliemes .... 1,000,000	November 2011
Estonia	Rahaauk	Alari Kivisaar	TV3 TV3 (Estonia) TV3 is a commercial television channel targeted at an Estonian language audience owned by Viasat . It was founded in 1996 after two recent television stations, EVTV and RTV joined....	€100,000	September 12, 2011
Early Modern France	Money Drop	Laurence Boccolini	TF1 TF1 TF1 is a national French TV channel, controlled by TF1 Group, whose major share-holder is Bouygues. TF1's average market share of 24% makes it the most popular domestic network...	€250,000	August 1, 2011
Germany	Rette die Million!	Jörg Pilawa	ZDF ZDF Zweites Deutsches Fernsehen , ZDF, is a public-service German television broadcaster based in Mainz . It is run as an independent non-profit institution, which was founded by the German federal states . The ZDF is financed by television licence fees called GEZ and advertising revenues...	€1,000,000	October 13, 2010
Greece	Money Drop	Grigoris Arnaoutoglou Grigoris Arnaoutoglou Grigoris Arnaoutoglou , also spelled as Gregory or Gregoris Arnaoutoglou, is a Greek television host. Since 2003, he was the host of Mega Channel's morning daily entertaining show, Omorfos Kosmos to proi...	Mega TV Mega TV Mega TV was an analogue cable television broadcaster, which launched Malaysia's first ever subscription-based TV service in 1995. It was incorporated on 18 October 1994 and was operated by TV3...	€300,000	October 16, 2010
Hungary	A 40 Milliós Játszma	Rákóczi Ferenc	TV2 TV2 (Hungary) TV2 is a Hungarian commercial television channel operating since 1997, providing a large variety of programming. It is owned by ProSiebenSat.1 Media AG...	‏40,000,000 Ft Hungarian forint The forint is the currency of Hungary. It is divided into 100 fillér, although fillér coins are no longer in circulation. The introduction of the forint on 1 August 1946 was a crucial step of the post-WWII stabilization of the Hungarian economy, and the currency remained relatively stable until...	November 29, 2010
Israel	אל תפיל את המיליון Al Tapil Et HaMilyon	Erez Tal Erez Tal Erez Tal is an Israeli broadcasting personality.-Biography:His first hit program was "Ma Yesh" , broadcast on Galatz, Israel's Army radio, where he started his partnership with Avri Gilad....	Channel 2 Channel 2 (Israel) Channel 2 is an Israeli commercial television channel.- History :In 1990, after 13 years of deliberations, the Knesset passed a law that paved the way for the establishment of commercial television in Israel. The goal was to enhance pluralism and create competition. Channel 2 began broadcasting on...  (Keshet) Keshet (TV) Keshet Broadcasting or Keshet is a media group and leading television program maker licensed in Israel. Keshet operates under the auspices of the Second Israeli Broadcasting Authority . It is one of two operators that have run the main Israeli commercial television channel, Channel 2, since 1993,...	‏₪1,000,000	October 13, 2010
Italy	The Money Drop	Gerry Scotti Gerry Scotti Gerry Scotti is an Italian television presenter, actor and former member of the Italian Parliament.Scotti was born Virginio Scotti on August 7, 1956 in Miradolo Terme, Pavia. After giving up studying law Scotti began his career as a disc jockey at Radio Milano International...	Canale 5 Canale 5 Canale 5 is an Italian private television network of Mediaset, the media branch of Fininvest. Canale 5 was the first private television network to have a national coverage in Italy in 1980, based on a local channel, TeleMilano 58, founded in 1978....	€1,000,000	December 12, 2011
Kazakhstan	Шоу Сорок Миллионов Тенге‏ Shou Sorok Millionov Tenge	Abdel' Mukhtarov	tv7	40,000,000 ₸ Kazakhstani tenge The tenge is the currency of Kazakhstan. It is divided into 100 tïın . It was introduced on 15th of November 1993 to replace the Soviet ruble at a rate of 1 tenge = 500 rubles...	January 22, 2011
Latvia	Paņem 100 000... ja vari	Edgars Ludāns	TV3 TV3 Latvia TV3 Latvia is a television channel targeted at a Latvian language audience owned by Modern Times Group . It was launched in 1998, but did not receive a terrestrial license until 2001...	€100,000	October 1, 2011
Lithuania	100 000 eurų grynais	Marijonas Mikutavičius	TV3 TV3 Lithuania TV3 is a television channel owned by Modern Times Group and targeted at a Lithuanian-speaking audience. It was founded on May 7, 1992 and launched on April 11, 1993 as "Tele-3" before being renamed "TV3" in 1996....	€100,000	September 2, 2011
Malaysia	RM 1,000,000 Money Drop	TBA	Astro Ria Astro Ria Astro Ria is a Malaysian 24 hour television network broadcast on the Astro satellite television service. It was one of the first 22 channels to commence broadcast on Astro in 1996.Programs on the network include Malay dramas, films and reality shows....	RM Malaysian ringgit The Malaysian ringgit is the currency of Malaysia. It is divided into 100 sen... 1,000,000	TBA
Netherlands	Show Me The Money	Beau van Erven Dorens	SBS 6	€1,000,000	April 11-22, 2011
Poland	Postaw na milion	Łukasz Nowicki	TVP2	1,000,000 zł	March 5, 2011
Russia	Шоу Десять миллионов Shou Desyat' Millionov	Maxim Galkin Maxim Galkin Maxim Galkin is a Russian comedian, singer and TV host.He first became famous as an impressionist, and is known for his proficiency at parody and his duets with the famous Russian pop singer Alla Pugacheva....	Russia 1	10,000,000 руб.	September 4, 2010
Serbia	Multimilioner	Dragan Nikolić	RTV Pink RTV Pink RTV Pink or Radio-Television Pink is a popular, privately-owned, national TV network in Serbia. Pink is the leading commercial station in the Serbian television broadcast market. TV Pink has gained a strong reputation for its entertainment programming...	10,000,000RSD Serbian dinar The dinar is the currency of Serbia. An earlier currency also called dinar was used in Serbia between 1868 and 1918. The earliest use of the dinar date to 1214. Today's Serbian dinar is a continuation of the last Yugoslav dinar...  (weekly)	September 13, 2011
Singapore	Million Dollar Money Drop Million Dollar Money Drop: Singapore Edition Million Dollar Money Drop: Singapore Edition was a game show which aired on MediaCorp Channel 5 in the Singapore. It was based on the U.K. series The Million Pound Drop Live. However, unlike the original UK version, it was not broadcast live, and there were several changes to the format...	George Young	MediaCorp TV Channel 5 MediaCorp TV Channel 5 MediaCorp Channel 5 or Channel 5 is a 24-hour free-to-air English and Malay language television channel based in Singapore....	S$1,000,000	August 9, 2011
Spain	Atrapa un Millón	Carlos Sobera	Antena 3 Antena 3 (Spain) Antena 3 is a Spanish terrestrial television channel owned by Antena 3 de Televisión. Some of the more popular programmes broadcast by Antena 3 include Aquí no hay quien viva, El Barco, Los Protegidos, Los Simpson and El Internado....	€1,000,000 (weekly)	February 4, 2011
	Atrapa un Millón Diario			€ 200,000 (daily)	April 4, 2011
Sweden	Pengarna på bordet	Peter Jihde	TV4	2,000,000 Kr.	October 3, 2011
Switzerland	Die Millionen-Falle	René Rindlisbacher René Rindlisbacher René Rindlisbacher is a Swiss TV presenter and comedian.Rindlisbacher was originally a commercial apprenticeship and was trained as a bricklayer. National breakthrough as a comedian he made together with Stefan Schmidlin, with whom he played the Schmirinskis. From 1995 to 2001, Rindlisbacher...	SF1 Schweizer Fernsehen Schweizer Fernsehen is the German language division of SRG SSR, in charge of production and distribution of television programmes in German for German-speaking Switzerland...	1,000,000SFr Swiss franc The franc is the currency and legal tender of Switzerland and Liechtenstein; it is also legal tender in the Italian exclave Campione d'Italia. Although not formally legal tender in the German exclave Büsingen , it is in wide daily use there...	July 4 - August 15, 2011
Turkey	Bir Milyon Canlı Para	Engin Altan Düzyatan Engin Altan Düzyatan - Biography :Engin Altan Düzyatan began acting during his high school days. He joined Dokuz Eylül University to study theatre. He did complete his course and moved to İstanbul where he started his professional acting career....	Show TV Show TV SHOW TV is a nation-wide television channel in Turkey owned by Çukurova Holding. The channel was established by the Turkish businessmen Erol Aksoy and Haldun Simavi on March 1, 1992. During the last years, Show TV extended its range of viewers by adding more channels like Show Plus, Show Max and...	1,000,000TL Turkish lira The Turkish lira is the currency of Turkey and the de facto independent state of the Turkish Republic of Northern Cyprus. The lira is subdivided into 100 kuruş...	October 25, 2010
Ukraine	Шоу на два мiльйони Shou Na Dva Milyoni	Andriy Domanskyi	1+1 1+1 - History :TV channel "1+1" was founded in August 1995, headed by its original President Alexander Rodnyansky who also was its general director from 1996 to 2002...	2,000,000 грн. Ukrainian hryvnia The hryvnia, sometimes hryvnya or grivna ; sign: ₴, code: , has been the national currency of Ukraine since September 2, 1996. The hryvnia is subdivided into 100 kopiyok. In medieval times, it was a currency of Kievan Rus'....	January 12 - March 30, 2011
United Kingdom	The Million Pound Drop Live	Davina McCall Davina McCall Davina McCall is an English television presenter and actress, most notable as the presenter of the UK version of Big Brother up until its move to Channel 5.- Early life :...	Channel 4 Channel 4 Channel 4 is a British public-service television broadcaster which began working on 2 November 1982. Although largely commercially self-funded, it is ultimately publicly owned; originally a subsidiary of the Independent Broadcasting Authority , the station is now owned and operated by the Channel...	£ Pound sterling The pound sterling , commonly called the pound, is the official currency of the United Kingdom, its Crown Dependencies and the British Overseas Territories of South Georgia and the South Sandwich Islands, British Antarctic Territory and Tristan da Cunha. It is subdivided into 100 pence... 1,000,000	May 24, 2010
United States	Million Dollar Money Drop Million Dollar Money Drop Million Dollar Money Drop is a game show which aired on Fox in the United States and Canada. It is based on the U.K. series The Million Pound Drop Live. However, unlike the original UK version, it was not broadcast live, and there were several changes to the format...	Kevin Pollak Kevin Pollak Kevin Elliot Pollak is an American actor, impressionist, game show host, and comedian. He started performing stand-up comedy at the age of 10 and touring professionally at the age of 20...	Fox Fox Broadcasting Company Fox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...	US$1,000,000	December 20, 2010