Who has won $500,000 on Million Dollar Minute?

Million Dollar Minute ... Pierre Sutcliffe (aka Voltaire of The Models) can afford to buy a few coffee-makers with his $500,000 cash win. "When I was a little kid, I'd come home from school, watch The Monkees on TV, then grab my mother's copy of The Herald," says the 55-year-old grandfather.

Who were the biggest winners on Million Dollar Minute?

Has anyone won a million on Million Dollar Minute?

Andrew Skarbek (born 1967 or 1968) is an Australian game show contestant who became the first and only person to win the top prize of $1,000,000 on Australian TV game show Million Dollar Minute.

Did anyone ever won Million Dollar Minute?

Over 23 gruelling episodes, Skarbek saw off 46 contestants. He was close to "burnt out" by the end. "When the big yellow tick came up [showing I'd won], it was relief more than anything. It was such a long journey – more Million Dollar Month than Million Dollar Minute."

How much money did Alex win on Million Dollar Minute?

So he wins 300000 and spends it on a movie... Wishing Alex all the best.

Pierre Sutcliffe wins $500,000 on Million Dollar Minute

How much did Nick win on Million Dollar Minute?

Nick Galvin

Skarbek and his wife Jenny, after he knocked back taking home $766,000.

What is the highest prize on minute to win it?

Contestants who can complete all ten challenges win the show's top prize ($1,000,000 in the NBC version, $250,000 in the GSN version). The difficulty of the games progressively increases throughout the show.

Has anyone won millionaire Hot Seat?

Jim Graham (20 June 2011)

How much money did Tiger mum win on Million Dollar Minute?

She progressed to play for $200,000 but failed to make it to the final game and left with her $75,000 of safety net winnings.

How long would it take to spend a million dollars at $1000 a day?

Imagine someone gave you a million dollars and told you to spend $1,000 every day and come back when you ran out of money. You would return, with no money left, in three years. If someone then gave you a billion dollars and you spent $1,000 each day, you would be spending for about 2,740 years before you went broke.

Who won $300,000 on Million Dollar Minute?

26-year-old Alex Dusek has won 9 consecutive episodes of Million Dollar Minute, and now finds himself at the end of the episode, having to decide whether to leave the show with the $307,000 he's won so far, or return the next night, to potentially play for $500,000.

Has anybody won $1000000 on Who Wants To Be A millionaire?

Murray answered his million-dollar question in the tournament correctly on November 11, 2009, and remained the only contestant to do so, claiming the top prize on November 20.

Who won the most on Million Dollar Money Drop?

The highest cash won during the series run was $300,000, which was won by Nathan Moore and Lana McKissack on an episode aired January 18, 2011. A total of 12 teams left the game empty-handed.

Has anyone ever won 250k on minute to win it?

Autumn McAlpin of San Clemente, left, and her sister Allison Chapman won $250,000 on the game show “Minute to Win It.” December 15, 2010 at 7:14 a.m.

Has anyone won Who Wants to Be a Millionaire without using Lifelines?

The first was John Carpenter, who won the top prize on the American version on 19 November 1999. Carpenter famously did not use a lifeline until the final question, using his "Phone a Friend" to call his father, not for help, but to tell him he was about to become a millionaire.

How many millionaire winners have there been on Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?

Top-prize winners

Over the course of the programme's broadcast history, six contestants have received its top prize of £1 million: Judith Keppel, a former garden designer. On 20 November 2000, she became the first contestant to win the top prize.

How many people have won 1 million on Millionaire Hot Seat?

“I know it's a cliche, but winning Millionaire Hot Seat has absolutely changed my life.” Antony McManus has become only the second person ever to win one million dollars on Channel Nine's Millionaire Hot Seat quiz show.

Has anyone ever won on instant wins?

Offshore worker Michael Innes and fiancé Megan Fulton are starting to dream of the perfect wedding and home after Michael scooped £1 million on a National Lottery Instant Win game. The Buckie-based catering steward collected the life-changing sum playing the online MONOPOLY Millionaire game.

Has anyone ever won instant win games?

Maxine, 50, and her partner Wayne Tilbury, 57, won the £1M top prize on The National Lottery's £30M Mega Cash Showdown Instant Win Game. The amazing windfall was a bright spot in what has been a turbulent period for the couple.

What game has given the most money?

The highest-grossing video game of all time is Dungeon Fighter Online, which has grossed $20 billion worldwide (mostly in Asia) as of 2022. It surpassed the records held by Pac-Man and Space Invaders, which were the highest-grossing video games since the 1980s.

How much does Brian win on Million Dollar Minute?

Brydon Coverdale's love for quizzes took over when he appeared on several quiz and game shows as a contestant, eventually winning $300,000 on Million Dollar Minute. He then was cast as 'The Shark' on The Chase Australia, where contestants have to beat him to win their cash prize.

Who was the first winner of Million Dollar Minute?

AFTER defeating 46 contestants in 23 episodes and answering 589 questions, this man made Australian TV history by winning $1,016,000 on Channel 7's quiz show Million Dollar Minute. Andrew Skarbek was asked: “The Burke and Wills expedition left Melbourne in which year?”. Luck was in his favour.

Why was Million Dollar Minute cancelled?

Million Dollar Minute is being replaced because it simply hasn't rated strongly enough in the crucial 5.30pm timeslot, dominated by Nine's Hot Seat. The show has had a chequered history since it launched in September 2013. Original host Grant Denyer quit the following November and was replaced by Simon Reeve.