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''Millionaire Hot Seat'', also known as ''Hot Seat'', is an Australian television quiz show. The show is a spin-off of ''Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?'' which began airing on the Nine Network on 20 April 2009. As with the original version of the show, it is hosted by Eddie McGuire and follows a similar format. ==History== Rumours about a new shortened version of ''Millionaire'' first began circulating in February 2009, and were confirmed when the Nine Network produced a pilot version of the format titled ''Millionaire: Russian Roulette'' in March 2009. The official title was announced as ''Millionaire Hot Seat'',〔 but this was later shortened to simply ''Hot Seat''. The new format was originally promoted as a short-run series, with advertisements featuring McGuire exclaiming "20 nights! 20 million dollars!".〔 It was announced on 7 April 2009 that ''Hot Seat'' would begin airing on 20 April 2009 in the – weeknight timeslot and would compete against the high-rating game show, ''Deal or No Deal'', on the Seven Network.〔〔 As expected, the show's format was shortened to 30 minutes and given an overhaul of the rules and gameplay, in a system based on the Italian version of the show. The Nine Network commissioned a second series of the show, to begin airing the week after the original 20-episode order had finished airing on 15 May 2009. The second series began airing on 18 May 2009.〔 A special prime time edition of ''Hot Seat'' aired at on Monday, 8 June 2009, featuring a contestant, Barry Soraghan, playing for the format's first million-dollar question.〔 〕 Ultimately, Soraghan answered the question incorrectly, and won only $1,000.〔 At the completion of the taped episode, Soraghan was visited live on air at his Blackburn home by McGuire,〔 who then awarded him a two-week holiday for him and his family, as well as $5,000 in spending money.〔 The episode achieved a ratings figure of 1,224,000 viewers nationally, and was the eleventh-highest rating program for the night,〔 which was a vast improvement from the 812,000 viewers that ''Hot Seat'' managed in its regular timeslot on the same night.〔 ''Hot Seat'' was originally filmed in the iconic Studio 9 at the GTV9 Richmond premises, however as of February 2011, it has been filmed at GTV9's new home at Docklands Studios Melbourne. The show's 500th episode went to air on 3 August 2011; that day's contestant winning $100,000. On 15 August 2011 the four remaining couples from the 2011 season of ''The Block'' appeared on the show, attempting to win $1,000,000 for charity. But the final couple in the hot seat faltered on the seventh question. The last couple won only $1,000 for their charity. On 3 October 2011, a ''The Farmer Wants a Wife'' special went to air, ahead of the final that was to air later that night. Farmer Frank, the last contestant in the Hot Seat, had a chance to win $100,000 for his charity but lost, winning only $1,000 for the Royal Flying Doctors Services. On 27 July 2012, ''Hot Seat'' stopped airing for the London 2012 Olympic Games until 13 August 2012. A local version will air exclusively for Western Australian viewers starting in 2014.〔(Nine Perth announces local content ), ''TV Tonight'', 9 December 2013〕 On 2 June 2014, ''Hot Seat'' celebrated its 1,000th episode. In this episode, that day's contestant Janine won $50,000. In addition, McGuire called back all the contestants telling them they each won $1,000 for appearing on its 1,000th episode. On 16 March 2015 the top prize of $20,000 jackpotted to $541,000 and was won by Gerard Lane from Victoria, Australia. On 13 April 2015, Hot Seat had its first revamp since it launched in 2009. The intro was slightly changed, a new set with higher resolution LED screens was introduced and new graphics using the Eurostile font. A new lifeline was also added for the final question, the Switch lifeline. The constant on the final question could use it to change the final question to another one of the same value. This lifeline was dropped after the 8 May 2015 episode, but was reinstated for episodes airing between 21 and 25 September of the same year. 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Millionaire Hot Seat」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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