Milionerzy

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Hubert Urbański, the host of Milionerzy

Milionerzy (Millionaires) is a Polish game show based on the original British format of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?[1] The show is hosted by Hubert Urbański. The main goal of the game is to win 1 million Polish złoty by answering twelve[2] multiple-choice questions correctly. There are three classic lifelines[2] – ask the audience (Script error: No such module "Lang".), fifty fifty (Script error: No such module "Lang"., 50:50) and phone a friend (Script error: No such module "Lang".) – and also two other lifelines – ask the expert (Script error: No such module "Lang".)[note 1][3] and switch the question (Script error: No such module "Lang".).[4] From March to December 2010 contestant could choose risk game, where the second guaranteed sum (40,000 zł) was not guaranteed.[5] The first version of Milionerzy was broadcast from 3 September 1999 to 26 January 2003, the second version was broadcast from 19 January 2008 to 19 December 2010, the third version is being broadcast from 9 February 2017 to 5 July 2025, and the fourth version will begin broadcasting in fall 2025.[6] Throughout May to July 2025, it is shown every Saturday at 7:45 p.m. and every Sunday at 7:45 p.m. and 8:20 p.m. (CET +1 or CEST +2) on the Polish commercial television station TVN. From 2008 to 2025, when a contestant got the second question correct, they would leave with 1,000 zł. When a contestant got the seventh question correct, they would leave with 40,000 zł.

In April 2025, TVN confirmed to not extend the license to produce further seasons of the program.[7] In June 2025, Polsat confirmed the acquisition of the rights to the format.[8][9]

The game's prizes

In the first version of Milionerzy, there were fifteen questions:[10]

Question number Question value
1 100 zł
2 200 zł
3 300 zł
4 500 zł
5 1,000 zł
6 2,000 zł
7 4,000 zł
8 8,000 zł
9 16,000 zł
10 32,000 zł
11 64,000 zł
12 125,000 zł
13 250,000 zł
14 500,000 zł
15 1,000,000 zł

In the second and third versions of Milionerzy, there were twelve questions:[11][12]

Question number Question value[note 2]
1 500 zł
2 1,000 zł
3 2,000 zł
4 5,000 zł
5 10,000 zł
6 20,000 zł
7 40,000 zł
8 75,000 zł
9 125,000 zł
10 250,000 zł
11 500,000 zł
12 1,000,000 zł

Appearance

From 1999 through 2003 we could see three changes of the studio stage design, some differ in stylistics. From 2008 through 2010, after resumption we could see the fourth stage design and now, from 2017 onward, the fifth one.

The first logo of Milionerzy from 1999 was very different from the standard model used in other editions of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. It was a violet rhombus on one of vertexes and rings standing on themselves on background of "Milionerzy" caption.[note 3] The second one, modelled on the traditional style and introduced with the changes of credits and scenography in 2000, is round with green question marks.[13] The third one, used from 2008 until 2023, had a different color scheme (question marks are gold).[14] The fourth one, used from 2023 until now, has more golden question marks.

The first and second version of the opening credits were similar with people looking and aiming on Milionerzy logo. It was patterned on British credits of this time. From 2008 until 2023, the opening credits of the program featured an animation showing in sequence all prizes to one million złoty – it was patterned on the second British version.[note 4]

From 1999 to 2003, the boxes depicting the question and answer options in the game were black, in the shape of a rounded hexagon, with a light blue outline.[15]

In 2008 the show switched to rave graphics based on the Macedonian version: the question and answer boxes were navy-blue and smaller than before.[16] Also some sound effects and background music changed.[17]

In 2017 the show switched to rave graphics inspired by the 2011 graphics in the Dutch version. The question boxes were brighter, also fonts were different. The background was not interlaced.[18]

In 2023 the show switched to graphics inspired by the design of Olga van den Brandt. The dominant color is purple, while the question and answer boxes are navy blue. At first, only the question bar appears; the answers bar only appears once the host reads them. A new feature is that the colors of the logo on the big screen change at different stages of the game.[19]

Production

Recording studio

The first edition was recorded in the Warsaw-based WFDiF studio, 21, Chełmska St. from 1999 until 2000[20] and in the TVP studio on 17, Woronicza St until 2003. In 2008 and 2009 Milionerzy was recorded in the TVP studio in Kraków, 44, Nowohucka St.[21] In 2010, the show was recorded in Farat Film studio in Warsaw, 22, Notecka St.[22]

From January 2017 to the end of 2018, the show was filmed at the Transcolor studio in Szeligi near Warsaw. From January 2019 to November 2020, the program was recorded in Sękocin Stary at the TVN SCENO-KREACJE studio.[23] In February 2021, recordings returned to Szeligi.

From November 2018 to February 2019, episodes for the Italian version were recorded at the TVN SCENO-KREACJE studio in Sękocin Stary near Warsaw. From 7 December 2018 to 14 March 2019, they aired in Italy on Canale 5, owned by Mediaset. Italy decided to record Millionaire in Poland due to a proposal from Sony Pictures Television, the licensor of the rights to the international format. Representatives stated that the Polish version is considered the best in the world. When agreeing to produce the show in Poland, the Italians had to provide transport to Poland for the production team, the host, and the contestants. Production and substantive support was handled by Jan Kepinski's company Jake Vision, which holds the license of the Polish version of Millionaire. Jake Vision was also responsible for finding an Italian audience in Poland, while the broadcast van was provided by TVN.[24] On 22 and 23 May 2019, four episodes were recorded here to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Spanish version of the show.[25]

Executive producer

The executive producer of the program was Endemol in the first version,[26] Intergalactic in the second version,[27] and Jake Vision in the third version and onward.[28]

Way to become a contestant

Based on the source text.[10][11][12]

1999–2003

  • Stage I – to become a contestant, you had to phone a special Telemedium number, then choose date of recording of the episode, then answer a question with four variants and tell your personal details. 100 people were drawn from those who answered correctly and told the same recording date and they went to the II stage.
  • Stage II – people, who were drawn, gave their telephone number, and a pollster called them in a 2-days time and asked questions, which didn't have answer variants. 20 people, who gave the most similar answers to the correct ones were going to the III stage.
  • Stage III – before the recording participants had to arrange answer variants in correct order. 12 people, who did it correctly went to the IV stage. They were 10 Fastest Finger First players and two reserves. Pollster phoned them to confirm that they participate.

2008–2010

  • Stage I – to become a contestant, you had to send a SMS with Milion text to a shown number, and then answer two questions with four answer variants sent by a SMS and to give your personal details. The first 100 people who registered, answered those 2 questions and gave their personal details, went to the second stage.
  • Stage II – agent of the producer of the program phoned those 100 people. The call was recorded, about what those people were informed at the beginning of the call. Potential participant had to say about him, his hobby, job etc. Next, he had to answer several general knowledge questions, which didn't have variants. People chosen in the phone casting were informed about it in a 7-days time and invited to the studio.

2017–2025

  • Stage I – to apply for the program, you must complete the questionnaire available on the program's website, in which you must provide both personal data and answers to the open-ended questions contained therein.
  • Stage II – selected individuals will have an interview with a program representative. This may be a face-to-face interview, by phone or Skype. During these interviews, the representative wlll ask contestants open-ended questions without answer options.

Broadcasting

Season Broadcast time Week days Hours Episode length Picture format
1 September 1999 – May 2000[29] Monday, Friday 20:30 25 minutes 4:3
Saturday, Sunday 19:30 45 minutes
June 2000[30] Monday, Wednesday, Thursday 20:30 25 minutes
Saturday, Sunday 19:30 45 minutes
2 August 2000 – March 2001[31] Monday, Wednesday, Friday 20:30 45 minutes
Saturday, Sunday 19:35
March–July 2001[32] Monday, Friday 20:50
Saturday, Sunday 19:35
3 September–December 2001[32] Monday 20:50 30–35 minutes
Saturday, Sunday 19:35
January–February 2002[33] Saturday, Sunday 20:00
March–May 2002[34] Monday 20:50
Saturday, Sunday 19:35
June 2002[35] Saturday, Sunday 20:00
4 September–December 2002[36] Monday 21:20
Sunday 20:00
January 2003[13] Sunday 20:00
5 January–June 2008[37][38] Saturday, Sunday 18:00 45 minutes 16:9
6 September–December 2008[37]
7 March–May 2009[37]
8 September–December 2009[39] Sunday
9 March–June 2010[39] 16:9 HD[22]
10 September–December 2010[40]
11 February–May 2017[41] Monday to Thursday
[note 5]
20:55
[note 5]
22–25 minutes
[note 6]
12 September–December 2017[42]
13 February–May 2018[43]
14 September–December 2018
15 February–May 2019[44]
16 September–December 2019[45]
17 March 2020
18 September–December 2020[46]
19 February–May 2021[47]
20 September–December 2021[48]
21 February–June 2022[49]
22 September–December 2022[50]
23 February–June 2023[51]
24 September–December 2023[52]
25 March–May 2024
26 November–December 2024[53]
May–July 2025 Saturday[54] 19:45
[54]
Sunday[54] 19:45
20:20
[54]

Number of viewers

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Average of number of viewers from September 1999 to October 2008

The biggest number of viewers was on 5 March 2000, when a contestant won 250,000 zł for the first time in the history of the show. The number of viewers of this episode was 6.51 million people.[27][55][56]

Average number of viewers of the January–April 2008 season was 3.5 million viewers. First episode of second version (19 January 2008) was watched by 3.5 million viewers. The biggest number of viewers in second version was on 5 April 2008, when the 1,000,000 zł question came up for the first time in this version. The episode from 6 April 2008 in which a contestant got the 500,000 zł question wrong was watched by 4.2 million viewers.[57]

First episode of third version (9 February 2017) was watched by 3.4 million viewers.[58]

Year/Season Number of viewers Template:Refh
1999 2.87 million [56]
2000 3.05 million
2001 2.9 million
2002 2.25 million
2003 2.33 million
Spring 2008 over 3 million [59]
Autumn 2008 2.92 million [60]
Spring 2009 2.32 million [61]
Autumn 2009 2.43 million [60]
Spring 2010 2.21 million [62]
Autumn 2010 2.65 million [63]
Spring 2017 2.35 million [41]
Autumn 2017 2.08 million [42]
Spring 2018 1.99 million [43]
Autumn 2018 2.09 million [64]
Spring 2019 1.98 million [44]
Autumn 2019 1.82 million [45]
Spring 2020[note 7] about 1.85 million [65]
Autumn 2020 1.56 million [46]
Spring 2021 1.51 million [47]
Autumn 2021 1.52 million [48]
Spring 2022[note 8] 1.43 million (according to Wirtualne Media) [49]
1.44 million (according to Press) [51]
Autumn 2022 1.34 million [50]
Spring 2023 1.28 million [51]
Autumn 2023 1.07 million [52]
Spring 2024 1.1 million [53]
Autumn 2024 950,000

Milionerzy. 2 miliony

In June 2023, TVN announced plans to produce nine special episodes of the show under the name Milionerzy. 2 miliony (running on similar principles as the three million euro week in the German version[66]). The top prize in the ninth episode is two million złoty[67] – this amount is the highest (nominally, in PLN) prize offered so far in Polish game shows. The first episode of this special edition aired on 9 October 2023, and the final on 20 October.[68]

Rules

During the first eight episodes, the contestants play in the traditional format – with twelve questions and one million złoty to win, with the difference, however, that there is a custom second milestone (introduced in the original British version in 2018) – before asking a question for a given stake, the host asks whether this amount – after giving a correct answer to the question – is to become the guaranteed sum; the contestant can therefore set the second milestone according to their own preferences.[67]

Anyone who answers at least seven questions correctly advances to the final question. The finalists once again compete in Fastest Finger First. The winner of the elimination decides whether to keep their winnings from the elimination episode and end their appearance in the show, or play for two million, risking to end the game with a lower winnnigs. Before making a decision, the host informs how much of the original winnings the contestant will be able to keep regardless of the outcome of the game for two million.[67]

Question number Question value[67]
Elimination episodes (1–8) Final episode (9)
1 500 zł 1,000 zł
2 1,000 zł 2,000 zł
3 2,000 zł 5,000 zł
4 5,000 zł 10,000 zł
5 10,000 zł 20,000 zł
6 20,000 zł 50,000 zł
7 40,000 zł 100,000 zł
8 75,000 zł 200,000 zł
9 125,000 zł 350,000 zł
10 250,000 zł 500,000 zł
11 500,000 zł 900,000 zł
12 1,000,000 zł 2,000,000 zł

Contestants have three classic lifelines at their disposal:

  • Ask the audience
  • 50:50
  • Phone a friend

Special episodes

1999–2003

Also in 2002 TVN was broadcasting series of family episodes. Teams of three people were taking part, and all had to be related. Every team had its captain. The rules were the same as in normal episodes, but the captain decided about choosing an answer after consultations with the rest of family members. After winning 32,000 złoty, one person left the team and went to the audience; after winning 125,000 złoty another person left and only one person left had to answer last three questions.[73] The highest prize in these editions was 250,000 złoty.[73]

2008–2010

2017 onwards

  • In 2020, a special edition related with Santa Claus aired on 3 December. Winnings were given to the Nie jesteś sam charity.[76]

Notable contestants

First edition

1,000,000 złoty question wrong (lost 468,000 złoty)

  1. Filip Łapiński – 2 June 2002 (special edition with participation of children)

500,000 złoty winners

  1. Władysław Kostrzewski – 21 October 2000
  2. Zbigniew Chrzanowski – 21 May 2001
  3. Jerzy Mirski – 14 October 2001[77]

500,000 złoty question wrong (lost 218,000 złoty)

  1. Leszek Musiał – 29 December 2000
  2. Andrzej Bibel – 30 September 2001
  3. Renata Dancewicz & Paweł Wilczak – 24 December 2001 (Celebrity Special)
  4. Waldemar Myszkiewicz – 5 January 2002
  5. Krzysztof Paliński – 3 March 2002
  6. Ziemowit Stefański – 2 June 2002 (special edition with participation of children)

250,000 złoty winners

  1. Krzysztof Karwowski – 5 March 2000
  2. Jarosław Olejnicki – 5 May 2000
  3. Marek Janowski – 8 October 2000
  4. Stanisław Pietrasiewicz – 17 February 2001
  5. Katarzyna Dobras – 28 February 2001
  6. Jerzy Zadrożny – 12 March 2001
  7. Tomasz Micorek – 24 September 2001
  8. Artur Wiśniewski – 16 December 2001
  9. Edyta Olszówka & Olaf Lubaszenko – 25 December 2001 (Celebrity Special)
  10. Szczepan Gardecki – 9 February 2002
  11. Gogoł family – 23 September 2002 (Family Special)
  12. Aleksandra Woźniak & Rafał Królikowski – 25 December 2002 (Celebrity Special)

250,000 złoty question wrong (lost 93,000 złoty)

  1. Bogumił Szmit – 26 May 2000
  2. Adam Lubaszka – 3 June 2000
  3. Michał Siwicki – 11 September 2000
  4. Adam Bielski – 12 February 2001
  5. Jacek Kobus – 17 March 2001
  6. Piotr Kawecki – 26 November 2001
  7. Jerzy Kostaniak – 8 April 2002
  8. Bartosz Stępień – 3 November 2002

125,000 złoty winners

  1. Andrzej Zubala – 17 September 1999
  2. Bogdan Rzepka – 24 September 1999
  3. Barbara Płachta – 27 November 1999
  4. Katarzyna Niziałek – 31 December 1999
  5. Grażyna Tomaszewska – 3 January 2000
  6. Maciej Kondratowicz – 12 March 2000
  7. Paweł Wasilewski – 18 March 2000
  8. Alfred Znamierowski – 16 April 2000
  9. Marzena Bralska – 29 April 2000
  10. Łukasz Kaźmierczak – 30 April 2000
  11. Ryszard Ćwirta – 14 May 2000
  12. Katarzyna Kreczmer – 29 May 2000
  13. Bogdan Wencel – 21 June 2000
  14. Bożena Pieczara – 28 June 2000
  15. Grażyna Eysmont – 2 September 2000
  16. Edward Mierzwa – 2 September 2000
  17. Marek Pawlak – 8 September 2000
  18. Tadeusz Biały – 9 September 2000
  19. Piotr Kopczyński – 30 September 2000
  20. Tomasz Guzek – 4 October 2000
  21. Wojciech Chocianowski – 25 November 2000
  22. Marek Duszczyk – 9 December 2000
  23. Mariusz Jaszczuk – 15 December 2000
  24. Jan Mika – 1 January 2001
  25. Mieczysław Kulesza – 14 January 2001
  26. Marcin Grzelak – 22 January 2001
  27. Przemysław Radowicz – 11 February 2001
  28. Barbara ? & Mirosław ? – 14 February 2001
  29. Tadeusz Grabowski – 11 March 2001
  30. Tomasz Lipiński – 19 March 2001
  31. Mariusz Kowalski – 7 April 2001
  32. Arkadiusz Jadacki – 14 April 2001
  33. Marek Fotek – 23 April 2001
  34. Wiesław Czekaj – 4 May 2001
  35. Stojan Nedalkov – 6 May 2001
  36. Zbigniew Męcik – 17 June 2001
  37. Andrzej Łukaszczyk – 30 June 2001
  38. Monika Żuczkowska – 22 October 2001
  39. Jacek Branas – 19 November 2001
  40. Joanna Dymczyk – 24 November 2001
  41. Andrzej Kamiński – 3 December 2001
  42. Henryk Bronner – 30 December 2001
  43. Ewa Wota – 6 January 2002
  44. Maciej Krawczyński – 13 January 2002
  45. Henryk Czarny – 3 February 2002
  46. Piotr Bednarczyk – 10 March 2002
  47. Marek Piłat – 16 March 2002
  48. Katarzyna Skrzynecka & Maciej Kozłowski – ? April 2002 (Celebrity Special)
  49. Artur Barciś & Cezary Żak – ? April 2002 (Celebrity Special)
  50. Witold Myśliwiec – 6 April 2002
  51. Andrzej Wardyn – 27 April 2002
  52. Mirosław Monczyński – 29 April 2002
  53. Monika Brochacka & Piotr Borucki – ? June 2002 (Big Brother Special)
  54. Tomasz Derda – 20 October 2002
  55. Józef Mieluch – 10 November 2002
  56. Jerzy Pasternak – 2 December 2002
  57. Krzysztof Bendkowski – 16 December 2002
  58. Agnieszka Stachurska – 26 January 2003

Second edition

1,000,000 złoty winners

  1. Krzysztof Wójcik – 28 March 2010[78]

500,000 złoty winners

  1. Paulina Kowalczyk – 5 April 2008[79]
  2. Dagna Sieńko – 18 May 2008[80]
  3. Rafał Tomański – 22 November 2008[81]
  4. Renata Dancewicz & Piotr Adamczyk – 7 December 2008 (Celebrity Special)[82]
  5. Marzena Rogowska – 25 April 2009[83]
  6. Katarzyna Zaręba – 24 October 2010
  7. Karolina Korwin-Piotrowska & Michał Piróg – 19 December 2010 (Celebrity Special)

Four players guessed the correct answer after resigning from playing.

500,000 złoty question wrong (lost 210,000 złoty)

  1. Sławomir Kucharczyk – 6 April 2008
  2. Lidia Wołk-Karaczewska – 14 March 2009
  3. Dorota Śliwak – 19 September 2010

250,000 złoty winners

  1. Elżbieta Orłowska – 29 March 2008
  2. Dorota Kwiecińska – 27 April 2008
  3. Marek Kraśnicki – 7 September 2008
  4. Marcin Bobrowski – 19 April 2009
  5. Tomasz Radko – 1 November 2009
  6. Szymon Hołownia & Marcin Prokop – 26 December 2009 (Celebrity Special)
  7. Jakub Tomys – 2 May 2010
  8. Jędrzej Wiczkowski – 20 June 2010
  9. Magdalena Lula – 10 October 2010

250,000 złoty question wrong (lost 85,000 złoty)

  1. Agnieszka Nyka-Jankowska – 8 March 2008
  2. Kinga Rusin & Bartosz Węglarczyk – 6 December 2008 (Saint Nicholas Day Celebrity Special)
  3. Monika Kowalczyk – 17 October 2010

125,000 złoty winners

  1. Elżbieta Sokołowska – 27 January 2008
  2. Paweł Staszyński – 10 February 2008[84]
  3. Joanna Słowińska – 17 May 2008
  4. Ewa Drzyzga & Szymon Majewski – 1 June 2008 (Celebrity Special)
  5. Małgorzata Czepek – 7 June 2008
  6. Waldemar Kazimierski – 6 September 2008
  7. Wojciech Przybyłowicz – 25 October 2008
  8. Weronika Bielacha – 29 March 2009
  9. Sławomir Chromik – 10 May 2009
  10. Jolanta Falcman – 20 September 2009
  11. Artur Szczęsny – 18 October 2009
  12. Sebastian Rzodkiewicz – 4 April 2010
  13. Łukasz Weber – 25 April 2010
  14. Kajetan Pawełczyk – 16 May 2010
  15. Mikołaj Dulęba – 7 November 2010
  16. Maciej Piszcz – 21 November 2010

Third edition

1,000,000 złoty winners

  1. Maria Romanek – 21 March 2018[85][86]
  2. Katarzyna Kant-Wysocka – 14 March 2019[87]
  3. Jacek Iwaszko – 23 September 2021
  4. Tomasz Orzechowski – 19 September 2022
  5. Mateusz Żaboklicki – 12 March 2024
  6. Tomasz Boruch – 3 April 2024
  7. Marek Wojtuń – 13 November 2024

1,000,000 złoty question wrong (lost 460,000 złoty)

  1. Dawid Michalewski – 5 October 2020

500,000 złoty winners

  1. Sonia Ciuk – 15 March 2017
  2. Kinga Rusin & Piotr Kraśko – 15 April 2017 (Celebrity Special)
  3. Remigiusz Skubisz – 16 October 2017
  4. Zbigniew Zamachowski & Borys Szyc – 7 December 2017 (Celebrity Special)
  5. Dominik Komorek – 10 September 2018
  6. Maksymilian Bilewicz – 4 March 2019
  7. Marcin Kot – 16 March 2020
  8. Łukasz Grymuza – 22 October 2020
  9. Maciej Adamski – 16 November 2020
  10. Mikołaj Masłowski – 2 December 2020
  11. Maciej Mędrzycki – 7 April 2022
  12. Przemysław Zieliński – 21 April 2022
  13. Małgorzata Rozenek-Majdan & Krzysztof Skórzyński – 3 October 2022 (Celebrity Special[note 9])
  14. Jakub Kasperkiewicz – 20 October 2023 (final episode of 2 million złoty special[note 10])
  15. Sławomir Świątecki – 17 April 2024

500,000 złoty question wrong (lost 210,000 złoty)

  1. Joanna Stroczkowska – 22 February 2017
  2. Wojciech Zaręba – 27 September 2017
  3. Wojciech Czubak – 19 February 2018
  4. Aleksandra Burdka – 4 April 2018
  5. Katarzyna Wincza & Lena Pachuc – 5 December 2019 (Saint Nicholas Day Special)
  6. Anna Serzysko – 27 October 2020
  7. Sabina Pecio – 25 March 2021
  8. Konrad Jurgiewicz – 16 September 2021
  9. Michał Tadeusz Koziej – 28 September 2021
  10. Łukasz Zdrojkowski – 14 March 2022
  11. Klaudia Rymut – 23 March 2023
  12. Ryszard Kusina – 21 September 2023
  13. Marta Wasińska – 6 November 2023
  14. Radosław Radowski – 9 November 2023
  15. Jarosław Kowalczyk – 7 March 2024

250,000 złoty winners

  1. Jakub Rudnicki – 8 March 2017
  2. Katarzyna Kołaczkowska – 29 March 2017
  3. Ilona Rasińska – 12 April 2017
  4. Alicja Bańczyk – 14 September 2017
  5. Agnieszka Dachterska – 25 October 2017
  6. Maciej Krawiec – 8 November 2017
  7. Hanna Czapla – 21 February 2018
  8. Magdalena Rybicka – 27 March 2018
  9. Andrzej Gręziak – 28 March 2018
  10. Bartosz Kołecki – 18 April 2018
  11. Łukasz Półrolniczak – 25 April 2018
  12. Tomasz Otręba – 5 September 2018
  13. Judyta Perczak – 3 December 2018
  14. Anna Cichosz – 26 February 2019
  15. Joanna Liszowska & Tomasz Sapryk – 21 March 2019 (Celebrity Special)
  16. Bartłomiej Marcjaniak – 25 April 2019
  17. Joanna Szczudlik-Kowalczyk – 3 September 2019
  18. Ewa Kamarad – 4 September 2019
  19. Filip Olszówka – 12 September 2019
  20. Dawid Tusiński – 26 September 2019
  21. Dorota Rutkowska-Skwara – 16 October 2019
  22. Zbigniew Górski – 23 October 2019
  23. Agata Langowska – 29 October 2019
  24. Jolanta Glinka-Kalisz – 14 November 2019
  25. Mikołaj Wieczorek – 4 March 2020
  26. Hanna Przydatek – 5 March 2020
  27. Magdalena Ziółek – 11 March 2020
  28. Marta Maszkiewicz – 12 October 2020
  29. Jan Sękowski – 16 February 2021
  30. Anna Wrona – 18 February 2021
  31. Piotr Rutkowski – 26 April 2021
  32. Marzena Szymanowska-Pietrzyk – 2 September 2021
  33. Szymon Batura – 13 September 2021
  34. Leszek Kędzierski – 11 October 2021
  35. Bogdan Wójcik – 3 November 2021
  36. Marek Kalus – 21 March 2022
  37. Piotr Tyburski – 5 September 2022
  38. Magdalena Wilczek – 29 September 2022
  39. Rafał Rak – 17 October 2022
  40. Jacek Borusiński & Wojciech Malajkat – 1 December 2022 (Saint Nicolas Day Special)
  41. Marta Kuligowska & Magdalena Cielecka – 7 March 2023 (Women's Day Celebrity Special)
  42. Justyna Nahajowska – 3 April 2023
  43. Paulina Krupińska & Wojciech Łozowski – 24 May 2023 (Celebrity Special)
  44. Bartłomiej Bar – 14 September 2023[note 11]
  45. Michał Kosacki – 19 October 2023 (elimination episode of 2 million złoty special[note 12])
  46. Konrad Walkowiak – 6 December 2023
  47. Anna Mandes – 25 March 2024
  48. Filip Kuśmierczyk – 11 April 2024
  49. Krzysztof Marczak – 23 April 2024
  50. Patrycja Pietras – 7 November 2024
  51. Jan Szczepaniak – 8 June 2025

250,000 złoty question wrong (lost 85,000 złoty)

  1. Magdalena Pelczarska – 27 March 2017
  2. Kacper Bakota – 5 September 2017
  3. Agnieszka Mirek – 31 October 2017
  4. Przemysław Winzer – 30 November 2017
  5. Agnieszka Pobłocka – 7 March 2018
  6. Piotr Tabarkiewicz – 13 March 2018
  7. Katarzyna Jaworska – 16 April 2018
  8. Agnieszka Augustyn – 9 May 2018
  9. Alicja Maria Wąsowska – 6 September 2018
  10. Marek Krukowski – 12 September 2018
  11. Łukasz Sieciński – 19 September 2018
  12. Michał Mazurowski – 24 September 2018
  13. Mikołaj Sowiński – 26 September 2018
  14. Wiktor Kazanecki – 18 October 2018
  15. Blanka Mikiciuk – 19 November 2018
  16. Patricia Kazadi & Olaf Lubaszenko – 6 December 2018 (Saint Nicolas Day Celebrity Special)
  17. Jarosław Kukiełka – 18 March 2019
  18. Piotr Jeżewski – 2 May 2019
  19. Adrian Thrun – 21 May 2019
  20. Malwina Pawlęty – 5 September 2019
  21. Łukasz Zaliwski – 9 September 2019
  22. Bartłomiej Iwański – 30 September 2020
  23. Alicja Straczyńska-Błach – 21 April 2021
  24. Joanna Gąsiorowska – 11 November 2021
  25. Robert Kamiński – 2 March 2022
  26. Tomasz Madej – 7 March 2022
  27. Andrzej Dębowy – 6 October 2022
  28. Jan Wiszniewski – 27 October 2022
  29. Michał Romański – 2 November 2022
  30. Olga Żukowicz – 28 February 2023
  31. Marcin Maj – 2 March 2023
  32. Mateusz Całka – 9 March 2023
  33. Andrzej Pawluś – 20 April 2023
  34. Justyna Steczkowska & Leon Myszkowski – 1 June 2023 (Children's Day Celebrity Special)
  35. Mikołaj Adamiec-Siemiątkowski – 5 October 2023
  36. Magdalena Kowalczyk – 24 October 2023
  37. Daniel Świątoniowski – 6 March 2024
  38. Jakub Dominiak – 18 March 2024
  39. Artur Tondera-Bliziński – 1 May 2024
  40. Grzegorz Koper – 22 June 2025

200,000 złoty winners

  1. Mikołaj Mielczarek – 20 October 2023 (final episode of 2 million złoty special)

125,000 złoty winners

  1. Mateusz Buczek – 21 February 2017
  2. Beata Wodejko-Kucharska – 1 March 2017
  3. Michał Kowalczewski – 22 March 2017
  4. Katarzyna Romanek – 4 April 2017
  5. Joanna Flasza – 6 April 2017
  6. Konrad Janik – 6 April 2017
  7. Karol Pietrowicz – 17 May 2017
  8. Maciej Walewski – 19 September 2017
  9. Mariusz Boheński – 2 October 2017
  10. Jakub Pękala – 11 October 2017
  11. Adam Fuchs – 18 October 2017
  12. Magdalena Wiaterska – 15 November 2017
  13. Szymon Wojtyra – 5 December 2017
  14. Paweł Duda – 20 February 2018
  15. Arkadiusz Skiba – 26 February 2018
  16. Emilia Dadan – 28 February 2018
  17. Weronika Zblewska – 12 March 2018
  18. Justyna Męcik – 11 April 2018
  19. Weronika Bujnowska – 3 September 2018
  20. Wioletta Ryczek – 11 September 2018
  21. Jacek Piątkowski – 17 September 2018
  22. Agnieszka Nawrocka – 19 September 2018
  23. Błażej Szulc – 7 November 2018
  24. Wojciech Lipiński – 13 November 2018
  25. Tomasz Remian – 15 November 2018
  26. Damian Zieliński – 18 April 2019
  27. Błażej Krzywicki – 13 May 2019
  28. Jarosław Hirny-Budka – 23 May 2019
  29. Mirosława Obst – 8 October 2019
  30. Piotr Maćkowiak – 24 October 2019
  31. Paweł Jokiel – 31 October 2019
  32. Karol Filczak – 7 November 2019
  33. Marek Muszyński – 11 November 2019
  34. Mirosław Kobus – 21 November 2019
  35. Szymon Jankowski – 27 November 2019
  36. Adrian Pietrzak – 26 March 2020
  37. Sebastian Zasada – 10 September 2020
  38. Filip Wołowski – 24 September 2020
  39. Paweł Goleniowski – 6 October 2020
  40. Hanna Janus – 5 November 2020
  41. Filip Dawidowicz – 10 November 2020
  42. Paulina Krupińska & Damian Michałowski – 3 December 2020 (Saint Nicolas Day Celebrity Special)
  43. Jerzy Kuhn – 2 March 2021
  44. Andrzej Grabowski – 24 March 2021
  45. Przemysław Dąbek – 30 September 2021
  46. Michał Ślusarz – 21 October 2021
  47. Sebastian Kusz – 25 November 2021
  48. Emil Witczak – 30 November 2021
  49. Marcin Wojciechowski – 1 December 2021
  50. Jan Steinmetz – 3 March 2022
  51. Sebastian Jurgielewicz – 5 May 2022
  52. Łukasz Wesołowski – 11 May 2022
  53. Monika Zega – 7 September 2022
  54. Jakub Maj – 12 September 2022
  55. Marek Sławik – 9 November 2022
  56. Agnieszka Suchora & Agata Kulesza – 7 March 2023 (Women's Day Special)
  57. Mikołaj Sadek – 13 April 2023
  58. Jarosław Bieniuk & Szymon Bieniuk – 1 June 2023 (Children's Day Special)
  59. Zbigniew Szalak – 22 November 2023
  60. Łukasz Meyer – 28 November 2023
  61. Michalina Kwiecińska – 30 November 2023
  62. Ewa Kubczak-Wodejko – 19 March 2024
  63. Jacek Bargieł – 9 April 2024
  64. Wioleta Adamiec – 18 April 2024
  65. Anna Downar – 25 April 2024
  66. Tomasz Witkiewicz – 6 May 2024
  67. Katarzyna Seweryn – 28 November 2024
  68. Rafał Sidorowicz – 12 December 2024

Questions for million złoty

In Milionerzy, 34 questions for one million złoty appeared. 24 players walked away, and 10 players answered the question. Two players answered incorrectly, while eight players answered correctly and won 1 million złoty. Here are the questions:

  • Władysław Kostrzewski – 21 October 2000 (resigned)[77]

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  • Zbigniew Chrzanowski – 21 May 2001 (resigned)[77]

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  • Jerzy Mirski – 14 October 2001 (resigned)[77]

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  • Filip Łapiński – 2 June 2002 (special edition with participation of children; gave a wrong answer)[71]

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  • Paulina Kowalczyk – 5 April 2008 (resigned)[79]

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  • Dagna Sieńko – 18 May 2008 (resigned)[80]

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  • Rafał Tomański – 22 November 2008 (resigned)[81]

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  • Marzena Rogowska – 25 April 2009 (resigned)[88]

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  • Krzysztof Wójcik – 28 March 2010 (gave a right answer)[78]

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  • Katarzyna Zaręba – 24 October 2010 (resigned)

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  • Karolina Korwin-Piotrowska and Michał Piróg – 19 December 2010 (Celebrity Special; resigned)

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  • Sonia Ciuk – 15 March 2017 (resigned)[89]

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  • Remigiusz Skubisz – 16 October 2017 (resigned)[91]

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  • Maria Romanek – 21 March 2018 (gave a right answer)[93]

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  • Dominik Komorek – 10 September 2018 (resigned)[94]

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  • Maksymilian Bilewicz – 4 March 2019 (resigned)[95]

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  • Katarzyna Kant-Wysocka – 14 March 2019 (gave a right answer)[96]

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  • Marcin Kot – 16 March 2020 (resigned)[97]

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  • Dawid Michalewski – 5 October 2020 (gave a wrong answer)[98]

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  • Łukasz Grymuza – 22 October 2020 (resigned)[99]

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  • Maciej Adamski – 16 November 2020 (resigned)[100]

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  • Mikołaj Masłowski – 2 December 2020 (resigned)[101]

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  • Jacek Iwaszko – 23 September 2021 (gave a right answer)[102]

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  • Maciej Mędrzycki – 7 April 2022 (resigned)[103]

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  • Przemysław Zieliński – 21 April 2022 (resigned)[104]

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  • Tomasz Orzechowski – 19 September 2022 (gave a right answer)[105]

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  • Małgorzata Rozenek-Majdan and Krzysztof Skórzyński – 3 October 2022 (Celebrity Special; resigned)[106]

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  • Mateusz Żaboklicki – 12 March 2024 (gave a right answer)[107]

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  • Tomasz Boruch – 3 April 2024 (gave a right answer)[108]

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  • Sławomir Świątecki – 17 April 2024 (resigned)[109]

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  • Marek Wojtuń – 13 November 2024 (gave a right answer)[110]

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Faux pas

In Milionerzy there were three situations when a player lost because of a laxly said question and was restored to play.

  • The first player made a mistake in the question for 32,000 zł: "Who invented the steam engine?". He answered "James Watt", but the correct answer was "Charles Algernon Parsons". After a complaint to programme's producer, his answer was recognized as correct. The player won a guaranteed 32,000 zł, but he answered incorrectly in the next question for 64,000 zł.[111][112]
  • The second player made a mistake in the question for 500 zł: "How many cuts are on Kaiser rolls?". He answered: "4" (the correct answer was "5") and he won nothing. After recognizing his answer, he answered incorrectly in the question for 1000 zł and he left the studio with nothing for the second time.[113][114]
  • The third player on the question about the author of the picture The Luncheon on the Grass answered Claude Monet, but the correct answer was Édouard Manet. But Monet also painted a less known picture with the same title, so the player was allowed to continue playing.[115]

Notes

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  1. The experts were: in the autumn 2009 season – Andrzej Fabianowski, Piotr Gąsowski, Michał Ogórek and Kazimiera Szczuka; in the 2010 seasons – Bartosz Węglarczyk, Michał Ogórek, Szymon Hołownia, Dorota Wellman and Jan Wróbel.
  2. Except the 2 million złoty special.
  3. First version of logo (YouTube)
  4. Second version of logo (YouTube)
  5. a b The exceptions are the 2017 Easter episodes, which aired on Saturday and Monday at 20:00, the final episode of the 2 million złoty special, which aired on Friday at 20:00, and the 2024 Easter episode, which aired on Monday at 18:00.
  6. The special episodes are longer, lasting 26–50 minutes. The final episode of the 2 million złoty special lasted 60 minutes.
  7. Not including the fourth (last) week of episodes.
  8. All episodes except two special episodes (14 February and 1 June).
  9. To celebrate the 25th anniversary of TVN.
  10. Kept 12,000 złoty after negotiating the opportunity to play for two million – his total winnings therefore amounted to 512,000 złoty.
  11. On Player.pl: 13 September 2023.
  12. Advanced to the final episode but decided not to play for two million – his total winnings therefore amounted to 250,000 złoty.

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