''Bai Wan Da Ying Jia'' (Chinese: 百万大赢家, English translation: ''Million-dollar winner'') was a

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based on the original British format of '' Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?''. The show was hosted by Chao Chi-Tai. The main goal of the

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was to win 1 million Singapore dollars by answering 15 multiple-choice

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s correctly. There were three ''lifelines'' - fifty fifty, phone a friend and ask the audience. ''Bai Wan Da Ying Jia'' was shown on the Singaporean TV station MediaCorp TV Channel 8. The show was also nominated for Star Awards in the years 2001 and 2002, in 2001 the show won in the category of Best Variety Program. However, in the year 2002, the show lost to another rival program.

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(Chinese) {{Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? Singaporean game shows Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? 2000 Singaporean television series debuts 2004 Singaporean television series endings Channel 8 (Singapore) original programming Non-British television series based on British television series