# Milionerzy

Milionerzy (Millionaires) is a Polish game show based on the original British format of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? The show is hosted by Hubert Urbański. The main goal of the game is to win 1 million Polish złoty by answering twelve multiple-choice questions correctly. There are three classic lifelines – ask the audience (pytanie do publiczności), fifty fifty (pół na pół, 50:50) and phone a friend (telefon do przyjaciela) – and also two other lifelines – ask the expert (pytanie do eksperta) and switch the question (zamiana pytania). From March to December 2010 contestant could choose risk game, where the second guaranteed sum (40,000 zł) was not guaranteed. 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, and the third version has been broadcast since 9 February 2017. Since 2017, it is shown every Monday to Thursday at 8:50 p.m. or 8:55 p.m. (CET +1 or CEST +2) on the Polish commercial television station TVN. Since 2008, when a contestant gets the second question correct, they will leave with 1,000 zł. When a contestant gets the seventh question correct, they will leave with 40,000 zł.

## The game's prizes

In the first version of Milionerzy, there were fifteen questions:
| 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:
| Question number | Question value |
| 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. 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. The third one is used from 2008 until now, but in a different color scheme (question marks are gold).
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.
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.
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. Also some sound effects and background music changed.
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.
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.

## Production
### Recording studio

The first edition was recorded in the Warsaw-based WFDiF studio, 21, Chełmska St. from 1999 until 2000 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. In 2010, the show was recorded in Farat Film studio in Warsaw, 22, Notecka St.
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. 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. On 22 and 23 May 2019, four episodes were recorded here to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Spanish version of the show.

### Executive producer

The executive producer of the program was Endemol in the first version, Intergalactic in the second version, and Jake Vision in the third version.

## Way to become a contestant

Based on the source text.

### 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 onwards

* 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 | Monday, Friday | 20:30 | 30 minutes | 4:3 |
| 1 | September 1999 – May 2000 | Saturday, Sunday | 19:30 | 60 minutes | 4:3 |
| 1 | June 2000 | Monday, Wednesday, Thursday | 20:30 | 30 minutes | 4:3 |
| 1 | June 2000 | Saturday, Sunday | 19:30 | 60 minutes | 4:3 |
| 2 | August 2000 – March 2001 | Monday, Wednesday, Friday | 20:30 | 60 minutes | 4:3 |
| 2 | August 2000 – March 2001 | Saturday, Sunday | 19:35 | 60 minutes | 4:3 |
| 2 | March–July 2001 | Monday, Friday | 20:50 | 60 minutes | 4:3 |
| 2 | March–July 2001 | Saturday, Sunday | 19:35 | 60 minutes | 4:3 |
| 3 | September–December 2001 | Monday | 20:50 | 45 minutes | 4:3 |
| 3 | September–December 2001 | Saturday, Sunday | 19:35 | 45 minutes | 4:3 |
| 3 | January–February 2002 | Saturday, Sunday | 20:00 | 45 minutes | 4:3 |
| 3 | March–May 2002 | Monday | 20:50 | 45 minutes | 4:3 |
| 3 | March–May 2002 | Saturday, Sunday | 19:35 | 45 minutes | 4:3 |
| 3 | June 2002 | Saturday, Sunday | 20:00 | 45 minutes | 4:3 |
| 4 | September–December 2002 | Monday | 21:20 | 45 minutes | 4:3 |
| 4 | September–December 2002 | Sunday | 20:00 | 45 minutes | 4:3 |
| 4 | January 2003 | Sunday | 20:00 | 45 minutes | 4:3 |
| 5 | January–June 2008 | Saturday, Sunday | 18:00 | 60 minutes | 16:9 |
| 6 | September–December 2008 | Saturday, Sunday | 18:00 | 60 minutes | 16:9 |
| 7 | March–May 2009 | Saturday, Sunday | 18:00 | 60 minutes | 16:9 |
| 8 | September–December 2009 | Sunday | 18:00 | 60 minutes | 16:9 |
| 9 | March–June 2010 | Sunday | 18:00 | 60 minutes | 16:9 HD |
| 10 | September–December 2010 | Sunday | 18:00 | 60 minutes | 16:9 HD |
| 11 | February–May 2017 | Monday to Thursday | 20:50 20:55 | 30 minutes | 16:9 HD |
| 12 | September–December 2017 | Monday to Thursday | 20:50 20:55 | 30 minutes | 16:9 HD |
| 13 | February–May 2018 | Monday to Thursday | 20:50 20:55 | 30 minutes | 16:9 HD |
| 14 | September–December 2018 | Monday to Thursday | 20:50 20:55 | 30 minutes | 16:9 HD |
| 15 | February–May 2019 | Monday to Thursday | 20:50 20:55 | 30 minutes | 16:9 HD |
| 16 | September–December 2019 | Monday to Thursday | 20:50 20:55 | 30 minutes | 16:9 HD |
| 17 | March 2020 | Monday to Thursday | 20:50 20:55 | 30 minutes | 16:9 HD |
| 18 | September–December 2020 | Monday to Thursday | 20:50 20:55 | 30 minutes | 16:9 HD |
| 19 | February–May 2021 | Monday to Thursday | 20:50 20:55 | 30 minutes | 16:9 HD |
| 20 | September–December 2021 | Monday to Thursday | 20:50 20:55 | 30 minutes | 16:9 HD |
| 21 | February–June 2022 | Monday to Thursday | 20:50 20:55 | 30 minutes | 16:9 HD |
| 22 | September–December 2022 | Monday to Thursday | 20:50 20:55 | 30 minutes | 16:9 HD |
| 23 | February–June 2023 | Monday to Thursday | 20:50 20:55 | 30 minutes | 16:9 HD |
| 24 | September–December 2023 | Monday to Thursday | 20:50 20:55 | 30 minutes | 16:9 HD |
| 25 | March–May 2024 | Monday to Thursday | 20:50 20:55 | 30 minutes | 16:9 HD |
| 26 | November–December 2024 | Monday to Thursday | 20:50 20:55 | 30 minutes | 16:9 HD |

## Number of viewers

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.
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.
First episode of third version (9 February 2017) was watched by 3.4 million viewers.
| Year/Season | Number of viewers |
| 1999 | 2.87 million |
| 2000 | 3.05 million |
| 2001 | 2.9 million |
| 2002 | 2.25 million |
| 2003 | 2.33 million |
| Spring 2008 | over 3 million |
| Autumn 2008 | 2.92 million |
| Spring 2009 | 2.32 million |
| Autumn 2009 | 2.43 million |
| Spring 2010 | 2.21 million |
| Autumn 2010 | 2.65 million |
| Spring 2017 | 2.35 million |
| Autumn 2017 | 2.08 million |
| Spring 2018 | 1.99 million |
| Autumn 2018 | 2.09 million |
| Spring 2019 | 1.98 million |
| Autumn 2019 | 1.82 million |
| Spring 2020 | about 1.85 million |
| Autumn 2020 | 1.56 million |
| Spring 2021 | 1.51 million |
| Autumn 2021 | 1.52 million |
| Spring 2022 | 1.43 million (according to Wirtualne Media) |
| Spring 2022 | 1.44 million (according to Press) |
| Autumn 2022 | 1.34 million |
| Spring 2023 | 1.28 million |
| Autumn 2023 | 1.07 million |
| Spring 2024 | 1.1 million |
| 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). The top prize in the ninth episode is two million złoty – 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.

### 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.
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.
| Question number | Question value | Question value |
| Question number | 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

* In February 2001, issued the first edition of a special game show. These were episodes of Valentine's Day, which was attended by couples in love.
* Between 24 and 26 December 2001 issued a charitable Millionaire edition to celebrate Christmas. The participants were eight actors that played their game in the following pairs: Renata Dancewicz & Paweł Wilczak, Edyta Olszówka & Olaf Lubaszenko, Agnieszka Warchulska & Zbigniew Zamachowski and Małgorzata Kożuchowska & Maciej Stuhr. The total amount won was the whole issue of 375,000 złoty, which is devoted to the foundation TVN Nie jesteś sam.
* The Easter episode of the show was broadcast on the turn of March and April 2002. Pairs of actors participated in the show: Artur Barciś with Cezary Żak, Katarzyna Skrzynecka with Maciej Kozłowski and Anna Przybylska with Robert Gonera. All winnings summed up were 314,000 złoty. The winnings were given to charity TVN Nie jesteś sam (You aren't alone).
* On Children's Day there were two special episodes, were shown on 1 and 2 June 2002, the prizes were given to the TVN charity. The participants were children attending primary schools. The prizes were the same as in usual episodes, but the questions were easier. Amount of money won in those episode was 64,000 złoty.
* On 29 and 30 June there were special episodes where participants were people from Polish Big Brother. Players were playing in pairs: Monika Sewioło with Piotr Gulczyński, Ilona Stachura with Arkadiusz Nowakowski, Monika Brochacka with Piotr Borucki, Agnieszka Frykowska with Łukasz Wiewiórski, Alicja Walczak with Sebastian Florek and Karolina Jakubik with Wojciech Glanc. Winnings were given to Nie jesteś sam charity.
* Latest special edition episodes of the first version of Milionerzy was shown during Christmas time in 2002. The participants were: Aleksandra Woźniak & Rafał Królikowski, Grażyna Wolszczak & Andrzej Zieliński and Joanna Brodzik & Paweł Wilczak. The total amount of money won was donated to the TVN foundation Nie jesteś sam.
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. The highest prize in these editions was 250,000 złoty.

### 2008–2010

* On 1 June 2008 (Children's Day) episode celebrities of Polish television were playing for money to build a cancer prevention center. The first pair of players were Piotr Gąsowski and Katarzyna Skrzynecka who won 40,000 złoty, and the second pair of players were Szymon Majewski and Ewa Drzyzga who won 125,000 złoty. Whole amount of money won was given to the Nie jesteś sam charity.
* Next episodes were broadcast on 6 and 7 December 2008. In the first episode, Kinga Rusin and Bartosz Węglarczyk won 40,000 złoty, and in the second, Renata Dancewicz and Piotr Adamczyk won 500,000 złoty. The winnings were given to Nie jesteś sam charity.
* Next episodes were broadcast on 25 and 26 December 2009. On the first day, Julia Kamińska and Filip Bobek won 40,000 złoty. On the second day, Marcin Prokop and Szymon Hołownia won 250,000 złoty. All of the winnings were given to Nie jesteś sam charity.
* In 2010, special episodes were broadcast on 12 and 19 December. In the first episode, Karolina Korwin-Piotrowska and Michał Piróg won 500,000 złoty, and on the next episode (broadcast on 19 December) they didn't answer the final question for 1 million zł. Next contestants were Anita Werner and Grzegorz Kajdanowicz – they won 40,000 złoty. Winnings were to given to Nie jesteś sam charity.

### 2017 onwards

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

## Notable contestants
### First edition
#### 1,000,000 złoty question wrong (lost 468,000 złoty)

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

#### 500,000 złoty winners

* Władysław Kostrzewski – 21 October 2000
* Zbigniew Chrzanowski – 21 May 2001
* Jerzy Mirski – 14 October 2001

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

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

#### 250,000 złoty winners

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

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

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

#### 125,000 złoty winners

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

### Second edition
#### 1,000,000 złoty winners

* Krzysztof Wójcik – 28 March 2010

#### 500,000 złoty winners

* Paulina Kowalczyk – 5 April 2008
* Dagna Sieńko – 18 May 2008
* Rafał Tomański – 22 November 2008
* Renata Dancewicz & Piotr Adamczyk – 7 December 2008 (Celebrity Special)
* Marzena Rogowska – 25 April 2009
* Katarzyna Zaręba – 24 October 2010
* 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)

* Sławomir Kucharczyk – 6 April 2008
* Lidia Wołk-Karaczewska – 14 March 2009
* Dorota Śliwak – 19 September 2010

#### 250,000 złoty winners

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

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

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

#### 125,000 złoty winners

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

### Third edition
#### 1,000,000 złoty winners

* Maria Romanek – 21 March 2018
* Katarzyna Kant-Wysocka – 14 March 2019
* Jacek Iwaszko – 23 September 2021
* Tomasz Orzechowski – 19 September 2022
* Mateusz Żaboklicki – 12 March 2024
* Tomasz Boruch – 3 April 2024
* Marek Wojtuń – 13 November 2024

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

* Dawid Michalewski – 5 October 2020

#### 500,000 złoty winners

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

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

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

#### 250,000 złoty winners

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

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

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

#### 200,000 złoty winners

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

#### 125,000 złoty winners

* Mateusz Buczek – 21 February 2017
* Beata Wodejko-Kucharska – 1 March 2017
* Michał Kowalczewski – 22 March 2017
* Katarzyna Romanek – 4 April 2017
* Joanna Flasza – 6 April 2017
* Konrad Janik – 6 April 2017
* Karol Pietrowicz – 17 May 2017
* Maciej Walewski – 19 September 2017
* Mariusz Boheński – 2 October 2017
* Jakub Pękala – 11 October 2017
* Adam Fuchs – 18 October 2017
* Magdalena Wiaterska – 15 November 2017
* Szymon Wojtyra – 5 December 2017
* Paweł Duda – 20 February 2018
* Arkadiusz Skiba – 26 February 2018
* Emilia Dadan – 28 February 2018
* Weronika Zblewska – 12 March 2018
* Justyna Męcik – 11 April 2018
* Weronika Bujnowska – 3 September 2018
* Wioletta Ryczek – 11 September 2018
* Jacek Piątkowski – 17 September 2018
* Agnieszka Nawrocka – 19 September 2018
* Błażej Szulc – 7 November 2018
* Wojciech Lipiński – 13 November 2018
* Tomasz Remian – 15 November 2018
* Damian Zieliński – 18 April 2019
* Błażej Krzywicki – 13 May 2019
* Jarosław Hirny-Budka – 23 May 2019
* Mirosława Obst – 8 October 2019
* Piotr Maćkowiak – 24 October 2019
* Paweł Jokiel – 31 October 2019
* Karol Filczak – 7 November 2019
* Marek Muszyński – 11 November 2019
* Mirosław Kobus – 21 November 2019
* Szymon Jankowski – 27 November 2019
* Adrian Pietrzak – 26 March 2020
* Sebastian Zasada – 10 September 2020
* Filip Wołowski – 24 September 2020
* Paweł Goleniowski – 6 October 2020
* Hanna Janus – 5 November 2020
* Filip Dawidowicz – 10 November 2020
* Paulina Krupińska & Damian Michałowski – 3 December 2020 (Saint Nicolas Day Celebrity Special)
* Jerzy Kuhn – 2 March 2021
* Andrzej Grabowski – 24 March 2021
* Przemysław Dąbek – 30 September 2021
* Michał Ślusarz – 21 October 2021
* Sebastian Kusz – 25 November 2021
* Emil Witczak – 30 November 2021
* Marcin Wojciechowski – 1 December 2021
* Jan Steinmetz – 3 March 2022
* Sebastian Jurgielewicz – 5 May 2022
* Łukasz Wesołowski – 11 May 2022
* Monika Zega – 7 September 2022
* Jakub Maj – 12 September 2022
* Marek Sławik – 9 November 2022
* Agnieszka Suchora & Agata Kulesza – 7 March 2023 (Women's Day Special)
* Mikołaj Sadek – 13 April 2023
* Jarosław Bieniuk & Szymon Bieniuk – 1 June 2023 (Children's Day Special)
* Zbigniew Szalak – 22 November 2023
* Łukasz Meyer – 28 November 2023
* Michalina Kwiecińska – 30 November 2023
* Ewa Kubczak-Wodejko – 19 March 2024
* Jacek Bargieł – 9 April 2024
* Wioleta Adamiec – 18 April 2024
* Anna Downar – 25 April 2024
* Tomasz Witkiewicz – 6 May 2024
* Katarzyna Seweryn – 28 November 2024
* 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)
1,000,000 zł (15 of 15) :
| What country did Conan the Barbarian come from? ||
| ⬥ A: from Rivia | ⬥ B: from Mordor |
| ⬥ C: from Land of Oz | ⬥ D: from Cimmeria |
* Zbigniew Chrzanowski – 21 May 2001 (resigned)
1,000,000 zł (15 of 15) :
| As in song by Kabaret Starszych Panów, repellent goon will get a double-barreled shotgun, will go out and...: ||
| ⬥ A: fast-fast! | ⬥ B: bang, bang! |
| ⬥ C: from two pipes | ⬥ D: shoot into boom |
* Jerzy Mirski – 14 October 2001 (resigned)
1,000,000 zł (15 of 15) :
| Comics "child" of drawer Bob Kane is: ||
| ⬥ A: Superman | ⬥ B: Batman |
| ⬥ C: Spider-Man | ⬥ D: Captain America |
* Filip Łapiński – 2 June 2002 (special edition with participation of children; gave a wrong answer)
1,000,000 zł (15 of 15) :
| One of these animals is not a fish: ||
| ⬥ A: nase | ⬥ B: blue bream |
| ⬥ C: rudd | ⬥ D: European roller |
* Paulina Kowalczyk – 5 April 2008 (resigned)
1,000,000 zł (12 of 12) :
| Who is the master of the same arms that Artemis specialises? ||
| ⬥ A: Zorro | ⬥ B: Legolas |
| ⬥ C: Don Quixote | ⬥ D: Longinus Podbipięta |
* Dagna Sieńko – 18 May 2008 (resigned)
1,000,000 zł (12 of 12) :
| Who of these actors was born in the year when the Lumiere brothers patented cinematograph? ||
| ⬥ A: Rudolph Valentino | ⬥ B: Humphrey Bogart |
| ⬥ C: Charlie Chaplin | ⬥ D: Fred Astaire |
* Rafał Tomański – 22 November 2008 (resigned)
1,000,000 zł (12 of 12) :
| Pro Archia Poeta turned into history as one of the brightest orations by: ||
| ⬥ A: Isocrates | ⬥ B: Cicero |
| ⬥ C: Demosthenes | ⬥ D: Quintilian |
* Renata Dancewicz and Piotr Adamczyk – 7 December 2008 (Celebrity Special; resigned)
1,000,000 zł (12 of 12) :
| Who was the painter in the court of King Philip IV of Spain? ||
| ⬥ A: Marcello Bacciarelli | ⬥ B: Jan van Eyck |
| ⬥ C: Diego Velázquez | ⬥ D: Jacques-Louis David |
* Marzena Rogowska – 25 April 2009 (resigned)
1,000,000 zł (12 of 12) :
| Maraschino liqueur is made of Marasca, which is type of: ||
| ⬥ A: cherry | ⬥ B: apple |
| ⬥ C: fig | ⬥ D: pear |
* Krzysztof Wójcik – 28 March 2010 (gave a right answer)
1,000,000 zł (12 of 12) :
| Czesław Mozil is famous for playing on what instrument? ||
| ⬥ A: cornet | ⬥ B: accordion |
| ⬥ C: djembe | ⬥ D: xylophone |
* Katarzyna Zaręba – 24 October 2010 (resigned)
1,000,000 zł (12 of 12) :
| Which of these Juliusz Słowacki's poems are written in prose? ||
| ⬥ A: "Godzina myśli" | ⬥ B: "W Szwajcarii" |
| ⬥ C: "Anhelli" | ⬥ D: "Arab" |
* Karolina Korwin-Piotrowska and Michał Piróg – 19 December 2010 (Celebrity Special; resigned)
1,000,000 zł (12 of 12) :
| Doesn't have dorsal fin: ||
| ⬥ A: basking shark | ⬥ B: common thresher |
| ⬥ C: killer whale | ⬥ D: bowhead whale |
* Sonia Ciuk – 15 March 2017 (resigned)
1,000,000 zł (12 of 12) :
| "Liver with onion (...) is a perfect appetizer. To make it, you have to buy a car and drive it until someone runs over it". This is Lem and... ||
| ⬥ A: Solaris | ⬥ B: Tales of Pirx the Pilot |
| ⬥ C: Dictations, or... | ⬥ D: Hospital of the Transfiguration |
* Kinga Rusin and Piotr Kraśko – 15 April 2017 (Celebrity Special; resigned)
1,000,000 zł (12 of 12) :
| The Polish lynx, the Rostov swan, the Saxon stork and the Smolensk dump truck are: ||
| ⬥ A: pigeon breeds | ⬥ B: chicken breeds |
| ⬥ C: beetles | ⬥ D: skateboard acrobatics |
* Remigiusz Skubisz – 16 October 2017 (resigned)
1,000,000 zł (12 of 12) :
| According to Leszek Kołakowski, what is the vault of the house where the human spirit lives? ||
| ⬥ A: Mind | ⬥ B: God |
| ⬥ C: Love | ⬥ D: Time |
* Zbigniew Zamachowski and Borys Szyc – 7 December 2017 (Celebrity Special; resigned)
1,000,000 zł (12 of 12) :
| The icon of the June 1989 elections was a photo with Wałęsa signed "Vote for...". Who from the so-called Lech's team did not have it? ||
| ⬥ A: Jacek Kuroń | ⬥ B: Hanna Suchocka |
| ⬥ C: Jarosław Kaczyński | ⬥ D: Lech Kaczyński |
* Maria Romanek – 21 March 2018 (gave a right answer)
1,000,000 zł (12 of 12) :
| What is 1,111 times 1,111 if 1 times 1 is 1 and 11 times 11 is 121? ||
| ⬥ A: 12,321 | ⬥ B: 1,234,321 |
| ⬥ C: 111,111,111 | ⬥ D: 123,454,321 |
* Dominik Komorek – 10 September 2018 (resigned)
1,000,000 zł (12 of 12) :
| Which instrument is tuned by a musician? ||
| ⬥ A: tambourine | ⬥ B: timpani |
| ⬥ C: ocarina | ⬥ D: karatalas |
* Maksymilian Bilewicz – 4 March 2019 (resigned)
1,000,000 zł (12 of 12) :
| Which mammal won't sweat? ||
| ⬥ A: ovis | ⬥ B: horse |
| ⬥ C: human | ⬥ D: rabbit |
* Katarzyna Kant-Wysocka – 14 March 2019 (gave a right answer)
1,000,000 zł (12 of 12) :
| One of these is not one of the Rosary's Glorious Mysteries: ||
| ⬥ A: The Assumption of the Mother of God | ⬥ B: The Resurrection of Jesus |
| ⬥ C: The Death of Jesus on the Cross | ⬥ D: The Descent of the Holy Spirit |
* Marcin Kot – 16 March 2020 (resigned)
1,000,000 zł (12 of 12) :
| Each color of white light propagates in trasparent bodies at a different speed. The greatest speed is: ||
| ⬥ A: red | ⬥ B: orange |
| ⬥ C: yellow | ⬥ D: violet |
* Dawid Michalewski – 5 October 2020 (gave a wrong answer)
1,000,000 zł (12 of 12) :
| The Jewish Festival of Lights, also known as Hanukkah, lasts eight days. How many holiday candles are lit on a special candlestick on the eighth day? ||
| ⬥ A: six | ⬥ B: seven |
| ⬥ C: eight | ⬥ D: ten |
* Łukasz Grymuza – 22 October 2020 (resigned)
1,000,000 zł (12 of 12) :
| Some of the fruits ripen after harvest. Which broken unripe will remain so? ||
| ⬥ A: cherry | ⬥ B: banana |
| ⬥ C: pear | ⬥ D: avocado |
* Maciej Adamski – 16 November 2020 (resigned)
1,000,000 zł (12 of 12) :
| The Caribbean manatee, like the African manatee, has only front limbs. And the Azerbaijani manat, like the Turkmenistani manat: ||
| ⬥ A: has both front and rear limbs | ⬥ B: replaced the ruble |
| ⬥ C: covers the whole body | ⬥ D: is a loner |
* Mikołaj Masłowski – 2 December 2020 (resigned)
1,000,000 zł (12 of 12) :
| The names of the five Polish cities are engraved on the Arc de Triomphe in Paris, dedicated to the memory of the Napoleonic victories. Among the given cities with the one not engraved is: ||
| ⬥ A: Warsaw | ⬥ B: Wrocław |
| ⬥ C: Gdańsk | ⬥ D: Ostrołęka |
* Jacek Iwaszko – 23 September 2021 (gave a right answer)
1,000,000 zł (12 of 12) :
| When did the second millennium begin? ||
| ⬥ A: 1 January 1000 | ⬥ B: 1 January 1001 |
| ⬥ C: 1 January 2000 | ⬥ D: 1 January 2001 |
* Maciej Mędrzycki – 7 April 2022 (resigned)
1,000,000 zł (12 of 12) :
| Which village is farthest from Koniec Świata (the End of the World), also known as Głuszyna-Podlas in Greater Poland Voivodeship? ||
| ⬥ A: from Niebo (Heaven) in Świętokrzyskie Voivodeship | ⬥ B: from Czyściec (Purgatory) in Greater Poland Voivodeship |
| ⬥ C: from Piekło (Hell) in Pomeranian Voivodeship | ⬥ D: from Raj (Paradise) in Łódź Voivodeship |
* Przemysław Zieliński – 21 April 2022 (resigned)
1,000,000 zł (12 of 12) :
| Paddington Bear, whom the Brown family found at a train station in London, comes from the dark corners in... ||
| ⬥ A: Peru | ⬥ B: Mexico |
| ⬥ C: Russia | ⬥ D: India |
* Tomasz Orzechowski – 19 September 2022 (gave a right answer)
1,000,000 zł (12 of 12) :
| Who in the mid-19th century composed the famous "Prayer of the Virgin", a piece played in Europe, in the United States, but the most popular in Japan to this day? ||
| ⬥ A: Franz Liszt from Raiding | ⬥ B: Edvard Grieg from Bergen |
| ⬥ C: Robert Schumann from Zwickau | ⬥ D: Tekla Bądarzewska from Mława |
* Małgorzata Rozenek-Majdan and Krzysztof Skórzyński – 3 October 2022 (Celebrity Special; resigned)
1,000,000 zł (12 of 12) :
| Italo Calvino invited Tazio Bazakbal to the novel If on a winter's night a traveler directly from the pages of Farewell to Autumn by: ||
| ⬥ A: Witkacy | ⬥ B: Witold Gombrowicz |
| ⬥ C: Sławomir Mrożek | ⬥ D: Italo Calvino |
* Mateusz Żaboklicki – 12 March 2024 (gave a right answer)
1,000,000 zł (12 of 12) :
| Tetrapods do not include: ||
| ⬥ A: reptiles | ⬥ B: amphibians |
| ⬥ C: birds | ⬥ D: insects |
* Tomasz Boruch – 3 April 2024 (gave a right answer)
1,000,000 zł (12 of 12) :
| In what strait are two islands called Yesterday and Tomorrow, separated by less than four kilometers but with a time difference of as much as 21 hours? ||
| ⬥ A: in the Bosphorus Strait | ⬥ B: in the Strait of Magellan |
| ⬥ C: in the Caleta Strait | ⬥ D: in the Bering Strait |
* Sławomir Świątecki – 17 April 2024 (resigned)
1,000,000 zł (12 of 12) :
| "Like the masters of sweets, they first give gifts when they train boys to make promises." The promise, i.e.: ||
| ⬥ A: alphabet | ⬥ B: solemn oath |
| ⬥ C: body rounding | ⬥ D: harlotry |
* Marek Wojtuń – 13 November 2024 (gave a right answer)
1,000,000 zł (12 of 12) :
| The structure of the digestive system of which animal indicates that it is a predator? ||
| ⬥ A: llama | ⬥ B: koala |
| ⬥ C: panda | ⬥ D: roe deer |

## 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.
* 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.
* 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.