02Mar2012
Mike Rowe Wins $100,000 on “Millionaire”
We've seen a large number of $100,000 wins (and three $250,000 wins) this season on Who Wants to be a Millionaire. You can add another one to that list. Earlier this week the host of Discovery's Dirty Jobs, Mike Rowe, walked away with $100,000 for his charity, mikeroweWORKS. Mike is the newest big celebrity winner, following other six figure winners such as Anthony Anderson, Suzie Essman, and the Hillstrand Brothers from Deadliest Catch. Mike had some rough luck with the Jumps in round one, but it ended up paying off big time in Classic Millionaire. Click here to see a video of his big win, and to find out what happened after.
Read MoreView Comments (3)22Feb2012
Anne Hegerty Versus Two for £50,000 on “The Chase”
If you missed yesterday's episode of The Chase, you missed one hell of an episode. Two contestants made it to the Final Chase round, having beaten The Chaser in head-to-head trivia battles. They managed to take £50,000 back home. THey both face off against The Chaser, Anne Hegerty, to split the £50,000 and win £25,000 each. The team has two minutes to answer as many questions as they can, and then The Chaser gets two minutes to do the same. If the Chaser catches them, the team leaves with nothing. However, if they win, they'll both take home £25,000 which is the highest amount ever won per-contestant in the civilian series. Can the team take down Anne and be the biggest civilian winners in the show's history? Click here to check it out.
Read MoreView Comments (18)15Feb2012
Dan Goldman Goes for $250,000 Today on “Millionaire”
It's "Double Money" week all this week on Who Wants to be a Millionaire and one contestant is going for the big bucks today. Dan Goldman, an executive assistant from Teaneck, NJ, beat round one and entered Classic Millionaire on Tuesday's episode. Dan lucked out by having $25,000 behind his Double Money question, asking what Native American tribe is a member of the Oklahoma Indian Gaming Association. He correctly answered Comanche and scored $50,000 on his ninth question of the game. Dan passed round one with a massive $93,500 and two lifelines, Ask the Audience and Jump the Question left. Click here to find out what happened on Tuesday, and to see an exclusive preview of what Dan's $250,000 question is.
Read MoreView Comments (5)09Feb2012
Jeremy Blais Wins $250,000 on “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire”
Jeremy Blais, a Surf Rescue lifeguard and pharmacist from Matunuck, RI, became the newest mega money winner on Who Wants to be a Millionaire. On Wednesday Jeremy won the $250,000 prize, making him the third person this season to take home the third biggest amount of money the show can offer. Jeremy won by Jumping over the $100,000 question, reasoning out the $250,000 and finding the right answer, and finally walking away on the $500,000 question. Click here to see his journey through Classic Millionaire to the $500,000 question, including some clips of the big win incase you didn't get to watch.
Read MoreView Comments (5)08Feb2012
Scott and Jane Couper Win £137,000 on “The Exit List”
If you missed last night's episode of The Exit List, ITV's criminally mistreated quiz show airing Tuesdays at 8:00PM UK (3:00PM ET), you missed one hell of a game that you may want to catch up on. In the series fifth episode we saw what was just about as perfect a game as you're going to get. Contestants Scott and Jane Couper, from Milngavie, took an astounding £137,000 out of the Memory Maze and became the biggest winners yet of the Matt Allwright hosted game. Click here to learn more about the big win and to see some of the episode.
Read MoreView Comments (10)06Feb2012
Did We Get the First Male Quarter Millionaire on “Deal or No Deal” Today?
Since we more or less launched BuzzerUK, we've been curbing our series "The British are Better Than Us". However, that thought was the first that came to mind during today's Deal or No Deal. When Deal is good, few shows can top the excitement and energy Noel Edmonds, The Banker, and the show brings. In six years and almost 2000 episodes four young women, all in their 20s, have won the top prize of £250,000. No male ever has. Today's contestant, Rich, had his sight sets on the life changing top prize. The game was one of the best ever and something that no fan of Deal or No Deal will ever forget. From the start, with a £20,000 opening offer, it was an epic game. Can Rich land in the Hall of Fame and be the first male quarter millionaire? You are not going to want to miss this one. Click here to watch the unbelievable moment.
Read MoreView Comments (11)09Jan2012
“The Bank Job” Finale: Could You Steal £460,000?
The finale of Channel 4's weeklong event game show The Bank Job aired this Saturday and came with a big twist. All other nights four contestants were narrowed to one, who went into the finale with the money they took from the vault. However, for the Saturday finale, two winners were crowned. A jackpot of £467,500 was available. How did they determine how the money was going to be given away? The classic Prisoner's Dilema was brought back. British readers may know it as Share or Shaft. Americans may know it as Friend or Foe. Regardless, it asked the same question: could you steal a total of over £460,000 from a person standing inches away from you. For an American perspective, this is over $700,000. Click here to watch and let us know what you would have done.
Read MoreView Comments (19)05Jan2012
“The Chase” Returns to ITV; Check Out Some of the New Series
One of our favorites, ITV's The Chase, returns for a new series of episodes. Be sure to watch weekdays at 5:00PM (12:00PM ET US) The celebrity series they had a few weeks ago was great, but we're back to regular contestants trying to win tens of thousands of pounds by outsmarting one of the four Chasers, some of England's greatest quizzers. Just two days in and we've already had some memorable moments. Yesterday a contestant successful captured a nearly-record £66,000...only £1,000 off the record from a celebrity show. They've had their share of funny moments as well. Not only that, though, the show is casting for new contestants to take on The Chasers, and you can be one of those people and potentially win big money. Click here to find out how to be on The Chase and to watch some memorable moments from the show's newest series.
Read MoreView Comments (1)12Dec2011
“The Price is Right” Contestant from 1961 Returns to Contestant Row
A few years ago CBS updated the eligibility requirements for their long running daytime game show The Price is Right. They are now letting contestants who appeared on the show ten years ago back. This lets some contestants from a long, long time ago to return to the stage and play for even bigger cash and prizes. One of these situations happened today, but it wasn't a previous contestant from the Bob Barker era. Jane, a contestant who appeared on the Bill Cullen edition from 1961 returned to the show and made it on stage to play for a very nice trip on Double Prices. It was a great segment. Click here to check it out.
Read MoreView Comments (8)28Nov2011
Pub Quiz Team Wins $600,000 on “Million Dollar Mind Game”
It's not certain if ABC's great game show Million Dollar Mind Game has a shot of showing up anywhere else, but if not they've given us more memorable moments in six weeks than many shows give us in years. This weekend brought another moment. Team Pub Quiz, all pub quiz players from around the country, came together and won $600,000 to split. Among the team members was Brad Rutter, the biggest winner in Jeopardy! history. The final vote to play for $1,000,000 or keep $600,000 was somewhat terrifying given what happened a few weeks ago, but it was a great way to end this cycle. We'll probably be talking about the show more in the future and can summarize our thoughts more later. But in the meantime, if you missed the episode, check it out. Click here to watch. What did you think? Could you have done as well?
Read MoreView Comments (22)25Nov2011
Why It’s Not a Bad Idea to Walk Away With Four Lives on “Million Dollar Mind Game”
I hope you all are having a great Thanksgiving. I'm still away so we're on auto-post more the next few days. I figured while we're on auto pilot mode that we should show you some of our favorite shows. The one we're most thankful for this year is without a shadow of a doubt the best game show to come from anywhere this year (or the past few, frankly), Million Dollar Mind Game. It airs 4:00PM ET/2:00PM PT Sundays on ABC. This past weekend saw a group of University of Texas alums sitting at the table playing. They went very, very far without missing a question or using a help. With four lives and three helps left, playing the perfect game, they play for $210,000. You have to see what happens to believe it. Click here to watch it.
Read MoreView Comments (8)16Nov2011
Roger Craig Wins 2011 “Jeopardy!” Tournament of Champions
Roger Craig, the largest single-day winner in Jeopardy! history, has proven he's the best of the best this year. Newark, Delaware, resident Craig has won the 2011 Jeopardy! Tournament of Champions, winning the $250,000 top prize. Craig beat 14 other Jeopardy! champions to take the title. “It feels incredibly special to win the Tournament of Champions, especially since it’s a marquee event for ‘Jeopardy!’” Craig said. “It’s amazing to win $250,000. I probably shouldn't admit this, but I'd play the game for free!” His competitors, Tom Nissley (2nd place) and Buddy Wright (3rd place), receive $100,000 and $50,000; respectively. Congratulations to Roger. Click here to see Roger's winning moments.
Read MoreView Comments (5)15Nov2011
Dave Ramos Wins $63,100 on “Millionaire”
We previously published that BuzzerBlog reader and Cleveland, Ohio, news and traffic reporter for WTAM Dave Ramos would be appearing on Who Wants to be a Millionaire. BuzzerBlog has a long history of having readers who go on to win tens and hundreds of thousands of dollars on game shows...some of them millions. Dave did not disappoint. Dave won $63,100. Dave reached round two and saw the $100,000 question but elected not to answer. Through Dave's three game show appearances he has made over $125,000. Congratulations to Dave. We're glad to see you win huge. Click here to see the last few minutes of his tense and entertaining game.
Read MoreLeave a Comment15Nov2011
Team Air Force Wins $210,000 on “Million Dollar Mind Game”
CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE EPISODE. ABC's incredibly good Million Dollar Mind Game may be tough for one individual person, but get a group of six smart and determined people and you can reason out the tricky logic puzzles to win huge money. It happened again this past weekend as a team of six Air Force members circled the table to $210,000 to share between them. So far they are the highest winners on the series and have the second best record of right answers. Click here to read the question that won the team $210,000 and to see the episode if you missed it.
Read MoreView Comments (6)07Nov2011
Video Gamers Lose Record $600,000 on ABC’s “Million Dollar Mind Game”
You can watch the full third episode of ABC's incredible Million Dollar Mind Game in this post, but first, something very exciting happened yesterday. ABC may have made it hard to find the criminally underrated and attention-deserving Million Dollar Mind Game (Sundays at 4:00PM ET/2:00PM PT), but even if they have a short life they've made American game show history. On yesterday, the third episode, a team of video gamers lost the most money ever lost by a group in American game show history. Click here to watch the full episode and the record breaking moment you won't be forgetting for a long, long time.
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