Sam Murray or Jehan Shamsid-Deen. Who wins the “Millionaire” Tournament of Ten?
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Today’s the day we’ve been waiting all sea…well ten weeks for. Today is the final day of Who Wants to be a Millionaire‘s Tournament of Ten. Sam Murray, seed eight of ten, has held onto the million dollar check for two weeks. The only person stopping Sam is number one seed Jehan Shamsid-Deen, a non-profit program officer from Concord, North Carolina. In her extremely tense and exciting first game she won $250,000 (the only person to do so this season thus far). It’s earned her the top spot in the Tournament. All Jehan has to do is answer her million dollar question and she becomes the first person to claim $1,000,000 on Millionaire since 2004.
Jehan does have to risk $225,000 to answer it, though. Given not even $50,000 winners would risk $25,000 if they weren’t positive, I somehow doubt Jehan will. But I am really pulling for her. She’s been by far the most impressive player the show has had in two or three years. One question in the category of “Extremely Rare,” which is ironically how often we get millionaires on the show, stands between her and the prize. If she goes for it and misses, or walks away, Sam Murray walks away with the $1,000,000 check.
We got to chat with each of them a bit today. The part I was most interested in was if Sam Murray actually knew his question or if he just had a hunch and unlike the other eight had the guts to go for it. Sam told us, “To be honest with you when I saw that question I was just like, “Wow.”…But I already had said in my mind, “Even if I take home $25K it’s more than I had.” I figured if I had an idea I’d take the risk and luckily I figured it out.”
It was especially amazing that Sam stuck around so long given he had so many people that can beat him. Sam wasn’t that worried, though, saying, “I wished everyone the best. Everyone who was in the tournament…I mean I just had a great time with these people. And I thought, especially after I answered it, you know, if they beat me I still have $50,000.”
Arguably the toughest decision of the Tournament goes to Jehan, though. Again, she has a $225,000 risk here; $200,000 more than Sam. She said, with the amount of money she has, though, there’s not going to be any crazy gambling. “You remember from my first game I took quite a few risks,” Jehan says, “but on a question of that level and with the risk involved I decided that if I didn’t know it that I would not risk it.”
So there we have it. The big day is today so if you’re a Millionaire fan don’t miss it. Realistically, unless Jehan answers and misses it, no one is a loser. Either Sam walks with his original $50,000 and Jehan jumps to a million or Jehan keeps her $250,000 and Sam wins a million. It’s a win-win for everyone.
You sound butthurt to me. And that European bias was not directed to you, it was directed to Alex.
As long as it doesn't resort to name-calling, disagreements are acceptable with respect to each other's opions. I'm not sure how you interpert European bias without resorting to name-calling & nasty remarks. There are other places to go if you don't like what we say here sometimes. I guess some can misconstue something & turn it into some serious bashing of some kind. We all need to consider what we say so that respect must be honored for every opion that is posted here. Sure, we may say things that may sound awkward, but that's the way it is sometimes. We just have to deal with it.
As long as it doesn't resort to name-calling, disagreements are acceptable with respect to each other's opions. I'm not sure how you interpert European bias without resorting to name-calling & nasty remarks. There are other places to go if you don't like what we say here sometimes. I guess some can misconstue something & turn it into some serious bashing of some kind. We all need to consider what we say so that respect must be honored for every opion that is posted here. Sure, we may say things that may sound awkward, but that's the way it is sometimes. We just have to deal with it.
Who won the million dollars? I turned to the show on Friday at the usual time (in Alberta, Canada) and all I got was a basketball game. Now that was a nasty prank, what happened there!! I like basketball but not as much as the millionaire FINALS.
Sam Murray won the whole ball of wax when Jehan didn't risk her $250K.
Yeah, I HATE it when something like that pre-empts a game show. Was there a college basketball game going on there that day? That's what I'm guessing here.
Sam Murray won the whole ball of wax when Jehan didn't risk her $250K.
Yeah, I HATE it when something like that pre-empts a game show. Was there a college basketball game going on there that day? That's what I'm guessing here.
Trust me, not rigged. They tell in a legal briefing what happens to cheaters on game shows. Sorry if some out there think my question was easy, but it wasn't while sitting in the hot seat. Thanks to WWTBAM for giving me the chance in the first place!
Trust me, not rigged. They tell in a legal briefing what happens to cheaters on game shows. Sorry if some out there think my question was easy, but it wasn't while sitting in the hot seat. Thanks to WWTBAM for giving me the chance in the first place!