Million Dollar Money Drop: Singapore Edition was a game show which aired on MediaCorp Channel 5 in the Singapore. It was based on the UK series The Million Pound Drop Live. However, unlike the original UK version, it was not broadcast live, and there were several changes to the format. The show premiered on 9 August 2011, after the nation's 46th National Day Parade segment, and is hosted by George Young. The show's set, theme song and question cues was followed based on the British edition. About 300,000 people watched the premiere of the show: approximately 6% of the total population of Singapore at that time.[1]
Game format
A team of two people with a pre-existing relationship is presented with SGD$1,000,000 in denominations of $50 in bundles of $25,000 (40 bundles = $1,000,000). The team must risk the entire amount on each correctly of eight multiple-choice questions.
For each question, the contestants choose one of two categories, then indicate which answer(s) they wish to risk their money on by moving the bundles of cash onto a row of trap doors, termed "drops," each of which corresponds to one answer. However, they must always keep at least one drop "clear" with no money on it. In addition, all eight questions have a time limit; any money that is not placed on an answer when time runs out will be lost.
Once the money is in place, the trap doors for the incorrect answers are opened, and the cash on them falls out of sight and is lost. The contestants then continue the game using the cash they had placed on the correct answer. They get to keep whatever money is left after the eighth question; if they lose everything before reaching this point, the game ends immediately and they leave with nothing.
Question(s)
Answer choices
Time limit
1–4
4
60 seconds
5–7
3
60 seconds
8
2
60 seconds
Contestants and their winnings
Episode No
Contestants
Date Premièred
Total Money Won
Question Where All Money Was Lost
1
Eugene & Izam Amelia & Marianne
9 August 2011
Eugene & Izam – $0
Amelia & Marianne – $25,000 remaining after 5 questions
Eugene & Izam – 1st question ($1 million lost)
2
Amelia & Marianne Sean & Shu Ming Krystle & Cheryl
17 August 2011
Amelia & Marianne – $0
Sean & Shu Ming – $0
Krystle & Cheryl – $525,000 remaining after 2 questions