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Qui veut gagner des millions ?

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  • Qui veut gagner des millions ?
  • ) is the French version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
  • The aim of the game is to win the top prize of €1,000,000 (3 for some shows then 4 million FF before France adopted the euro) by answering 15 (12 from 2009 to 2016) multiple-choice questions correctly.
  • For more about the show and rules see Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
  • For several years a "Switch the Question" lifeline was available once a contestant answered the fifth question correctly.

Qui veut gagner des millions ? (Who Wants to Win Millions?) is the French version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, which originated in Great Britain on the ITV network. The aim of the game is to win the top prize of €1,000,000 (3 for some shows then 4 million FF before France adopted the euro) by answering 15 (12 from 2009 to 2016) multiple-choice questions correctly. It is broadcast on the TF1 network, and was hosted by Jean-Pierre Foucault from 2000 until 2019, then by Camille Combal and in 2024 by Arthur.

For more about the show and rules see Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?; the money tree differs in amounts, but the format is virtually identical. For several years a "Switch the Question" lifeline was available once a contestant answered the fifth question correctly. As of April 2009, the first three possible questions were taken out of the game, reducing the number of possible questions to 12, similar to the UK format in play from September 2007 to February 2014. For list of international variants of the show, see International versions of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?.

The show served as a plot device in the French film My Best Friend.

In December 2010, TF1 announced the end of the first daily multi-year run, due to a fall in viewing of that series as of June.

A prime-time version with celebrities (for charity) was maintained between 2010 and final broadcast of that main series on January 1, 2016.

In December 2018 in a charity version, Jean-Pierre Foucault announced he would leave the show in favour of Camille Combal for a return to the air on TF1 in January 2019 – each figured respectively as a contestant on those shows also.

In February 2019, TF1 announced the return of the daily version. The first tapings were scheduled for April 2019, for a broadcast from May 13, 2019, at 6:15 pm.

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