Andrew Skarbek Wins $1 Million Prize On "Million Dollar Minute"

Andrew Skarbek's performance on the Australian game show is a textbook example of how persistence, hard work and patience pays off as he became the first contestant to win Million Dollar Minute's $1 million top prize. After four failed attempts in the million-dollar bonus round, Skarbek finally hit the jackpot on today's episode by winning the "biggest cash prize in Australian TV history": an astounding $1,016,000. During his 23-game run on the Seven Network show, Skarbek defeated 46 contestants, answered 589 questions and amassed $16,000 in Safe Money. Prior to his appearance, Lisa Paton was the only other contestant to make it to the million-dollar level before losing her 13th game in an attempt to go for the million for a third time. Here were the final five questions and answers that won Skarbek the big bucks:

Grant Denyer To Host “Family Feud” Revival

While multiple Million Dollar Minute champions have been making headlines recently, so has the show’s former host Grant Denyer. Upon Denyer’s contract ending with the Seven Network last week, Channel Ten acquired him on within a few hours and signed him to hosted the network’s revival of Family Feud. Beverley McGarvey, Network Ten’s Chief Programming Officer, stated “[Family Feud and Grant] will make a great combination and will give us a fun, exciting and entertaining show for the 6pm Monday to Friday time slot.” He described the switch between networks as a “fresh start” after struggling this past year of he and his wife going to rehab to seek treatment for their crystal meth addiction while losing his $750,000 Seven Network contract in the process. 

Game Show Highlights: Lisa Paton's "Million Dollar Minute" Attempt #3 and "The American Bible Challenge" Debut

The last few weeks in the game show world have been quite eventful with Millionaire's moving to Connecticut and Terry Crews signing on as the new host, the Jeopardy! Battle of The Decades coming to a close with Brad Rutter crowned the tournament champion and Julia Collins ranking third among the list of champions with longest Jeopardy! winning streak with 12 wins so far. I have a few more highlights you should look out for, particularly tomorrow, including Lisa Paton possibly becoming the first champion to win the top prize on Million Dollar Minute and The American Bible Challenge resuming its run on its parent network, GSN.

News In A Flash!: Quick Game Show Updates #48

Today's article will be highlighting some of the latest game show news this week in 200 characters or less from the latest GSN news concerning renewals and new developments to the debut of the very first Bitcoin-exclusive game show. All ratings for syndicated game shows are from the week ending March 9.