New “Millionaire Hot Seat Super Game” Format To Debut January 23

In an effort to recapture its ratings dominance from Seven Network’s The Chase, Millionaire Hot Seat is set to expand its format from a half-hour to an hourlong series. The new format will also bring about new changes to the Nine Network show. "The original Who Wants To Be A Millionaire went for eight years, then we came back with this show eight years ago, so it's the right time to give it a bit of a shake-up", says host Eddie McGuire. Listed below are the changes coming to the recently revised game show.

VIDEO REPLAY: “Millionaire Hot Seat” Crowns First Million-Dollar Winner

Eight seasons and over 1,300 episodes later since the Australian game show premiered on Nine Network, Millionaire Hot Seat has finally found its million-dollar winner. Edwin Daly, a 67-year-old Vietnam war veteran from Mount Barker, South Australia, became the show’s first contestant to win the elusive $1 million prize on today’s episode. Once Daly had taken control of the Hot Seat on the $2,500 question upon a Pass, Daly streaked through the nine remaining questions and won the seven-figure jackpot. Daly is now the show’s biggest winner, placing Gerard Lane (won $541,000 on March 16, 2015) in the second position among the all-time winners’ list of Millionaire Hot Seat.