“Millionaire” Announces Nationwide Contestant Search for July
Do you want to be a contestant on the popular syndicated quiz show Who Wants to be a Millionaire but you can’t make it to New York City for an audition? Study up, because the show may be visiting a city near you soon. Millionaire has announced a number of casting calls across the country through July. All you need to do is pass the timed multiple choice quiz, impress the producers during your private audition, and hopefully we’ll see you behind the million dollar table in the show’s eleventh season.
Here’s the list of cities and dates Millionaire plans on visiting soon.
Chicago, IL: July 9th
Toledo, OH: July 11th
Norfolk, VA: July 13th
Houston, TX: July 23rd
Las Vegas, NV: July 25th
New Orleans, LA: July 27th
You can visit Millionaire’s website by clicking here to find the exact call times and venues. The auditions in each city will start at 7:00AM (except in Chicago where it starts at 9:30AM). Producers will look for contestants for regular episodes, the return of “College Week”, and the popular “Movie Week”. You must be at least 18 years old (except in Chicago where you must be 21 due to venue requirements) and a U.S. resident to apply. Click here to see all the rules and regulations.
It’s been ten years since anyone has won the game. I’d love to have a BuzzerBlog reader be the first to do it. Last year BuzzerBlog readers took over $200,000 away from Millionaire.
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Why can’t they hold auditions in Cleveland or Youngstown Ohio. I would be a perfect fit for the show but I can’t travel all the way to Toledo to audition. If anyone from Millionaire is reading this, please bring auditions here. Your fans would appreciate it.
When I click your link, I don’t see any info about these auditions on their web site. Where did you see this?
Ten years since someone won? I won on Nov. 20. 2009. :)
While I commend you on your million dollar win, I believe this. When people say “9 years since the last million dollar winner,” they mean “in regular play.” People usually don’t count tournaments of champions. The tournament was a great idea, in my opinion. I would have liked to see more than one. However, since it would increase the chances for another million dollar win, I suppose the show’s sponsors found it too expensive.
10 years since someone took the $1,000,000 prize?
I blame the lousy new lifelines for that. At least with Phone a Friend and 50/50, you had great opportunities to advance in the game, especially if you managed to save them all the way up to the $1,000,000 question. Ever since they changed it to Switch the Question, Ask the Expert, and now in the more recent version, “Jump the Question and Lose the Money, and by the way, you can’t jump the $1,000,000 question anyway”, it has definitely made the game harder.
I think ABC should bring Regis back for another special edition of:
Who Wants to be a Super Millionaire?
Now THAT has potential. :D
I wouldn’t mind “Jump The Question” as much if they did it where if you reach the MDQ the lifeline(s) convert(s) to “Switch the Question.” It would be the next best thing since you can’t “Jump” over the highest valued question.
It’s not about the lifelines, it’s about the writing of the questions.
For a long time, the questions were super-obscure, they’ve gotten better in the last two seasons, and that year of the clock sure didn’t help matters.
This dedicated Buzzerblog reader will be auditioning in New Orleans!
I would love to audition in Toledo, as it’s only an hour and change away from my home, but unfortunately, I’m across the river from Detroit in Windsor, Ontario, and and WWTBAM does not allow Canadian contestants. I’m not quite sure as to the rationale, as it doesn’t appear that there will ever be another Canadian edition (they did a 2 night Canadian pilot over a decade ago, and it went nowhere). In addition, Jeopardy obviously does allow Canadian contestants. If WWTBAM has a concern regarding taxes on money won by a Canadian contestant, all they have to do is levy/deduct U.S. with-holding tax on any money won (which is exactly what Jeopardy does), and then the Canadian contestant can file a U.S. Tax Return on their own to try to get a partial or total refund. Does anyone have any info as to why WWTBAM has the U.S. residency requirement for its contestants?
Cheers,
Jack
It seems they never come to Miami.