Description:
Who Wants To Be A Millionaire, the television quiz show, (the "Program")is an on-air program of thirty (30) minutes in length (subject to change). To qualify to become a contestant on the Program individuals must go through an audition process (see Rule 3 below).
The dates and locations for auditions will be announced via various
means, including, but not limited to,
www.millionaire-arianatelevision.com and local media. Individuals must
attend an audition session that will be held at designated audition
site(s). Individuals must go to the designated audition site at the
specified audition time(s) and complete a written test within the
specified time limit.
Individuals who do not receive a passing score (to be determined at the
sole discretion of Ariana Television Network (ATN) will be eliminated
from the audition. Individuals who do receive a passing score will
continue with an audition interview.
Ariana Television Network, in its sole discretion, will determine which
people have passed the audition interview. Those people will be put into
a pool along with all other individuals who have received a passing
score on the written test and who have passed the audition interview,
for possible selection as a Contestant (defined below) for the Program
("Contestant Pool").
For each episode of the Program, the Ariana Television Network, in its
sole discretion, will select Contestants from the Contestant Pool to
appear as Contestants who will play the game on the Program in which
they can win up to One Million Afghanis (AFS1,000,000) by correctly
answering up to fifteen (15) multiple-choice questions of increasing
difficulty ("Game").
Eligibility:
Contestants must be citizen of Afghanistan and must be eighteen (18)
years of age or older.
Employees of Ariana Television, Afghan Wireless Communication Company,
Bayat Foundation, Tamana Production and their immediate family members
(spouse, mother, father, daughter, son, sister, brother and their
spouses), and those living in the same household, or any person or
entity connected with the production, administration or judging of this
Program or Network Program (defined below), or any of their respective
parent companies, affiliates, subsidiaries, agents or representatives
are not eligible. All eligibility determinations shall be made by ATN
in its sole discretion.
Any individual who will be a legally qualified candidate for any type of
political office at the time that the episode of the Program that
he/she tapes is broadcast is not eligible.
Any Potential Contestant must be available to travel to Kabul City, at
their own expense, and provide their own accommodations and
transportation in Kabul for the duration of their appearance on the
Program. Contestants are solely responsible for expenses incurred in
connection with their appearance on the Program and the ATN will not
reimburse any Contestant for such expenses.
Travel:
Contestants
The Contestants for each Tape Date and specific episode, if applicable,
will travel to Kabul at their own expense. ATN will provide
accommodation and food allowance for the contestants for the duration
of their appearance and stay in Kabul City.
ATN will determine how long the Contestant is required to stay in Kabul.
Based on the scheduling of Tape Dates, any Holdover Contestants and
unplayed contestants may be required to remain available to return to
the studio on the next scheduled date that a standard Program will be
taped. The travel and transportation arrangements for all returning
Holdover Contestants and unplayed Contestants shall be the sole
responsibility of the Contestant.
Tournament Finalists
Tournament Finalists will be brought to Kabul paid for by ATN. The trip
consists of: (1) round-trip public transport (bus or air) and from the
airport closes to the Tournament Finalist's home, or ground
transportation, if the person doesn’t resides in Kabul, double occupancy
hotel accommodations for up to four (4) days (which includes two (2)
travel days), (3) ground transportation in Kabul City to and from
airport/hotel, and (4) a maximum per diem of Five Hundred Afghanis (AFS
500) for the Tournament Finalist only ("Per Diem"). Actual length of
stay, number of hotel nights and total Per Diem is dependent on when the
Tournament Finalist is needed for the Program, as determined by ATN, in
its sole discretion. Tournament Finalists will be required to verbally
agree to the terms and conditions of the Travel Release prior to
departure to Kabul and further agree to sign the release upon arrival in
Kabul. Tournament Finalists must be available to travel to Kabul for
their Tape Date and must allow for up to four (4) days in Kabul
(including two (2) travel days). If a Tournament Finalist accepts travel
to Kabul and fails to arrive by their scheduled arrival time on their
Tape Date, the Tournament Finalist may be disqualified and may be held
liable for all travel, accommodation and Per Diem amounts provided by
the Program.
Prizes:
Contestants may win cash prizes corresponding to the number of questions
answered correctly in accordance with the following prize table. Prize
amounts listed are not cumulative:
No.
Correct
Answer
Value
Walk Away
Value
Missed Answer
Value
Amount Lost if
Wrong Answer
Maximum Time Limit(seconds)
1
AFs 500
AFs 0
AFs 0
AFs 0
15
2
AFs 1,000
AFs 500
AFs 0
AFs 500
15
3
AFs 2,000
AFs 1,000
AFs 0
AFs 1,000
15
4
AFs 3,000
AFs 2,000
AFs 0
AFs 2,000
15
5
AFs 5,000
AFs 3,000
AFs 0
AFs 3,000
15
6
AFs 7,500
AFs 5,000
AFs 5,000
AFs 0
30
7
AFs 10,000
AFs 7,500
AFs 5,000
AFs 2,500
30
8
AFs 12,500
AFs 10,000
AFs
5,000
AFs 5,000
30
9
AFs 15,000
AFs
12,500
AFs 5,000
AFs 7,500
30
10
AFs 25,000
AFs 15,000
AFs
5,000
AFs 10,000
30
11
AFs 50,000
AFs
25,000
AFs 25,000
AFs 0
45
12
AFs
100,000
AFs 50,000
AFs 25,000
AFs
25,000
45
13
AFs 250,000
AFs 100,000
AFs
25,000
AFs 75,000
45
14
AFs 500,000
AFs
250,000
AFs 25,000
AFs 225,000
45
15
AFs 1,000,000
AFs 500,000
AFs
25,000
AFs 475,000
45 + Banked Time
In instances when the combined value of the Contestant's cash prizes, if
any, is Six Hundred Afghanis (AFS 600) or more, the Contestant will
receive a Tax-Form, which is the form used to report such amounts to the
Afghanistan Tax and Revenue Collection Department. Contestants should
consult with their own tax advisors regarding the tax consequences of
participating in the Program. Prizes are non-transferable.
Publicity:
All Contestants and Potential Contestants understand and agree that all
publicity in connection with the Program is under the sole control of
ATN. Therefore, all Contestants and Potential Contestants agree to
consult with ATN regarding any and all publicity (including, but not
limited to, television, radio, print and online interviews) in
connection with the Contestant's involvement with the Program and shall
not consent to any publicity without prior approval of ATN. Failure to
comply with this provision may result in disqualification of the
Potential Contestant or the Contestant's forfeiting of any prize won
during his/her participation on the Program.
ATN reserves the right to use any footage of a contestant to promote the
programme without having to pay the contestant anything in return.
