When WWTBAM did its 10th anniversary shows for ABC in 2009, those who auditioned at contestant searches were auditioning for both the 10th anniversary (nighttime) and syndicated (Vieira) versions.
IIRC, Barry/Enright would have wanna-be contestants test for both TJW and TTD in the same audition.
JD
re: WWTBAM--
When auditioning for Millionaire syndicated, you were told you would be placed in the pool for both, but the actual auditions for the 10th anniversary edition shows were over the phone, and were the only auditions for those shows, and a person who passed the phone in test were not in the pool for the syndicated show. They never did say how many spots from each pool of contestants would be used, maybe it was 5/5 with 1/1 for the alternates, or there could've been some other mix.
Just wanted to clarify.
Don't forget, the first 8 or 9 contestants of the following syndicated season of Millionaire were those who were left sitting in the Ring of Fire on the last episode of the 10th Anniversary run. Some of them got on the show by means of the phone game. Their phone game play served as their audition for the syndicated show.
A technicality, but worth mentioning.
-M
