Super Millionaire

[TraderRob]

From ETonline, here are the names of the contestants for Sunday night's show:


1. TODD KIM, Washington, DC
2. DON BANGIOVI, Merrimac, MA
3. JOHN NEVILLE, Mountain Brook, AL
4. GLORIA SKIBINSKI, Muskego, WI
5. DALE SAMBERG, West Chester, OH
6. TIM SZETELA, Dearborn, MI
7. RICK KESTENBAUM, Branchburg, NJ
8. JOHN MORGAN, Charlotte, NC
9. ROBERT ESSIG, Ashtabula, OH
10. ANTHONY POIRIER, Rochester, MN

Interesting that all 10 contestants are east of the Mississippi River :-)

Rob

[uncamark]

[quote name=\'TraderRob\' date=\'Feb 20 2004, 03:34 PM\']From ETonline, here are the names of the contestants for Sunday night's show:


1. TODD KIM, Washington, DC
2. DON BANGIOVI, Merrimac, MA
3. JOHN NEVILLE, Mountain Brook, AL
4. GLORIA SKIBINSKI, Muskego, WI
5. DALE SAMBERG, West Chester, OH
6. TIM SZETELA, Dearborn, MI
7. RICK KESTENBAUM, Branchburg, NJ
8. JOHN MORGAN, Charlotte, NC
9. ROBERT ESSIG, Ashtabula, OH
10. ANTHONY POIRIER, Rochester, MN

Interesting that all 10 contestants are east of the Mississippi River :-)[/quote]
And when the network press release was posted at TV Barn, Aaron Barnhart noted that 9 out of 10 are guys (and said, "no surprise").

I wonder if anyone from the "alternate entry" computer game will show up this week.

[gameshowguy2000]

1 woman out of the entire lot? That reminds me of the Oscar Special, when 9 of the 10 were men there as well.

[Pyramid80]

Wow what a great list!  The guy named JOHN NEVILLE lives in my neighborhood.  I don't know him, but that is my neighborhood!  Best of luck to John!

[BrandonFG]

[quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Feb 20 2004, 04:16 PM\'] 1 woman out of the entire lot? That reminds me of the Oscar Special, when 9 of the 10 were men there as well. [/quote]
And this surprises you, WHY?

[litpdwi16]

On Jimmy Kimmel Live, Jimmy was trying to get his Uncle Frank on the show. I was actually hoping that he would do it, but he hasn't yet.

[gameshowguy2000]

[quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Feb 20 2004, 04:05 PM\'] [quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Feb 20 2004, 04:16 PM\'] 1 woman out of the entire lot? That reminds me of the Oscar Special, when 9 of the 10 were men there as well. [/quote]
And this surprises you, WHY? [/quote]
 It just does.

[BrandonFG]

[quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Feb 20 2004, 05:53 PM\'] [quote name=\'fostergray82\' date=\'Feb 20 2004, 04:05 PM\'] [quote name=\'gameshowguy2000\' date=\'Feb 20 2004, 04:16 PM\'] 1 woman out of the entire lot? That reminds me of the Oscar Special, when 9 of the 10 were men there as well. [/quote]
And this surprises you, WHY? [/quote]
It just does. [/quote]
All right then...just keep in mind that Millionaire suffered from what was called "Middle Age White Guy" syndrome for quite a while. Regis even addressed the issue in one episode.

Come to think of it, which went to the Hot Seat first: a black contestant or a female contestant? I know the first black contestant was c. spring 2000, but can't remember if there had been a female before that.

[BrentW]

On the very first episode in summer of 1999, Hillary Daw made it to the hot seat and won $16,000, I believe.

[Pyramid80]

I thought I would mention that they just had a brief segment about John Neville from Mountain Brook, AL that will be on Super Millionaire on the ABC Affiliate News.  They just wished him luck and mentioned that he flew out to New York this afternoon for the tapings.

[goongas]

The second 9 (yes 9) have been announced at http://www.abcmedianet.com

[Match Game Nut]

[quote name=\'Pyramid80\' date=\'Feb 20 2004, 04:31 PM\'] Wow what a great list!  The guy named JOHN NEVILLE lives in my neighborhood.  I don't know him, but that is my neighborhood!  Best of luck to John! [/quote]
 I'll say!  Rich Kestenbaum is from my neighborhood! I don't know him, but I'll be rooting for him for sure!

Just hope I can be the 2nd person ever from Branchburg to qualify for Super Millionaire!  

[starcade]

Second nine:  two women, maybe three -- and only two west of the Mississippi...

Makes me wonder if we're getting different questions out here...

[gameshowguy2000]

[quote name=\'BrentW\' date=\'Feb 20 2004, 05:13 PM\'] On the very first episode in summer of 1999, Hillary Daw made it to the hot seat and won $16,000, I believe. [/quote]
 Yep. The first contestant, David Korotkin crashed at the $8K question.

And speaking of women in the Hot Seat, on the primetime version, Three of them went home with $0. I hope it doesn't carry over into this version.

Women leaving empty-handed on Millionaire upsets me more than it does to see men leaving empty handed on Millionaire!

Why does it upset me? Because, Women are SMARTER than men. And if women are smarter than men, then they wouldn't be leaving empty-handed now, would they??

[JasonA1]

The next 9, as reported by ABC's press site:

1. Terry Schnurr, Rochester, NY
2. Laurel Andrews, Pittsfield, MA
3. Brad Boose, Columbus, OH
4 .Janet Orminati, Lakehurst, NJ
5. Doug Ralls, Brentwood, TN
6. Raymon Colbert, Tarzana, CA
7. Ken Wagner, Huntington Beach, CA
8. Christopher Gray, Gainsville, FL
9. Liz Simon, Gaithersburg, MD

The 10th? I dunno where they went...

-Jason