Changes: $25 Million Dollar Hoax

Latest revision as of 12:07, 17 April 2021

Host
George Gray
Prize Delivery Guy
Ed McMahon
Starring
Chrissy Sanford
Broadcast
NBC: 11/8/2004 - 11/22/2004
Packagers
Hallock Healey Entertainment Reveille Productions

$25 Million Dollar Hoax consists of three unscripted hour-long episodes in which small-town girl named Chrissy Sanford plays a hoax on her own family by convincing them she had won a $25,000,000 lottery prize through the internet, and that it had changed her from a sweet girl into a spend-a-holic. This program is an example of reality television and it was originally based on the equally short-lived British series Million Pound Hoax.

Premise[]

the series was an unscripted show that help a daughter (i.e. Chrissy Sanford) play a "practical hoax" on her family by convincing them that she won the lottery and changed from a level-headed, sweet girl to a selfish spend-a-holic. Sanford successfully pulled off the hoax which won her family over $400,000 in cash and prizes.

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British Version[]

As mentioned above, the original show was called Million Pound Hoax which aired on Sky One in 2004.

Rating[]

Link[]

Official Site (via Internet Archive)
Article about the British version (courtesy of ukgameshows.com)

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-'''''$25 Million Dollar Hoax''''' consists of three unscripted hour-long episodes in which small-town girl Chrissy Sanford plays a hoax on her family by convincing them she had won a $5,000,000 lottery prize through the internet, and that it had changed her from a sweet girl into a spend-a-holic. This program is an example of reality television.
+'''''$25 Million Dollar Hoax''''' consists of three unscripted hour-long episodes in which small-town girl named Chrissy Sanford plays a hoax on her own family by convincing them she had won a $25,000,000 lottery prize through the internet, and that it had changed her from a sweet girl into a spend-a-holic. This program is an example of reality television and it was originally based on the equally short-lived British series '''''Million Pound Hoax'''''.
 ==Premise==
-the show was an unscripted series help a daughter play a "practical hoax" on her family by convincing them she won the lottery and changed from a level-headed, sweet girl to a selfish spend-a-holic. Chrissy successfully pulled off the hoax which won her family over $400,000 in cash and prizes.
+the series was an unscripted show that help a daughter (i.e. Chrissy Sanford) play a "practical hoax" on her family by convincing them that she won the lottery and changed from a level-headed, sweet girl to a selfish spend-a-holic. Sanford successfully pulled off the hoax which won her family over $400,000 in cash and prizes.
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-==Link==
+==British Version==
+As mentioned above, the original show was called ''Million Pound Hoax'' which aired on Sky One in 2004.
-[http://web.archive.org/web/20041103020949/http://www.nbc.com/nbc/25_Million_Dollar_Hoax Official Site (via Internet Archive)]
-==Inventor==
-Based on the British series ''Million Pound Hoax''
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+==Link==
+[https://web.archive.org/web/20041103020949/http://www.nbc.com/nbc/25_Million_Dollar_Hoax Official Site (via Internet Archive)]<br>
+[https://www.ukgameshows.com/ukgs/Million_Pound_Hoax Article about the British version (courtesy of ukgameshows.com)]
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