Parodies and Appearances (Ai Là Triệu Phú/WWTBAM Vietnam)

The success of Ai Là Triệu Phú (WWTBAM Vietnam) has provided plenty of opportunities for various shows and films to parody or have their characters make appearances on Millionaire as a (sub)plot.

Parodies[edit]

Inside VTV[edit]

In 2007 Lunar New Year, Tự Long appeared. Before he appeared as a contestant in his parody run, he had a short conversation with the host Đức Hải (Laughter Gala host) about his personal stories and the show (followed with a skit). Although the game was just like the Ai Là Triệu Phú, host Đức Hải didn't say the name "Ai Là Triệu Phú" during the full run (probably the show didn't want to make an uncopyright show, although some cues from the real show were still used)
In the 235th episode of the sitcom Camera Công sở (Camera Café), Lập Trình appeared in Ai Là Triệu Phú as a contestant. Before he went to Hanoi for the show, he said that he wanted to bring his cat for luckiness. Unfortunately for him, his cat went on an illness and cannot go with him. Because of that he stated that he will stay at home as his cat was really important to him, without that he couldn't live. The boss, Trần Huỳnh, encourage him to play without his cat. During his run, he used his Phone-a-Friend lifeline on the 10th question. Trần Huỳnh was his Phone-a-Friend friend. That episode the host was ill (due to the cold weather) and a fill-up host appeared. Unfortunately for Trần Huỳnh, Lập Trình only asked: My cat was ill, is there any hospital in Hanoi? The time ran out, and Trần Huỳnh and his colleagues moaned, ending the episode.
On September 6, 2013, singer Phương Thanh participated in a simulated game (a skit of the 43th VTV's anniversary special show Một ngày với VTV, lit. "A day with VTV"), with Đức Khuê as the host. She "simulatedly" answered all 15 questions correctly and became a "Millionaire". Also, she won the top prize of "working as an editor of Ai Là Triệu Phú for a day".
As a part of the December 6, 2014 episode of Điều ước thứ 7 (Saturday wishes), contestant Kim Lành played Ai Là Triệu Phú in her backyard in Đà Nẵng. Host Lại Văn Sâm also appeared there. Instead of 15 questions, she had to answer only 5 questions (all of them are about soccer), with the secret prize on each question instead of money prize. If she gave the correct answer for each question, or won a challenge, she would be awarded the question's prize. If she answered correctly all 5 questions, she would be awarded all 5 prizes. There were 5 lifelines, along with the original 4, the 5th lifeline was Hỏi MC, which basically predated Ask The Host lifeline in the 2018 revival of the UK version (One exception is when she used this lifeline, the host automatically read the correct answer, and she didn't have to make her "final answer".). In the end, she won 4 prizes: A soccer ball with Lại Văn Sâm's signature, A Manchester United clothing set, A chance to force the host to do anything, and a ticket to the Malaysia vs. Vietnam friendly football match.
During a part of the Gặp Nhau Cuối Năm/Táo Quân 2015 (Year-end Gathering 2015) special, Ngọc Hoàng (performed by Quốc Khánh) requested to find for him the third sidekick in the zenith along with Nam Tào and Bắc Đẩu by organising a gameshow with similarities to WWTBAM. The game was called Ai là trợ lý (Who is the sidekick), and three out of five Táo (Kitchen Managers) are contestants.
In the beginning of the VTV Awards 2015, a skit involved Ai Là Triệu Phú was shown in the beginning. Host was Doctor Cù Trọng Xoay (a.k.a Đinh Tiến Dũng) and Thành Lộc (a celebrity who also hosted Rồng Vàng) appeared as the contestant. There were only 1 question for the top prize of ₫450,000,000, and there were only 1 lifeline, which is "Hỏi người dẫn chương trình" (Ask the Host). The question was, name all the television programs that the Vietnamese Television ever broadcast. He then answered the question by singing a song that includes almost all of the programs (surprisingly both the host and the contestant sang). After that the host said that he named a small part of all television programs that the Vietnamese Television ever broadcast, and the skit ended, followed by another song.
On the program 12 Con Giáp (12 Zodiacs), the host Phan Đăng appeared in a fictional Ai Là Triệu Phú as both the host and contestant. After he answered the 15th question correctly, he was given The Mouse's Wedding picture, and the picture was given to host Lại Văn Sâm (former Ai Là Triệu Phú host) to show to "grandfather" Xuân Bắc and "grandmother" Tự Long.

Outside VTV[edit]

The first out-of-VTV parody of WWTBAM Vietnam was called Ai là triệu phú chế (Who is the Millionaire - The Mockery), released in the year of 2009–2010. The show featuring three nineteen-year-old teens, both from Hanoi, two of them are contestants who tried to play for the top prize. However, in the end, it turned out that the show was a defrawd, and the second contestant called back a studio audience member, who is a gangster, to beaten the host. The show, however, were suitable for mature audiences only as it featured profanities and violent materials.
In the 7th season of the live concert called Gặp nhau cuối năm - Xuân Phát Tài (Year-end Gathering: A Prosperous Spring), shown in 2017, the materials of Millionaire was brought in a comedy sketch, which featured two boys (portrayed by Tự Long and Quang Thắng), their friend (portrayed by Xuân Bắc) and their mother (portrayed by Vân Dung). In the sketch, the boys and their friend help their mother how to open the till by asking her several questions.

Appearances[edit]

In the 9th episode of the series Nhà trọ Balanha, Bách (played by Xuân Nghị) went to the Studio 16 of Vietnam Television Station (which was the studio of Ai Là Triệu Phú) to meet the director Quang (played by Phùng Cường), to say sorry to him for dating his girlfriend, Lan (portrayed by Thùy Anh). Lan then turned up and heard the whole conversation, went in an angry mood, and she, along with Quang, grab Bách up, and the episode went into an another skit.
On a quizshow Hành trình Tri thức (Journey of Knowledge) which aired in the Hai Duong TV (a local television in Vietnam), the rhombus answer area graphic (which was the original Millionaire graphic) was used.

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