Only two contestants remain as contenders to walk away with the $1-million prize on the “Million Dollar Tournament of Ten” on “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire” with host Meredith Vieira. It all comes down to Murray, the current leader of the tournament, and Jehan Shamsid-Deen, the only remaining player with the ability to take the top prize away from Murray, a press release from the gameshow said.
"Only one of them will walk away with the top prize," the press release said. "Tune-in Friday, November 20, as the tournament comes to an end and either Jehan or Sam will be handed a check for ONE MILLION DOLLARS!"
Murray, a 1983 Chapmanville High School graduate who is currently a bartender in Philadelphia, came into the tournament as the eighth seeded player and looked at his $1 million question on the third day of the tournament. Murray was the last contestant to qualify for the tournament, having won $50,000 in 1:52 on his original appearance on November 6. Then, on Nov. 11, Murray correctly answered the following $1 million question: "For $1,000,000 — Category, 'We the People' — According to the Population Reference Bureau, what is the approximate number of people who have ever lived on earth? A: 50 billion, B: 100 billion, C: 1 trillion, D: 5 trillion."
Murray has maintained the lead in the tournament through six episodes, as he sat in the studio audience and watched the next six contestants seeded higher than him, all walk away from their $1 million questions.
Murray will have to wait one more day however, as the top seed in the tournament, Shamsid-Deen of Concord, NC, will be the last contestant with the ability to take the $1 million check away from him.
Shamsid-Deen works as a non-profit program officer and is the top winner on Millionaire this season, having pocketed $250,000 on her original appearance on October 12. With a quarter of a million dollars at stake, Shamsid-Deen comes into the tournament with the most to lose — but as the top seed, also has the competitive advantage of knowing that no one else in the Tournament would be able to take the top prize away from her, should she correctly answer her $1-million question.
Tune-in Friday, November 20 to watch Jehan tackle the following $-million question, as Sam Murray watches from the studio audience: "For $1,000,000 — Category, 'Extremely Rare' — A rare example of a word that rhymes with orange, the Blorenge is a what? A: River in Ireland, B: Forest in Scotland, C: Mountain in Wales, D: Desert in Australia."
If Shamsid-Deen correctly answers the question, she will win $1 million. If she guesses incorrectly or decides not to answer, then Sam Murray will win $1 million.
"Regardless of who walks away with the $1 million check, you won’t want to miss the celebratory confetti on the Millionaire set this Friday," the press release said.
The top ten contestants of the season were all invited back to participate in the Million Dollar Tournament of Ten, where they each had the opportunity to look at a $1-million question with no lifelines to help them. Finalists were seeded, based on how much money they won on their initial appearance, and how quickly they were able to answer their questions. The highest seeded player looked at her $1 million question on Monday, November 9. Each day through November 20, the next best seeded player had the opportunity to look at their own question. Participants put their previous winnings on the line, knowing that if they guessed incorrectly on the $1-million question, they would have fallen back to $25,000. Each player also had the option to not answer their question and keep their previous winnings, but forfeit the opportunity to compete for the $1 million prize. The highest seeded contestant to correctly answer their question will be crowned as the winner of the Tournament.
“Who Wants to be a Millionaire” airs Wednesday at 12:30 p.m. on WSAZ TV 3.
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