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6 episodes in, I'm giving this show a generous 9 stars because it delivers where it matters most: entertainment. It's a fun watch, and I've genuinely enjoyed it.

That said, there are a couple of issues with the game itself.

This is one of those reality shows where the producers seem to have immense power to tip the scales however they like-handing out advantages or disadvantages to players as they see fit.

Want an early millionaire with heat on them to stay in the game? Give them an easy secret agenda with the reward of moving the money. Want a millionaire to go home? Give the winning team a hint that practically spells it out.

Of course, producer interference is par for the course in reality TV-but it's a bit next level here. There have already been a few questionable moments, one in particular that felt especially egregious.

Another flaw in the game design: there's no real incentive for identifying the millionaire early. If the group were 100% sure who it was from the start, they'd actually be better off not voting them out-because all that does is transfer the million to someone else (randomly, supposedly) and reset everyone back to square one. There should be some reward or bonus for correctly voting out the millionaire early-maybe $10K for each person who got it right.

All that aside, it's the kind of guilty pleasure I'm here for. I've enjoyed it a lot so far. Perfect for a lazy weekend binge.

Bored and nothing worthy to watch. So decided to watch this show, and so pleased that I did.

Firstly Peter Serafinowicz as the shows host was a class act and delivered an amazing performance.

The show content was really good with twists and turns, keeping you guessing or shouting at the tv in happy frustration.

I binge watched this because I was hooked and back to being bored at the poor tv Netflix is releasing I hope they will make a second season and quickly.

Give it a whirl, I hope you won't be disappointed I wasn't. Just give it the chance it deserves.

Role on a second season 9/10 perfection.

Besides the amazing host I love the scenery and the nature where they filmed this show- in a stunning waterfront villa in Canada. At the start of the game, the players move into a stunning lakeside estate called The Stag. The private chateau sits on 44 beautifully kept acres in Kelowna, Canada.

Also I like the game itself; the millionaire must hide in plain sight and evade elimination to keep the money and win the game. Very tense, sometimes funny, sometimes surprising. And in order to keep the prize, the new millionaire needs to keep their identity secret for the duration of the game, and the other 11 contestants are tasked with figuring out the millionaire's identity.

I had so much fun watching, they all had funniest reactions and stress coping mechanisms.. when some cried their eyes out others would stuff their faces with spaghetti:)))

Firstly, to address my main gripe with Million Dollar Secret, I personally think a million dollars is an obscene amount of money to offer as a prize for winning a gameshow that lasts only 8 episodes. If it was just $100K it wouldn't make any difference to the watchability of it and that's still a life-changing sum of money. The issue with stupendous prize money is that you really want someone deserving and likeable to win it, but reality show contestants are very often the opposite, especially after they've been forced to lie and deceive in acts of sheer selfishness in order to win. It hardly endears them to the viewer.

Anyway, with that out of the way I do like the concept. 12 players have a box, but only one contains the cash. At the end of each episode there is a Traitors-esque banishment in which the players try to eliminate the current 'millionaire' in order to randomly shift the cash to another persons box (preferably their own!).

Along the way there are games and challenges with a chance of rewards and secrets for those who win, to help them either follow the money or hang on to it.

On the whole I'm enjoying it, it's entertaining and it fills a gap until the next season of The Traitors!

This gameshow starts off with 12 contestants who visit a massive mansion, Peter Serafinowicz calls The Stag. All of these contestants get given a box and one of the boxes contains 1 million dollars in cash. Whoever has the money has to keep it a secret from everybody else and try to survive each elimination dinner where each contestant votes for who they think is the millionaire. To help the millionaire out they are given certain advantages like gaining an extra vote at the elimination dinner or getting the chance to randomly move the money to another player's box (which is good because then they don't have a secret to keep and they can try to find the money later,) but they only get these advantages if they complete a secret agenda like hugging every other contestant or getting at least 3 people to say "Justin Timberlake" without referring to one of his songs.

But at the elimination dinner there's not much incentive for the guests to find the millionaire because if they do the millionaire leaves and their money just moves to another random box. It would be better if everyone who voted for the millionaire got a little prize like 10,000 dollars. At one point this resulted in some of the contestants wanting to vote out another strong contestant who they knew wasn't the millionaire instead of doing what they were supposed to do and voting out the millionaire.

Inbetween the elimination dinners the contestants also have to play games and the winners get to go to the Trophy Room where they get a clue about the millionaire. These games start off good, for example the first game is very intense because the contestants are split into 6 pairs and in each pair one person has to unlock 3 padlocked gates each with a set of four keys next to them before the other person releases a dog from behind a coded gate. But as time goes on the games get a bit boring to watch and it makes you think the producers started to run out of ideas. For example in one of the later games the contestants are split into 2 teams and each player has to choose between a dish with a yummy desert on it or a yuck dessert on it which looks nice but is actually made from disgusting ingredients. And the other team has to guess who choose the yummy or yuck desserts.

For me this made the middle episodes of the gameshow seem a little boring but as time went on the millionaire had to play more strategically in order to keep their secret. As more people got voted out the millionaire also found it harder to keep their secret because the other players had a higher chance of guessing who they were.

I also thought it was a bit ridiculous at times how emotional the guests got when they got voted out and in between games when they would argue about who they thought had the money. So I would have preferred them to show more game time and less emotions on screen. So overall the gameshow started off good, went a bit bad in the middle and then got more intense and exciting at the end.

However fascinating and mind vibrating a show like this is to watch, I warn and wonder of its creation. Sure, the development of our collective consciousness takes time through clever means to illuminate the awareness of our shadow. The reward is high to understand ourselves and our fellow humans motives as I'm sure the player and the viewer learned a lot about themselves through the game. But it does create side effects that can be detrimental to the health of the human spirit. When there is a lack of trust in an environment, there is a lack of freedom in the mind, body and spirit. When we create consequences that heal and uplift from a place of truth instead of punish from a place of fear, we create a framework for a limitless world. This asks - What kind of game do you play, and what kind of game do you create?

I am hooked on THE TRAITORS and this is similar concept except a hell of a lot more money to win. $1,000,000.00 will make you lie, for sure. You can't blame the contestants. Some seem so sweet as they backstab again and again. Just don't be fooled by that sweet exterior - EVERYONE WANTS THAT MILLION!!!!!

The money keeps ending up in someone else's box - you don't know where it's gonna land, you just know you want to have it at the very end.

I'm not going to disclose who wins the $1,000,000.00 but it's not someone you would expect from the beginning of the show.

This show is worth watching. HOPE THERE IS A SECOND SEASON!!!!

The biggest flaw of this reality show is that (at least so far through 3 episodes) there is absolutely no incentive to lie or manipulate if you're not the millionaire. This essentially just turns it into X number of contestants against 1 person.

Lying can only be used against you here, as the person who gets the most votes against them is voted out. If the millionaire gets voted out, the money just cycles back to someone else.

Want to stick your neck out and lie about something someone said or did? Well now you've just put suspicion on yourself and, more importantly, accomplished nothing.

If there were reasons for people to lie like extra money, votes, immunity, etc this would be a lot more entertaining. However, with the way it stands the people "making waves" are just putting targets on their own backs and getting themselves voted out.

The best strategy in this game would be to tell people you're the millionaire, and be honest about every piece of information you get. Have to make a smiley face out of your food at dinner to get 3 extra votes? Tell everyone you're going to do it. Why would anyone vote you out right away when you're relaying all the information? Vote people out who question the method, and then mix it up when there's 3-4 people left. I realize the producers would never let this happen, but the fact that it would be the best chance to win is bad design.

I doubt I will revisit this when new episodes drop, but it's not the worst.

I'm not much of a reality tv fan, nor did I ever drink the kool-aid regarding "The Traitors". When it boils down to it, I'm sure there is overlap with many shows of these kinds. Simply put: abandon your preconceived notions and comparatives, and just enjoy the ride for now.

The show is quite grasping and I love the diversity of its cast (though I probably would've included a few more brown people just to hit the nail). The contestants are your typical, every day American folk, which makes them more relatable. As viewers, we essentially become hidden spectators, gaining access into the Machiavellian insights of our cast as they all vie for these funds. It's quite interesting observing how quickly these members switch allegiances as well. As everyone competes for the one-million dollar prize, hoarded in a box by some unfortunate contestant, the show really encapsulates the greed, covetousness and incipient corruption that gradually consumes the guests one by one. They can trust no one. And we, as viewers, can't seem to trust them, either.

Some say this is just a "shameless version" of the traitors but some haven't seen the traitors obviously, because this show has its own charm!

For one person to have the million dollars and have to keep that secret throughout awhile completing agendas in plain sight is awesome!!

Also another thing people complain about the traitors for is its only celebrities only, this show has your average joe and they're likeable actually!

And the host is charming and pretty awesome and he's likeable..

Overall this is a great fresh idea and it's only 3 episodes so far but it's great and has so much potential to become its own yearly show like the traitors..

Give it a try and don't let critics sway your mind before watching.

Then they basically set up one person to leave by giving a clue that was impossible to miss. So I feel it was rigged to make the person leave.

If you are doing a show like that then please make it fair. I can't be bothered watching the rest now. This show will evidently decide the winner really, by what clues they leave!

I don't consider this a spoiler as I don't name anyone...

Before this I felt the show was interesting and the format was very good. The people were different and their interactions were intriguing. I found it funny that some people that had obviously lied, were criticising people for being deceptive.

It certainly has it's good parts but unfortunately it is let down by not being fair!

This is the most engaging show I've ever watched so far. I finished the whole show just by a night binge watching it. There were so many plot twists in the show and you can't really guess who the millionaire was. The missions in the games were quite interesting. Accomplishing those missions allow the millionaire to have a power in the game and that made the show even more interesting. The host also did a very good job in moderating the show. I just love his voice tone and poker face. His contribution in the show is overwhelming. The production was superb and managed to keep you feel excited for the entire show.

Signed up to leave a review because this reality show got me hooked until the end. It was a great play mine game. You got to do what to do to win it regardless of the consequences. You are there for the MONEY, not for a friendship and trust but you gotta survive to get your right allies to help you stay until the end.

I must admit, it was frustrating and confusing but really that's part of the Game. Play dirty but silently and you won't know you're the next if you didn't play your part.

I guess, the person who won the price deserves it! I would've done the same thing. No regret.

And Hey, Sometimes you just have to play dub sometimes. :)

The few episodes were actually exciting however, I stopped watching after I realized that there is no sense on this game show. If you find the millionaire they just get eliminated the same as you voted out a person who is not a millionaire. What's the sense of that? No advantage, immunity nor any benefits for the people who finds who the millionaire is. The show just revolves on eliminating someone until you have a winner.

The few episodes were actually exciting however, I stopped watching after I realized that there is no sense on this game show. If you find the millionaire they just get eliminated the same as you voted out a person who is not a millionaire. What's the sense of that? No advantage, immunity nor any benefits for the people who finds who the millionaire is. The show just revolves on eliminating someone until you have a winner.

Many people are comparing this show to others (Traitors, etc) because there is a superficial resemblance in the concept. It's like saying a spaghetti bolognese from a Michelin starred restaurant is a rip off of chef boyardee canned spaghetti. They are not the same thing. Million Dollar Secret is a fresh, clean, riveting take on reality TV that will impress even the most staunch haters of the genre.

The way the season plays out is so remarkably intricate and gripping you may be tempted to think it was partially scripted. But no, if you pay attention to the way the producers decide what comes next for the contestants you will begin to see how the excellent entertainment value is a product of masterful on-the-fly decisions by very intelligent people. What occurs in the show, in terms of the actions taken by production, are not pre-planned, which is the genius of these producers. There is never an uninteresting moment because something always happens to shake things up.

Other reviews will also tell you that there is something wrong with the concept of the show. They might say that there is no incentive to vote out the millionaire. They might say that the ending didn't make sense. Each and every one of these other reviewers watched this show out of one eye and weren't paying attention, or else they simply don't have the capacity to understand what was going on. Pay them no mind.

The only criticism that is warranted is about the challenges/activities, of which a few are slightly dull. However, the other dynamics going simultaneously more than make up for that.

I honestly cannot recommend this show enough. It was edge-of-your seat intrigue throughout, and I can only hope there is a second season because I have been mourning the end of the first since I finished it about two weeks ago.

Do yourself a favor - watch this show without any distractions and with someone else you can talk about it with. You'll have a great time.