Million Dollar Secret

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!!!!

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.

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.

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:)))

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.