List of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? (season 3) episodes

The third worldwide season of the Transmanian television quiz show of the British orgin Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? created and produced by Celador Productions and OST Entertainment, premiered on January 8, 2000 on ATN. Airing on Saturdays at 8/7c (ran over 50 or 60 minutes at the time). It was hosted by a Pakistani-born Transmanian comedian/host Saif Rehman Jr.. It concluded it's airing on May 13, 2000. On November 1999, ATN renewed Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? for a third season. The show that has garnered over 15.2 billion viewers by Nielsen turned strong for the entire year while being broadcast on ATN every entire number of Saturday nights. It became successful as a No. 1 future quiz show. This is the first ever season to air in the early 2000s. This the first season to reach the £250,000 mark. The series was already confirmed in Turkey and Israel. The series will soon be confirmed in Romania, Czech Republic and Columbia. In January 2000, Nicholas Bannister is the first contestant to walk away with £250,000. The pilot episode was taped on January 3 on that year. The show's new phone number hotline is 1515 846 75 05 05 05 and the phone lines were opened on January 7 until April 16. The calls cost over £5 a week for 60p.

Episodes
Michelle Benson (£16,000) Henry Kaufman (£4,000) Simon Campbell (£8,000) Jackie Fauso (continued) Jackie Fauso (£1,000) Nicholas Bannister (£250,000) Lucy Cheung (£4,000) Janet Smith (£32,000) Melissa O'Connor (£64,000) Olivia Rotenkowski (£125,000) Andrew Evans (£16,000) Donna Razeghi (£32,000) Daniel Nolan (£16,000) Michelle Hathaway (£16,000) Andrew Helburg (£8,000) Chris Danter (£32,000) Lawrence Parsons (£16,000) Kirsten Harris (£4,000) Colleen Hallstrom (£1,000) Steve Nunn (£32,000) Nicholas Henderson (£4,000) Kathleen Thompson (£1,000) Bill O'Connor (£8,000) Cheryl Prady (£32,000) Andrew Steinwitz (£16,000) John Lewis (£8,000) Joanna Smith (£1,000) Amanda Dransfield (continued) Amanda Dransfield (£8,000) Esther Dirks (£16,000) Dave Matthews (£4,000) James Atkinson (continued) James Atkinson (£64,000) Ruth Jones (£16,000) Judith Benson (£8,000) Cliff Shinick (continued) Cliff Shinick (£1,000) Terry Heusser (£4,000) Janet Hasley (£16,000) Andrew Durham (£64,000) Peter Benson (£4,000) Lauren Theakston (£125,000) Kat Marano (£32,000) Stephen Parker (£8,000) Victoria Worrall (£16,000) John Nolan (£8,000) Jocel Schultz (£4,000) Michelle Rotenkowski (continued) Michelle Rotenkowski (£16,000) Andy Reber (£8,000) Bruce Cosner (£4,000) Andrew Henderson (£16,000) Cheryl Dawson (£64,000)
 * Show 1 (January 8, 2000)
 * Show 2 (January 15, 2000)
 * Show 3 (January 22, 2000)
 * Show 4 (January 29, 2000)
 * Show 5 (February 5, 2000)
 * Show 6 (February 12, 2000)
 * Show 7 (February 19, 2000)
 * Show 8 (February 26, 2000)
 * Show 9 (March 4, 2000)
 * Show 10 (March 18, 2000)
 * Show 11 (March 25, 2000)
 * Show 12 (April 1, 2000)
 * Show 13 (April 8, 2000)
 * Show 14 (April 15, 2000)
 * Show 15 (April 29, 2000)

Total Winnings: £2,007,000

Season chronology

 * Season 2 (1999) (previous)
 * Season 4 (2000-2001)