Alta tensión

¿Quién Quiere ser Millonario? Alta Tensión (Who Wants to be a Millionaire) is perfect TV viewing for me right now, with its short, predictable comments and written questions. The format is the same as the Australian version (why tamper with a winner?), but there are a couple of cultural differences. Contestants are always asked if they are married or single and if they have kids, and they happily answer. The lady tonight even spoke tearfully about being separated from her partner who is preventing her from seeing their two kids. This would never happen in Australia. The other difference is that, if the contestants don't know the answer, they don't deliberate or troll through what they do know in the hope of landing on it. Nope, they just take a punt, going with whatever answer appealed to them in the moment. This doesn't usually work... not that I'm suggesting the Australian approach does either.