Former Contestants Reveal The Dirty Secrets Behind Your Favorite Game Shows

23) Cash Mountain

It turns out the show ‘Who Wants to Be a Millionaire’ is full of secrets considering it’s made an appearance multiple times on this list. Even though it’s an addicting show to watch, we’re not sure we want to support its phoniness anymore. First, it was originally supposed to be called Cash Mountain. Luckily, this didn’t stick, otherwise, the show probably wouldn’t have had as much popularity.

Additionally, a former contestant named Charles Ingram won $1,450,000 with the help of his friend, who sat in the audience and coughed as the host Chris Tarrant read out the options for the multiple-choice questions. Even though it’s cheating, it’s pretty savvy. The show deserves a bit of revenge since they don’t seem to treat their contestants right (via Just Starz).