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Directed by | Eric Holmlund |
Produced by | Joel Comm & Eric Holmlund |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
The Next Internet Millionaire is an online reality show hosted by Joel Comm and written and directed by Eric Holmlund. Billed as the world's first Internet reality show and based on the popular NBC show The Apprentice, the program was broadcast entirely on the Internet in 2007.
History
Joel Comm of Loveland, Colorado, and Eric Holmlund of Fort Collins, Colorado, conceived of the show in 2007.[1] After 300 hundred potential entrants sent audition videos to producers, the first round of voting eliminate the contestants down to 50.[2] 12 people were selected from Canada, Costa Rica, England, and the United States.[1] People on the Internet were allowed to help select the contestants, though the financial decision was made by Comm.[1] The contestants were not allowed to include their Internet business endeavors so that viewers could vote for them based only on their charisma.[2] Six women and six women were chosen. The winner would receive a $25,000 prize and the opportunity to work together with Comm on a project with the goal of earning $1 million.[1][3] They flew the contestants out to Loveland and began the two-week filming on July 22, 2007.[4]
The show had 12 episodes, which were released every Wednesday on the show's website.[1] The show's producers said the show was the "online version" of The Apprentice.[2] The contestants were expected to finish 12 assignments including making a website, copywriting, and Internet marketing.[1] They were coached by "Internet marketing experts" who write books about how they make money.[2] The show was won by Jaime Luchuck, a Canadian.[5]
Executive Producer Joel Comm refused to put an exact figure on the costs but indicated that the series cost more than the independent Napoleon Dynamite which cost $400,000 to make.[1] Joel Comm has stated that part of the goal of The Next Internet Millionaire was to prove that it was possible to produce a real television-style show and distribute it online, bypassing the television studio system. He told the Denver Post: "Reality TV is huge, and online video is gaining momentum. My goal is to prove that Internet (video) is ready for prime time."[1]
Reception
Wired reviewer Adario Strange said The Next Internet Millionaire was "slicker, more professional, and easily something you might find on broadcast television".[6] Randi Zuckerberg criticized the show in The Daily Beast, writing, "The key fault in this otherwise slickly produced show about the oh-so-glamorous world of, um, internet marketing was the host, internet geek—I mean, web marketing guru (and shameless self-promoter)—Joel Comm."[5]
Elimination chart
Elimination Chart | |||||||||||||||
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Candidate | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | ||
Jaime | WIN | IN | IN | IN | SAFE | IN | SAFE | SAFE | WIN | WIN | WIN | SAFE | WINNER | ||
Charles | IN | SAFE | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | SAFE | IN | WIN | WIN | IN | SAFE | RUNNER-UP | ||
Thor | IN | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | WIN | SAFE | WIN | SAFE | IN | OUT | ||||
Jason M. | SAFE | IN | IN | IN | WIN | WIN | SAFE | WIN | IN | OUT | |||||
Alisande | WIN | IN | IN | SAFE | WIN | WIN | SAFE | WIN | OUT | ||||||
Nico | IN | WIN | SAFE | WIN | IN | SAFE | SAFE | OUT | |||||||
Laura | WIN | IN | IN | IN | IN | OUT | |||||||||
Christine | IN | WIN | WIN | WIN | OUT | ||||||||||
Jason H. | WIN | IN | IN | OUT | |||||||||||
Steve | WIN | IN | OUT | ||||||||||||
Debbie | IN | WIN | OUT | ||||||||||||
Carly | IN | WIN | OUT |
- The contestant who was on the winning team
- The contestant who was on the losing team
- The contestant who won the hacker-safe immunity challenge, and was on the winning team
- The contestant who won the hacker-safe immunity challenge, and was on the losing team
- The contestant who was given the hacker-safe immunity t-shirt, and was on the losing team
- The contestant who was placed in the sandbox, and survived being eliminated
- The contestant who was eliminated
- The contestant who won the competition
- The contestant who was the runner-up
Similar programs
- The Benefactor, with Mark Cuban of the NBA Dallas Mavericks
- The Rebel Billionaire: Branson's Quest for the Best, with Richard Branson of the Virgin Group
- The Law Firm with Roy Black
- Fire Me... Please/The Sack Race, where contestants try to get fired from their job
- My Big Fat Obnoxious Boss, a parody and hoax
References
- ^ a b c d e f g h Johnson, Kimberly S. (2007-07-30). "Who wants to be an internet millionaire?". The Denver Post. Archived from the original on 2015-07-17. Retrieved 2015-07-17.
- ^ a b c d Middleton, Diana (2007-06-23). "The next Internet millionaire?: Local businesswoman in the running to win big through an online reality show". The Florida Times-Union. Archived from the original on 2015-07-17. Retrieved 2015-07-17.
- ^ Strange, Adario (2007-06-05). "The Next Internet Millionaire: Startup As Reality TV". Wired. Archived from the original on 2015-07-17. Retrieved 2015-07-17.
- ^ Amos, James (2007-06-27). "Classes to focus on Internet opportunities". The Pueblo Chieftain. Archived from the original on 2015-07-17. Retrieved 2015-07-17 – via HighBeam Research.
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- ^ Strange, Adario (2007-08-20). "'The Next Internet Millionaire' Launches First Episode". Wired. Archived from the original on 2015-07-17. Retrieved 2015-07-17.