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Elberfield, Ind., resident Melissa Storms will be a contestant on the nationally syndicated program “Who Wants to be a Millionaire” on Friday and Monday on NEWS 25, according to WEHT-TV Marketing Manager Melisse Marks.

Posted: Thursday, October 29, 2009 10:55 am | Updated: .

Melissa Storms, a Pickup and Delivery Manager for Fed Ex Ground from Elberfield, Ind., will be a contestant in the "Who Wants To Be A Millionaire" hot seat on Friday, Oct. 30 and Monday, Nov. 2. Elberfield is north of Evansville in Warrick County.

Hosted by the Emmy Award-winning Meredith Vieira, Millionaire can be seen locally in the Evansville area on WEHT (ABC) NEWS 25, weekdays at 6:30 p.m.

Millionaire premiered its eighth season in syndication on this fall.

Tom Delay (former House Majority Leader - celebrity contestant on this year's 'Dancing With The Stars') will sit in as "Expert" for shows airing all next week (Oct. 26 - 30). The lifeline enables contestants to connect with a pre-determined "Expert" via a live face-to-face Skype video call, after they correctly answer the $5,000 question.

Besides wanting to do well in the Millionaire hot seat, Melissa Storms is also hoping to win enough money to gain a spot on the "Million Dollar Tournament of Ten" Leader Board.

Millionaire will bring back the top ten winners through Nov. 6 to participate in the tournament, which will air Nov. 9-20.

Contestants will be seeded, based on how much money they won in their first appearance and how quickly they were able to answer their questions.

Each day of the tournament, one finalist will look at a $1 million question, beginning with the 10th seeded player on Nov. 9, and continuing through Nov. 20, when the top seeded player will take a look at his or her $1 million question.

Each finalist has the opportunity to 1) not answer the question and walk away with whatever money they won on their previous appearance or 2) take a chance at answering their $1-million question. If they're correct, they're in the running to win the tournament's $1 million prize.

Anyone seeded higher than them, however, has the opportunity to knock them out of the tournament if they correctly answer their own question.

If someone guesses incorrectly on the $1 million question, they will fall back to the next closest "Safety Level" ($25K or $1K) and lose whatever money they won, over that amount, on their previous appearance. The top seeded contestant to correctly answer his or her $1 million question will walk away with the $1 million prize offered by the tournament.

Viewers can track Leader Board competition on Millionaire each day or on the show's Web site, www.millionairetv.com. All ten finalists will be established by Friday, Nov. 6.

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