Niki Kunchev
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Nikolay "Niki" Kunchev (born December 26, 1960) is a Bulgaria
n television host, famous for hosting the Bulgarian
version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
(re-titled to Стани богат (Become Rich), since the award from the start was 100,000 leva, instead of a million). After he became popular with the show, he was selected as a co-host of Big Brother Bulgaria on the same television channel
, Nova Television. Later on, he also hosted the game show 1 vs. 100
(known in Bulgaria as One versus All (Един срещу всички)), which made him one of the most frequently appearing hosts on the channel. In late 2008, it was not known whether he would return to host a show on Nova TV, after the producer Nikola Tuparev, a friend of Kunchev, had left SIA Advertising, the company that produced Niki Kunchev's pre-2008 shows together with Nova TV. However, in January 2009 Стани богат returned to Nova TV, but as expected it was produced by Nikola Tuparev's new production company Oldschool Productions.
Bulgaria
Bulgaria , officially the Republic of Bulgaria , is a parliamentary democracy within a unitary constitutional republic in Southeast Europe. The country borders Romania to the north, Serbia and Macedonia to the west, Greece and Turkey to the south, as well as the Black Sea to the east...
n television host, famous for hosting the Bulgarian
Bulgarian language
Bulgarian is an Indo-European language, a member of the Slavic linguistic group.Bulgarian, along with the closely related Macedonian language, demonstrates several linguistic characteristics that set it apart from all other Slavic languages such as the elimination of case declension, the...
version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? is a television game show which offers large cash prizes for correctly answering a series of multiple-choice questions of increasing difficulty. The format is owned and licensed by Sony Pictures Television International. The maximum cash prize is one million pounds...
(re-titled to Стани богат (Become Rich), since the award from the start was 100,000 leva, instead of a million). After he became popular with the show, he was selected as a co-host of Big Brother Bulgaria on the same television channel
Television channel
A television channel is a physical or virtual channel over which a television station or television network is distributed. For example, in North America, "channel 2" refers to the broadcast or cable band of 54 to 60 MHz, with carrier frequencies of 55.25 MHz for NTSC analog video and...
, Nova Television. Later on, he also hosted the game show 1 vs. 100
1 vs. 100
1 vs. 100 is a game show created by Endemol that is aired in several countries. The game pits one person against 100 others for a chance to win a large cash prize. The game first aired in the Netherlands as Eén tegen 100, sponsored by the Nationale Postcode Loterij .- General format :In all...
(known in Bulgaria as One versus All (Един срещу всички)), which made him one of the most frequently appearing hosts on the channel. In late 2008, it was not known whether he would return to host a show on Nova TV, after the producer Nikola Tuparev, a friend of Kunchev, had left SIA Advertising, the company that produced Niki Kunchev's pre-2008 shows together with Nova TV. However, in January 2009 Стани богат returned to Nova TV, but as expected it was produced by Nikola Tuparev's new production company Oldschool Productions.