The Switch lifeline returned for the first time since 2007, but this time it was available for contestants to use from the first question, and it replaced Phone A Friend. Ask The Audience was replaced by Ask The Host, making the three lifelines available the same as those seen in Who Wants to Be a Millionaire: Hot Seat (2009) since late 2020, but in the special series, all three could be used by the contestants at no cost; in Hot Seat, the winner of the Fastest Finger First round could use the cheque they won to buy one of these lifelines.
This season marked the return of the Fastest Finger First question after an absence of almost 15 years. Like when it was last used, contestants had to put the four given answers into the correct order, with the fastest to do so making it to the hot seat.