Jauch stuns contenders with declaration of friendship's demise.
It's not an option to run: Jauch ruthlessly pulls snarky audience members into a live event. They respond with fear or tears of emotion. A conned co-worker speaks plainly: "I hate you."
The most antagonistic smartass co-workers, as well as a "bomb boss" were taken aback by Günther Jauch during Whitsun. "He has no clue, and she really fooled him," the presenter boasted during the massive surprise episode of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" (WWM) behind the scenes. Most of the viewers in the studio still thought they were watching a completely typical edition of the RTL quiz show. The guy dreaming of a pyrotechnics license was the first to exit the stage.
When confetti suddenly rained from the studio ceiling towards the start of the show broadcast on Whit Sunday, Jauch used the seemingly accidental incident as an opportunity to chat casually with the audience. When he stood beside Tom Ullrich, Jauch removed his mask. "He thinks he's here by chance, doesn't he?" he questioned the 31-year-old's wife, who had set up the whole scenario.
"Who wants to be a millionaire?" without his consent
The contestant visibly trembled against his will - although his wife had only wanted to bring him closer to the pyrotechnics license he had long desired. After all, it would cost several thousand euros, the fireworks enthusiast informed Jauch. However, his enthusiasm was limited at first. When the presenter asked the traditional "Do you actually want to play for a million here?" query, Ullrich noted: "What other option do I have?" Jauch clearly saw an alternative: "We could send you back to the cellar."
The sudden contestant from Zeitz near Gera needed his first joker for the 4000-euro question. After that, however, he got through the rounds effectively despite the shock and lack of preparation. Ullrich guessed that more e-bikes are now sold in Germany than regular bikes. Thanks to his six-year-old son, he also knew that tenants will have to cover their own cable TV by July.
However, the final two jokers were required to secure the highest prize of the evening. A teacher from Braunschweig aided him by explaining that Vienna, like Berlin, was divided into four sectors by the occupying forces after World War II. Ullrich did not know that the term "rock bone pyramid" refers to the hardest part of the skull and therefore dropped off.
"Please do not spend it all in one day," Jauch stopped the pyrotechnics fan. RTL had also arranged a taster day for him at a giant firm in Berlin that launches rockets at Coldplay gigs and soon at the European Football Championship. "The shopping voucher is guaranteed to be delivered," Ullrich promised his spouse. However, she had more practical dreams in mind.
The next contestant, Eva Veeser, was already looking uneasy when Jauch returned to the studio. He actually approached her friend, the social work student from Freiburg. Her nomination was not entirely selfless. Her pals, with whom Veeser regularly watches "Who wants to be a millionaire?", felt she had the best chance of winning. The group needs money to fly out to a buddy in Mexico.
"WWM queen" must give it her all
Jauch immediately upped the pressure. Veeser had to "defend her WWM queen title," he demanded of the 22-year-old. She seemed out of her element, but took it all in stride. Veeser did not know any of her telephone jokers personally. However, the helper, chosen for a position at Deutsche Telekom, could fill her in that a vane meter isn't used for gas or electricity, but for water.
"Now I'm headed to Acapulco for a luxury vacation," Jauch grinned after advancing through the 16,000-euro question. Sadly, Veeser's additional joker was not as competent in a tennis inquiry and chose to save her clique's vacation budget. "That all went incredibly well," Jauch sighed with relief. "Then I wish you a good trip to Mexico!"
Things were much less harmonious for surprise contestant Adrian Gruber after that. "I detest you. The end of our friendship," he announced to his colleague, who had nominated him for retaliation on "Who Wants to be a Millionaire". She had won 32,000 euros on Jauch the previous year and had since had to listen to Gruber talk about how he could have done better.
"He perpetually rats me out. It can't continue this way," the co-worker of the commercial employee from Saarbrücken explained the action. On Jauch, however, the 23-year-old suddenly became meek. "It's like being in an arena," he said as he took a seat in the hot seat and cautioned: "I believe I'm about to collapse here."
Finally, Gruber didn't seem upset about winning 16,000 euros. He assured his "love-hate" coworker that he'd take her to Ibiza, but it didn't take long for the 23-year-old to regain control. "All will be well in Austria with the million," promised the candidate applying for the local version of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?". Stefan Jauch replied, "Good luck in Vienna!"
Everything was once again cordial between Michael Maurus and his coworkers. An employee expressed, "A bomb boss, may he succeed!" After numerous colleagues praised Maurus in a collage video, the Dülmen-based hotel group manager's eyes filled with tears.
"He's a good man," said a chef, for instance. Maurus' hotel career started in the kitchen. "I truly began with the frying pan," he explained his open-mindedness to all employees.
The 55-year-old, who had competed on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" three times, was fortunate enough to lose at the €32,000 question. He and his telephone joker had identified the Potsdam Conference when Jauch asked about the last meeting in 2013. However, they were mistaken, as they had been searching for the G8 summit. Instead, the heads of state and government met without Russia after annexing Crimea in violation of international law.
The last candidate on the Whit Sunday show had already provided a surprise. Amelie Kögelmeier from Wuppertal was hoping that one of the other participants would drop out. A hidden camera in the dressing room captured Kögelmeier giving free rein to her cleverness during discussions on Lot's wife or the Spice Girls' special stamps - until Stefan Jauch appeared suddenly in front of her.
Kögelmeier's husband, a plastic surgeon, inspired her to compete. The 51-year-old runs his practice and works as a secretary in a law firm. "Win the million," her husband requested via video message. She sailed through the rounds with ease, likely due to the additional preparation time as a fictitious replacement candidate.
Kögelmeier, who had also tried competing on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" in 2021, successfully utilized her fondness for Drafi Deutscher. This allowed her to answer the €32,000 question swiftly.
She knew that Bavarian radio initially refused play his hit "Marmor, Stein und Eisen bricht" due to grammatical issues. Thus, the second big surprise special on Whit Monday began in an exciting manner. Kögelmeier entered the hot seat with the €64,000 question and retained three of her four jokers.
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Günther Jauch, the host of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire", surprised a contestant during the Whit Sunday edition of the RTL show by revealing that he had orchestrated his presence in the audience.
Despite initially being hesitant, Tom Ullrich, the surprise contestant, managed to make it through several rounds with the help of his family and his phone-a-friend joker, eventually securing a significant win on "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire", hosted by Günther Jauch on RTL.
Source: www.ntv.de
