“Who wants to be a millionaire?” celebrates 25th anniversary. Many a guest caused a stir. We show you the top 5 of the most entertaining TV moments.
“Who wants to be a millionaire?” celebrates its 25th birthday this year. (Source: MG RTL D / Ralf Jürgens)
“Who wants to be a millionaire?” (WWM) is a popular and long-running quiz show. Now she is celebrating her 25th birthday. A wide variety of people have appeared on the show for decades. There were many unforgettable TV highlights when a candidate hit the jackpot of one million dollars after a long time.
But the guests didn’t always impress with just their knowledge. To celebrate the anniversary, we present you the top 5 of the funniest TV moments from the history of “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire”.
Torben Schnepper-Chimento’s audience joker just wanted an autograph
The candidate Torben Schnepper-Chimento asks for an audience joker. A young man answers, but shortly afterwards makes things clear: he was just looking for an opportunity to ask Jauch for an autograph. You can find this highlight moment of the RTL broadcast in the following YouTube video from second 34.
Alexander Wilhelm has 3 or 4 sisters…
Art student Alexander Wilhelm’s answer to the question of how many jokers he would like to have (3 or 4) is that he has 3 sisters: A current laugh from the “WWM” season of 2024, which you can find in the video from 0:35.
Olivia Peters teases her Joker
Candidate Olivia Peters asks for an audience joker. After he had an idea, but wasn’t 100 percent sure, there was a request. From minute 3 you can see the argument in the video below.
Ellen Marquardt sings for Günther Jauch
Ellen Marquardt provided several funny moments on “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire”. While she sat on one of the candidates’ chairs and hoped for the fastest, correct answer to be selected for the quiz chair, she also knitted stuffed animals out of boredom – the best possible time and place! When she sits down on the podium next to Günther Jauch, she remains as silent as possible except for the quiz answers.
Last but not least, she surprisingly presents Jauch and the audience with a charming, self-composed song. About Günther Jauch. You can watch the whole thing again in the video from minute 5:44 – a must-see in the story of “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?”.
Heike Schulz sits down in the moderator’s chair
The last video, starting at 6:42 minutes, shows what is probably the most extraordinary, spontaneous and funny situation that occurred on “WWM”. The candidate Heike Schulz unsuspectingly sits on the wrong side: the moderator’s chair. After Günther Jauch sits down on the opposite side and waits for their reaction, a lot of clues are needed. Every now and then she takes a sip from Jauch’s water glass and only understands what has happened after a few minutes.
But it gets even better: Jauch spontaneously chooses the lady as moderator and explains that he would also like to be a candidate with a chance of winning a million dollars. But he then assures that the “new presenter” doesn’t have to worry. She would win the money Jauch earned, after which she actually moderated the 500 euro question for several minutes.
Do you want to test for yourself whether you have what it takes to be a millionaire? We have put together a quiz for you with the 15 million questions from the show so far. Have fun!
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