Wer wird Millionär?

Wer wird Millionär? (Who will become a millionaire?) is a German game show based on the original British format of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. The main goal for is to win €1 million (originally 1 million DM (Deutschmarks) by answering 15 multiple-choice questions correctly. It first premiered on September 3, 1999 and was shown on the German TV station RTL. Presented by Günther Jauch.

On February 3, 2012 aired 1 000th episode, September 2, 2013 is 1100th episode, and June 22, 2015 is 1200th episode.

On October 17, 2014 was shown special edition after 15th Anniversary.

Top Prize Winners

 * Eckhard Freise - 1,000,000 DM (December 5, 2000)
 * Marlene Grabherr - 1,000,000 DM (May 22, 2001)
 * Gerhard Krammer - €1,000,000 (October 18, 2002)
 * Maria Wienströer - €1,000,000 (March 29, 2004)
 * Stefan Lang - €1,000,000 (October 9, 2006)
 * Timur Hahn - €1,000,000 (January 8, 2007)
 * Oliver Pocher - €1,000,000 (May 30, 2008) (Prominenten-Special #16)
 * Thomas Gottschalk - €1,000,000 (November 20, 2008) (Prominenten-Special #17)
 * Ralf Schnoor - €1,000,000 (November 26, 2010)
 * Barbara Schöneberger - €1,000,000 (May 30, 2011) (Prominenten-Special #22)
 * Sebastian Langrock - €1,000,000 (March 11, 2013)
 * Thorsten Fischer - €1,000,000 (October 17, 2014) (15 Jahre)
 * Nadja Sidikjar - €1,538,450 (November 13, 2015) (Jackpot-Special #2)
 * Leon Windscheid - €1,000,000 (December 7, 2015)

Top Biggest Winners (incomplete list)

 * Martin Horch - 500,000 DM (January 29, 2000)
 * Unknown Player - 500,000 DM (September 8, 2000)
 * Peter Kloeppel - 500,000 DM (November 30, 2000)
 * Hella von Sinnen - 500,000 DM (November 30, 2000)
 * Ottfried Fischer - 500,000 DM (November 30, 2000)
 * Thomas Gottschalk - 500,000 DM (May 28, 2001)
 * Lilo Wanders - 500,000 DM (November 29, 2001)
 * Unknown Player - 500,000 DM (December 14, 2001)
 * Unknown Player - €500,000 (January 12, 2002)
 * Unknown Player - €500,000 (April 15, 2002)
 * Rudolf Heinrich - €500,000 (April 26, 2002)
 * Hape Kerkeling - €500,000 (May 20, 2002)
 * Helga Umstätter - €500,000 (October 5, 2002)
 * Oliver Fallak - €500,000 (November 1, 2002)
 * Johannes Suer - €500,000 (March 31, 2003)
 * Rudi Carrell - €500,000 (May 26, 2003)
 * Bernd Stelter - €500,000 (November 27, 2003)
 * Claudia Drexelius - €500,000 (December 1, 2003)
 * Sebastian Herrmann - €500,000 (January 16, 2004)
 * Georg Bever - €500,000 (May 13, 2004)
 * Bernhard Hoëcker - €500,000 (November 25, 2004)
 * Heide Simonis - €500,000 (November 25, 2004)
 * Nina Hagen - €500,000 (November 25, 2004)
 * Mathias de Fleurid - €500,000 (November 27, 2004)
 * Alfred Lorani - €500,000 (March 7, 2005)
 * Regina Hoesch - €500,000 (April 30, 2005)
 * Elisa Schroth - €500,000 (October 1, 2005)
 * Harald Schmidt - €500,000 (November 24, 2005)
 * Tim Mälzer - €500,000 (May 28, 2006)
 * Horst Schlämmer & Günther Jauch - €500,000 (May 30, 2006)
 * Anke Engelke - €500,000 (November 23, 2006)
 * Peter Kloeppell - €500,000 (November 23, 2006)
 * Maria Theresa Wörle - €500,000 (December 8, 2006)
 * Martin Finé - €500,000 (March 5, 2007)
 * Karl-Heinz Scheipers - €500,000 (June 2, 2007)
 * Anke Engelke - €500,000 (November 22, 2007)
 * Monika Voskamp - €500,000 (December 10, 2007)
 * Peter Zwegat - €500,000 (May 29, 2009)
 * Cindy aus Marzahn - €500,000 (May 29, 2009)
 * Alice Schwarzer - €500,000 (September 25, 2009)
 * Andrea Kiewel - €500,000 (November 19, 2009)
 * Atze Schröder - €500,000 (November 19, 2009)
 * Unknown Player - €500,000 (March 8, 2010)
 * Unknown Player - €500,000 (October 11, 2010)
 * Stephanie zu Guttenberg - €500,000 (November 18, 2010)
 * Christian Brückner - €500,000 (May 16, 2011)
 * Unknown Player - €500,000 (September 26, 2011)
 * Manuel Neuer - €500,000 (November 17, 2011)
 * Theodor Köster - €500,000 (February 24, 2012)
 * Uwe and Wilson Ochsenknecht - €500,000 (April 13, 2012)
 * Christoph von Schönburg - €500,000 (September 14, 2012)
 * Anke Becker - €500,000 (November 16, 2012)
 * Michael Kessler & Günther Jauch - €500,000 (November 22, 2012)
 * Alexander Zimmer - €750,000 (September 13, 2013)
 * Peter Durben - €500,000 (September 27, 2013)
 * Cornelius von Bismarck - €750,000 (January 10, 2014)
 * Klaas Flechsig - €500,000 (May 19, 2014)
 * Moritz Eckert - €917,600 (April 20, 2015)
 * Anke Engelke - €500,000 (June 1, 2015)
 * Christina Werth - €500,000 (June 15, 2015)
 * Thomas Schweisthal - €500,000 (January 22, 2016)
 * Milana Kaiser - €500,000 (October 14, 2016)
 * Jutta Tegeler-Mehl - €500,000 (November 28, 2016)
 * Anke Engelke - €500,000 (May 22, 2017)

Top Prize Losers

 * Georges Devalois Yepnang Mouhoutou - €500 (October 17, 2014) (15 Jahre) (15th question wrong)

Biggest Losers

 * Harald Schmidt - 32,000 DM (December 1, 2000) (14th question wrong)
 * Maria Furtwängler - €16,000 (November 23, 2006) (14th question wrong)
 * François Pütz - €500 (November 7, 2008) (14th question wrong on High Risk Money Tree)

0 DM Winners

 * Gabi Kuhn - 0 DM (October 9, 2000) (5th question wrong)
 * Christian Mauer - 0 DM (October 20, 2000) (4th question wrong)
 * Rene Laux - 0 DM (October 30, 2000) (4th question wrong)
 * Jürgen Neuschwander - 0 DM (March 18, 2001)
 * Heinrich Siegrist - 0 DM (May 18, 2001)
 * Ute Braunecker - 0 DM (October 2, 2001)
 * Franz Lauberger - 0 DM (November 24, 2001)

€0 Winners

 * Asmir Cucak - €0
 * Alexander Jost - €0
 * Wolfgang Schorn - €0
 * Thomas Wilhelm - €0
 * Marlies Waldermann - €0
 * Helmut Hopprich - €0
 * Edith Rohrmoser - €0
 * Florian Stork - €0 (October 12, 2002)
 * Joachim Dahlhaus - €0 (November 23, 2002)
 * Christopher Kummer - €0 (October 17, 2003)
 * Martin Schnelle - €0 (November 17, 2003)
 * Heiner Keilholz - €0 (December 2, 2006)
 * Steffen Burrer - €0 (December 12, 2007)
 * Thomas Jäger - €0 (November 29, 2010) (5th question wrong)
 * Andreas Lübcke - €0 (April 30, 2012) (5th question wrong)
 * Jürgen Rausch - €0 (April 20, 2015) (Jackpot-Special)
 * Stephen Bartels - €0 (April 20, 2015) (Jackpot-Special)
 * Viktoria Baumann - €0 (April 20, 2015) (Jackpot-Special)
 * Tanja Fuß - €0 (June 15, 2015) (1st question wrong)
 * Sonja Thimm - €0 (November 13, 2015) (Jackpot-Special #2)
 * Ulrich Büttner - €0 (November 13, 2015) (Jackpot-Special #2)
 * Serdar Bulat - €0 (May 2, 2016) (4th question wrong)
 * Henrik Rose - €0 (May 30, 2016) (10th question wrong)

Trivia

 * Peter Kloeppel and Anke Engelke are the only contestants that have advanced to question 15.
 * Thomas Gottschalk appeared twice on game and saw 15 question, one of them he took only 500.000 DM and later on November 20, 2008 he won top-prize.
 * Günther Jauch appeared twice on game and saw 15 question, he took only €500,000.
 * Anke Engelke is only contestant who appeared 6 times.
 * Tanja Fuß is contestant only in German version's history, who answered the 1st question wrong and walked away nothing.