The first series of Wer wird Millionär?, the German version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?, was broadcast on RTL from September 1999 until June 2000. Hosted by Günther Jauch, the top prize was 1.000.000 marks.
Lifelines[]
In this season three lifelines used:
Episodes[]
- Episode 1 (3 September 1999)
Tanja Ortmann (DM 8.000) Andreas Willberg (DM 1.000 - lost on DM 4.000) Thomas Bauer (DM 200, continued)
- Episode 2 (4 September 1999)
Thomas Bauer (DM 32.000 - lost on DM 64.000) Holger ? (DM 16.000) Manuela ? (DM 1.000, continued)
- Episode 3 (5 September 1999)
Manuela ? (DM 1.000 - lost on DM 4.000) Erich Kaiser (DM 16.000) Rainer Lasch (DM 8.000, continued)
- Episode 4 (6 September 1999)
Rainer Lasch (DM 16.000) Jörg ? (DM 125.000) Werner ? (DM 1.000 - lost on DM 16.000)
- Episode 5 (27 January 2000)
Dörthe ? (DM 32.000 - lost on DM 64.000) Corinna ? (DM 64.000)
- Episode 6 (28 January 2000)
Jörg ? (DM 32.000 - lost on DM 64.000) Constance ? (DM 64.000) Matthias ? (DM 4.000, continued)
- Episode 7 (29 January 2000)
Matthias ? (DM 8.000) Kerstin ? (DM 32.000 - lost on DM 64.000) André ? (DM 32.000 - lost on DM 64.000) Martin Horch (DM 300, continued)
- Episode 8 (30 January 2000)
Martin Horch (DM 500.000) Harald ? (DM 8.000, continued)
- Episode 9 (31 January 2000)
Harald ? (DM 1.000 - lost on DM 16.000)
- Episode 10 (3 February 2000)
Thomas Holtappels (DM 16.000) Ute Steinbeck (DM 32.000 - lost on DM 64.000) Johanna Meiforth (DM 4.000, continued)
- Episode 11 (4 February 2000)
Johanna Meiforth (DM 1.000 - lost on DM 32.000) Klaus ? (DM 32.000, continued)
- Episode 12 (5 February 2000)
Klaus ? (DM 32.000 - lost on DM 250.000) Herbert ? (DM 32.000 - lost on DM 64.000) Rainer ? (DM 4.000, continued)
- Episode 13 (6 February 2000)
Rainer ? (DM 125.000) Frank ? (DM 1.000 - lost on DM 4.000) Frank ? (DM 16.000, continued)
- Episode 14 (7 February 2000)
Frank ? (DM 64.000) Daniela ? (DM 32.000 - lost on DM 250.000)
- Episode 15 (26 May 2000)
Ursula ? (DM 1.000 - lost on DM 32.000) Dagmar ? (DM 125.000, continued)
- Episode 16 (27 May 2000)
Dagmar ? (DM 125.000) Torben ? (DM 64.000) Christian ? (DM 16.000, continued)
- Episode 17 (28 May 2000)
Christian ? (DM 64.000) Christian ? (DM 16.000) Heike ? (DM 2.000, continued)
- Episode 18 (29 May 2000)
Heike ? (DM 1.000 - lost on DM 4.000) Sonja ? (DM 32.000 - lost on DM 64.000)
- Episode 19 (1 June 2000)
Markus ? (DM 32.000 - lost on DM 64.000) Ursula ? (DM 1.000 - lost on DM 16.000) Maria ? (DM 300, continued)
- Episode 20 (2 June 2000)
Maria ? (DM 32.000 - lost on DM 125.000) Frank ? (DM 1.000 - lost on DM 16.000) Dominik ? (DM 16.000, continued)
- Episode 21 (3 June 2000)
Dominik ? (DM 32.000 - lost on DM 250.000) Lutz ? (DM 125.000) Uwe ? (DM 1.000 - lost on DM 2.000) Ulrike ? (DM 250.000) Hendrik ? (DM 4.000, continued)
- Episode 22 (4 June 2000)
Hendrik ? (DM 1.000 - lost on ?) Martin ? (DM 32.000 - lost on DM 64.000) Astrid ? (DM 64.000, continued)
- Episode 23 (5 June 2000)
Astrid ? (DM 64.000) Benno ? (DM 64.000) Andreas ? (DM 8.000) Hans-Günter ? (DM 100, continued)
- Episode 24 (8 June 2000)
Hans-Günter ? (DM 16.000) Andreas ? (DM 16.000) Daniela ? (DM 2.000, continued)
- Episode 25 (9 June 2000)
Daniela ? (DM 1.000 - lost on DM 4.000) Irmgard ? (DM 32.000, continued)
- Episode 26 (10 June 2000)
Irmgard ? (DM 32.000 - lost on DM 64.000) Rolf ? (DM 16.000) Anne ? (DM 125.000) Kathrin ? (DM 16.000) Lee ? (DM 64.000)
Trivia[]
- Martin Horch is only in this season to reach the Top Prize question and won the biggest money.
- Klaus, Daniela and Dominik are contestants to lost DM 93.000 after wrong answer the their 13th questions.
- 21st and 26th episodes in two (additional) parts aired.
- This first series is the only one to have been recorded in the studio of the Dutch version. And therefore is the first country recorded the show in another country.
| Preceded by None |
German Series Series 1 |
Succeeded by Series 2 |