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This is the 23rd season of Wer wird Millionär?, the German version of Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?. Hosted by Günther Jauch. Top Prize was €1.000.000.

Starting from season 9, contestants are offered two game formats: classic with three lifelines, or risk with four lifelines (in this case the contest has €500 minimum amount only).

In one week in January 2022 the show played Die 3-Millionen Euro Woche, a special tournament for those who had won at least €16,000 on that week. The format is explained in this version's main page.

Lifelines[]

In this season three (in classic) or four (in risk) lifelines used:

Episodes[]

  • Episode 1+2 (20 September 2021) - Das große Danke-Special
? (€32.000)
? (€16.000)
? (€16.000)
  • 42nd Celebrity Special (18 November 2021)
Jürgen von der Lippe (€64.000)
Evi Sachenbacher-Stehle (€64.000)
Chris Tall (€500.000)
Guido Cantz (€32.000)
  • Episode 3+4 (6 December 2021)
? (€32.000)
? (€32.000)
  • Episode 5+6 (9 December 2021)
Giulia Baeck (€32.000)
Hendrik Scheufen (€500 - lost on €2.000)
Caroline Beate Madeleine Freiin von Bethmann (€8.000)
Insa Peters (€8.000)
? (€32.000)
  • Episode 7+8 (13 December 2021)
? (€32.000)
? (€32.000)
? (€64.000)
  • Episode 9+10 (20 December 2021) - Das Weihnachts Special
Rebecca Hoffmann (€32.000)
Thomas Müller (€500 - lost on €32.000)
Vanessa-Melanie Decker (€125.000)
  • Episode 11+12 (27 December 2021)
Tobias Hansch (€0 - lost on €100)
Pascal Zrenner (€16.000)
Patrick Brinker (€64.000)
Silvia Kooymans (€16.000)
Manuela Buhmann (€500 - lost on €8.000)
  • Episode 13+14 (3 January 2022) - Die 3-Millionen Euro Woche
Pedro Rodriguez Sanchez (€32.000 - Finalist) 
Thomas Lang (€64.000 - Finalist) 
Anja Beyer (€2.000, continued)
  • Episode 15+16 (4 January 2022) - Die 3-Millionen Euro Woche
Anja Beyer (€125.000 - Finalist)
Michael Neuburger (€500 - lost on €32.000) 
Rogero Schwigon (€16.000 - Finalist) 
Timo Zang (€125.000, continued)
  • Episode 17+18 (5 January 2022) - Die 3-Millionen Euro Woche
Timo Zang (€500.000 - Finalist)
Michael Wählen (€16.000 - Finalist)
Leon Maximilian Laloi (€500 - lost on €16.000) 
Ann-Kathrin Krause (€16.000 - lost on €32.000 - Finalist)
Lara Gross (€16.000 - lost on €32.000 - Finalist)  
Dany Philipp Schmidt (€500 - lost on €32.000) 
  • Episode 19+20 (6 January 2022) - Die 3-Millionen Euro Woche
Timo Zang (€500.000 - Offer to play again rejected)
Thomas Lang (€64.000 - Offer to play again rejected)
Anja Beyer (€290.000)
Pedro Rodriguez Sanchez (€257.000) 
Ann-Kathrin Krause (€6.000 - lost on €10.000)
Michael Wählen (€55.000)
  • Episode 21+22 (24 January 2022)
Marcella Atlanta Akalin (€64.000) 
Hans Merten (€500) 
Mariana Lenz (€16.000, continued)
  • Episode 23+24 (31 January 2022)
Mariana Lenz (€16.000) 
Sarah Wieding (€64.000) 
Sebastian Fitzner (€16.000) 
Petra Lehner (€8.000, continued)
  • Episode 25+26 (7 February 2022)
Petra Lehner (€32.000)
Jascha Wieck (€32.000)
Linda Schumacher-Gernth (€32.000, continued)
  • Episode 27+28 (14 February 2022)
Linda Schumacher-Gernth (€32.000)
Julia Eckert (€125.000)
Andrea Britt-Dillenberger (€16.000)
  • Episode 29+30 (21 February 2022)
Thomas Sachsenmaier (€16.000)
Anna Kunde (€64.000)
Julian Wöhner-Schneider (€64.000)
Olaf Beck (€16.000, continued) 
  • Episode 31+32 (28 February 2022)
Olaf Beck (€64.000)
Gerrit Christopher Freund (€16.000)
Christoph Winterbach (€16.000)
Tina Krahne (€8.000, continued)
  • Episode 33+34 (7 March 2022)
Tina Krahne (€64.000)
Torben Kapp (€32.000)
Marvin Köchel (€500)
  • Episode 35+36 (14 March 2022)
Artur Exler (€32.000)
Peter Gaschko (€16.000)
Seyda Akin (€16.000, continued)
  • Episode 37+38 (21 March 2022)
Seyda Akin (€16.000)
Cem Arslan (€16.000)
Meike Frenzel (€8.000)
Annabelle Glatt (€8.000, continued)
  • Episode 39+40 (28 March 2022)
Annabelle Glatt (€32.000)
Louis Pawellek (€8.000)
Winfried Strehle (€16.000)
Lisa Mühlberger (€32.000)
  • Episode 41+42 (26 May 2022) - Zocker Special
Anna Haacks (€32.000)
Susanne Haller (€1.000 - lost on €16.000)
Jan Cassola (€125.000)
Nadine Skrzypczak (€1.000 - lost on €4.000)
Lars Hermes (€250.000)
  • Episode 43+44 (11 July 2022)
Christin Sengstacken (€64.000)
Cedric E. J. S. Browatzki (€16.000)
Luisa Flath (€16.000, continued)
  • Episode 45+46 (18 July 2022)
Luisa Flath (€16.000)
Christine Kurzmann (€32.000)
Benjamin Gambach (€64.000, continued)
  • Episode 47+48 (25 July 2022)
Benjamin Gambach (€64.000)
Yvonne Kühne (€16.000)
Trixi Mittermüller (€16.000)
Alexander Profant (€16.000, continued)
  • Episode 49 (1 August 2022) - Die 3-Millionen Euro Woche
Zekihan Büyükyilmaz (€32.000 - Finalist)
Nora Sophie Filipczak (€16.000 - Finalist)
Robin Romahn (€125.000 - Finalist)
Johann Widmann (€16.000, continued)
  • Episode 50 (2 August 2022) - Die 3-Millionen Euro Woche
Johann Widmann (€64.000 - Finalist)
Lukas Körber (€125.000 - Finalist)
Sarah Neugebauer (€500)
Christoph Klöckner (€0, continued)
  • Episode 51 (3 August 2022) - Die 3-Millionen Euro Woche
Christoph Klöckner (€64.000 - Finalist)
Silke Wittkamp (€64.000 - Finalist)
Daniela Rive (€64.000 - Finalist)
Ulrike Huber (€64.000 - Finalist)
  • Episode 52 (4 August 2022) - Die 3-Millionen Euro Woche
Christoph Klöckner (Original winnings €64.000 - offered €15.000 - won €115.000)
Lukas Körber (Original winnings €125.000 - offered €50.000 - won €150.000)
Daniela Rive (Original winnings €64.000 - offered €17.000 - won €117.000)
  • Episode 53+54 (8 August 2022)
Alexander Profant (€16.000)
Sebastian Hoos (€500)
Julia Mazzotta (€16.000)
Verena Ziegler (€16.000)
Johanna Jespersen (€300, continued)
  • Episode 55+56 (15 August 2022)
Johanna Jespersen (€64.000)
Daniel Dippe (€16.000)
Bernhard Benne (€125.000)
Heiko Schliek (€4.000, continued)
  • Episode 57+58 (22 August 2022)
Heiko Schliek (€64.000)
Ute Schindler (€16.000)
Jara Uloth (€16.000, continued)
  • Episode 59+60 (29 August 2022)
Jara Uloth (€32.000)
Steffi Heidel (€500)
Dustin Rypa (€500)
Fabienne Marco (€4.000, continued in new series)

Trivia[]

  • On November 18, 2021 episode, the first two audience viewers who responded as Ask One of the Audience lifeline (Zusatzjoker) also donated their prize of €750. (One of them gave an incorrect answer, then did not rule out the correct answer and was awarded €250 by Jauch.) After that, Jauch asked that further winnings as "Ask One of the Audience" should be kept by the viewers concerned.
Preceded by
Series 22
German Series
Series 23
Succeeded by
Series 24
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