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:
- 50:50
- Phone-a-Friend
- Ask the Audience
- Ask One of the Audience (or "Additional Joker"), but only one safe haven (€500).
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 |