"Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?": Jauch's SPEECHLESSES and Unbelievable Victory in the FINALE
Struck with Astonishment in the Climactic Conclusion
Emotions ran high in the finale of the thrilling 3-million-euro week. The Bosnian newcomer tripled his winnings, leaving Jauch in a state of disbelief. Meanwhile, another contestant walked away with nothing. On Monday, there's a rare treat in store!
Arman Hodzic, a 20-year-old who's been in Germany for just five years, hit a roadblock when asked about tools in the grand finale. Drill, plane, demolition hammer? He took a gamble and called Jan Stroh, who helpfully came to the rescue.
"If you keep going at this rate, you'll be the only contestant on the entire show," Jauch warned Hodzic, who had taken his sweet time at the start and risked his previous day's winnings. With 16,000 euros, he couldn't accept one of Jauch's "immoral" offers.
"Now you're catching up," Jauch praised as Hodzic confidently navigated the following rounds. Soon, it was sheer admiration. The 20-year-old, who just made it onto the show due to another contestant's illness, answered the 30,000-euro question all on his own. "That's incredible. I can't believe it," Jauch exclaimed, clearly impressed.
The contestant was expected to know what is also known as the "butterfly organ" due to its characteristic shape: spleen, thyroid, liver, diaphragm? Hodzicswiftly leaned towards the thyroid. He didn't hesitate to enter his answer and then joyfully dashed through the studio, his mother beaming with pride in the audience. "I don't mean to be rude," Jauch said, "but you don't know what a drill is, yet you can explain what a thyroid looks like."
But that was just the beginning of the high-stakes game. "I'm already starting to shake," Hodzic confessed at the 50,000-euro question. Jauchasked: In a well-known saying, what do we usually speak of seven in Germany and nine in England? An audience member added that cats are said to have seven lives in Germany.
The contestant was initially unsure, but after the 50:50 lifeline, "days of rain" remained along with the correct answer. A drop to 1,000 euros was imminent, as there was only the risk variant in this special episode. Without hesitation, Hodzic entered the correct answer and celebrated with a triumphant shout and tears of joy. "I can't believe it," Jauch could only say, congratulating him.
Crashes on WWM
With 50,000 euros, Hodzic was the winner of the finale, securing the second-highest win of the otherwise average 3-million-euro week. Niklas Fries had won 64,000 euros on Easter Sunday and declined all of Jauch's offers. Meanwhile, Ingo Kugenbuch, a newspaper editor who proudly displays his alleged IQ of 133 on his license plate, took his second chance on Tuesday, leaving with 32,000 euros, far below his expectations. But things would get much worse for him.
TV "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" Second Chance and Just Five Years In: Jauch Consoles Bosnian Kugenbuch was convinced that Pamela Anderson would win the Golden Globe for Best Actress in 2025 at the 20,000 Euro question. He did call his daughter, but only to confirm his suspicion. He overlooked the other possibilities, including the correct answer "Demi Moore", and fell to 1,000 Euro. With the 5,000 Euro previously secured by Jauch, Kugenbuch still took home 6,000 Euro. He bore the setback with composure.
Subsequently, Tamara Löchel was left in shock. She is now among the unfortunate candidates of "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" who had to leave empty-handed. The Cologne resident failed at the penultimate question before the safety net. She should have known what one says when one agrees with someone else's opinion: beat the same drum, blow the same horn, pluck the same lyre, march to the same tune?
Löchel immediately chose A. When Jauch hesitated, she reconsidered and switched to C. There was another grace period. "Well, what now?", the moderator asked, prompting the candidate to go through all the answer options again, only to land on "pluck the same lyre" once more. This time, the studio logged it in, and immediately afterwards, the sales director recognized her mistake, which cost her 16,000 Euro.
Günther Jauch Offers Consolation
"I'm sorry," Jauch tried to console Löchel and accompanied her all the way out of the studio. "Oh dear," the "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" host then introduced the final sprint. Two candidates at least managed to increase their winnings a little. Stress management expert Andrea Helmes from Kalkar improved from 32,000 to 35,000 Euro. Retiree Andreas Wunderlich from Erkrath climbed from 16,000 to 20,000 Euro. Even three jokers didn't help in the end.
In the round for 30,000 Euro, Wunderlichshould have knownwhen the psychology of "Sliding" or "Deciding" is discussed. When his additional joker cluelessly tipped "driving a car", there were shocked faces in the audience. "The explanation is a bit thin, I have to be honest," the candidate fortunately also said. "It's just an idea," a viewer replied.
Neither the 50:50 joker nor his friend on the phone could convince Wunderlich to log in the correct answer "entering relationships". Jauchcould finally clarify that the terms describe whether people consciously enter relationships or rather slide into them.
In a conversation with the first candidate of this show, Aaron Troschke was mentioned. He won 125,000 Euro over three "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" episodes in 2012. At that time, the shows were still one-hour episodes, Jauch noted. RTL has been broadcasting the quiz show as at least a two-hour episode for a long time. However, there will actually be a mini-version of WWM on Monday.
Due to the start of the new quiz show "The Perfect Row - The Picture Quiz" with Daniel Hartwich, this episode was shortened. It may even be the first one-hour episode since January 2020. RTL could not confirm this exactly.
Source: ntv.de
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In the belly of the entertainment industry, RTL's "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" show, Günther Jauch consoled a disappointed Tamara Löchel, a Cologne resident who left empty-handed after a costly mistake. Löchel should have known the idiom for agreeing with someone else's opinion, "pluck the same lyre," instead of choosing "beat the same drum, blow the same horn, march to the same tune?" In a related context, the show's winner, Arman Hodzic, a Bosnian newcomer, despite limited expectations, displayed exemplary knowledge, answering questions with confidence that left Jauch in disbelief and admiration.
