List of main winners and participants in the celebrity specials at Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?
Fourteen times candidates at Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? the million dollar question, including three celebrities in the celebrity specials. The main prize was won twice in German marks and thirteen times in euros . Since the introduction of the gamer special in September 2013 and the jackpot special in April 2015, winnings of over one million euros have been possible, which happened once.
Millionaire winners
1,000,000 DM
- December 2, 2000: Eckhard Freise (history professor at the Bergische Universität Wuppertal )
- Million question: Who did Edmund Hillary stand with on the summit of Mount Everest in 1953 ?
- A: Nasreddin Hodja
- B: Nursay Pimsorn
- C: Tenzing Norgay
- D: Abrindranath Singh
- May 20, 2001: Marlene Grabherr (office clerk)
- Million Question: Which two Gibb brothers of the pop band The Bee Gees are twins?
- A: Robin and Barry
- B: Maurice and Robin
- C: Barry and Maurice
- D: Andy and Robin
Marlene Grabherr died completely impoverished in 2013 at the age of 60.
1,000,000 euros
- October 18, 2002: Gerhard Krammer (student of music and philosophy )
- Million question: Which famous writer built an outdoor swimming pool in Zurich as a qualified architect ?
- A: Joseph Roth
- B: Martin Walser
- C: Max Frisch
- D: Friedrich Dürrenmatt
- March 29, 2004: Maria Wienströer (doctor)
- Million question: Who got the chemistry in 1954 - and the Nobel Peace Prize in 1962 ?
- A: Linus Pauling
- B: Otto Hahn (Nobel Prize Winner for Chemistry 1944)
- C: Pearl S. Buck ( Nobel Prize for Literature 1938)
- D: Albert Schweitzer (Nobel Peace Prize 1952)
- October 9, 2006: Stefan Lang (elevator fitter)
- Million question: which chemical element makes up more than half the mass of a human body?
- A: carbon (element with the second largest mass fraction in the body)
- B: calcium
- C: oxygen (element with the largest mass fraction in the body, since it makes up 89% of the mass of the water in the body )
- D: iron (only trace element )
- January 8, 2007: Timur Hahn (student of English , media studies and computer science at the Philipps University of Marburg ) as a telephone joker with the help of his brother
- Question of millions: which sea is named after a mythological king who is said to have plunged into it?
- A: Ionian Sea
- B: Aegean Sea (King Aigeus )
- C: Adriatic Sea
- D: Caspian Sea
- May 30, 2008 (celebrity special): Oliver Pocher (comedian) with the help of the audience joker
- Question of millions: The Nagel-Schreckenberg model provides an explanation for the origin of ...?
- A: Sandy deserts
- B: traffic jams
- C: Flu waves
- D: Stock market crashes
- November 20, 2008: (Celebrity Special): Thomas Gottschalk (TV presenter) with the help of Marcel Reich-Ranicki as a telephone joker
- Millionaire question: What was the name of Franz Kafka's last partner, whom he met in 1923, a year before his death?
- A: Dora diamond
- B: Sarah Sapphire
- C: Rita Rubin
- D: Olga Opal
- November 26, 2010: Ralf Schnoor (owner of “Café K” in Hanover ) using the telephone joker - without really needing it. His behavior was similar to that of the American John Carpenter , who called his father about the million dollar question to inform him that he would win the million. Schnoor was chatting with his friend, just trying to make sure of the correct answer. Although his interlocutor was undecided, he still chose the (correct) answer to the following
- Question of millions: What is the name of the first German postage stamp that was issued in Bavaria in 1849?
- A: Black ones
- B: Red twos
- C: Yellow threesome
- D: Blue foursome
- May 30, 2011: (Celebrity Special): Barbara Schöneberger (TV presenter) with the help of Pankraz Freiherr von Freyberg as a telephone joker
- Million question: What is the name of the boy who Wilhelm Tell shoots the legendary apple off the head?
- A: Fritz
- B: Heinrich
- C: Walter
- D: August
- March 11, 2013: Sebastian Langrock neglecting the still existing telephone joker. He already knew the answer before the moderator, Günther Jauch, had presented the possible answers.
- Million question: Who should be familiar with the "twenty past four" position?
- A: Driving instructor
- B: Karate master
- C: waiter
- D: landscape architect
- October 17, 2014: Thorsten Fischer (15th anniversary)
- A question of millions: The distance from the capital Berlin to the center of the earth is about as great as between Berlin and ...
- A: Tokyo
- B: Cape Town
- C: Moscow
- D: New York
At an author reading in 2017, Leon Windscheid shows the account statement with the receipt of his million-dollar profit, combined with the question "What does that do to you?"
- December 7, 2015: Leon Windscheid (student and doctoral candidate in psychology at the University of Münster )
- Question of millions: How many stones is the classic Rubik 's cube made of ?
- A: 22
- B: 24
- C: 26
- D: 28
- September 2, 2019: Jan Stroh (20th anniversary)
- Millions of questions: Which of these Grimm fairy tales doesn't start with "Once upon a time" ...?
- A: Rumpelstiltskin
- B: Hans in luck
- C: The Sterntaler
- D: Little Red Riding Hood
- March 24, 2020: Ronald Tenholte (owner of a juice & smoothie bar )
- Question of millions: The classic, standardized Euro pallet EPAL 1 consists of 78 nails, nine blocks and a total of how many boards?
- A: nine
- B: ten
- C: eleven
- D: twelve
Over 1,000,000 euros
- November 13, 2015: Nadja Sidikjar 1,538,450 euros (second jackpot special, without answering the million-dollar question)
Celebrity specials
| 1st special date: Thursday, November 30, 2000 Total profit: 1,596,000 DM (816,022.34 €) + 1,000,000 DM (511,292.19 €) through RTL RTL-Spendenmarathon 2000 |
Harald Schmidt (32,000 DM) Peter Kloeppel (500,000 DM) Hella von Sinnen (500,000 DM) Ottfried Fischer (500,000 DM) Katy Karrenbauer (64,000 DM) |
| 2nd special date: Monday, May 28, 2001 Total profit: 1,375,000 DM (703,026.77 €) |
Petra Gerster (250,000 DM) Dirk Bach (250,000 DM) Norbert Blüm (250,000 DM) Thomas Gottschalk (500,000 DM) Heidi Klum (125,000 DM) |
| 3rd special date: Thursday, November 29, 2001 Total profit: 1,157,000 DM (591,565.07 €) RTL donation marathon 2001 |
Michael Mittermeier (32,000 DM) Lilo Wanders (500,000 DM) Mike Krüger (125,000 DM) Kim Fisher (250,000 DM) Rezzo hose (250,000 DM) |
| 4th Special Date: Whit Monday, May 20, 2002 Total profit: € 830,000 |
Gabi Bauer (125,000 €) Sonja Zietlow (64,000 €) Jasmin Tabatabai (16,000 €) Alfred Biolek (125,000 €) Hape Kerkeling (500,000 €) |
| 5th Special Date: Thursday, November 28, 2002 Total profit: € 564,000 RTL Spendenmarathon 2002 |
Bastian Pastewka (€ 125,000) Maria Furtwängler (€ 125,000) Hannes Jaenicke (€ 125,000) Jochen Busse (€ 125,000) Joy Fleming (€ 64,000) |
| 6. Special date: Monday, May 26, 2003 Total profit: € 878,000 |
Rudi Carrell (€ 500,000) Thomas Anders (€ 125,000) Johannes B. Kerner (€ 125,000) Claudia Roth (€ 64,000) Barbara Schöneberger (€ 64,000) |
| 7. Special date: Thursday, November 27, 2003 Total profit: € 782,000 RTL Spendenmarathon 2003 |
Elke Heidenreich (€ 16,000) Ulla Kock am Brink (€ 125,000) Bernd Stelter (€ 500,000) Til Schweiger (€ 16,000) Sandra Maischberger (€ 125,000) |
| 8. Special date: Monday, May 24, 2004 Total profit: € 455,000 |
Oliver Kalkofe (125,000 €) Steffen Seibert (125,000 €) Henry Maske (16,000 €) Yvonne Catterfeld (64,000 €) Alice Schwarzer (125,000 €) |
| 9th special date: Thursday, November 25, 2004 Total profit: € 1,641,000 RTL Donation Marathon 2004 |
Reiner Calmund (€ 125,000) Bernhard Hoëcker (€ 500,000) Heide Simonis (€ 500,000) André Rieu (€ 16,000) Nina Hagen (€ 500,000) |
| 10th Special Date: Monday May 30, 2005 Total Prize: € 364,000 |
Mario Barth (€ 16,000) Walter Sittler (€ 64,000) Katharina Saalfrank (€ 16,000) Reinhold Messner (€ 125,000) Verona Pooth (€ 125,000) |
| 11th special date: Thursday, November 24, 2005 Total prize: € 1,000,000 RTL Spendenmarathon 2005 |
Harald Schmidt (500,000 €) Tine Wittler (125,000 €) Jürgen Rüttgers (125,000 €) Eva Padberg (125,000 €) Martin Schneider (125,000 €) |
| 2006 World Cup Special
Date: Sunday May 28, 2006 |
Barbara Schöneberger (€ 125,000) Tim Mälzer (€ 500,000) Rudi Völler (€ 125,000) Horst Schlämmer & Günther Jauch (€ 500,000) |
| 13th special date: Thursday, November 23, 2006 Total profit: € 1,141,000 RTL charity marathon 2006 |
Anke Engelke (500,000 €) Maria Furtwängler (16,000 €) Ralf Schumacher (125,000 €) Peter Kloeppel (500,000 €) |
| 14th Special Date: Whit Monday, May 28, 2007 Total profit: € 500,000 |
Silvana Koch-Mehrin (€ 125,000) Jürgen von der Lippe (€ 125,000) Cordula Stratmann (€ 125,000) Dieter Bohlen (€ 125,000) |
| 15th special date: Thursday, November 22, 2007 Total profit: € 721,000 + € 279,000 from RTL RTL Spendenmarathon 2007 |
Kaya Yanar (€ 32,000) Frank Plasberg (€ 64,000) Anke Engelke (€ 500,000) Christian Rach (€ 125,000) |
| 16. Special date: Monday, May 30, 2008 Total profit: € 1,253,000 |
Andrea Ypsilanti (€ 64,000) Oliver Pocher ( € 1,000,000 ) Michaela Schaffrath (€ 125,000) Reinhold Beckmann (€ 64,000) |
| 17th special date: Thursday, November 20, 2008 Total profit: € 1,314,000 RTL donation marathon 2008 |
Inka Bause (€ 125,000) Jacob Sisters (€ 64,000) Franziska van Almsick (€ 125,000) Thomas Gottschalk ( € 1,000,000 ) |
| 18th Special Date: Friday, May 29th, 2009 Total profit: € 1,189,000 |
Daniel Schuhmacher and Sarah Kreuz (64,000 €) Peter Zwegat (500,000 €) Cindy from Marzahn (500,000 €) Matthias Steiner (125,000 €) |
| Anniversary Special Date: Friday, September 25, 2009 Ten-year anniversary Total profit: € 814,000 |
Anke Engelke (125,000 €) Hape Kerkeling (125,000 €) Marcel Reif (64,000 €) Alice Schwarzer (500,000 €) |
| 19th special date: Thursday, November 19, 2009 Total profit: € 1,189,000 RTL Spendenmarathon 2009 |
Andrea Kiewel (€ 500,000) Daniel Hartwich (€ 125,000) David Garrett (€ 64,000) Atze Schröder (€ 500,000) |
| 20th Special Date: Monday May 31, 2010 Total Prize: € 439,000 |
Fabian and Wolfgang Hambüchen (125,000 €) Dieter Nuhr (64,000 €) Jürgen Vogel (125,000 €) Sarah Wiener (125,000 €) |
| 21st special date: Thursday, November 18, 2010 Total profit: € 875,000 RTL donation marathon 2010 |
Ina Müller (€ 125,000) Bülent Ceylan (€ 125,000) Stephanie zu Guttenberg (€ 500,000) Jens Lehmann (€ 125,000) |
| 22nd Special Date: Monday May 30, 2011 Total Prize: € 1,375,000 |
Barbara Schöneberger ( € 1,000,000 ) Wildecker Herzbuben (€ 125,000) Steffen Hallaschka (€ 125,000) Maria Höfl-Riesch (€ 125,000) |
| 23rd Special Date: Thursday, November 17, 2011 Total prize: € 814,000 RTL Spendenmarathon 2011 |
Maite Kelly (125,000 €) Gaby Köster (64,000 €) Michael Mittermeier (125,000 €) Manuel Neuer (500,000 €) |
| Celebrity Doubles Date: Friday, April 13th, 2012 Total win: € 750,000 |
Oliver Kalkofe and Achim Mentzel (€ 125,000) Dirk Bach and Sonja Zietlow (€ 125,000) Wilson Gonzalez Ochsenknecht and Uwe Ochsenknecht (€ 500,000) |
| 24th Special Date: Monday, June 4, 2012 Total profit: € 346,000 |
Horst Lichter (32,000 €) Gloria von Thurn und Taxis (64,000 €) Sylvie van der Vaart and Daniel Hartwich (125,000 €) Anke Engelke (125,000 €) |
| 25th special date: Thursday, November 22, 2012 Total profit: € 875,000 RTL donation marathon 2012 |
Jürgen Drews (€ 125,000) Felix Magath (€ 125,000) Cindy from Marzahn (€ 125,000) Michael Kessler and Günther Jauch (€ 500,000) |
| Let's Dance Special Date: Friday April 5, 2013 |
Joachim Llambi , Motsi Mabuse and Jorge Gonzalez (€ 64,000) |
| 26th Special Date: Monday, June 3, 2013 Total profit: € 317,000 |
Olivia Jones (€ 64,000) Steffen Henssler (€ 64,000) Olli Dittrich (€ 64,000) Kristina Schröder (€ 125,000) |
| 27th special date: Thursday, November 21, 2013 Total profit: € 378,000 RTL Spendenmarathon 2013 |
Lena Gercke and Guido Maria Kretschmer (€ 125,000) Wolfgang Kubicki (€ 64,000) Olaf Schubert (€ 125,000) Khatera Yusufi (€ 64,000) (moderator of an Afghan edition of Wer wird Millionär? ) |
| 28th Special Date: Monday June 2, 2014 Total Prize: € 500,000 |
Waldemar Hartmann (€ 125,000) Carmen Geiss and Robert Geiss (€ 125,000) Christoph Daum (€ 125,000) Wolfgang Bosbach (€ 125,000) |
| 29th special date: Thursday, November 20, 2014 Total profit: € 439,000 RTL donation marathon 2014 |
Sandra Maischberger (€ 125,000) Matze Knop (€ 125,000) (as Franz Beckenbauer and Jürgen Klopp) Jenke von Wilmsdorff (€ 64,000) Wigald Boning (€ 125,000) |
| 30th special date: Monday, June 1, 2015 Total profit: € 875,000 |
Paul Panzer (€ 125,000) Markus Lanz (€ 125,000) Anke Engelke (€ 500,000) Lukas Podolski and Holger Stromberg (€ 125,000) |
| 31st special date: Thursday, November 19, 2015 Total profit: € 439,000 RTL donation marathon 2015 |
Carolin Kebekus (125,000 €) Richy Müller (125,000 €) Martin Rütter (64,000 € + 61,000 € from own assets) Jens Riewa (64,000 €) |
| 32nd Special Date: Monday, June 6, 2016 Total profit: € 378,000 |
Eckart von Hirschhausen (€ 125,000) Laura and Jörg Wontorra (€ 64,000) Stefan Kretzschmar (€ 64,000) Ralf Schmitz (€ 125,000) |
| 33rd Special Date: Thursday, November 24, 2016 Total profit: € 317,000 RTL Spendenmarathon 2016 |
Julia Klöckner (€ 64,000) Frank Buschmann (€ 125,000) Mark Forster (€ 64,000) Tim Raue (€ 64,000) Originally, Tim Raue and Tim Mälzer were supposed to compete together as a team, but the latter had to cancel due to illness. |
| 34. Special Date: Monday, May 22, 2017 Gross Margin: 814,000 € |
Wolfgang Bosbach (125,000 €) Elton (125,000 €) Richard David Precht (64,000 €) Anke Engelke (500,000 €) |
| 35th special date: Thursday, November 23, 2017 Total profit: € 449,000 RTL donation marathon 2017 |
Matthias Opdenhövel (€ 125,000) Ruth Moschner (€ 125,000) Michael Mittermeier (€ 125,000) Ehrlich Brothers (€ 64,000 + € 10,000 from own assets) |
| 36th Special Date: Monday, June 11, 2018 Total profit: € 346,000 |
Olli Dittrich (€ 64,000) Chris Tall (€ 125,000) Götz Otto (€ 32,000) Dunja Hayali (€ 125,000) |
| 37th Special Date: Thursday, November 22nd, 2018 Total profit: € 160,500 RTL Donation Marathon 2018 |
Sasha (€ 64,000) Judith Williams (€ 500) Nelson Müller (€ 64,000) Armin Rohde (€ 32,000) |
| 38th Special Date: Monday, June 3, 2019 Total profit: € 346,000 |
Julius Brink (€ 64,000) Smudo (€ 32,000) Sophia Thomalla (€ 125,000) Tim Mälzer (€ 125,000) |
| 39th Special Date: Thursday, November 21, 2019 Total prize: € 317,000 RTL Donation Marathon 2019 |
Hubertus Heil (€ 64,000) Jeanette Biedermann (€ 64,000) Thomas Hermanns (€ 125,000) Sebastian Fitzek (€ 64,000) |
| 40th Special Date: Monday, June 1, 2020 Total profit: € 221,500 |
Henning Baum (€ 125,000) Horst Lichter (€ 64,000) Ilka Bessin (€ 32,000) Anke Engelke (€ 500) |
Multiple participants
- Anke Engelke has already participated seven times.
- Hape Kerkeling advised three times (one of them as Horst Schlämmer ), Barbara Schöneberger , Michael Mittermeier and Ilka Bessin (two of them as Cindy from Marzahn).
- Two candidates have been Harald Schmidt , Peter Kloeppel , Thomas Gottschalk , Sonja Zietlow , Alice Schwarzer , Sandra Maischberger , Oliver Kalkofe , Daniel Hartwich , Dirk Bach , Maria Furtwängler , Wolfgang Bosbach , Olli Dittrich , Tim Mälzer and Horst Lichter .
- Günther Jauch also took a seat in the candidate chair for two candidates ( Horst Schlämmer and Michael Kessler ). Richard David Precht also took part in a celebrity special in 2017 as well as in 2003 in a regular edition as a candidate, with the latter not getting beyond the selection round. (As of May 25, 2020)
Web link
All questions and answers on Spiegel-Online
Individual evidence
- ↑ welt.de: Günther Jauch's first millionaire died in poverty
- ↑ Cooler Kneipier clears the million from Jauch in: Spiegel Online from November 26, 2010
- ↑ The anniversary celebrity special would have been the 19th celebrity special, but the official numbering was skipped.
- ↑ Celebrities earn 317,000 euros with Jauch. SPIEGEL ONLINE, November 25, 2016, accessed December 2, 2016 .