The corpulent candidate Daniela Rive trusts her gut feeling ("I have a lot of stomach") and could be the insider tip of the three-million-euro week. She will gamble in the final, Jauch is horrified. Motto: "Now it's really time to shut up."
Günther Jauch collected a lot of finalists in the final spurt of the three million euro week. Four applicants qualified on Wednesday evening. This means that nine candidates will play for the record sum on Thursday. Two favorites have already been determined. Robin Romahn and Lukas Körber, each with 125,000 euros up their sleeve, can hope for the best incentives from Günther Jauch to exchange their prize for a chance at three million euros. But especially a lady from day three should not be underestimated. Because she brings along an extraordinary gut feeling.
Daniela Rive from Troisdorf near Cologne proved that with the 4000 euro question. There she still had the spelling choice between "Rigipsplatten" and "Rigibsplatten" after the 50:50 joker. The assistant to the management of a tax consulting company didn't hesitate: "Gut feeling ... I have plenty of guts. Let's take C." The term "plasterboard", as Jauch was able to enlighten some viewers, was derived from a plaster factory in Riga.
Two laps later, Rive trusted her instincts again. She should know: "What was there a total of 22 in 2021 - more than in any previous year?" You could choose between Olympic sports, Formula 1 races, ATP tournaments or Bundesliga match days. Here, too, Rive showed decisiveness and spontaneously and correctly decided on racing. "It was just a gut feeling," explained the visibly relieved candidate.
But she lacked facts that she should have known. Rive remembered all but one of the Chancellors. But that of all people was decisive in answering the question of which city, alongside Cologne, had a mayor in Konrad Adenauer, who later became Chancellor. Rive ultimately guessed Berlin without any valid reason. "And which chancellor was missing?" She wanted to know from Jauch.
"The Willy," she explained to the moderator. "Willy Brandt, oh God, I went to school with my son," said the former Berliner. "Matthias Brandt was my year. I started school with him. Oh man, that's embarrassing." When asked the 125,000 euro question, Rive again tended to give the right answer, but got out so as not to jeopardize the place in the final. "I'm looking forward to tomorrow with you," she said goodbye to Jauch, who may also have had a good gut feeling about this candidate. All other finalists of the last preliminary round also earned 64,000 euros each.
In the case of the overhang candidate Christoph Klöckner from Unterhaching, it would also have been enough for 125,000 euros. He said that the Swiss Ernst Schmied and Jürg Marmet had managed the second ascent of Mount Everest. However, the patent attorney, like all the other candidates on this show, passed as a precaution so as not to jeopardize the qualification level of 16,000 euros. In the previous issue he had bad news for Jauch. "If you kill someone, I can't help you," the biochemist said. Patent attorneys are primarily experts in a specific field and only then complete additional legal training.
Not much would have been missing and in this round a candidate would also have missed out on the finals. Vocational school teacher Silke Wittkamp was completely on the wrong track when it came to the 1000 euro question, but was guided back to safe territory by Jauch with nice questions. The woman from Essen was lucky again shortly afterwards with her additional joker. He was very familiar with the dates of birth and death of John F. Kennedy, Marilyn Monroe and Lady Diana. The banker from Worms was so eloquent that Jauch made him a rare offer: "Apply to 'Who wants to be a millionaire?' We need people like that!"
The record profit of the German "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" edition may even go to Italy. Ulrike Huber from Reischach in South Tyrol made it onto the hot seat as the last candidate in the preliminary rounds (her competitor from Ireland got nothing). In Italy there is also a version of the rate show. But it was very long-winded: "The Italians most likely have less money than RTL and a question is dragged out forever, forever."
If the teaser gives an indication of the finale, which RTL broadcast at the end of the program, Romahn, Körber and Rive should actually make up the race for the three million euros. Cap wearer Körber showed his usual self-confidence in the preview: "I think I explained it quite well." The performance of Rive, on the other hand, promised pure drama. "So, I'm gambling now," announced the candidate. Jauch could only hide behind his hands and beg: "Stop!" However, the candidate really seemed to put everything on one card and became unusually rough: "Now it's really time to shut up. Now nothing works here anymore."
