Rate show: Hans Sigl is looking for the “incredibly smartest person in the world”

When Hans Sigl is the quiz master, you have to be prepared for anything: "The Indian Minister of State Mansukh Mandaviya is incredibly familiar with dogs, cows and cobras.

Rate show: Hans Sigl is looking for the “incredibly smartest person in the world”

When Hans Sigl is the quiz master, you have to be prepared for anything: "The Indian Minister of State Mansukh Mandaviya is incredibly familiar with dogs, cows and cobras. Which department could he be responsible for?" Well, would you have known?

After a moment's hesitation, German astronaut Suzanna Randall came up with the correct answer, which might surprise many viewers. Randall, who wants to be the first German astronaut on the ISS, impresses with a razor-sharp mind in the new RTL show "The incredibly smartest person in the world". As a precaution, however, she also wears her dark lucky socks with silver stars. It's the chatter about these little details that makes the quiz on Monday at 11:20 p.m. so appealing.

The show is a huge hit in Belgium

RTL does not give the new format the prime time at 8:15 p.m. – Günther Jauch continues to rule the quiz scene there on Monday with his classic “Who wants to be a millionaire”. For this, the moderator, who is used to an audience of millions as ZDF "Bergdoktor", is given a long late-night stretch: "We are looking for the incredibly smartest person in the world for three weeks from Monday to Thursday," he announces in the debut episode on. In Belgium, the original "De slimste Mens ter Wereld" has been on TV for almost 20 years with great success, where every second viewer sometimes tunes in.

The show is probably so popular with the Belgians because no one makes big pants. Sigl asks the questions with a fatherly calmness. The people in his studio outdo each other in understatement. "I got the worst Abitur here: 3.0," claims star violinist David Garrett. Are you kidding me? Are you serious when you say that. "I'll top that. I'm over it," confesses the host. Again and again the program switches between the genres quiz and talk show. Questions such as: "How often do young single men change their bed linen each year?" also contribute to this.

But the show isn't just about questions and answers. The prominent guests have to solve picture puzzles, remember the past, answer tasks from celebrity colleagues and form associative chains. Presenter Jana Azizi and humorist Pierre M. Krause are on board as fact checkers. According to his own words, the latter unfortunately only has a visual resemblance to Einstein.

Also present are the actress and director Katharina Wackernagel, the singer Lotte, the comedian Lisa Feller, athlete Sabrina Mockenhaupt, journalist Katty Salié, presenter Thomas Hermanns, ex-soccer professional Rúrik Gíslason, RTL presenter Wolfram Kons, comedian Oliver Kalkofe and Dog professional Martin Rütter.

The show runs four times a week at 11:20 p.m. After ten episodes, episode eleven is the semifinals, followed by the finale.