Günther Jauch has been hosting the quiz show “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” for 25 years. What very few people probably knew: the WWM studio in Hürth near Cologne doesn't just use RTL.
Hürth – “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” is one of the most successful and popular quiz shows on German television. This is not least due to moderator Günther Jauch (67), who has moderated the show from the start. The first episode aired on RTL on September 3, 1999. Since then, WWM has regularly attracted millions of viewers to their TV screens. And there is still no end in sight.
“Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” with Günther Jauch in the same studio for more than 20 years
The Cologne private broadcaster is currently showing a new edition of the quiz show “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” every Monday at 8:15 p.m., which is based on the British version “Who wants to be a Millionaire?” Showmaster Günther Jauch welcomes the audience from Studio 7 of EMG Germany in Hürth near Cologne.
But it's not just WWM that is based on the site: other RTL formats such as "Stern TV", "Because they don't know what's happening - The Jauch-Gottschalk-Schöneberger-Show", "The Ultimate Chart Show" and the RTL annual review “People, Images, Emotions” has been broadcast from the EMG studios for years.
“Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” Studio in Hürth near Cologne: Not only the German version is recorded there
For over two decades, the “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” candidates have been quizzing for the million in Studio 7, which has a usable area of 685 square meters. As a rule, only one program is filmed per recording day, as an
RTL
spokesman explains when asked by our editorial team. He also confirms that the studio will only be used for WWM - but not just for the German version of the TV quiz show.
The show is also an absolute success format in Austria. “The Million Show”, as the quiz from the public broadcaster ORF is called, has been running on Austrian television since 2000 and is also recorded in the EMG studios in Hürth. In the first few years it was moderated by Rainhard Fendrich (2000) and Barbara Stöckl (2000–2002).
The former Austrian ski racer Armin Assinger (59) has been asking the questions for more than 20 years. The four-time World Cup winner and Olympic participant made his debut as presenter of the “Millionaire Show” in September 2002. Since then, the Graz native has seen eight Euro millionaires in the Austrian version of “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?”
Günther Jauch can only smile wearily about this: Since the introduction of the euro, there have been eleven main winners at the WWM in Germany, and 13 in total. The first candidate to win a million - at that time still German marks - was Eckhard Freise (79 ) on December 2, 2000. The last one so far was Ronald Tenholte on March 24, 2020. Three stars also answered all 15 questions correctly in the celebrity specials of “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?”: Oliver Pocher in May 2008, Thomas Gottschalk in November 2008 and Barbara Schöneberger in May 2011.
Günther Jauch recently discovered in a broadcast that despite strict precautionary measures, rules can be broken in “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?”
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Sources used:
RTL, de.emglive.com