“What you want is everything that works”: This is the denominator that candidate Rogero Schwigon put the tension on on the second day of the event week at “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?”. Such determination, the prospect of three times the million dollar win and probably the particular excitement drove the candidates to very special flowers when it comes to confessions from their private lives.
The rather down-to-earth-looking chief stewardess Anja Beyer from Lampertheim in Hesse reported about a number of men from all over the world in her life: “The first was a German, then an American, then an Australian, and in the end I voted for decided a Saarlander. ”At least this was cosmopolitan enough at the time to propose to her in the baseball stadium in San Francisco. “I hate baseball and have prepared myself for endless boredom,” says Beyer, “then the application came on the scoreboard.”
“The more I win here, the less we go swimming”
Romantic memories that have now reached the bottom of reality: This is Beyer with “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?” Because the couple have already “invested what I still have to win”. A pool is still in the middle of construction and the establishment of a small brewery, the start of which was screwed up by the cancellation of the Christmas market, has to be compensated, Beyer reported: “The more I win here, the less we go swimming.”
The course for the picking up has been set, however: Beyer stoically ticked off question after question, showed himself to be well versed not only in series, children’s book and pop characters, and finally stopped when the salt content of four southern seas differed. But the intermediate result of 125,000 euros and the sovereign entry into the grand finale on Thursday are more than satisfactory.
Rise and fall in “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” Close together
The rise and fall of “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?” But also in the record week were close together – as was the universal knowledge of not really being able to arm yourself against anything in life. Candidate Michael Neuburger had prepared so seamlessly: Over a period of six years, the controller covered the entire walls of his apartment with useful information on Post-its – a possible WWM participation always in mind. “Proper preparation is everything,” assured the nervous-looking 41-year-old.
Günther Jauch wanted to know whether this also applies to possible ladies visiting. In this regard, he had two strategies, described Neuburger: he let the first date take place on neutral ground, later he tested acquaintances on the basis of the colorful wall decorations also for general education. For most, romance is probably something else.
Sales manager with a Schlageresque name
Another candidate was quite puzzling. “They obviously like eccentric, mysterious and wicked women,” Jauch confronted the rather jovial Rogero Schwigon from Unna. “Well,” he admitted, “I don’t like loud noises like slamming doors.” Rough edges, but quietly please – apart from these preferences, the sales manager with the Schlageresque name turned out to be (“My grandmother suggested to my mother”) as a quiz veteran who stopped at the 16,000 euro mark required for the final and so on can hope for the budget for the dreamed up Halo Jump in Switzerland.
Post-it fan Neuburger, on the other hand, fell from exactly this height when he once had to rely not on small pieces of paper, but on a supposed entertainment expert from the audience. When he gave this belief that Eduard Zimmermann once hosted the ZDF program “Tips for Motorists”, he promptly rattled back from 16,000 euros to 500 euros – and thus into the unglued end.
Ex-Kicker Arjen Robben as Telefonjoker
Timo Zang’s insurance against false information was less of a dubious nature – it surrounded celebrity glamor. The initially modest demeanor of the secondary school teacher from Munich (“My students have much better headphones than I”) was quickly put into perspective by the German championship in an unusual sport: his passion, padel tennis, according to Zang, is a kind of mixture of squash and Tennis. His occasional partner was also one of his telephone jokers that evening: ex-kicker Arjen Robben. The FC Bayern legend was not used.
His photo and the cinematic proof that Robben also likes to swing the padel were enough to astonish Günther Jauch. Nevertheless, the moderator mocked himself: “You are by far the most humorless candidate today.” In fact, Zange just marched through all the questions, paused at the end of the show at 125,000 euros and secured a place in the final – then possibly with more football star anecdotes.
