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21-Year-Old Who Dressed as Host Walks Off Wer Wird Millionär?

He refused to guess on a €32,000 film‑ranking question, opting to keep his accumulated winnings after earlier using the audience lifeline.

Overview

  • Justin Martin, a 21-year-old from Großbottwar, revealed on the show that he used to dress up as host Günther Jauch and the studio showed a childhood photo as proof.
  • The contestant progressed confidently through early rounds and used the audience 'Publikumsjoker' to correctly answer a €4,000 question about the meaning of a 'Doula.'
  • Facing the €32,000 question about which 2012 top-ranked film was displaced in a 2022 ranking, Martin said he would only be guessing and chose to walk away before answering.
  • By leaving the game at that point he secured €16,000 in prize money, and the producers later identified the correct answer to the question as Alfred Hitchcock’s 'Vertigo.'
  • Coverage of the episode emphasized the human-interest angle and was produced in cooperation with the mediendienst teleschau, with no further follow-up reported.