Overview

• During the 1 September episode, contestant Maren told host Alexander Bommes she felt dizzy while dueling Jäger Sebastian Klussmann.
• Bommes paused the round and had a chair brought in, after which Maren continued seated and, according to reports, later reached the final.
• The contestant was identified as a foreign-language correspondent from Nordheim, and outlets noted Klussmann’s voice sounded unusually hoarse in the same broadcast.
• ARD confirmed an autumn schedule change that moves the show to 17:10 from 13 October with daily double episodes, followed by Wer weiß denn sowas? at 18:00.
• The broadcaster also set a primetime celebrity charity edition for 6 September, featuring teams of well-known personalities against the show’s professional quizzers.