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Jauch Presses Silent Audience as ‘Wer Wird Millionär?’ Contestant Walks at €32,000

The return to the regular format brought tense audience dynamics during a high-value question.

Overview

  • During the January 12 broadcast, contestant Milena stalled at the €64,000 question about which country named rye bread a national dish in 2017.
  • After she used her final lifeline, no one in the studio initially responded, prompting Günther Jauch to quip about clearing the hall for a replacement audience.
  • A woman from the audience then suggested Finland, yet Milena chose to quit at €32,000, with Finland later confirmed as correct.
  • Jauch acknowledged he did not know the answer with certainty, saying he only had a tendency toward one option.
  • In the same episode, a separate contestant, Axel Wolf, mistakenly sat in Jauch’s chair, faced microphone and phone-a-friend glitches, and opted to stop at the €32,000 question.