Overview
- The show returned from its summer break on Monday, August 31, and drew about 2.99 million viewers, making it the top primetime program according to AGF SCOPE.
- Contestant Katharina Heun used the Zusatzjoker, an audience‑member lifeline, on the €32,000 question and followed the spectator's wrong choice, which pushed her from the €16,000 level down to the guaranteed €500 prize.
- The correct answer to the €32,000 question was B, 'Kammer der Tränen,' and Heun logged A, 'Seufzerbrücke,' based on the spectator's advice.
- Other outcomes from the episode: David Kurbel left with €32,000, Hendrik Renninghoff and Axel Pante each took €8,000, and Tabea Gottstein finished on €500 and is scheduled to return in the next broadcast.
- Beyond the quiz drama, host Günther Jauch found and removed a loose cable strip on set and discovered old 'Millionen‑Flitter,' while a contestant's unusual habit of keeping medical souvenirs, including his removed appendix, added viral human‑interest moments that boosted online attention and clip sharing via RTL+.