Overview
- Carsten Muschalle, press spokesman for Lok Leipzig, appeared on Wer wird Millionär and answered a €1,000 animal question incorrectly on Tuesday, dropping to the show’s guaranteed minimum prize of €500.
- Noah Petrik failed to name Union Berlin’s coach Mauro Lustrinelli on a €2,000 question, used a phone lifeline and also left the show with €500.
- Host Günther Jauch explained on air that the correct answer to Muschalle’s question was the 'Gemeines Weißohropossum' and noted that the zoological adjective 'gemein' can mean 'common,' a wording point that changed how the question reads.
- The episodes are pre-recorded and the Muschalle appearance is scheduled to air on Monday at 20:15 on RTL while the show is already available in advance on the RTL+ streaming service.
- Both moments were amplified on social media—including a tongue-in-cheek Instagram post from 1. FC Union Berlin—and illustrate how low-stakes TV slip-ups and host clarifications can quickly become viral, with no reported further consequences for the contestants or clubs.