Overview

• The jackpot has fallen from €250,000 to about €185,000 following roughly €60,000 in early purchases and Bettie Ballhaus’s €5,000 champagne dump
• Producers doubled soft drink prices to €300 and tripled cigarette costs to €150 in episode two to slow the fund’s rapid depletion
• Contestants voted out the most frugal player, Bettie Ballhaus, marking the first elimination and underscoring emerging alliances
• Social media users have voiced strong criticism of high spenders such as Kate Merlan, Brenda Brinkmann and Kevin Schäfer
• Fans have lauded Jimi Blue Ochsenknecht and Raúl Richter for their grounded demeanors amid the show’s escalating drama