Overview
- Ronald Tenholte was the most recent regular-episode €1 million winner, achieving the top prize on March 24, 2020.
- The dry spell has now exceeded five years, a stretch not seen before in the show’s 26-year history.
- Since 1999, 16 contestants have won the million overall, with ten victories in regular episodes and six in special editions.
- Special formats have yielded notable results, including Thorsten Fischer’s 2014 win after only 11 questions, Jan Stroh’s 2019 anniversary edition victory, and Nadja Sidikjar’s €1,538,450 haul in 2015 without answering the 15th question.
- Celebrity charity specials have produced winners Oliver Pocher, Thomas Gottschalk and Barbara Schöneberger, as regular contestants increasingly bow out or falter near the final questions.