Overview

• Two candidates, Sophia Schubert and Martina Göbel, bombed out on the €200 and €1,000 questions, leaving with zero under the Zocker-Special format.
• Bochum police officer Andreas Groß doubled his brother Felix’s previous haul by securing €64,000 in their televised sibling rivalry.
• No contestant reached the €2 million jackpot as jokers remained locked until the tenth question, significantly raising the stakes.
• A pregame mishap forced Florian Sauerbeck to reposition his chair after production flagged a rule breach before he could answer.
• Host Günther Jauch voiced his dismay at the rapid eliminations, quipping that he felt “traumatisiert” by the contestants’ early departures.