Overview

• Annalena Ziege blurted out “Qantas” during a countdown on a €64,000 question, panicked as it locked in, then saw it confirmed correct before choosing to stop.
• Christopher Suhr lost his telephone joker when his mother did not pick up, used the additional joker to find “Good Vibrations,” and exited on €32,000 to qualify for the final.
• Anna Maria Kronberg walked at €8,000 on a question about Germany’s happiest big city, missing the €16,000 threshold; the Allensbach rankings put Kassel first, Bochum 26th and Rostock 40th.
• Evi Kienberger selected the risk option with four lifelines but fell from the €32,000 level to €500 by guessing “cuckoo” instead of the jay known as the forest’s “watchman.”
• Günther Jauch underscored his pivotal role in a podcast, saying the show rests on four pillars including himself and that losing one would end the format.