Letters of protest: That's why Günther Jauch was banned from microphones
Created: 12/30/2022 04:53
By: Sarah Wolzen
Günther Jauch remembers a fatal faux pas during the Christmas gambler special from “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?”
As a result, the moderator was banned from microphones for half a year.
Cologne – Günther Jauch (66) looks back on a long career in radio and television.
In the Christmas gaming special from "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" the presenter reveals how an embarrassing slip of the tongue once got him a six-month microphone ban.
Günther Jauch remembers an embarrassing incident in "Who wants to be a millionaire?"
Günther Jauch has been moderating the RTL quiz show “Who Wants To Be A Millionaire?” since 1999.
His fans love the 66-year-old, who only speaks to two people on TV, not least because of his brisk sayings.
But a slip of the tongue cost him dearly while he was working for Bayerischer Rundfunk.
Günther Jauch reveals an embarrassing faux pas to candidate Simone Schneider-Stenkewitz in the “Who wants to be a millionaire” gamer special.
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He made a report from the Munich Oktoberfest, he explains to WWM candidate Simone Schneider-Stenkewitz.
He also reported on the food at the Wiesn and made a nasty blunder: “Instead of chicken, I talked about Handel.
Just like the composer.” An absolute no-go, not only Bavarian Wiesn-goers know that.
Günther Jauch recalls that “protest letters by will no longer work” at the time.
"Who wants to be a millionaire?" not only a hit in Germany - TV show with several offshoots:
Not only in this country has "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?" been a real ratings hit for years, the TV show originally from Great Britain (there: "Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?") has also developed into a real mass phenomenon internationally.
The quiz show has been licensed in over 100 countries worldwide, including Albania, Austria, Belgium, Turkey, the Netherlands, Italy, Vietnam, Poland, Portugal and Switzerland.
The program sequence, the optics and the music are often almost identical.
Günther Jauch gets a six-month microphone ban for embarrassing Wiesn blunders
The result: "at least six months microphone ban" for the young radio editor
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It didn't do him any harm in the end.
Today, Günther Jauch is one of the nation's most popular and successful TV faces.
Candidate Simone Schneider-Stenkewitz can also be happy.
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For Günther Jauch, the “ZDF-Fernsehgarten” presenter had many correct answers ready, but her outfit raised all the more questions: she came to her RTL appearance without socks and shoes.
Sources used:
"Who wants to be a millionaire?" (RTL, episode of December 26, 2022)