An interjection at the 64,000 euro question causes excitement on “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” Günther Jauch explains what the consequences would be for similar violations.
Cologne – Breaking the rules on “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?”: In the episode on Monday evening (April 15th), which will be broadcast on RTL from 8:15 p.m., a heckling from the audience causes an uproar. Candidate Corinna Ahrens, who was already seen in the last edition, is about to log an answer to the 64,000 euro question. “Let's do it, let's take it,” she says, when suddenly a clear “no” can be heard from the audience.
Günther Jauch hears heckling from the audience during “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?”
This does not go unnoticed. “It was called out from the audience,” said moderator Günther Jauch (67). “I didn’t even hear it,” asserts the candidate. The quiz master then answers: “Yes, yes, yes, behind you very loudly and says 'No'.”
RTL
speaks of an unprecedented incident that will have consequences. TV viewers will only find out what these are on Monday evening.
In an interview with
RTL,
Günther Jauch explains: “There is the primal fear of 'Who wants to be a millionaire?' "For about a quarter of a century, there has been some kind of cheating." The 67-year-old names what was probably the biggest WWM scandal of all time when, in 2001, the correct answers on the British edition of the quiz show were predicted by two people coughing in the studio. Candidate Charles Ingram gambled away the million in this way, but the scam was later discovered and he was deprived of his winnings.
“We’ll be careful”: Strict rules for “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?”
There has never been such a scandal in Germany during “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” In order to prevent fraud in the future, the Cologne private broadcaster is taking strict precautionary measures. “For example, we check our candidates beforehand to see whether there is a small transmitter hidden in their ears that could potentially provide help from outside. So we’re paying attention,” emphasizes Jauch.
Even during the recording of the program, care is taken to ensure that no announcements are made. “The announcement doesn’t have to be so direct that someone shouts ‘B’,” said the TV presenter. It could also be a noise or a reaction from the audience, for example the shaking of the head of some audience members or “early applause when someone just expresses an idea”. “I have now developed a keen ear for whether something is going on in the audience.”
The solution to what happens after breaking the rules in the latest episode of “Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?” can be seen on RTL on Monday from 8:15 p.m. In the interview, Günther Jauch, who was recently booed by the WWM audience, explains how the broadcaster would normally act in the event of similar violations: “Then we have to cancel the question immediately.” However, if the accompanying person were responsible for such an incident, there would be harsher consequences threaten. “Then we would have to disqualify the candidate.”
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Sources used:
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