“Who will be a millionaire?”: The Bavarian legend suddenly appears as a telephone joker at Günther Jauch

Created: 01/05/2022, 1:14 PM

From: Marius Epp

Candidate Timo Zang trusts his friend Arjen Robben as a telephone joker.

© Screenshot RTL stream

Günther Jauch was amazed when “Who Wants to be a Millionaire?” Candidate Timo Zang presented his telephone joker.

Among them was a Bayern legend.

Cologne - When choosing the telephone joker for "Who Wants to be a Millionaire?", Celebrities do not play a role - it depends more on the expertise.

But maybe Arjen Robben has both?

In any case, candidate Timo Zang from Munich brought the legend of FC Bayern * into his team of helpers.

The audience as well as the moderator Günther Jauch * were perplexed when the 35-year-old teacher didn't know what to do with the 32,000 euro question and thought aloud about the use of the telephone joker.

"Who will be a millionaire?": Candidate has Arjen Robben as a telephone joker

“Do you have Arjen Robben as a telephone joker?

No! “, Jauch was amazed when he saw the names of the three jokers faded in.

Candidate Zang actually knows the former exceptional kicker well.

"When he stopped playing soccer in Munich and stayed in Munich, we played padel tennis together for a year," said Zang.

"He's a real ambitious," interjected Jauch.

“And incredibly good at all the sports he does,” added Zang.

Of course, RTL and Jauch weren't completely surprised, because they had prepared a film that shows the two of them playing padel.

“Who Wants to Be a Millionaire?”: Robben is not used in the special broadcast

In the end, Robben could not prove his suitability as a telephone joker, he was not used.

Zang didn't need him - he mastered the 32,000 question with the help of a lady from the audience and then worked his way up to the 500,000 euro question, for which the airtime was no longer sufficient.

He's allowed to continue playing for half a million in the next episode, maybe then the Dutchman's hour will come.

The episode was part of a special format in which every candidate who earned over 16,000 euros qualifies for the grand finale on Thursday.

There one of them has the chance to win the record sum of three million euros.