The highest prize money in the history of the show was won on 15 December 2012 (3.5m). It was the highest prize money ever won in a German TV show.
On 10 April 2010, Stefan Raab crashed with his mountain bike and suffered a concussion. Because of that, he was not able to remember that incident later in the show.
On 18. Dezember 2010 Stefan Raab and the contestant had to do all games with their left hand because of an accident Raab had a few days before during skiing activities.
Raab has won the contest in 39 out of 54 shows.
The show became notorious for its running-time, which often exceed four hours. The shortest episode had a running-time of 3 hours and 46 minutes, while the the longest ran 6 hours and 8 minutes.