Ein sehr gutes Quiz: Returns 20 September 2026 on ProSieben

The date is set: "Ein sehr gutes Quiz (mit hoher Gewinnsumme)" returns on Sunday, 20 September 2026, at 20:15 on ProSieben. Four new episodes, live again, once more from a mobile quiz tent at a location nobody knows in advance. Joko Winterscheidt and Klaas Heufer-Umlauf are playing for up to 100,000 euros – and anyone who doesn't want to spend the whole evening on the sofa can run their own quiz alongside it. With QuizPoker.app you bring the principle straight to your living room table.

The Air Date at a Glance

• Premiere: Sunday, 20 September 2026
• Time: 20:15, prime time
• Channel: ProSieben, live
• Streaming: Joyn, simulcast and on demand afterwards
• Hosts: Joko Winterscheidt and Klaas Heufer-Umlauf
• Episodes: 4 in autumn 2026
• Top prize: 100,000 euros
• Production: Florida Entertainment for ProSieben

Sunday at 20:15 is now the established slot for this format. ProSieben kept it after the first two seasons – a bold placement against traditional Sunday-evening competition, but evidently one that works.

What Makes the Show Different

"Ein sehr gutes Quiz" is not a studio show in the usual sense. There is no fixed studio, no registered contestants and no pre-recording. Three things set it apart:

1. The Location Stays Secret Until Broadcast Day

The quiz tent – a circular metal structure serving as a mobile studio – gets built somewhere in the German-speaking world. Until the day of broadcast, only the team knows where. Joko and Klaas announce the location themselves, and anyone quick enough can drive over.

2. You Become a Contestant on the Spot

There is no application, no casting, no pre-selection. If you're there, you can play. Three contestants compete at once; anyone who answers a question wrong is out and gets replaced by someone from the crowd. That creates a pull no pre-booked contestant lineup can match.

3. 25 Questions, 100,000 Euros

The game runs across 25 questions that get harder in blocks of five. After each block come special rounds with their own rules or temptations. Each question allows 90 seconds. Answer question 25 correctly and you win 100,000 euros.

That the format works was confirmed in 2025: it won the German Television Prize for "Best Entertainment Show."

Where the Show Came From

"Ein sehr gutes Quiz" wasn't planned as a format – it was an idea that came together in a single day. On 21 April 2024, Joko and Klaas had won 24 hours of airtime on ProSieben and filled part of it with an improvised quiz. The response was clear enough that it became a regular series on 22 March 2025. The first edition reached 1.7 million viewers, and the show settled at a stable level after that.

The principle behind it is the same one that carries Duell um die Geld: no elaborate framing, no celebrity roster, just real money, real consequences and two hosts who get on each other's nerves.

How It Differs from Other Quiz Formats

• Recording: live rather than pre-produced
• Studio: a mobile tent at changing locations rather than a fixed studio
• Contestants: picked spontaneously from the crowd rather than through casting
• Venue: secret until broadcast day rather than known for months
• Questions: 25, getting harder in blocks of five, rather than fixed difficulty tiers
• Thinking time: 90 seconds per question – considerably more than usual

The decisive difference is the live broadcast. When something goes wrong, it goes wrong in front of an audience – and that is exactly what the format runs on. A pre-produced show can cut a botched answer. Here it stays in.

Being There Live: What You Need to Know

Unlike most television shows, there are no tickets to buy. Anyone who wants to stand in the crowd and play needs three things:

• Attention on broadcast day. The location is only announced on 20 September, through the show's and the hosts' channels.
• Mobility. The tent can be anywhere in the German-speaking world. If you can drive two hours at short notice, your odds are good.
• Time on site. You don't become a contestant by registering – you become one by being there when somebody drops out.

For everyone else – the vast majority – the most comfortable seat remains your own. And it has one advantage the tent doesn't offer: you can play along yourself.

Play the Show on Air Night

Watching a quiz show is good. Quizzing alongside it is better. All you need is:

• 2 to 10 people up for guessing and risk
• One smartphone per person
• Snacks and drinks
• QuizPoker.app as your digital game master

How QuizPoker Works

QuizPoker picks up exactly what makes quiz shows tense – just without multiple choice. You get estimation questions nobody knows the exact answer to: how many inhabitants a city has, how tall a building is, how many tons of coffee Germany drinks per year. Everyone enters a number.

In between, you bet. Each question has four betting rounds:

1. After the question. Two players have posted blinds beforehand; everyone else now decides: call, raise or fold.
2. After the first hint. The hint narrows things down. Now you can also check – stay in without betting.
3. After the second hint. Closer still, more information, another round.
4. In the final round. The answer is on the table. Everyone knows exactly how good their guess was – and bets one last time. Then the showdown.

Whoever is closest to the correct number wins. Or whoever pushed everybody else out beforehand. That second option is precisely why someone with no idea can still win at QuizPoker.

There are over 400 estimation questions across 18 categories – enough for all four broadcast dates and well beyond. No poker experience needed; the app walks you through every step. If you still want an edge, read our poker bluffing tips first.

Five Ideas for Your Quiz Night on 20 September

1. Play During the Breaks

You don't have to choose. While the episode runs, you watch – during the breaks, a round of QuizPoker hits the table. One question with four betting rounds only takes a few minutes.

2. Guess the Location

The secret venue is the best estimation question of the evening, and it costs you nothing. Everyone predicts before broadcast: city, region, type of place. Closest guess earns a bonus in your own scoring.

3. Put Real Prize Money on the Line

You won't be putting 100,000 euros on the living room table. It takes far less: five euros per person, the evening's pizza bill, or a trophy that sits with the winner for a week. The moment there's a consequence, the way people play changes instantly.

4. Cast Your Hosts

Joko and Klaas thrive on tearing each other apart. Pick two people in your group to read the questions, announce the answers dramatically and banter in between. That's what turns a game night into an event.

5. Play All Four Episodes

Four broadcasts means four evenings. Keep a table, add up the chips and crown the quiz champion of your friend group at the end of the run.

Who the Evening Is For

"Ein sehr gutes Quiz" is one of the few formats where watching and playing along hit the same audience. It's loud enough for a group, but not so fast that you can't do anything else alongside it. If you run a regular game night, 20 September gives you an occasion nobody needs talking into.

And for anyone who wants to keep going after episode four: autumn continues straight on. We covered where the sister format stands in our post Duell um die Geld Season 5.

Frequently Asked Questions

When is "Ein sehr gutes Quiz" on in 2026? From Sunday, 20 September 2026, at 20:15 on ProSieben. Four episodes are announced for the autumn.

Is the show live? Yes. It airs live, streams simultaneously on Joyn and is available there on demand afterwards.

Can you buy audience tickets? No. There is no advance sale. The location is only announced on broadcast day, and whoever is there can play spontaneously.

How much can you win? 100,000 euros for answering question 25 correctly.

How many contestants play at once? Three. Anyone who answers wrong drops out and is replaced by someone from the crowd.

Where can you watch missed episodes? On Joyn, following each broadcast.

Conclusion

Sunday, 20 September, 20:15, ProSieben. Four episodes, a secret location per broadcast, 100,000 euros, and contestants who didn't know twenty minutes earlier that they'd be playing.

You can't rebuild that at home one to one – but you can rebuild the core: questions where gut feeling counts, and stakes that sting. Get QuizPoker on your smartphone, invite your people for 20 September, and find out who in your group can actually estimate – and who is only pretending.