Overview
- Broadcasters announced on Tuesday that the six‑episode revival will premiere on streaming services RTL+, Sky and WOW from 25 August and begin free‑TV broadcasts on VOX from 8 September, with episodes released as weekly double‑episode blocks.
- The new season is six standalone episodes presented as three weekly Doppelfolgen to keep a compact, event‑style rollout on both streaming and linear TV.
- Five young actors—Yoran Leicher, Mariama Jobe, Voicu Dumitraş, Greta Krämer and Jona Levin Nicolai—play the central club members whose stories include vision‑risk surgery, dialysis dependence, bipolar disorder, leukemia and severe anxiety.
- Production blends old and new creative voices: producer Gerda Müller and director Felix Binder return, Aki Wegner joins as co‑director, Adrian Spring and Kirsten Loose lead writing, and former cast member Nick Julius Schuck reappears as a junior producer; principal photography began in summer 2025 around Cologne.
- Built on Albert Espinosa’s Polseres vermelles and the award‑winning 2015–17 German series, the relaunch aims to update the franchise's focus on illness, friendship and mental health and could renew interest in the brand across streaming platforms and VOX's TV schedule.