Overview
- Organizers published the full nominee list for the 26th Deutscher Fernsehpreis on August 28, 2025.
- Heidi Klum’s Germany’s Next Topmodel competes with Tom and Bill Kaulitz’s Kaulitz & Kaulitz in the Best Reality Entertainment category.
- ZDF/Apple TV+ series KRANK Berlin leads the fiction field with six nominations, including Best Drama Series plus recognition for directing, camera and lead performances.
- ARD tops the overall count with 27 nominations, followed by the ZDF group with 25 and RTL Deutschland with 18.
- The awards will be presented in Cologne over two nights: the Nacht der Kreativen on September 9 hosted by Gisa Flake, and a televised gala on September 10 at 20:15 hosted by Barbara Schöneberger on ZDF.