Overview
- Season 18 begins streaming on RTL+ from 18 August, with VOX’s free-to-air run starting 25 August at 20:15.
- Lena Gercke joins as a guest investor in episode 4, airing on VOX on 15 September and available on RTL+ from 8 September.
- Venture capitalist Christian Miele is slated to appear as a guest Lion in the season finale.
- The permanent investor team comprises Judith Williams, Dagmar Wöhrl, Ralf Dümmel, Carsten Maschmeyer, Janna Ensthaler and returning Lion Frank Thelen.
- Season 18 introduces backstage arrival-area insights and one-minute Battle-Pitches in which only one of two teams advances.