Overview

• Diego Pooth overcame a third-place jury ranking to claim the Dancing Star 2025 title with partner Ekaterina Leonova thanks to overwhelming viewer support.
• Finale emotions ran high as his mother Verona Pooth shed tears of pride and father Franjo Pooth celebrated with uncharacteristic enthusiasm.
• The all-male season finale was briefly overshadowed by a medical emergency when professional dancer Christina Hänni suffered an allergic shock.
• Within hours of the win, Pooth and girlfriend Louisa Büscher flew to Monaco for designer Philipp Plein’s store opening and to mark their anniversary.
• Despite his sudden stardom, Pooth plans to return to product management studies in Berlin and scale his supplement-focused startup.