Overview

• The first casting round for the next DSDS season began on 16 September in Cologne, with broadcasts scheduled for 2026.
• The revamped three-person panel features Dieter Bohlen alongside newcomers Bushido and Isi Glück.
• Bushido called his role a great honor in an RTL interview and lightheartedly teased Bohlen's styling, a remark presented as tongue-in-cheek.
• RTL presenter Frauke Ludowig staged a joke audition with Alexander Klaws' Take Me Tonight and received blunt critiques from Bohlen and Bushido, while Glück offered a kinder note.
• Coverage frames the early barbs and the celebrity audition as promotional moments driving attention to the show's refreshed format rather than signs of a feud.