Overview
- The season 22 premiere aired Saturday on RTL and RTL+, introducing a jury of Dieter Bohlen, party‑schlager performer Isi Glück and rapper Bushido with a reworked casting setup.
- Ratings reports on Sunday showed 0.36 million viewers in the key demo for an 11.9% share and 1.58 million total viewers, the lowest launch in the show's history.
- Social media reaction split fast, with some users deriding the new panel as trash‑TV level and others praising Bushido for direct and honest feedback.
- The format now follows a full casting day, moves promising singers into a new Golden Room, replaces old recall slips with Recall‑Tickets and drops the Gold CD wildcard.
- The ten‑episode run continues with the Recall at Europa‑Park and live shows from Cologne, and RTL+ adds a new companion series, DSDS Reality, from April 21.