Overview
- Joyn and host Olivia Jones removed former national goalkeeper Eike Immel after footage shown in early episodes documented repeated insults, the use of the N-word and him singing the first stanza of the Deutschlandlied, with the ejection portrayed in episode three now available on Joyn+.
- Immel was confronted in the format's signature 'Runde der Schande' and then, according to producers, renewed his abusive remarks off-camera which led Olivia Jones to tell him he must leave the camp.
- Viewers and social media users broadly welcomed the decisive removal but many commentators and fans criticized the show for inconsistent responses to other on-air transgressions between contestants.
- The season opened on Joyn with two free episodes on October 26 and features ten celebrities at an Erzberg camp who are each shown archival clips and questioned about past behaviour by Olivia Jones.
- The incident has sharpened scrutiny on reality‑TV editing and conduct policies, and it arrives with wider context about Immel’s recent legal convictions in 2025 and a modified sentence in 2026, which media outlets have referenced in coverage.