Overview

• RTL has revealed the first four of 16 farmers who will vie for love in the show’s 21st season: Simone, Daniel, Friedrich and Johann.
• A special introductory episode will air Monday, June 9 at 19:05 on RTL with the full season scheduled for fall 2025.
• Johann, a 60-year-old widower from Lower Saxony, said he joined the show to fulfill his late wife’s last wish that he not remain alone.
• In interviews, host Inka Bause said sexist encounters with TV producers prompted her to cut her hair short.
• Bause has announced plans to retire from television at age 60 and likely resettle in Sweden to be near her daughter.