Overview
- RTL’s entertainment chief says roughly 90 percent of the trials are new, with a major change to be revealed in the premiere on January 23.
- Production is set near Australia’s Gold Coast, with reports pinpointing the site to Dungay, NSW, and broadcasts scheduled on RTL and RTL+.
- An RTL pre-show interview in which Ofarim limited questions about his past prompted angry viewer reactions and boycott calls on social media, according to entertainment outlets.
- Fellow contestants signal on-air confrontations, with Hardy Krüger jr. vowing to ask Ofarim about the case and Nicole Belstler-Boettcher calling his past conduct a “No-Go.”
- This season introduces stricter camp rules including German-only conversations, tighter movement boundaries, mandatory night watch and penalties up to expulsion, as reported by the press.