Overview
- The show is scheduled to air daily at 20:15 CET on RTL and stream on RTL+ starting January 23.
- RTL entertainment chief Markus Küttner says roughly 90 percent of the challenges are new, with a larger change revealed in the premiere.
- The production was filmed on Australia’s east coast near the Gold Coast at a privately owned site reported as 366 Dungay Creek Road in Dungay, New South Wales.
- Safety measures include routine checks for dangerous wildlife and staged elements such as an artificial lake to enable trials.
- Contestant Gil Ofarim’s pre-show RTL interview drew heavy criticism and boycott calls, while Küttner noted he had pursued Ofarim for the cast for about a decade.