Overview
- RTLzwei announced Wednesday that it has greenlit another season of #CoupleChallenge and unveiled a spin-off while opening castings for both projects.
- The network cited exceptional streaming performance on RTL+ — the latest season recorded 25.9 million starts — plus large social‑media reach as the key reason for further investment.
- Program director Malte Kruber framed the expansion as a deliberate build-out of RTLzwei’s reality portfolio and said participant welfare and a promised “new twist” will shape future editions.
- RTLzwei is rolling the move into a broader reality push that also includes ongoing work on Love Island VIP, linear broadcasts of Love Island USA, Kampf der Reality-Stars and a new Promihof season.
- The commissioning shows how VoD rankings and social metrics now drive German broadcasters’ programming choices and signal that digital performance can outweigh modest linear ratings.