Overview
- The debut drew a 3.0% share among 14–49-year-olds for the first episode and fell to 1.7% for the second, with roughly 320,000 viewers at the start and about 220,000 staying on.
- DWDL.de reported stronger competition in the slot, with Kabel Eins’ “Mission Mittendrin” at 4.4% in 14–49 and DMAX’s “Feuerwache 3” hitting 5.3%.
- The series features Robert and Carmen Geiss, etiquette coach Sascha Lilic and Fürstin Nina Menegatto judging 25 finalists chosen from over 3,000 applicants at Schloss Balthasar, with etiquette training, makeovers and a finale in Seborga and at Monte‑Carlo’s Bal de Noël.
- Early coverage highlighted Lilic’s on‑air jab about Leni Klum during the casting, which prompted audible laughter from Robert Geiss.
- The Geissens’ daughters, Shania and Davina, briefly appeared among the hopefuls before being sent home, with their parents later telling Bild the role would not suit them because they are “too normal.”