Overview
- The 19th season of Ich bin ein Star – Holt mich hier raus! begins 23 January in Australia with Ballack among 12 contestants.
- Ballack said the payment was an additional, not insignificant incentive in deciding to accept after declining a prior offer.
- Former camper Micaela Schäfer told German media Ballack would earn around €190,000, a figure Ballack has not confirmed.
- Ballack has been publicly preparing, including an ice-bath in two-degree water at Lake Starnberg, and says she is focused on being fit.
- She presents the show as a new challenge alongside her life at Lake Garda, where she renovated and opened a hotel, while honoring the memory of her son Emilio, who died in 2021.