Overview
- Joyn announced the full ten-person cast and said filming began at the Erzberg on Tuesday, June 16, as production for the fifth season got under way.
- The confirmed participants are Eike Immel, Georgina Fleur, Aleksandar Petrovic, Marwin Klute, Cosimo Citiolo, Raffaela Raab, Sahel, Nadja Großmann, Melissa Hofman and Annamiltina, with Olivia Jones returning to lead the programme’s confrontational 'Runde der Schande'.
- Eike Immel was convicted last summer by the Amtsgericht Marburg for fraud in more than 100 cases and was sentenced to two years and two months in prison, but his lawyer has filed an appeal and he is not currently serving that sentence.
- Produced by Banijay Productions Germany, the format will stream free on Joyn in autumn 2026 with no exact premiere date yet, and the show’s past movement between primetime and late-night slots and modest ratings frame Joyn’s continued reliance on controversy-driven casting.
- The season recycles reality-TV and social-media figures — including a participant from Joyn’s Realitystar Academy — which highlights the platform’s talent pipeline and suggests watchers should look to legal outcomes, scheduling choices and public reaction to gauge whether the format restores or further damages participants’ reputations.