Overview
- RTL published the Show 2 dance and song list, assigning Willi Banner a Contemporary in week two, a timing many viewers criticized on social media as too early.
- Vanessa Borck, dancing in a female–female pairing, continued to face online hostility, while Ross Antony publicly urged respectful treatment of contestants.
- Betty Taube reported severe rib pain from rehearsals and planned to perform with painkillers, according to Instagram updates from her and partner Alexandru Ionel.
- The announced routines include multiple slow waltzes and two Slowfox numbers, with Vanessa Borck set for a Tango to Katy Perry’s “I Kissed a Girl” and Banner’s Contemporary to Usher’s “U Got It Bad.”
- RTL confirmed a 2026 live tour that for the first time includes Vienna, with the finale scheduled for December 7 at the Wiener Stadthalle.