Overview
- Pietro Lombardi wrote on Instagram that he and Dieter Bohlen are still friends and that their bond is not about business.
- Lombardi expressed pride in his DSDS tenure, claiming he sat on the jury five times and predicting no future juror will match that record.
- He reiterated his past statement that RTL told him he was not fired and that there was no reason to remove him from the panel.
- DSDS returns for its 22nd season with Bohlen alongside Bushido and Isi Glück, with a spring 2026 start on RTL and previews on RTL+.
- A 2024 police intervention involving Lombardi and then-partner Laura Maria Rypa drew scrutiny, yet reports indicate no injuries and no public charges, even as the jury lineup later changed.