Oana Nechiti

Deutschland sucht den Superstar is a German reality talent show, also commonly known by its initials DSDS. Part of the Idol franchise, it was created by English media mogul Simon Fuller as a spin-off from the British show Pop Idol, of which two series were broadcast between the years of 2001 and 2003. Debuting to mediocre ratings in October 2002 on the RTL network, the show has since become one of the most successful shows on German television. The program aims to discover the best singer in the country through a series of nationwide auditions in which viewer voting determines the winner. Voting is done through telephone and SMS text voting.

German version of Dancing with the Stars, the reality competition in which celebrities perform choreographed dance routines which are judged by a panel of renowned ballroom experts and voted on by viewers.

In The Traitors, 16 celebrities meet in a French castle. This is where a psychological strategy game begins, because three of the prominent players are traitors who can eliminate fellow players in each round or be unmasked themselves. The question remains: Will the loyal players manage to banish the traitors from the game and share the profits? Or will one traitor succeed in deceiving everyone until the end and pocket the winnings for himself alone?

Every episode has changing Profi chefs which compete against three hobby chefs in three rounds. The Profis don’t know the recipes.