Best German reality series
Get ready to binge. We've found a collection of must-watch reality shows from Germany, now streaming on Netflix, HBO, Hulu, Prime Video, and other top services!
LOL: Last One Laughing 2021
Ten top stars of German comedy join in the ultimate battle to find out who laughs last! Who will be able to stay serious? Which performance won't leave a dry eye in the house? And who will be the last one standing?
737 vs. Wild 2021
Abandoned in the swedish wilderness seven candidates struggle to survive for seven days. Everybody has to get along with seven previously selected items and the clothes they are wearing. Who remains after seven days and collected the most points in the challenges of the day wins. No camera crew, no contact to the outer world, complete isolation.
74Kaulitz & Kaulitz 2024
Twin brothers and superstars Tom and Bill Kaulitz offer a glimpse into their private lives in LA and Germany in this funny and intimate reality series.
67Too Hot to Handle: Germany 2023
Ten gorgeous singles meet in a tropical paradise. Little do they know that to win the €200,000 prize, they'll have to completely give up sex.
56Fire & Flame – With firefighters on duty 2017
This documentary series follows emergency services from various fire stations in the Ruhr area up close and portrays the people in their grueling everyday working life.
85Queer Eye Germany 2022
Five experts in lifestyle, fashion, beauty, health and design — known as the Fab Five — dazzle a nation and transform lives in this makeover series.
60Love Is Blind: Germany 2025
The experiment comes to Germany as local singles seek true love and a commitment that lasts a lifetime, all before meeting each other face-to-face.
57The Race 2024
In THE RACE, five creators compete against each other in a race. They have no money, no smartphone and are limited to the bare necessities for sleeping. The participants only find out exactly where they are going at the start. What doesn't change: Whoever makes it to the finish line first has won THE RACE!
83I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here! (DE) 2004
A batch of more or less known celebrities, ready to expose themselves to a large amount of viewers, have to spend about two weeks in an Australian jungle camp. Each day, the viewers vote for the celebrity they would like to face a difficult task and later vote for their favorite to become the “Queen” or “King of the Jungle”. Based on the British reality television show I'm a Celebrity...Get Me Out of Here!
62Kitchen Impossible 2016
The special thing about this unusual cooking competition: In each episode, the two top chefs decide in which country the other chef must complete his difficult task. After arriving in the respective country, the two competitors are served the favorite dish of his regular guests by a local chef in the black "Kitchen Impossible" box. They then have to prepare the dish they tasted in the kitchen themselves to the best of their knowledge and ability, copying it as precisely as possible. The highlight: In "Kitchen Impossible" both the exact recipe and the list of ingredients remain a secret for the two chefs.
80Never Ever Do This at Home! 2012
Tempting fate, fearless hosts Wigald Boning and Bernhard Hoecker ignore warnings and restrictions on various items to see what happens when they do.
77LOL: Last One Laughing Germany - Halloween Special 2024
To celebrate Halloween, LOL will be airing a surprise special edition of the show packed with unnaturally funny jokes!
64Germany's Next Topmodel 2006
Germany's Next Topmodel is a German reality television show. The competition is hosted by Heidi Klum, who also serves as the lead judge and executive producer of the show.Each yearly search of Germany's Next Topmodel has 10 to 17 episodes and starts with 12-25 contestants. Each episode, one contestant is eliminated, though a double/triple elimination or no elimination was given by consensus of the judging panel.Makeovers are administered to contestants early in the competition (usually after the first or second elimination in the finals).
54Beat the Raab 2006
Schlag den Raab is a live game show airing on the German television channel ProSieben on Saturday evenings. A total of six shows are produced and broadcast each year. A candidate who can beat Stefan Raab in a number of disciplines wins the jackpot.
70The Voice (DE) 2011
The Voice of Germany is a German reality talent show that premiered on 24 November 2011 on ProSieben and Sat.1. Based on the reality singing competition The Voice of Holland, the series was created by Dutch television producer John de Mol. It is part of an international series.
63Sing On! Germany 2020
In this karaoke competition hosted by Palina Rojinski, contestants must hit the right note for a chance to win up to 30,000 euros.
57Drag Race Germany 2023
Drag Race Germany is a German reality competition series, based on the original American series, RuPaul's Drag Race. The series is broadcast on MTV and Paramount+ in Germany, Austria, and Switzerland and on WOW Presents Plus internationally.
58Princess Charming 2021
In this reality dating series, an attractive lesbian woman is looking for the love of her life and numerous hot single ladies are hoping to win her heart.
71Das Sommerhaus der Stars - Kampf der Promipaare 2016
62The Masked Singer 2019
German version of the reality singing competition where celebrities battle it out with one major twist: each singer is shrouded from head to toe in an elaborate costume, concealing their identity from the audience and the viewers at home.
63Fight for Paradise: Who Can You Trust? 2024
From the villa to the jungle, contestants must keep their friends close and their enemies closer. Who will win entry to paradise and 100,000 euros?
63Player of Ibiza 2024
68Nailed It! Germany 2020
Home cooks try -- and inevitably fail -- to re-create spectacular confections on this comical competition show, all for a sweet 5,000 euros.
59The Floor 2024
100 people compete against each other on a giant LED board in quiz duels. Whoever wins the duel takes over all of their opponent's squares. Whoever loses, leaves the game.
100The Traitors 2023
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?
57The 50 2024
In an unprecedented spectacle we present to you the hottest 50 reality stars in Germany, including Jenny Elvers, Cosimo, Yasin, Cora Schumacher, Georgina Fleur and Matthias Mangiapane - all in one show! In a mysterious castle, ruled by a mischievous lion they fight not for themselves, but for their fans, one of whom will be awarded the prize money. Who will be the ultimate reality champion?
63Die Höhle der Löwen 2014
69The Taste (DE) 2013
Young chefs compete against each other according to the “The Voice of Germany” principle. Top chefs Tim Mälzer, Lea Linster, Frank Rosin and Alexander Herrmann evaluate the candidates' dishes “blindly” - without seeing the people behind them.
66Buying Blind Germany 2021
100Die Giovanni Zarrella Show 2021
100Aktenzeichen XY… ungelöst 1967
Aktenzeichen XY … ungelöst is a German television programme broadcast since October 1967 on ZDF that aims to combat and solve crimes. Until 2003 it was produced in co-operation with the Austrian public service broadcaster ORF and Schweizer Fernsehen, a division of the Swiss public broadcaster SRG SSR idée suisse. It was the basis for the BBC show Crimewatch, the Dutch show Opsporing Verzocht and its US equivalent America's Most Wanted.
60Wetten, dass..? 1981
Wetten, dass..? is a German-language entertainment television show. The core gimmick of the show was the bets: ordinary people offer to perform some unusual (often bizarre) and very difficult task. The other major attraction of the show was the top-ranking celebrity guests. Each of the guests had to bet on the outcome of one of the performances and offer a wager, in recent years usually a humorous or mildly humiliating, originally more charitable, activity to be carried out if they lose. Until 1987, each of the celebrities bet on all the performances and the most accurate one was selected to be that show's Wettkönig ("bet king"). Ever since, one of the people performing the task is selected by a telephone vote.
54Celebrity Hunted - Jede Spur kann dich verraten 2021
63Survival Squad 2023
70Sing meinen Song – Das Tauschkonzert 2014
70Prince Charming 2019
70Star Kitchen mit Tim Raue 2024
81Mission Unknown: Atlantik 2025
67Hartz und herzlich-Tag für Tag 2018
The social reportage documents the everyday life of people living in so-called social hotspots. Many of the protagonists are dependent on unemployment benefits or other forms of social assistance. The teams of the production company accompany the people in the respective locations over a longer period of time.
90Love Island VIP 2024
The celebrity spin-off of the German dating show Love Island.
80Are You The One – Reality Stars in Love 2021
In the celebrity special of the dating show, well-known reality stars embark on the search for their "perfect match". Ten single women and ten single men who have already searched for the love of their lives in various TV formats - and were unsuccessful - try their luck at flirting in the new format. In the end, the celebrity candidates can also look forward to a large sum of money if they are successful.
66Forsthaus Rampensau Germany 2023
77Temptation Island VIP 2020
60Golden Bachelor 2024
90Ex on the Beach 2020
62Herbstresidenz 2025
90Temptation Island - Versuchung im Paradies 2019
61Das Sommerhaus der Normalos 2025
85Most Wanted – Wer entkommt? 2025
78Love Fool 2023
80Arctic Warrior 2023
62Promis unter Palmen 2020
58Licht aus 2024
56Love Island: Hot Flirts & True Love 2017
On Love Island, a group of candidates called "Islander" live isolated from the outside world in a villa on Mallorca (Tenerife in spring 2021), under constant observation by video cameras. In order to stay in the villa, one must be linked to another "Islander", whether it is for love, friendship is the basis or for calculation (the couple remaining at the end receives 50,000 euros in prize money).
63Alone Germany 2024
68Chasing Monsters 2015
Cyril Chauquet seeks out dangerous creatures in the most remote corners of the planet.
62Unser Hof - Mit Cheyenne und Nino 2023
80Glow Up - Deutschlands nächster Make-up-Star 2022
80The Bachelor (DE) 2003
The Bachelor is a dating show that is broadcast on RTL. In it, an attractive bachelor is supposed to find a life partner. The Bachelor is modelled on the American format The Bachelor on ABC, which was first produced in 2002. The 14th season's variation of The Bachelors had no American counterpart.
54Till Tonight 2025
80Harald Schmidt Show 1995
The Harald Schmidt Show is a German late night talk show hosted on Sky Deutschland by comedian Harald Schmidt. The show first aired from 5 December 1995 to 23 December 2003 on Sat.1. Schmidt then moved his show to Das Erste as Harald Schmidt and Schmidt & Pocher, but he returned to Sat.1 on 13 September 2011. After cancellation on Sat.1, the show continued on Sky Deutschland in September 2012.
59Behind Bars: The World's Toughest Prisons 2016
These are some of the toughest prisons in the world. Prisons so tough, even gang bosses and killers learn the meaning of fear. Across four continents, six different prisons, the series takes us beyond the gates, walls, barred windows and cells into an unknown world, a world we know exists, but a world nobody wants to think about.
57Berlin: Day & Night 2011
The residents of a Berlin flat share, between which there are love affairs, scenes of jealousy and, again and again, very harmonious moments.
70Mitarbeiter des Monats - mit Sascha Hellinger 2024
80Germany Shore OG 2024
80My Big Fat Italian Wedding 2025
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