The show winners of the year

Anna Ermakova and more - The show winners of the year

Anna Ermakova (23) won the final of "Let's Dance" last May and gained a lot of attention with her performances and beyond the show. Who was able to score points in other TV shows and win in 2023? And what happened for the winners after the final shows?

"I'm a star - get me out of here!"

Djamila Rowe (56) is the reigning jungle queen. 62.26 percent of viewers voted for the make-up artist in the final of "Ich bin ein Star - Holt mich hier raus!" at the end of January. This put her well ahead of her rivals "Gigi" Birofio (24) and Lucas Cordalis (56). On "Ich bin ein Star - Holt mich hier raus!", Rowe "got a lot of things off my chest and that did me good", she told "stern TV" after her victory. She had probably never cried as much in her "whole life as she did there". At the same time, the show was a great experience for her: "The jungle camp was the best experience of my life."

After the jungle camp, Rowe traveled a lot and was a frequent guest at events such as the Bertelsmann party in June and Berlin Fashion Week in July. Apart from "Grill den Henssler" at the end of April, she was no longer seen on television. Rowe made a TV reappearance in September when she became part of the new RTLzwei documentary series "VIPs only! Around the world with the jet set".

"The Masked Singer"

Former "DSDS" winner Luca Hänni (29) won the eighth season of the celebrity mask show "TheMasked Singer" in spring 2023. The Swiss singer won against actress Felicitas Woll (43) as a hedgehog, among others. Shortly after his victory, Hänni released the single "Not Everyone's Darling" with his "Masked Singer" co-star Patricia Kelly (54).

But it was above all his private life that had some highlights in store after his victory. Not only did he and his partner Christina Luft (33) move into their home in Switzerland, the couple also got married at the end of August. The two met as a celebrity-professional dance couple in 2020 on the RTL dance show"Let's Dance".

"Let's Dance"

RTL's long-running dance show also attracted a lot of attention in 2023 - mainly due to the winner chosen at the end. Anna Ermakova, the daughter of Boris Becker (56) and Angela Ermakova (55), beat Julia Beautx (24) and Philipp Boy (36) with dance partner Valentin Lusin (36) in the grand final to win the dance trophy. Ermakova scored the highest number of points from the jury a total of eleven times - a record in the show.

Afterwards, she not only went on the "Let's Dance" live tour. With her victory, the 23-year-old also landed her very first TV jury job, which she will take up in 2024: "Being part of 'Das Supertalent' is like an accolade for me," she explains in the RTL interview. "Thanks to my participation in 'Let's Dance', I know exactly what it feels like to be a contestant on a show like this. I've learned to always believe in myself and never give up."

"Germany's next Topmodel"

On June 15, Vivien Blotzki (23) won the 18th season of "Germany's next Topmodel". "Indescribable, I can't breathe", is how she described her feelings immediately after winning. The prize money of 100,000 euros awaited the Koblenz native, she was allowed to appear on the cover of the German magazine "Harper's Bazaar" and worked for a campaign for the cosmetics manufacturer Mac Cosmetics.

The life of the "GNTM" winner has changed in many ways since her victory. She continues to pursue her modeling career, for example walking the catwalk for designer Jasmin Erbas at Berlin Fashion Week. She also completed her training as a retail saleswoman. And she repeatedly makes clear statements against body shaming on her social media account with revealing pictures, among other things.

"Battle of the reality stars" and "Summer House of Stars"

As a superfan of the show, Serkan Yavuz (30) entered the "battle of the reality stars" for a symbolic fee of one euro. In the end, it paid off and the former "Bachelor in Paradise" contestant won the fourth season of the RTLzwei reality show in the summer. Yavuz also had some good news from his private life afterwards. The reality TV star married his partner Samira Yavuz. The two former candidates from the "Bachelor" and "Bachelorette" universe found each other on "Bachelor in Paradise". They have been parents to little Nova since 2022. In October, the two were announced as the successor couple for the "Summer House of Stars".

And Serkan Yavuz was also successful in the RTL "Summer House", this time with his partner by his side. The two stood out for their sportiness, cleverness and ambition. As in previous seasons, the couples had to assemble faces from puzzle pieces at the end. Justine Dippl (35) and Arben Zekic (28) were a little less successful and so Serkan and Samira were able to raise the suitcase with 50,000 euros in the air in the final, which was shown in mid-November. The fact that they were accused of playing tactics afterwards left the couple cold, as Serkan Yavuz emphasized in the RTL interview. "We are incredibly proud, we did everything right, we gave everything, we didn't fail as a couple. We didn't lose each other and we also took home money, what more could you want?"

"The traitors"

"Die Verräter - Vertraue Niemandem!" was launched for the first time this year. The RTL show featured 16 stars who competed with and against each other for 50,000 euros. Among them were three traitors who wanted to snatch the treasure for themselves and were secretly selected by game director Sonja Zietlow (55). They were allowed to eliminate one of the other participants each night. The "loyal" contestants, on the other hand, had to expose a traitor.

Singer Anna-Carina Woitschack (31) and colleague Vincent Gross (27) were able to prevail as traitors until the end and take home the silver treasure of 46,500 euros. Woitschack has been back on stage as a singer since her TV outing and recently revealed on Instagram: "We're working on new music and a few surprises." Swiss singer Gross recently got his fans in the mood for Christmas with the song "Glühwein".

"Celebrity Big Brother"

Towards the end of the year, some more or less well-known personalities traditionally move into the "Promi Big Brother" house. Reality star Yeliz Koc (30) beat social media star and wildcard winner Marco Strecker (21) at the beginning of December with 51.31 percent of viewer votes. "Thank you from the bottom of my heart," Koc cried tears of joy after learning of her victory. She celebrated her win with a prize of 100,000 euros, which she wanted to donate and give part of to her mother, as she announced in the TV container. But it's not just the bonus and public attention that she will keep from her participation. As she recently revealed in an Instagram story, she definitely wants to stay in touch with her fellow contestants Dilara Kruse (32) and Dominik Stuckmann (31). "Two people who have a heart of gold and have always been by my side!"