Juror Dieter Bohlen (69) had already announced in April that the RTL casting show “Deutschland sucht den Superstar” (DSDS) would continue. Now one of his fellow judges is certain: the singer Pietro Lombardi (30) will sit next to him again. Initially, “Bild” reported on Saturday that Bohlen had announced this at a concert.

When asked by dpa, an RTL spokesman confirmed the personnel. Accordingly, the 30-year-old will be on the “DSDS” jury again next year.

Lombardi became known in 2011 as the winner of the eighth season of the show. Since then he has had success with summery Latino hits such as “Senorita” and “Phänomenal”.