“The Summer House of the Stars”
These couples have already separated

Even before “Sommerhaus der Stars” some relationships were shaky.
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Eight celebrity couples want to show that they are the best team at the “Sommerhaus der Stars” – but three of them were not always happy.
Will their love survive “The Summer House of the Stars”? The RTL show is known for having destroyed quite a few relationships with the so-called “Summer House Curse”. From September 17th (and always one week before On RTL+, eight couples want to demonstrate that things are different for them – but in the past, not all of them were always the best team.
Three couples from season 9 had already separated before taking part in the show – which is, after all, about sticking together and proving yourself as a couple. Most notably Sam Dylan, 33, and his on-off partner Rafi Rachek, 34. The two influencers have already gone through several separations, during which they have not been sparing with mutual accusations.
“Sommerhaus der Stars”: Sam Dylan and Rafi Rachek were separated twice
It all started so harmoniously. After Dylan’s participation in “Prince Charming” and Rachek’s public outing on “Bachelor in Paradise,” they found each other in December 2019. The couple moved into an apartment, spent vacations together, and took their followers with them every step of the way. But they quickly made headlines with serious relationship crises, and in May 2021 the reality stars finally announced their separation.
A bitter war of roses with mutual accusations followed – but less than two months later everything was forgotten again. Sam Dylan made the comeback public and from then on the couple even publicly looked for a surrogate mother for a child together. That never happened, because around a year later it was said that their love had now broken down “finally” and “without any further chance”.
For two years it looked as if the two were really going their separate ways this time – until they announced their reunion in January 2024 under couple photos on Instagram with the caption “All good things come in threes”. They had developed further and fallen in love again.
Raúl Richter cheated on Vanessa Schmitt
Raúl Richter, 37, and Vanessa Schmitt, 28, also do not necessarily have the best omens for a harmonious time in the summer house. The former “GZSZ” star and his partner were together for three years before they announced their separation online in June 2022. Even then, Schmitt hinted that she had been betrayed by her ex-boyfriend. The comeback followed three months later: They had decided to “give each other another chance”.
Before moving into the summer house, the reason for the separation finally came to light. “Yes, I cheated two years ago and that was stupid. It was just a one-time thing for me and that’s how it stayed,” admitted Raúl Richter in an RTL interview. He didn’t confess the mistake to Schmitt himself, rather she found out by chance. “We really sat down and had a lot of open and honest conversations that we perhaps should have had earlier,” she explained the love comeback after the affair.
Sarah Kern’s love broke due to distance
Sarah Kern, 55, married two more times after divorcing designer Otto Kern (1950-2017). In 2019, she found the right man at her side in Tobias Pankow, 39, who is 16 years younger than her – but a year later the couple separated again due to different living conditions. While Kern lives mostly in Malta, the management consultant is at home in the Berlin area.
Despite the distance, they couldn’t live without each other for long, because in November 2022 the couple got back together. “Second round,” Kern announced on her Instagram channel at the time. Unlike his partner, Pankow is not yet in the public eye and is celebrating his reality debut in the summer house.
A couple is no longer together
Are these on-off loves strong enough for the tough shared apartment in Bocholt? After all, there is strong competition. In the “Summer House of the Stars” the three couples have to take on Alessia Herren and boyfriend Can, Tessa Bergmeier with her Jakob, Theresia Fischer and Stefan Kleiser, Gloria Glumac with boyfriend Michael and Umut Tekin and Emma Fernlund to win the 50,000 euros. One couple has already confirmed that they have been caught by the “Summer House” curse. It remains to be seen whether other couples will follow suit.
Sources used: RTL+, instagram.com