“The Bachelors” Martin and Felix: Two-time “Bachelor” was a “damper”

On June 18, 2025 it starts: Every Wednesday at 8:15 p.m. at RTL (one week in advance), two men are looking for great love at “Die Bachelors”. Felix Stein (32) from Berlin and Martin Braun (35) from Troisdorf have little in common except for their dark blonde hair and their radiant smile: one is a photographer and content creator with years of social media experience, the other insurance and financial assistance merchant without major points of contact with the online world.

However, what connects the two Rosenkavaliere: Both are fathers. Felix has a five -year -old son from a previous relationship, Martin even two daughters (6 and 8) from his marriage. In an interview with the news agency Spot on News, the two speak openly about their “Bachelor” role as fathers, initial doubts about the double format and whether they dream of the great influencer career.

Martin Braun: I didn’t advertise myself. I was written to and asked if I would be interested in participating in a format. If you have children, you are a little careful, so I just wanted to participate in the “Bachelor”. So one to the other. It was the same with Felix.

Felix Stein: Do not consider because you are not badly cut there and presented negatively. This is a reasonable format, you can still represent that. A criterion was of course that my former partner agreed because she then has to take care of our son alone for a long time. Otherwise I have the little one every day and he sleeps with me twice a week, then something breaks away.

Stein: She gave her go. Without the support of her I wouldn’t have done it either. So everything is great at home.

Braun: It is the same with me. My wife said: ‘I wish you all the best and a lot of fun, but bring a reasonable home!’

Stein: I preferred to tell my son myself than to hear it from other children or their parents. But he only knows that Papa’s picture is on TV – and not why. I will certainly show him a few excerpts from one episode, but only action -packed things. He doesn’t understand anything with the women.

Braun: We recently explained to the children that I am on TV. When I was gone for a long time for the shoot, we said Papa is now working. But before you can get that over three corners of classmates, we also prefer to take the step onto the offensive. You will certainly not watch the format with your eight and six years.

Braun: Yes, I don’t exclude a third. I come from a large family myself, that’s very nice. But I don’t have the pressure that I still have to achieve anything. I have a wonderful little family – we will always stay. So that is already ticked off if you want to do that, I have already found this luck. With the right partner I can imagine that very well.

Stein: I still want a girl. But if the woman says she doesn’t want children, it is not an exclusion criterion. I have no pressure anymore – I already have the best child. (laughs) But I would like to be in an intact relationship with apartment, wedding and more.

Stein: At the beginning I thought I was alone. I didn’t follow the show beforehand and did not have on my screen that there were two last. To be honest, when I found out that, it was a short damper. You imagine all kinds of scenarios before such a show – and then you suddenly have to share them with someone. It was an automatic reflex that I didn’t find it so cool at first. But after a short sniff it was actually only better, because experiencing all of these things together is also cool.

Braun: I suspected that there are two “Bachelors” – and even calculated with a third party (laughs). It was also a strange aftertaste for me that another man draws attention. But in retrospect it was very good support that you could talk to each other and not alone with his thoughts and feelings all the time.

Braun: What competition? (laughs) No, because there were so many great women. And we are also different types, we found that. You shouldn’t be stuck anyway if you get to know the women better with such a format, but actually get to know the women better through deep conversations. And from time to time there is also something in the constellation.

Stein: Friendship is a blatant word. But we can definitely hang together very, very well. That we experienced this trip together welds together. Then you can always get the same emotions and funny moments up, just live through everything again. You can’t do that with other people.

Braun: This will always be connected, we now also have a child – our “Bachelor” child.

Stein: In my last three relationships, I always knew very quickly: this is my girlfriend. So I immediately notice if this spark is missing and the longing for the person is not there. I haven’t had that anymore. Of course I was committed, but something always lacked that you captured yourself, but there were differences that bother you in the long run.

Stein: She is not allowed to take this whole celebrity matter and herself so seriously. We live in a world full of social media and I think it’s good when you see the whole thing with a laughing eye. Otherwise the crazy. I have also been active on social media for many years, but don’t run after a trend and do not compare myself. You have to laugh at yourself.

Stein: To be honest, it is not so important to me personally. If people like me out there, it’s really nice. If you say what kind of bird, I still have a horny life. I see all this social media thing as a curse and blessing-it has already made a lot of things possible for me, but at the same time it can drive you crazy because of the comparison with others. That’s why I don’t take everything too seriously and let it come to me in a relaxed manner.

Braun: I am already 35, I have two kids, a good job and stand in the middle of life. So I didn’t take part in social media reasons. If I start as an influencer now, that’s cool – it’s not the worst if you can earn your money, especially if you get a lot of encouragement. But there will also be a lot of negative things. I have no contact points in the area of ​​social media, so I have to slowly approach what that does to me. But in the worst case, when I realize that the public is not for me, it was a nice experience. Then I go back to my solid life with my exciting insurance, I actually have a lot of fun. (laughs)

Braun: At the beginning I was very, very nervous and had to get along first. After a week I came into the flow and had no problem talking to the cameras. Then for me they were no longer a disturbing factor that changed or restricted me in my being. It was a lot of fun, I felt comfortable.

Stein: I was only nervous at the very beginning. I really hung up Martin an ear, I couldn’t help it. From the first contact with the women it was suddenly gone and I was in it. I also enjoyed it very much. I have no problems with cameras anyway, so it was relatively easy.

Braun: By the way, it was the other way around for me: I almost didn’t say a word for the first three hours. I only talked more after a week. Felix is ​​a bit down from his level and then we got a good denominator.

Stone: That often occurred in between. It’s just superreach, authentic, very emotional. When you lay in bed in the evening, this short reality check came again and again and you have to process everything somehow. I then wrote a lot of diary, that helped me and gave me strength.

Braun: I had no moment when I found the decision completely wrong, but I was often very overwhelmed by my emotions. You have time for yourself and reflect a lot from the past, as you acted in ex-relationships and question the path that you have followed. But on the whole I felt in good hands. Therefore, it was still a consistently positive experience – regardless of how it works. If you ask me if I would make this trip again? Immediately, always, one hundred percent.