According to British media reports, a male German TV host was strongly criticized by the public for molesting his female colleague's chest in a live broadcast. 31-year-old Hans-Blumberg was at that time announcing the results of the public vote for a singing competition. As the voting results were being counted, he joked: "But I have the most beautiful two points here." He then reached out and touched the chest of his female colleague, 28-year-old Susanna Beiersen. Beiersen was shocked and immediately slapped Blumberg. The two hosts were at the time hosting the unveiling of the Bundesvision song contest results in Baden-Wuerttemberg. This competition is an alternative program to the Eurovision Song Contest, operated by Germany's largest private television station. Blumberg said that he did not understand why there was such a strong reaction from the outside world. He said: "The real scandal is that she slapped me, not my act of touching her chest."
Blumberg's boss, Karlstetten Koegl, said: "There is no doubt that Blumberg's behavior was excessive." However, the TV station has announced that Blumberg will not be fired because of this incident.