Hans Kristian Blomberg (born February 24, 1977, in

Hamm Hamm may refer to: Places ;Germany: * Hamm, North Rhine-Westphalia, a city north-east of Dortmund * Hamm (Sieg), a municipality in the eponymous ''Verbandsgemeinde'' in the district of Altenkirchen, Rhineland-Palatinate * Hamm, Bitburg-Prüm, part ...

-Heessen) is a German radio host.

Career

Hans Blomberg started his radio career at the local radio station Radio Lippe Welle Hamm, where he hosted a weekly show when he was 17 years old. After finishing high school in

Ahlen Ahlen (; Westphalian language, Westphalian: ''Aulen'') is a Town#Germany, town in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany, 30 km southeast of Münster. Ahlen is part of the Warendorf (district), District of Warendorf and is economically the most impo ...

, Blomberg began as a volunteer in 1997 at the Lower Saxon radio station

Radio ffn Radio ffn is a commercial radio station operated by ''Funk & Fernsehen Nordwestdeutschland GmbH & Co. KG'' in Lower Saxony, Germany. It broadcasts from regional studios in Braunschweig, Göttingen, Hanover (station HQ), Lüneburg, Oldenburg, and ...

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and there hosted the ''Hans Blomberg Show'' in the afternoon from 1997 until 2002. Starting in 2002, he broadcast as ''Morgenhans'' with

bigFM BigFM is a German radio network that consists of three regional radio stations: ''bigFM Der Neue Beat'' in Baden-Württemberg, ''bigFM Hot Music Radio'' in Rhineland-Palatinate and ''bigFM Saarland'' in Saarland. The format is Rhythmic CHR, and ...

, and since 2007 under his real name. From 2011 until December 2012, Blomberg additionally hosted at 98.8 KISS FM Berlin on Saturday mornings. At the beginning of January 2013, he moved to

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's 104.6 RTL in order to host again under his own name (''Hans Blomberg Show''), broadcasting on Sunday afternoons. In addition, he is on air throughout the week during the afternoon or evening. The Hans Blomberg Show additionally broadcasts Saturdays on 89.0 RTL (since May 4, 2013) for

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Saxony-Anhalt Saxony-Anhalt ( ; ) is a States of Germany, state of Germany, bordering the states of Brandenburg, Saxony, Thuringia and Lower Saxony. It covers an area of and has a population of 2.17 million inhabitants, making it the List of German states ...

, and

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and on Planet Radio (since November 23, 2013) for

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. Additionally in Hesse, the phone comedy ''Hans Hart Geweckt'' (''English: Hans wakes up severely'') airs from Monday to Friday.

Television

*2007 & 2009:

Bundesvision Song Contest The Bundesvision Song Contest (often shortened BSC or BuViSoCo) was a song competition held annually between the sixteen states of Germany. Created by German entertainer Stefan Raab and aired live on ProSieben, the show was loosely based on the ...

He has had further television appearances, such as in ''

mieten, kaufen, wohnen ''mieten, kaufen, wohnen'' ("rent, buy, live") is a German reality series on the VOX channel which is similar to the American ''House Hunters ''House Hunters'' is an American unscripted television series that airs on HGTV and is produced ...

'' (''English: rent, buy, live'') in 2010 and 2011, ''

Frauentausch ''Frauentausch'' is a German docu-soap with the same premise as the British television show '' Wife Swap''. The concept involves temporarily swapping one family member between two families. The docu-soap premiered on 14 July 2003. The show runs ev ...

'' (''English: Wife Swap'') in 2007, and ' in 2011.

Controversies

In 2007 at the

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live broadcast of the ''

'', Blomberg read the score for

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from a note card that said “Raab ist doof” (English: “Raab is stupid”) on the back. Blomberg caused another scandal at the '' 2009 Bundesvision Song Contest'' when he grabbed the breast of his colleague Susanka Bersin at the scoring for

Baden-Württemberg Baden-Württemberg ( ; ), commonly shortened to BW or BaWü, is a states of Germany, German state () in Southwest Germany, east of the Rhine, which forms the southern part of Germany's western border with France. With more than 11.07 million i ...

, whereupon she slapped him. In a newspaper interview, Blomberg commented about the incident, saying that the real scandal had been the slap and not his grabbing of the breast. Blomberg apologized afterwards on his radio show and also to Bersin personally.

Stage

In 2007, Blomberg toured through Germany together with his partner Olivia Jones. In the reading ''"Sie nannten mich Tittenmonster“'' (''English: “They Called Me Tits Monster”''), the two read letters of the last 40 years to Bravo scout Dr. Sommer. In 2008, Blomberg tried stand-up comedy on the stage for the first time, in venues such as “Kleinen Wohnzimmer Theater Köln” (''English'': “Cologne Small Living Room Theater”).

References

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