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<\/p>\nGerman \u2018Pop Idol\u2019 and Reality TV Star Missing After Falling from Balcony of Cruise Ship<\/b>
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Daniel K\u00fcblb\u00f6ck, a gay<\/a> German pop musician and reality star who came in third in Germany\u2019s American Idol<\/em> cousin, Pop Idol<\/em>, and later competed on Big Brother<\/em> and Let\u2019s Dance<\/em>, went missing from an AIDA cruise ship from Hamburg to New York and was reported by an eyewitness to have leapt from a fifth floor balcony while off the coast of Newfoundland.<\/p>\n Deutsche Welle reports<\/a>: \u201cAida Cruises spokesman Hansjoerg Kunze, told Germany\u2019s DPA news agency that the ship had returned to where the incident was thought to have occurred while Canadian coast guard airplanes and helicopters took part in an intensive search for the German. K\u00fcblb\u00f6ck was on holiday cruise aboard the Aidaluna ship from Hamburg to New York, according to Bild. The incident occurred about 100 nautical miles (about 185 kilometers) north of the city of St. John\u2019s on the island of Newfoundland, off the coast of Canada.\u201d<\/p>\n The Sun reported<\/a> that\u00a0K\u00fcblb\u00f6ck has left a \u201chaunting\u201d message on his Facebook fan page last month about enduring \u201cmonths of bullying\u201d that shook him \u201cdeeply in [his] soul\u201d as a student in school, though its not been connected in any way to the incident aboard the cruise ship. Wrote the singer: \u201cDear fans. Unfortunately, I still do not feel better mentally and physically.\u00a0I have yet to cope with this pain of the past months.\u201d<\/p>\n The cruise ship company AIDA confirmed the incident as coast guard searches were underway:\u00a0\u201cThe cruise ship AIDAluna was on the sea route to Newfoundland when a person jumped overboard in the early hours of September 9 2018. The captain and crew of AIDAluna have immediately taken all necessary rescue measures, in close coordination with the local competent authorities. A cabin check was performed, which confirmed that a male<\/a> guest was missing. The missing person is Daniel Kaiser-K\u00fcblb\u00f6ck. The ship was stopped as a precautionary measure and returned to the spot where the incident was accepted. The search continues. AIDA Cruises fully cooperates with the authorities and works hard to find the missing person. As soon as further information is available, we will make it available.\u201d<\/p>\n The post German \u2018Pop Idol\u2019 and Reality TV Star Missing After Falling from Balcony of Cruise Ship<\/a> appeared first on Towleroad Gay News<\/a>.<\/p>\n![\"daniel](\"https:\/\/i2.wp.com\/www.towleroad.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2018\/09\/kueblboeck.jpg?resize=740%2C799\")
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