In his acceptance speech Peter Plate, one half of the duo mentioned his disatisfaction about the win of rapper Bushido in the same night.

The win of Bushido was discredited from many different sites. Folk musician 'Heino' returned his own Bambi as a reaction while Peter Plate, who was a winner the same night mentioned in his speech that he also did not like the idea of Bushido's recognition due to the chauvinist and homophobic nature of his lyrics. Even laudator Peter Maffay was disappointed by Bushido's lack of actions that "should have followed" after the ceremony and announced the end of their collaboration shortly after.

In appreciation of her outstanding career.

Johannes Heesters was not present at the ceremony.