TV 'sperm race'

Germans can tune in to a television reality show this week that breaks new ground in trashiness ... Sperm Race. Twelve men will compete to see which one has the "fastest" sperm.

The contestants, who include two German celebrities and a health freak, begin by donating sperm in a clinic, say the programme's producers, Endemol.

The sperm will then be frozen and sent to the company's studio in Cologne, where the sperm will "race" towards an egg - lured by a chemical that encourages them across the finishing line.