Catherine Keyl | |
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 Keyl in 2010 | |
| Born | Catharina Elisabeth Keyl 24 October 1946 The Hague, Netherlands |
| Occupation | Television presenter |
Catharina (Catherine) Elisabeth Keyl [a] (born 24 October 1946) [1] is a Dutch television presenter. She is known for presenting her own talk show Catherine. [2] She also presented De 5 Uur Show together with Viola Holt in the early 1990s. [2]
In 1990, Keyl became one of the presenters of the television show De 5 Uur Show. [3] She presented the show together with Viola Holt. [3] [4] The first episode of the show aired in 1989 and the show was first presented by Viola Holt, Dieuwertje Blok and Marc Postelmans. [3] Keyl replaced Blok and Postelmans in 1990. [3] Keyl and Wilfred Kemp presented the 2012 television show De Andere Finale in which people sing Eurovision Song Contest songs. [5] [6] The show also aired on the same day as the final of the Eurovision Song Contest 2012. [5] The show was held in commemoration of the 125th anniversary of the Leger des Heils, the Dutch arm of The Salvation Army. [6]
Keyl presented the show MAX en Catherine for broadcaster Omroep MAX. [7] She was one of the presenters of the talk show 5op2 which was broadcast in the afternoon by Omroep NTR in 2011 and 2012. [8] [9] Jörgen Raymann, Dieuwertje Blok, Sipke Jan Bousema and Lucille Werner were also presenters of the show. [8] Keyl presented the show on Monday and the other presenters presented the show on the other days of the week. [8] The show ended due to budget cuts. [8] [10]
Keyl was one of the experts in the 2020 television show Dit vindt Nederland presented by Natacha Harlequin. [11] [12] The show drew disappointing viewing figures and the show ended after a few weeks. [13] In 2020, she appeared as guest in the 5 Uur Show, a new version of De 5 Uur Show which Keyl presented for multiple years. [14] [15] The show's first episode aired in August 2020 and the show ended in May 2021 due to disappointing viewing figures. [16]
Keyl was nominated for the 2022 Sonja Barend Award for her conversation with Johnny de Mol in an episode of the talk show HLF8 . [17]
Keyl is a columnist for the newspaper De Telegraaf . [18] She became a columnist in 2009. [18]
Keyl was a contestant in the dance shows Dancing with the Stars and Let's Dance. [19] In 2012, Keyl appeared in an episode of the show Britt en Ymke stellen vragen presented by Britt Dekker and Ymke Wieringa. [20] [21] She was a contestant in the 2012 season of the show Maestro in which contestants compete to become the best conductor. [22] [23] In 2014, she was a contestant in the quiz show De slimste mens. [24] [25] She was a contestant in the 2019 season of the show The Masked Singer . [26] Keyl appeared in a 2020 episode of the television show De Geknipte Gast and a 2020 episode of the show Rooijakkers over de vloer. [27] [28] [2]
Keyl was a contestant in the show Het Nationale Verkeersexamen 2021 in which people retake their driving test. [29] [30] Keyl appeared in the 2022 show Celebrity Apprentice which aired on Videoland. [31] [32] In 2025, she appeared in an episode of the show TV Monument. [33] In the same year, she was a contestant in the photography television show Het Perfecte Plaatje . [34] [35] She was the first contestant to be eliminated. [35]
In 2006, Keyl was decorated Knight in the Order of Orange-Nassau. [36] She received the award from Peter Rehwinkel, mayor of Naarden at the time. [36]
She was married twice. [37] [38] In 2021, she published the book Oorlogsvader about her childhood and her father.
