Dennis Weening | |
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 Weening in 2010 | |
| Born | 21 February 1977 The Hague, Netherlands |
| Occupation | Television presenter |
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Dennis Weening (born 21 February 1977) is a Dutch television presenter. He is known for presenting the show Expeditie Robinson . He is also known as co-presenter of So You Think You Can Dance and for appearing in the reality television series Wie is de Mol? . [1] [2]
In 2008, Weening participated in the reality television show Wie is de Mol? playing the role of the mole. [2] He also briefly appeared in the 2024 season of the show. [3] [4] He presented the game show The Pain Game in 2011 in which contestants need to complete painful or unpleasant punishments to remain in the game. [5] [6] Weening renewed his contract with RTL 5 in 2012. [7]
Weening presented Expeditie Robinson , for multiple years together with Nicolette Kluijver, between 2012 and 2018. [8] [9] He was also a contestant in the 2010 season of the show. Kaj Gorgels succeeded him as presenter of Expeditie Robinson. [8] Weening and Jan Kooijman presented the show Killer Karaoke in 2013. [10] [11]
In 2014, he presented a Dutch version of the Irish talent show The Hit . [12] [13] In the same year, Weening and Johnny de Mol presented the show Project P: Stop Het Pesten about bullying at schools. [14] He also presented the 2014 show Tourette On Tour in which he follows people with Tourette syndrome preparing for a concert. [15] [16]
In 2015, Weening and Lieke van Lexmond presented the show Blind naar de top in which blind people climb to the top of Mount Kilimanjaro in Tanzania. [17] [18] They also climb the mountain blindfolded themselves. [17] [18] In 2015 and 2016, he presented the show Bizarre Eters about people with bizarre eating habits. [19] [20] He also presented Bizarre Slapers about people with sleeping disorders or bizarre sleeping habits. [21] [22]
He presented the 2016 dance competition television show Battle On The Dancefloor. [23] [24] Weening renewed his contract with RTL 5 for two years in 2016. [25] In 2017, he presented the first season of the dating show Adam Zkt. Eva VIPS . [26] [27] Weening presented the 2018 season of the television show Levenslang met dwang? in which he follows people with obsessive–compulsive disorder. [28] He was also one of the presenters of Zon, zuipen, ziekenhuis: hier is het feestje which looks at partying young people during their holiday. [29] [30]
Weening's contract with RTL Nederland was not renewed in 2018. [31] [32] After leaving RTL, he presented the 2019 television show Ink Master: Meesters van de Lage Landen - Shop Wars, a Dutch/Belgian edition of the American reality series Ink Master , for the channel Spike. [33] [34] He also presented the show Dennis maakt kennis for the channel FOX Sports in which he meets with footballers of association football club ADO Den Haag. [35] [36] In the same year, Weening was a contestant in the show The Big Escape in which contestants need to escape from an escape room. [37]
In 2020, Weening and Bella Hay presented Eerste Hulp bij Tattoo Disasters in which people have their tattoo improved. [38] [39] He presented the 2020 television show ADHDennis in which he looks at ADHD. [40] In the show, he is also diagnosed with ADHD. [41] He was also backstage presenter in season one of the singing talent television show We Want More . [42] In 2021, Weening and Leo Alkemade were among the duos to present De Dansmarathon, a show in which contestants need to dance for fifty hours to win 100,000 euros. [43] [44]
He played the role of Judas Iscariot in The Passion 2022 , a Dutch Passion Play held every Maundy Thursday since 2011. [45] [46] In 2025, he stayed in a prison for the television show Hel of hotel. [47] [48] Weening performed as drag queen Dolores Flores in the 2025 season of the drag queen show Make Up Your Mind. [49] [50]
Weening provided the Dutch voice for the Joker in the 2017 film The Lego Batman Movie . [51] It was his debut as voice actor. [51] He also voiced a character in the 2017 film Bigfoot Junior and in the 2020 film Bigfoot Family . [52] [53]
Weening was a Jehovah's Witness until age 23. [54] [55]
Weening and Stella Maassen married in 2007. [56] [57] They have two daughters and they separated in 2025. [56] [58] Weening also has one daughter from a previous marriage. [59]