Dennis Weening

Last updated

Dennis Weening
Dennis Weening.jpg
Weening in 2010
Born (1977-02-21) 21 February 1977 (age 48)
The Hague, Netherlands
OccupationTelevision presenter
Known for

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]

Contents

Career

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]

Personal life

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]

Weening has ADHD. [41] [60]

Selected filmography

As presenter

As contestant

As himself

References

  1. "Dennis Weening op zoek naar danstalent". NU.nl (in Dutch). 7 May 2009. Retrieved 22 August 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Hoe is het nu met de oud-Mollen van Wie is de Mol?". NU.nl (in Dutch). 17 March 2020. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  3. "Vloog oud-Mol Dennis Weening voor amper minuutje tv op en neer naar Mexico? Serieus?". AD (in Dutch). 4 February 2024. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  4. "Dennis Weening over terugkeer in Wie is de Mol?: 'Toch een beetje pesten'". RTL Boulevard (in Dutch). 8 February 2024. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  5. "Dennis Weening presenteert durfalquiz". NU.nl (in Dutch). 30 March 2011. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  6. "Dennis Weening had bezwaren tegen The Pain Game". NU.nl (in Dutch). 12 March 2014. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  7. "Dennis Weening blijft bij RTL 5". NU.nl (in Dutch). 16 March 2012. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  8. 1 2 "YouTuber Kaj Gorgels nieuwe presentator Expeditie Robinson" [YouTuber Kaj Gorgels new presenter [of] Expeditie Robinson]. NOS (in Dutch). 11 January 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  9. "Dennis Weening stopt als presentator Expeditie Robinson". NU.nl (in Dutch). 23 October 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  10. "Kooijman en Weening presenteren Killer Karaoke". NU.nl (in Dutch). 15 March 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
  11. "Dennis zou zelf meedoen aan Killer Karaoke". RTL Boulevard (in Dutch). 16 May 2013. Retrieved 31 August 2025.
  12. "Dennis Weening heeft zin in The Hit". RTL Boulevard (in Dutch). 22 February 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  13. "Dennis Weening baalt van slechte kijkcijfers The Hit". AD (in Dutch). 10 March 2014. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  14. "'Te snel oordeel over pestprogramma'". NU.nl (in Dutch). 10 April 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  15. "Dennis Weening presenteert Tourette On Tour". Televizier.nl (in Dutch). 29 July 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  16. "Spike: Tijdens muziek maken even geen tics". RTL Boulevard (in Dutch). 1 September 2014. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  17. 1 2 "Lieke van Lexmond twijfelde even aan 'Blind naar de top'". NU.nl (in Dutch). 29 August 2015. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  18. 1 2 "Lieke van Lexmond leert zoontje doorzetten". RTL Boulevard (in Dutch). 9 November 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  19. Meerman, Grieteke (16 March 2015). "Dennis Weening: Als kind lustte ik bijna niets". AD (in Dutch). Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  20. "Kijktip: Vleesfobie in Bizarre Eters". Televizier.nl (in Dutch). 26 January 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  21. "Na Bizarre Eters nu ook Bizarre Slapers". Televizier.nl (in Dutch). 4 February 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  22. "Nieuw RTL5-programma zoekt bizarre slapers". RTL Boulevard (in Dutch). 19 June 2015. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  23. Maris, Veerle (15 March 2016). "Dennis Weening baalt van flop dansshow RTL5". AD (in Dutch). Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  24. "Dan Karaty voelt zich te oud om te dansen" [Dan Karaty feels too old to dance]. NU.nl (in Dutch). 18 January 2016. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  25. "Dennis Weening nog twee jaar bij RTL 5". Televizier.nl (in Dutch). 18 May 2016. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  26. "B-Brave zanger Cassius Verbond naakt in Adam zkt Eva". NU.nl (in Dutch). 2 March 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
  27. "Adam zkt Eva VIPS onthult eerste namen van BN'ers". Televizier.nl (in Dutch). 2 March 2017. Retrieved 1 September 2025.
  28. "Dennis Weening neemt presentatie Levenslang met dwang over". NU.nl (in Dutch). 12 March 2018. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  29. "Dennis Weening presenteert Zon, zuipen, ziekenhuis: hier is het feestje". NU.nl (in Dutch). 20 December 2017. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
  30. "Zon, zuipen, ziekenhuis terug op de buis met Rick Brandsteder en Nienke Plas". Televizier.nl (in Dutch). 20 December 2017. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  31. "RTL verlengde contract Dennis Weening niet" [RTL did not renew Dennis Weening's contract]. NU.nl (in Dutch). 31 October 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  32. "Dennis Weening: 'Ik wist dat vertrek mogelijk was'". NU.nl (in Dutch). 24 December 2018. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  33. "Dennis Weening nieuwe presentator tattooprogramma Ink Master op Spike". NU.nl (in Dutch). 7 December 2018. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  34. "Dennis Weening kwam na RTL-vertrek 'gelijk in warm nest' terecht bij Spike". NU.nl (in Dutch). 14 February 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  35. "Dennis Weening maakt voor FOX Sports programma over ADO Den Haag". NU.nl (in Dutch). 15 February 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  36. "Dennis Weening maakt serie over ADO Den Haag". AD (in Dutch). 15 February 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  37. "Dennis Weening, Kalvijn en Bobbi Eden doen mee aan The Big Escape". NU.nl (in Dutch). 29 January 2019. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  38. "Bella Hay en Dennis Weening presenteren nieuw tatoeageprogramma". NU.nl (in Dutch). 4 February 2020. Retrieved 25 August 2025.
  39. Jansen, Dennis (16 March 2020). "Gruwelverhalen uit de tattooshop in Eerste Hulp bij Tattoo Disasters". Het Parool (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 August 2025.
  40. "Dennis Weening maakt ADHD-programma voor SBS6". NU.nl (in Dutch). 25 November 2019. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  41. 1 2 Stokdijk, Tara (13 February 2020). "Dennis Weening krijgt eindelijk antwoord: heeft hij ADHD of niet?". Libelle (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  42. van de Groep, Jacob-Jan (22 July 2020). "Dennis Weening voegt zich bij presentatieteam We want more" [Dennis Weening joins We want more presentation team]. Televizier (in Dutch). Retrieved 3 February 2024.
  43. ""Totale waanzin": ophef over Nederlandse tv-show 'De Dansmarathon' nadat uitgeputte kandidaten afgevoerd worden". HLN (in Dutch). 17 October 2021. Retrieved 28 August 2025.
  44. "Ook Patty Brard en Jeroen van der Boom presenteren dansmarathon". Shownieuws (in Dutch). 29 September 2021. Retrieved 29 August 2025.
  45. "The Passion roept bij Dennis Weening emoties over verleden als jehova op". NU.nl (in Dutch). 15 April 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  46. "Ook Dennis Weening en Noortje Herlaar in The Passion". RTL Boulevard (in Dutch). 16 February 2022. Retrieved 24 August 2025.
  47. van Thiel, Bas (20 January 2025). "Hel of Hotel: deze BN'ers laten zich opsluiten in de gevangenis". Televizier (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  48. "BN'ers opgesloten met ex-gedetineerden in EO-programma Hel of hotel". Broadcast Magazine (in Dutch). 20 January 2025. Retrieved 20 January 2025.
  49. "Onthulling: déze BN'er was Dolores Flores in Make Up Your Mind". Veronica Superguide (in Dutch). 20 April 2025. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
  50. "Déze queen weet toch een plekje te scoren in de finale van Make Up Your Mind". RTL Boulevard (in Dutch). 19 April 2025. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
  51. 1 2 "Gerard Ekdom opnieuw als Batman te horen". NU.nl (in Dutch). 13 January 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2025.
  52. "Nicolette Kluijver en Dennis Weening spreken stemmen Bigfoot Junior in". NU.nl (in Dutch). 22 May 2017. Retrieved 30 August 2025.
  53. "Freek Vonk spreekt stem in voor nieuwe animatiefilm Bigfoot Family". NU.nl (in Dutch). 10 August 2020. Retrieved 27 August 2025.
  54. "Dennis Weening heeft 'helemaal' afscheid genomen van geloof". NU.nl (in Dutch). 25 January 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  55. Berkeljon, Sara (24 January 2016). "'Ik ben een pleaser en dol op aandacht'". De Volkskrant (in Dutch). Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  56. 1 2 "Dennis Weening en vrouw Stella na huwelijk van zeventien jaar uit elkaar". NU.nl (in Dutch). 3 January 2025. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  57. "Stella bevestigt breuk met Dennis Weening: 'Vertrouwen onherstelbaar beschadigd'". RTL Boulevard (in Dutch). 6 January 2025. Retrieved 23 August 2025.
  58. van Leeuwen, Marlies (3 January 2025). "Huwelijk Dennis Weening en zijn vrouw Stella is voorbij: 'Verschrikkelijk verdrietig'". AD (in Dutch). Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  59. "Dennis Weening hoeft geen vierde kind". NU.nl (in Dutch). 8 July 2015. Retrieved 19 August 2025.
  60. "Dennis Weening merkte bij Expeditie Robinson dat hij mogelijk ADHD heeft". NU.nl (in Dutch). 8 January 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2025.