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] Weening was co-presenter of multiple seasons of the dance competition show So You Think You Can Dance . [5] He was also one of the presenters of the show Wipeout in which contestants need to complete an obstacle course. [5] [6]
Weening presented the game show The Pain Game in 2011 in which contestants need to complete painful or unpleasant punishments to remain in the game. [7] [8] He renewed his contract with RTL 5 in 2012. [6]
Weening presented Expeditie Robinson , for multiple years together with Nicolette Kluijver, between 2012 and 2018. [9] [10] He was also a contestant in the 2010 season of the show. Kaj Gorgels succeeded him as presenter of Expeditie Robinson. [9] Weening and Jan Kooijman presented the show Killer Karaoke in 2013. [11] [12]
In 2014, he presented a Dutch version of the Irish talent show The Hit . [13] [14] In the same year, Weening and Johnny de Mol presented the show Project P: Stop Het Pesten about bullying at schools. [15] He also presented the 2014 show Tourette On Tour in which he follows people with Tourette syndrome preparing for a concert. [16] [17]
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. [18] [19] They also climb the mountain blindfolded themselves. [18] [19] In 2015 and 2016, he presented the show Bizarre Eters about people with bizarre eating habits. [20] [21] He also presented Bizarre Slapers about people with sleeping disorders or bizarre sleeping habits. [22] [23]
He presented the 2016 dance competition television show Battle On The Dancefloor. [24] [25] Weening renewed his contract with RTL 5 for two years in 2016. [26] In 2017, he presented the first season of the dating show Adam Zkt. Eva VIPS . [27] [28] Weening presented the 2018 season of the television show Levenslang met dwang? in which he follows people with obsessive–compulsive disorder. [29] He was also one of the presenters of Zon, zuipen, ziekenhuis: hier is het feestje which looks at partying young people during their holiday. [30] [31]
Weening's contract with RTL Nederland was not renewed in 2018. [32] [33] 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. [34] [35] 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. [36] [37] In the same year, Weening was a contestant in the show The Big Escape in which contestants need to escape from an escape room. [38]
In 2020, Weening and Bella Hay presented Eerste Hulp bij Tattoo Disasters in which people have their tattoo improved. [39] [40] He presented the 2020 television show ADHDennis in which he looks at ADHD. [41] In the show, he is also diagnosed with ADHD. [42] He was also backstage presenter in season one of the singing talent television show We Want More . [43] 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. [44] [45]
He played the role of Judas Iscariot in The Passion 2022 , a Dutch Passion Play held every Maundy Thursday since 2011. [46] [47] Weening and Leo Alkemade were contestants in a 2023 episode of the game show The Big Bang. [48] [49] Weening and his brother appeared in a 2024 episode of the singing television show DNA Singers. In 2025, he stayed in a prison for the television show Hel of hotel. [50] [51] Weening performed as drag queen Dolores Flores in the 2025 season of the drag queen show Make Up Your Mind. [52] [53] He also appeared in a 2025 episode of the game show Let's play ball presented by Jan Versteegh in which contestants have to roll a large ball from one location to another. He was a contestant in the 2025 anniversary season of the television show Wie is de Mol? . [54] [55]
Weening provided the Dutch voice for the Joker in the 2017 film The Lego Batman Movie . [56] It was his debut as voice actor. [56] He also voiced a character in the 2017 film Bigfoot Junior and in the 2020 film Bigfoot Family . [57] [58]
Weening was a Jehovah's Witness until age 23. [59] [60]
Weening and Stella Maassen married in 2007. [61] [62] They separated in 2025. [61] [63] They have two daughters and Weening also has one daughter from a previous marriage. [64]