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Born | Monica Rosanne Irene Quirine Geuze 27 March 1995 Zwijndrecht, Netherlands |
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Monica Geuze (born 27 March 1995) [1] is a Dutch television presenter and former vlogger and DJ. [2] She presented the shows Love Island, Temptation Island: Love or Leave and De Bachelorette. [3] Geuze is also a jury member in the television show The Masked Singer . [4] [5]
Geuze appeared in the music video of the song Happy Family of the 2005 album Another Day by the Dutch band Racoon. [6] [7] At age 16, she became DJ for rapper Ronnie Flex. [8] [9] She released the single Laten Gaan in 2015 in collaboration with Ronnie Flex, Mafe, Frenna, Emms and Abira. [9] [10] In 2016, Geuze released the single Nu of nooit in collaboration with Ruben Annink and Jonna Fraser. [10]
Geuze published her first vlog about her daily life in August 2014. She published over a thousand videos on her YouTube channel and, as of January 2025 [update] , her channel has over 530,000 subscribers. She stopped with vlogging in January 2023. [2] [9]
She was also one of the presenters of the YouTube channel Concentrate by RTL. [11] [12]
In 2019, Geuze presented a season of Love Island which aired on Videoland. [13] [14] Geuze and Kaj Gorgels presented the show Temptation Island: Love or Leave which also aired on Videoland. [15] [16] In 2023, she presented the show De Bachelorette. [17] In the same year, she became a jury member in the television show The Masked Singer . [4] [18] In 2024, Geuze was one of the presenters of the show Boxing Influencers which aired on Videoland. [19] [20]
She was nominated for the Televizier-Ring Talent award in 2021, 2023 and 2024. [21] [22] [23]
Geuze and Valerio Zeno present the show Power Couple in which couples compete against each other. [24] [25]
In 2017, Geuze appeared in the first season of the show Kroongetuige in which contestants have to solve a fictional murder case. [26] [27] She was interviewed by Peter van der Vorst in a 2017 episode of Van der Vorst ziet sterren. [28] Geuze appeared in a 2017 episode of the game show Een goed stel hersens and a 2018 episode of the game show De Jongens tegen de Meisjes .
She travelled to Japan to get a tattoo for an episode of the 2018 television show Tattoo Trippers. [29] [30] She had the tattoo removed a few years later. [29] [31] Geuze appeared in 2018 episodes of the shows Het Jachtseizoen, The Big Music Quiz and Praat Nederlands met me. [32] In 2020, she appeared in the quiz show De slimste mens. [33] [34] She appeared in a 2022 episode of the show Fout maar goud. [35] [36] Geuze finished in fourth place in the 2022 season of the show The Masked Singer . [37] She was a contestant in the 2023 Halloween season of the show De Verraders . [38] [39] She also appeared in a 2023 episode of the show Het Jachtseizoen. [40]
Her autobiography My Way was published in May 2017. [41] [42] She also published a photo book titled Unreleased in 2021. [43]
Her mother was born in Jakarta, Indonesia and she moved to the Netherlands when she was very young. [44] Geuze was born in Zwijndrecht and she grew up in Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht. [1] Her parents separated when she was 18 years old. [45] She was in a relationship with footballer Lars Veldwijk and they have a daughter together. [2] [46] Their daughter was born in July 2018. [47] [48] Geuze and Veldwijk split up in November 2019. [46] [49] As of 2024 [update] , she is in a relationship with footballer James Lawrence. [50] [51]