Rik van de Westelaken | |
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Born | Vlaardingen, Netherlands | 22 April 1971
Occupation | Television presenter |
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Rik van de Westelaken (born 22 April 1971) is a Dutch television presenter. He is known for presenting television programs which include the NOS Journaal , Peking Express and Wie is de Mol? . [1] Other programs include the travel show Rik over de grens and the quiz show 5 Golden Rings . [1] [2]
Between 1999–2016 he was one of the presenters of the NOS Journaal . [3] He switched from NOS to work for the channel Net5 in 2016. [4] He presented the first season of the quiz show 5 Golden Rings in 2017. [1] [5] In the same year, Van de Westelaken and Sean Dhondt presented a season of the show Peking Express in which contestants traveled from Ha Long Bay, Vietnam to Angkor Wat, Cambodia. [6]
He appeared as news presenter in the 2008 film Summer Heat and as himself in the 2009 film Spion van Oranje. [4]
As of 2018 [update] , he presents the current affairs television programme EenVandaag . [7] [8]
In 2019, he succeeded Art Rooijakkers as presenter of the popular television show Wie is de Mol? . [8] [9] Van de Westelaken participated as contestant in the show in 2015 and he ended up winning the show. [10] [11] A year later, he presented Moltalk, the aftershow of Wie is de Mol?, together with Vivienne van den Assem. [12] [13] In 2020, he presented both the 20th season of Wie is de Mol? and a special anniversary season called Wie is de Mol? Renaissance which celebrates the 20th anniversary of the show. [14] In 2021, he presented the 21st season of the show, which is his fourth season as host. [15] [16] He also presented the 22nd season, 23rd season and 24th season of the show. [17] In 2025, he presented the 25th season and he is scheduled to present an anniversary season of the show. [18]
In 2023, he became head of the jury for the Woutertje Pieterse Prijs, an annual award for children's literature. [19]
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