Nikkie de Jager stuns viewers with her very first Saturday evening show on RTL 4. The Only Real gets scathing reviews and the ratings? They aren’t very convincing either.
The Only Real is the program with which Nikkie de Jager made her presentation debut on RTL 4 last night. With a cautious 790 thousand viewers (15% market share), the program was the most watched alternative to the NPO 1 hit Heel Holland Bakt. No less than 2 million people (36%).
“It’s so bad!”
The reactions to The Only Real are very negative. In the program a celebrity performs with four other candidates and they all wear the mask of that one celebrity. The panel then has to guess which mask the real celebrity is behind. Where does the problem begin? Those masks don’t look right at all.
Television journalist Jef Willemsen could not believe his eyes. “Nikkie’s ‘… HOW?!’ sums up the existence of The Only Real aptly,” he says, pointing to the moment when Nikkie looked bewildered at Romy Monteiro’s mask (see photo). “Half format, minimal play-along value and insultingly bad-looking masks.”
scary
In fact, those masks seem more like a horror movie, says Jef. “After three performances I understand what those masks remind me of. The terrifying Suske en Wiske doll series from the 70s. The stuff of nightmares. (…) You understand how this stayed on the shelf for five months.”
According to viewers, it is better if this remains a one-off special. Natascha: “I love NikkieTutorials! Fantastic person. But this program is terribly bad. Ridiculously exaggerated jury behavior, completely unbelievable. What a piece of bad acting.”
Nikkie praised
It is striking how many people praise Nikkie, despite the bad format. “Nikkie is really the only positive thing about this program. The fact that Samantha Steenwijk will not make her appearance is also a welcome bonus”, says Jill.
And Linda: “Nikkie is a relief, but the jury is too lyrical about the short performances. That actually detracts from the performances… They should not exaggerate a bit as far as I’m concerned. The masks are really bad. Too bad, basically a nice program.”
Robert on three
After Heel Holland Bakt and The Only Real, Robert ten Brink was the most popular. His program VriendenLoterij Miljonairs reached 669 thousand viewers (15%) on RTL 4.
This is followed by Impossible Duets with 553 thousand viewers (12%) on SBS 6, Hidden Past with 545 thousand viewers (10%) on NPO 2 and Code van Coppens with 505 thousand viewers (9%) on SBS 6.
Viewing figures
Programs that (also) did not reach the top fifteen viewing figures include Shownieuws (506 thousand), Editie NL (439 thousand), Feyenoord – Willem II (427 thousand), Nieuwsuur (388 thousand) and Wintertijd (311 thousand).
The viewing figures of Saturday 2 April 2022 (SKO†
Top 15 | Market shares (18-24h, 6+) |
|---|---|
| 01. News 20:00 (NPO1) 2.030.000 | 01. NPO1 / 30.6% |
| 02. Whole Holland Bakes (NPO1) 1,980,000 | 02. RTL4 / 13.7% |
| 03. I Depart (NPO1) 1,575,000 | 03. ESPN / 11.5% |
| 04. Studio Sport Eredivisie (NPO1) 1,151,000 | 04. SBS6 / 10.6% |
| 05. Half past seven news (RTL4) 891.000 | 05. NPO2 / 6.2% |
| 06. EenVandaag (NPO1) 885,000 | 06. NPO3 / 3.7% |
| 07. Cash register (NPO1) 870,000 | 07. RTL5 / 2.8% |
| 08. News 18:00 (NPO1) 841,000 | 08.NET5/2.5% |
| 09. The One and Only (RTL4) 790,000 | 09. RTL7 / 2.5% |
| 10. RTL Boulevard (RTL4) 677,000 | 10. Vero / 2.2% |
| 11. FriendsLottery Millionaires (RTL4) 669.000 | 11. RTL8 / 1.7% |
| 12. Twente – PSV (ESPN) 667,000 | 12. TLC / 0.9% |
| 13. Heart of the Netherlands (SBS6) 611,000 | 13. BBC / 0.7% |
| 14. Impossible Duets (SBS6) 553,000 | 14. Spike / 0.7% |
| 15. Hidden Past (NPO2) 545,000 | 15. RTLZ / 0.7% |
Market shares per channel group (18-24h, 6+) | More viewing figures at: |
| 01. Public Broadcasting 40.5% |  |
| 02. RTL Netherlands 21.7% | |
| 03. Talpa TV 15.8% |