RTL 5 is going to broadcast the new soap about the life of André Hazes Jr., but is the viewer really looking forward to it now that he leads such a relatively boring, settled life? “I really wonder.”
The soaps about the miserable years of André Hazes Jr. were successful, but now he is happy and settled. Is that basis interesting enough for a soap opera? RTL 5 thinks so, but… Show news they are critical. “Let’s be honest: André Hazes is doing better than a while ago,” begins Telegraaf reporter Jordi Versteegden.
“Are they going to watch?”
André is slowly climbing back up, according to Jordi. “He is now also going to write again with his old writing team, he is filling up the Afas again, so musically things are going well.”
Celebrity expert Bart Ettekoven adds: “Well, in fact, his entire theater tour was completely sold out.”
Jordi: “My point is: I don’t necessarily know whether people actually go to Videoland or RTL 5, which is not the main stage for RTL – so they are making a cautious start -, to watch Hazes. I just really wonder about that. Maybe I’m wrong, but my feeling says… We already know so much about that family.”
Storylines
People now know André’s life, according to Jordi. “We’ve had all kinds of storylines at one time or another. I’m more curious about how he deals with his mother. That’s what I want to know in that soap, but not how he deals with Noa and so on… Yes, then we’ll be done in no time.”
Bart: “At the same time, I always hear from your colleague Evert at De Telegraaf: ‘It doesn’t matter what you write, but if Hazes is in the headline, it is number one in the top ten most read messages.’ Hazes continues to score and we see that very often at Shownieuws.”
Cuddly content
Bram Moszkowicz is actually enthusiastic. “In addition, I think he is more mature if you compare it with a few years ago. He also has a high cuddly character and is witty.”
Jordi: “But do you go to Videoland to watch for a high cuddly content?”
Bram: “Yes, but everything together, right? He is also witty and I can really laugh with him. He is fast, so that’s an advantage, I think.”
‘Misery is better’
Bart thinks that the soap might be too boring. “Do you think that people enjoyed it more when he was still not doing well? That people enjoy misery more than seeing that he is doing well.”
Yes, Jordi thinks. He concludes: “Very honest: of course it is always the case that everything that goes wrong works better for the reader. That is why entertainment news scores at all, because you want to know whether stars have it worse than us.”