It’s over for Paul de Leeuw and his hotel show Hotel Hollandia. The chance that this will end up in the elevator is small. Very small. “It drops below 500,000!”
Paul de Leeuw can cry. His big comeback on Saturday night is a big failure. The Hotel Hollandia program started well with more than a million viewers, but the reactions from viewers and critics were devastating. The result? Almost everyone drops out and Paul is left alone with his cringeworthy cabaret.
Ratings disaster
It is now really becoming a ratings disaster, writes Tina Nijkamp analysis channel. “How did the third episode of Hotel Hollandia score? Will it be busy on the app for Paul de Leeuw this morning or will it remain eerily quiet? The latter, because it has now dropped below the 500,000 mark: 446 thousand viewers. Ai, ai, ai.”
Tina sympathizes immensely with Paul. “This seems to be the final ratings hit. It started linearly with 1,055,000, last week 597 thousand and now this. It scores approximately equal to the very disappointing score All-rounder VIPS on SBS 6 (440 thousand) and is only number four at 9:30 PM.”
Fierce competition?
Is it the competition? “Yes, there was Max and Formula 1 on Viaplay, and slightly more people watched Nieuwsuur yesterday (535 thousand) because of the intense news, but still. The gap with Linda has become much larger: 694 thousand for Ik Hou van Holland. That’s 250 thousand more viewers. DNA Singers had a moderate 616 thousand viewers on RTL 4.”
And so all new programs seem to flop this TV season, according to Tina. “The flop counter is now at 12. Never before can I remember a TV season that failed to score so many new titles. Only one has been successful so far: Along the IJssel with Huub Stapel.”
‘What is this?!’
AD journalist Marcus den Blanken thinks the low viewing figures for Paul are justified. “Would it all be conscious at Hotel Hollandia? Don’t send guest, elevator doesn’t work, so we see the whole trip backstage, Freek Bartels rudely cut off, referee age completely wrong, extremely painful sketch Derksen and Van Gaal. I’m a fan of Paul, but what is this?”
And media journalist Jef Willemsen also writes X: “You know Paul de Leeuw is having a hard time when he sweats like an otter even after sitting for 5 minutes. Apparently Hotel Hollandia’s new style still takes some getting used to. He also looks restless, as if it takes more effort to keep things on track (and interesting!).”