Eva Jinek should be removed early from her baby bubble in Abcoude to replace Khalid & Sophie, media expert Victor Vlam advises. “Better than muddling through.”
The talk show Khalid & Sophie was actually supposed to return for a new season at the end of the month, but no solution has yet been found for the Khalid Kasem problem. The presenter’s integrity is in tatters now that the AD has once again linked him to shady affairs, and that is why he is currently inactive.
Deploy Eva
There is much speculation about possible solutions: Sophie can continue alone, Tim Hofman seems to be applying to succeed Khalid, or the entire program can simply be canceled. According to media expert Victor Vlam, the latter is the best option, because according to him Khalid & Sophie are definitely infected, even without Khalid.
Victor proposes to use Eva Jinek now. The plan is to start her in Khalid & Sophie’s time slot after the summer, and that program would then move to late evening. “Eva Jinek has been employed by AvroTros since January 1. I don’t think there is any reason why she should wait until September.”
Plaster off
Something has to be done, Victor says The Communicados. “I would honestly say to the NPO: pull off Khalid & Sophie’s band-aid as quickly as possible, cancel that program. That’s not going to happen anymore. Just let Eva Jinek start, because honestly: you don’t need nine months to develop a format for a talk show.”
Are a few weeks of preparation time enough? “You just need a few guests. You need a round table. And yes, the question with a format is: do you do a sidekick or not? Where do you show fun videos: at the beginning or halfway through? These are not very complicated issues. If the need is there, why not just start at the end of January?”
End of February
If necessary, you can give Eva until the end of February and broadcast compilations of Een Huis Vol until then, says Victor. “I think that is the best alternative to the NPO. I think it would be much better than having to muddle through with Khalid & Sophie for a few more months.”
Co-host Lars Duursma has doubts. “If I were Eva Jinek, I wouldn’t burn my fingers on this. Then I would say: ‘It’s your problem, solve it’, because there is only one chance you get for a first impression, when you are back at the public broadcaster.”
Debt
It won’t do Eva any good to start so much earlier, Lars thinks. “No one is going to say: ‘Yes, it is a bit disappointing with Eva Jinek at seven o’clock, but that is of course because her editors were not ready for it or something.’ So she’s going to be blamed for that.”
Victor: “Yes, I don’t know. You could also see that it might be very nice that she simply took action immediately.”
220 thousand euros
Moreover, Eva is already getting paid, according to Victor. “I think she will just get that 220,000 euros in 2024 – I think that has also been announced – while in fact she only works September, October, November, December.”
He concludes: “Actually, to be very honest, you could also turn it around and say: ‘Yes, if you do get that 220,000 euros for the whole year, then you should work a little harder for it. ‘”