Jan Slagter appeared as a drag queen in the grand final of Make Up Your Mind last night. The 68-year-old boss of Omroep MAX was in the show to award the main prize to Soy Kroon.
Make Up Your Mind was shown last year as a one-off special with drag queen Peter R. de Vries as the big surprise. This year, the Carlo Boszhard show returned with a full five-episode run. The grand finale of this managed to captivate 1 million viewers (26% market share) on RTL 4 yesterday.
Jan as drag queen
Where Barry Atsma came out as the big winner last year, this time actor Soy Kroon went home with the win. He received the prize from Jan Slagter. “I really gave everything. It was a huge experience and what I have a lot of respect for are the makeup artists. I no longer recognized myself,” said the broadcaster.
Why Jan participated in the program? “As crazy as it may sound: when I heard that Peter R. de Vries had also done that, I thought: then I should do that too.”
Fewer viewers
The one-off special of Make Up Your Mind attracted 1.2 million viewers to RTL 4 last year; including delayed viewing, the score even reached 1.7 million viewers. This year the scores were slightly lower: on average, the five-part series attracted 974 thousand viewers per episode. The first four shows, including delayed viewing, scored an average of 1.2 million viewers.
Back to yesterday’s final evening: prior to Make Up Your Mind, Chantal Janzen managed to charm 874 thousand viewers (16%) with her program Oh Wat Een Jaar. A nice score compared to the viewing figure monster Heel Holland Bakt.
All of Holland Bakes at #1
With 2.4 million viewers (41%) the grand final of Heel Holland Bakt was the big winner of the evening. Immediately afterwards, Ik Departures still had 1.3 million (28%) left on NPO 1.
NPO 2 takes bronze with 829 thousand viewers (14%) for Here Are The Van Rossems. The episode opened with a text message to viewers, as one of the Van Rossems, Sis, passed away last week after a fall at home. Nieuwsuur attracted 482 thousand viewers (10%).
The fourth place is for SBS 6: Code van Coppens attracted 478 thousand viewers (8%) and Impossible Duets had 392 thousand (8%).
Viewing figures
Other programs that did not make the top 15 include Hart van Nederland (466 thousand), Shownieuws (402 thousand) and Lachen om home videos (354 thousand).
The viewing figures of Saturday 7 May 2022 (SKO†
Top 15 | Market Shares (18-24h, 6+) |
|---|---|
| 01. Whole Holland Bakes (NPO1) 2,357,000 | 01. NPO1 / 31.9% |
| 02. News 20:00 (NPO1) 1,838,000 | 02. RTL4 / 20.9% |
| 03. I Depart (NPO1) 1,275,000 | 03. SBS6 / 9.4% |
| 04. Make up your mind (RTL4) 1.044.000 | 04. NPO2 / 6.6% |
| 05. Half past seven news (RTL4) 1.012.000 | 05. NPO3 / 3.5% |
| 06. News 18:00 (NPO1) 962.000 | 06. RTL5 / 2.4% |
| 07. Studio Sport Eredivisie (NPO1) 933,000 | 07.NET5/ 2.4% |
| 08. Oh What A Year (RTL4) 874.000 | 08. Vero / 2.0% |
| 09. Here Are The Van Rossems (NPO2) 829.000 | 09. RTL7 / 1.8% |
| 10. EenVandaag (NPO1) 803,000 | 10.ESPN2 / 1.6% |
| 11. Real life in the zoo (NPO1) 787,000 | 11. Ziggo / 1.6% |
| 12. RTL Boulevard (RTL4) 683,000 | 12.ESPN / 1.3% |
| 13. Studio Sport (NPO1) 586,000 | 13. RTL8 / 1.2% |
| 14. Edition NL (RTL4) 483,000 | 14. TLC / 1.1% |
| 15. News Hour (NPO2) 482.000 | 15. BBC / 1.0% |
Market shares per channel group (18-24h, 6+) | More viewing figures at: |
| 01. Public Broadcasting 42.0% |  |
| 02. RTL Netherlands 26.8% | |
| 03. Talpa TV 14.2% |