The new Jan Versteegh show The Bicycle Race fails to retain Miljoenenjacht viewers: as many as a million people drop out. “It’s also a lot of cycling. And why India?”
SBS 6 was rammed on Sunday evenings for weeks thanks to the always high-scoring Miljoenenjacht, but that Linda de Mol show was followed up last night by The Bicycle Race with presenter Jan Versteegh. In it, six – how could it be otherwise – celebrities brave busy India by bicycle ‘in a tough race full of chaos and heat’.
Million less
How many people watched? “Unfortunately, no viewing figure jackpot for Jan Versteegh and SBS 6,” TV authority Tina Nijkamp reports. analysis channel. “Just 436 thousand viewers. That is almost a million less than last week’s Miljoenenjacht. And we were unlucky enough to have to face cup football at the beginning.”
Fortunately for Jan, the score is better than that of the Art Rooijakkers flop Survive Your Family, which only 333 thousand people watched last Thursday. “Jan vs Art so 1-0.”
Lots of bicycles
Tina is not surprised about the lower viewing figures. “Phew. The Bicycle Race. A lot of bicycles. And, again, incomprehensible. Why India? On SBS 6? Strange. I don’t understand why this format was purchased. For SBS 6???? What is SBS 6 about this?”
“But: made much better than Survive Your Family and never thought to say: Jan Versteegh is simply much better suited for these types of formats than Art Rooijakkers appears to be.”