The Chateau Meiland formula has been developed a bit and that is why Martien, Erica and their daughter are going to interview celebrities in their new guest house. Is he the new Rik Felderhof? “No!”
Shortly after New Year’s Eve, the recordings of Chateau Meiland VIPS begin, in which the Meilandjes receive fellow stars in their Code Rosé guesthouse. As if there aren’t enough programs in which celebrities can pour their hearts out. In any case, family friend Caroline van der Plas has already agreed to come. He will probably take John de Bever with him.
Martien is not Rik
Is Martien Meiland now the new Rik Felderhof? No, actress Liz Snoijink sneers in the Story. She thinks he shouldn’t even be in the shadow of the former celebrity interviewer. “Commercially a good idea, but Martien lacks the allure of Rik Felderhof. It will be a completely different program than Villa Felderhof.”
Henk Krol, who himself has tried to become the new Rik Felderhof, also does not see Martien as the new Rik. “No. With such a program there should be no laughing, screeching or roaring. Rik Felderhof had a journalistic approach and that is not the case with Martien!”
Marijke enthusiastic
Marijke Helwegen, also a member of the Story prominent panel, is happy with Martien. “Yes. Especially because it is authentic. He doesn’t need to appear intelligent, because viewers love his unpredictable vulnerability.”
Imca Marina is also enthusiastic: “Yes. For the time being, Martien is all about unpretentious entertainment. But maybe he is able to surprise everyone.”
Where is Rick?
Where has the one and only Rik Felderhof gone? Aren’t all TV seniors supposed to sit at a talk show table to express their opinions, next to Catherine Keyl? Rik doesn’t like that.
Rik in the Party: “Talk shows? Rather not. If you sit at a table with guests you don’t know, you have to participate in discussions about topics that can be very vulnerable, and then the chance that you will damage your reputation is very high. So I promised my children: I won’t do that for a while.”
Beau or Winston?
Who does Rik see as his successor? Beau van Erven Dorens perhaps? “I haven’t seen it well enough to judge that. He does it his own way and he is authentic. I really enjoy seeing that again. He dares to be himself and gives it his own color.”
He himself once put Winston Gerschtanowitz forward. That did not happen because he wanted to use old Villa Felderhof images. “But the public broadcaster did not give permission to use those images on the commercial channel. Then it stops.”