Everyone knew it was necessary, but practice, what is it painful when it really happens: Sophie Hilbrand is thrown out at Bar. And Jeroen Pauw? It stays. “It was inevitable.”
It is the talk show that hardly anyone is talking about: Bar Laat, the Neuzelhoekje of Jeroen Pauw and Sophie Hilbrand on the late evening of NPO 1. Especially from Sophie always scores very badly, because she is simply not a good talk show host. Everyone knew she had to get out, but the big question was: how long does BNNVARA continue to pull on a dead horse?
What does Sophie say?
Bnnvara has made the decision: Jeroen stays, Sophie is being killed. “I am very grateful for the years that I have been at the head of the talk show table,” she says to De Telegraaf. “Now I am going to resist my sights and devote myself to the development of new programs.”
Does it not feel a bit uncomfortable for Jeroen that he stays and his co-host has to get out? “For the time being it seems to me that Sophie should do the spokesperson about Sophie,” he says.
Terrified
It seems that BNNVARA is terrified of losing the place in the late evening. On Monday, the summer replacement for Bar Laat starts with the fresh duo Sam Hagens and Welmoed Sijtsma, and if they score much better, then the NPO will of course not continue with Bar in 2026. The big question is: is Sophie’s exit enough?
TV authority Tina Nijkamp responds to her analysis canal: “Inevitable this. Unfortunately for Sophie, she really scored much lower viewing figures than Jeroen. So completely new start so for bar late. Exciting !!!!”
“That was time”
Guido den attracter, Story boss and Shownieuws expert, thinks it’s good. “That was time. Presenting at the NPO should never be a matter of course because you are there,” he says on X.
Rob Goossens, known for RTL Boulevard and rumbling with Chatgpt-Minners, says: “So, the broom will continue at Bar Laat! Bnnvara will undoubtedly look at Welmoed Sijtsma this summer, because she is the most logical replacement for Sophie within the NPO.”
To survive
Mediaciticus Victor Vlam already predicted Sophie’s exit last weekend. Then he reported in his podcast That the editor-in-chief of the RTL talk show, Mitch van Loosen, goes to Bar leaves to make things a little less woke.
Victor then: “Is Sophie going to survive this? She is of course the figurehead of the left -wing character of that talk show, more than Jeroen Pauw that is. If you want to make such a program less woke, it would not be surprising to say: maybe there is no room for Sophie anymore.”
Wise
His prediction now appears to be correct: Sophie is out. Victor responds to X: “Large changes at Bar Laat. It was obvious that Sophie did not work as a presenter. So sensible decision.”
What a loss of face for Sophie. Does that woman get something different from BNNVARA? The broadcaster says: “It offers us new opportunities now that Sophie is available again for the presentation and development of other titles.”