We are so used to being able to watch castles and other lodgings on television that the Zwaluwenberg was a bit disappointing. Informant Rianne (49) held a slumber party on this Gooise estate so that candidates Dilan (48), Rob (38) and Henri (43) could get to know each other better. Ideal reality TV, Formation Full of Love. But the cameras were not allowed in, so we had to leave it to the imagination of the Hague interpreters.
The country house is not very cozy, Marleen de Rooy told me Eva (NPO1). Chilly rooms, the cramped beds do not sleep well. Former politician Jeroen Dijsselbloem agreed Pauw & De Wit (NPO1) a charming English country house: “It is completely covered with photos of Prince Bernhard – that also improves the atmosphere. And a large lamp with all kinds of guns. And in the evening a small glass of whiskey.” Steak, chocolate mousse, added political reporter Elodie Verweij. There was also a lot of work. Henri said he laid a “good floor”.
Things were going well between Rob and Henri, De Rooy thought: “Love is in the air” The purpose of the stay was mainly to get Dilan there. She had a cold, had drunk a lot of tea, but had not fallen out of bed, she said. In the morning, the three had drunk coffee in their pajamas, Marleen de Rooy thought. But then I believe we were already in her fantasy.
Is a minority cabinet with three parties a good idea? Former politician Arend Jan Boekestijn didn’t think so Pauw & De Witgiven the shaky world order. Niels van der Laan and Jeroen Woe said the same Just see you here (Saturday, NPO1).
In their Saturday evening show they had already taken Dilan to task for her refusal to involve Jesse (39). By placing figures on a scale, they had shown that a coalition of Dilan, Rob, Henri and Jesse produced the most stable middle cabinet. When they removed the Jesse figure and added the Joost figure, the scales tipped to the right.
Their IPO index was strong, with which they used voting behavior to calculate which parties had the greatest “substantive programmatic overlap” – a term from Dilan. With JA21 added, they reached 68 percent overlap; with PvdA on 69 percent. A broad left-wing coalition would work best: 76 percent overlap and still enough seats.
Take a breather on Saturday evening
The two comedians from Just see you here were put in the spotlight on Monday Eva because they were voted Media Persons of the Year. They have just completed a successful winter season. Just see you here was the most watched TV program with an average of 2.7 million viewers.
Just see you here is therefore an ideal Saturday evening program. The duo goes through the news week with an accessible quiz format. This way you also pick up some of the news you missed. Sometimes I wish they were sharper, or more surprising. But lately I’ve come to appreciate their moderate tone and set routines. When you’ve been yelling at the television all week, when you’re sick of the worries of the world, you can recover Just see you here take a breather. Cast in a satirical news quiz in a cozy environment, the world becomes more manageable again.
Not least because of the playful actions for charities, often of their own invention, with which they conclude the broadcast. Their fourteenth season ended with accordionist Oleg Lysenko raising three million euros for ambulances for Ukraine. Tears on stage. So I went to bed with a warm Mies Bouwman feeling, even though I had given nothing again.
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