SBS 6 star Linda de Mol was completely loaned out to RTL 4. Everything was done to make her TV child Briljante Brainen a success, but it was a failure. “Lost favor factor.”
Linda de Mol is currently living entirely on old successes: Miljoenenjacht and Gooische Vrouwen still keep her working, but no one was waiting for her new format Brilliant Brains. The program flopped mercilessly on RTL 4, and this week it was announced that there will be no second season.
‘Lost favor factor’
How can a show by Linda, who was considered the TV queen of our country for a long time, flop so hard? Telegraaf reporter Jordi Versteegden discusses it in his podcast Strictly Private. “Linda de Mol has made a trip to RTL 4 with Briljante Breinen, a program from her brilliant brain, but there will not be a second season.”
Privé star journalist Jan Uriot then says: “No, but all those spin-offs and what was stolen a bit from De Verraders and De Slimste Mens, were all thrown into a funnel, thrown into a blender, and then you get this. It doesn’t always work. And I believe that Linda no longer has the goodwill factor at the moment.”
‘How is that possible?’
Jordi wonders where the goodwill factor has gone. “Then how does that happen?”
Jan: “Yes, that must have something to do with that case with Jeroen. I think public opinion is indeed divided about that.”
Jordi: “I don’t know. If it’s a fun quiz, you’ll keep watching, and the viewing figures themselves weren’t that bad. That was about 600 thousand. That’s nothing to write home about, but…”
Not great
Linda has simply lost her magic, according to Jan. “You now also see it with Gooische Vrouwen. That’s not going so great either, while I think it’s strange.”
It’s time to bet on other people, he decides. “I especially like Aunt Cor. If I were John de Mol, I would give that woman, Beppie Melissen, her own talk show as Aunt Cor.”