The finalists were evenly matched. After the ‘collective memory’ round, Telegraaf journalist Martin Visser finished with bronze. Heinen came in second; Derwig managed to take the cup home with him. He wrote history: never before has an actor won the program, said Philip Freriks. The presenter was, as always, assisted by the ‘wrecking ball of ignorance’ Maarten van Rossem.
The actor already seemed to have the best papers for the win. He was seen for seven episodes (apart from the finale), of which he became the smartest of the day six times. Derwig was ranked highest this season and did not have to play until Friday – in the last broadcast.
After it was clear that with these scores he was almost certain of a place in the final week, he told the program that it seemed ‘terrifying’ to him to only start again on the last day. Derwig competed in the first seven episodes, so there was some time between them before he would be back in one of the three seats.
The actor was previously asked for the program, but was not able to. After he was fanatically shouting the answers on the bench last season, his daughter had said that he should join in now. “It was actually for her, it was a super fun adventure,” Derwig already told Thursday evening in On 1, when the three finalists were not yet allowed to betray who was the smartest.
