Winston Gerschtanowitz provided the biggest surprise in the season opener of Make Up Your Mind last night. He turned out to be one of the drag queens. “Great that no one saw it!”
The Carlo Boszhard show Make Up Your Mind is back with a short series of episodes after last year’s one-off special, which attracted 1.2 million viewers. The first of these did well yesterday with 870 thousand viewers (20% market share) on RTL 4, good for fourth place in prime time.
Winston stuns
The celebrity who caused the biggest surprise as a drag queen was Winston Gerschtanowitz. No one really realized that he was behind ‘Milly Charm’. “It’s really very witty to be here. It’s great to see that you didn’t see it,” said the presenter of programs on SBS 6.
His wife Renate Gerschtanowitz also briefly appeared with a video message. “You’re not an overly macho, but it’s quite a thing to walk on your heels like that to look for your inner femininity.”
Frank and Victor
A total of four drag queens were unmasked in the first episode of Make Up Your Mind. Besides Winston, Frank Dane and Victor Reinier were also under the make-up. They were recognized by the panel in both cases. “It was scary, but I also thought it was a great honor to participate in the program,” said Frank.
And then came the last reveal of the evening: Egbert-Jan Weeber. The funniest of these was actually the reaction of the panelists, who played enthusiastically when his name was revealed. After all, Egbert-Jan is not even recognized without make-up, let alone disguised as a drag queen.
Andre on one
André van Duin was the big winner on prime time with 2.1 million viewers (39%) for Heel Holland Bakt on NPO 1. The most watched alternatives were RTL 4’s Oh Wat Een Jaar (934 thousand and 18%), NPO 2’s Hidden Past (484 thousand and 9%) and SBS 6′ Code of Coppens (395 thousand and 7%).
The winners at half past nine were NPO 1’s Ik Departure (1.4 million and 29%), RTL 4’s Make Up Your Mind, SBS 6′ Impossible Duets (458 thousand and 10%) and NPO 2’s Nieuwsuur (350 thousand and 7%) .
Viewing figures
Programs that (also) did not reach the top fifteen viewing figures include Hart van Nederland (393 thousand), Ajax – Sparta (381 thousand), Winter Time (374 thousand) and Lachen om home videos (347 thousand).
The viewing figures of Saturday 9 April 2022 (SKO†
Top 15 | Market Shares (18-24h, 6+) |
|---|---|
| 01. Whole Holland Bakes (NPO1) 2,132,000 | 01. NPO1 / 30.4% |
| 02. News 20:00 (NPO1) 2,092,000 | 02. RTL4 / 18.2% |
| 03. I Depart (NPO1) 1,433,000 | 03. SBS6/9.2% |
| 04. Studio Sport Eredivisie (NPO1) 1,013,000 | 04. NPO2 / 6.8% |
| 05. Half past seven news (RTL4) 1,000,000 | 05.ESPN / 4.2% |
| 06. Oh What A Year (RTL4) 934.000 | 06.NET5/3.2% |
| 07. News 18:00 (NPO1) 932.000 | 07. NPO3 / 2.9% |
| 08. Cash register (NPO1) 917,000 | 08. RTL7 / 2.7% |
| 09. Make up your mind (RTL4) 870.000 | 09. RTL5 / 2.5% |
| 10. EenVandaag (NPO1) 846,000 | 10. Vero / 2.3% |
| 11. RTL Boulevard (RTL4) 622.000 | 11. RTL8 / 1.6% |
| 12. Hidden Past (NPO2) 484.000 | 12.ESPN2 / 1.5% |
| 13. Studio Sport (NPO1) 467,000 | 13. SBS9 / 1.2% |
| 14. Impossible Duets (SBS6) 458,000 | 14. TLC / 1.1% |
| 15. Edition NL (RTL4) 430.000 | 15. BBC / 1.1% |
Market shares per channel group (18-24h, 6+) | More viewing figures at: |
| 01. Public Broadcasting 40.1% |  |
| 02. RTL Netherlands 25.7% | |
| 03. Talpa TV 15.9% |