There is uncertainty about the position of Wouter de Winther as today’s table guest Inside. Although he has made agreements with Eva Jinek, he also claims to be able to stay in VI. “A lot of money.”
Wouter de Winther is a welcome guest in today Inside. The political reporter of De Telegraaf regularly joins it, but how long? Is he also bumped away by RTL Tonight? No, he told the show last week. He has made agreements with Eva Jinek, but has stipulated that he can still stay in VI.
Is Wouter in VI?
At least, Wouter came up with that story. A day later, Wilfred Genee nuanced it in the show. He said it was something else and that Wouter can only show up at the competition on days when Eva is not allowed to broadcast. Then he could only join VI on Friday, if Hélène Hendriks is already a regular guest.
TV critic Victor Vlam says in his podcast Victor explains TV: “Yes, I was also a guest in that broadcast, and I also know that afterwards, when he explained what those agreements with Eva are, there was some surprise with many people behind the scenes. Also surprised reactions, because it all seems to be really different.”
“Chance is small”
We will no longer see Wouter in VI so often, says Victor. “Actually, the chance is really very small that as soon as Eva has started, he will be shown in VI, because the precise appointment he made as he told is that he is not allowed to join another talk show, so at VI, on days that Eva broadcasts.”
“So from 1 September he is not allowed to sit anywhere else from Monday to Thursday. And that also means that if Wouter is not at Eva that evening, he is not allowed to go to today. The thought of Eva behind it is that she wants to open the possibility that he will be flown in at the last minute when there Breaking News is. “
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That would not be possible if he is also inside today. “That means that Wouter can only sit down on Friday evening inside. But, as viewers of the program know, that is the fixed day of Hélène, so the chance that he will sit down there on Friday is not so terribly high.”
He continues: “That may not happen at all. And that is of course a shame, because that means that Wouter de Winther, the most prominent politics of the moment, actually also leaves in today inside. Quite special and really different from how he presented it there in the broadcast.”
‘For the money’
Why does Wouter choose for that? “That will of course undoubtedly have to do with money. Because you only give exclusivity because it gives you extra money. So Eva will really have pulled the wallet for him and I also think: what Eva can of course offer, which makes Eva attractive for Wouter, is that she can offer more transmission time.”
In theory, Wouter could sit there two to three times a week, says Victor. “With VI that is not possible. Of course you also have Merel and all those other politics walkers there. Those are actually the regular politics of SBS, so at most at VI he could sit down once every two to three weeks.”
Transfer
According to Victor, it is therefore a combination. “Well, I think that also played a role in the fact that he has decided to commit to Eva Jinek on an exclusive basis. But yes, it is remarkable, because in fact this is just a transfer. Anyone else at today inside who leaves that program.”
After the podcast, Victor nuances on X: “Update: Wouter de Winther does not leave VI. There are developments that I did not know when recording the podcast. Every now and then he is there on Fridays. In the long term again more often.”
What that works is yet unclear. Wilfred Genee is certainly not happy that Victor discusses developments behind the scenes in his podcast, he said on TV yesterday.