Rik van de Westelaken

In this Dutch name, the surname is van de Westelaken, not Westelaken.

Rik van de Westelaken
Born	(1971-04-22) 22 April 1971 (age 53) Vlaardingen, Netherlands
Occupation	Television presenter
Known for	NOS Journaal EenVandaag Wie is de Mol?

Rik van de Westelaken (born 22 April 1971) is a Dutch television presenter. He is known for presenting television programs which include the NOS Journaal, Peking Express and Wie is de Mol?. Other programs include Rik over de Grens and 5 Golden Rings.

Career

He appeared as news presenter in the 2008 film Summer Heat and as himself in the 2009 film Spion van Oranje.

As of 2018^[update], he presents the current affairs television programme EenVandaag.[1][2]

In 2019, he succeeded Art Rooijakkers as presenter of the popular television show Wie is de Mol?.[2][3] Van de Westelaken participated as contestant in the show in 2015 and he ended up winning the show. In 2020, he presented both the 20th season of Wie is de Mol? and a special anniversary season called Wie is de Mol? Renaissance which celebrates the 20th anniversary of the show.[4] In 2021, he presented the 21st season of the show, which is his fourth season as host.[5][6] He also presented the 22nd season, 23rd season and 24th season of the show.

Filmography

As presenter

• Peking Express (2017)
• Wie is de Mol? (2019 – )

As contestant

• Wie is de Mol? (2015)

References

1. "Rik van de Westelaken naar Wie is de Mol? en EenVandaag". NOS.nl (in Dutch). 29 March 2018. Archived from the original on 10 November 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
2. "Rik van de Westelaken gaat Wie is de Mol? én EenVandaag presenteren". Volkskrant (in Dutch). 29 March 2018. Archived from the original on 10 November 2019. Retrieved 10 November 2019.
3. "Rik van de Westelaken volgt Art Rooijakkers op bij Wie is de Mol?". NU.nl (in Dutch). 29 March 2018. Archived from the original on 9 November 2019. Retrieved 9 November 2019.
4. "Ron Boszhard en Ellie Lust in jubileumseizoen Wie is de Mol?". NU.nl (in Dutch). 5 September 2020. Archived from the original on 10 September 2020. Retrieved 10 September 2020.
5. "1 miljoen kijkers voor bekendmaking kandidaten Wie is de Mol? 2021". Algemeen Dagblad (in Dutch). 22 December 2020. Retrieved 22 December 2020.
6. "Rik van de Westelaken: 'Kandidaten toch wat terughoudender dit seizoen'". NU.nl (in Dutch). 2 January 2021. Archived from the original on 2 January 2021. Retrieved 5 January 2021.

External links

• Rik van de Westelaken at IMDb