The fairy tale ends irrevocably for the fairytale figure Boom The masked singer. Neither presenter Jens Dendoncker nor the investigative panel could guess the mysterious BV. The Boom suit and the tip videos reminded both the audience and the panel of Tom Waes. But from Boom’s fairytale suit came a big hit, namely VRT news anchor Wim De Vilder.
For many it was a total surprise: Wim, who never appears in game shows or panel shows, is the last name people thought of. Nice The masked singer that they could still snare him.
“I was asked for the program once in the first season,” Wim explains. At that time I held off, but now I still wanted to participate, because it might be the last chance. I have now had a 25-year career as a news anchor, and I felt that I could now afford to show a completely different side of myself.” When asked whether we will see him appear in other television programs, Wim is clear: “No, not. You don’t know how many other shows I’ve been asked to do in the past. Stars on the Dance Floor, Dancing On Ice, you name it. I always said thank you for that, but in the end I didn’t like singing. I used to sing in a choir and would still like to do so. But with my difficult schedule it is impossible for me to free up one fixed evening a week for choir rehearsals. And at The masked singer apparently they knew that I liked to sing.”
The suit Boom
But singing in a suit is of course something else. Last week we saw how Eikeltje almost fell off the stage during his performance. “The heavy suit of the Boom was also quite challenging. It put some pressure on my lungs and I couldn’t breathe very well. Seeing wasn’t always easy either. At rehearsal I also ended up facing the wrong way because I couldn’t see the stage properly.” (Continue reading under Boom’s performance)
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White lie
“Lying is not in the nature of a news anchor, but I had to do it once,” the news anchor confesses. I started looking for a brace, because I tend to flip my foot quite quickly. I went to the store and the saleswoman asked me why I needed it. I completely panicked. I didn’t expect the question and then said something like, “I’m participating in a dance marathon.” Now it just so happened that she was also a big dance fanatic and she asked me where it took place and how you could register. Then I heard myself say: “In the Netherlands, but it’s only a try-out, so you can’t register.” Something I hate as a news anchor: lying. So here’s my apologies to the lady. I’m glad that from now on I can just tell the truth again.
Colleagues in the newsroom
No one knew about my participation, except two managers at VRT. They fully supported me, just like the management at VTM, which was nice. Colleagues will fall from the sky, I’m sure. I kept it all a secret. Of course I never sang my songs in the editorial office, but isolated myself. Not singing them was difficult, because of course I had to practice carefully. But I am certainly curious about the reaction of my colleagues. I saw when Karl was unmasked that many of them followed that on the screen. I saw their jaws drop. Maybe now they will be even more surprised. But they can rest assured, I would very much like to return to Het Journaal.
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