Beau van Erven Thorns who announced his departure yesterday at SBS, hint at a move to public broadcasting. But there is someone waiting for him? His capricious nature can be an obstacle. “Beau has every six months another great love.”
,, This does not surprise me. In profile fits Beau not at the station. I was surprised when he went there. ” Former CEO of Endemol and current NTR boss Paul Romer is not the only one who yesterday reacted to the news of Beau van Erven Thorns departure.
The match between the canal Beau “and the popular SBS cried for years by many people from TV land question marks. Also because the programs that he took on his behalf, rarely scored decent ratings. Hole in the Wall, the Zaterdagavondshow with Marc-Marie and Beau, The Common Denominator, The Winner Is …? It is just a small sample of the long series of flops. And yet. During the SBS autumn presentation for the new TV season on the beach in Ibiza, he appeared with another four new program titles once again the face of the channel group.
Underdog
‘Fight hard for the underdog, that’s what drove him. Yesterday sounded on Radio 538′s sound. ,, I have six years working the balls out of my pants, but honestly I did not from the beginning suited SBS ” And Van Erven Thorns in De Volkskrant:. ,, I thought, I’ll make that a little broadcasting going to look like me. I was really the only man in the world who was willing to die for a TV show. ”
Why SBS kept him so long in the house? ,, Beau is a very nice guy, a true professional. So there was always the hope that this is going to work, ” said SBS6 station boss Rene Oosterman. ,, He’s had a lot of chances. But to be honest: there were also not really big hits between. “Commenting on Van Erven Thorns words on Radio 538: ,, I do not think he was perfect for the station. ”
A frequently heard story is that the presenter (whose last SBS programs Flying Dutchmen, It’s Here Fantastic and The Winner Takes It All were) because of its close relationship with Remko van Westerloo all that time could stay at the station. But Van Westerloo recently had his position as SBS program director cede to Peter Lubbers (formerly with FOX). Oosterman points this scenario flatly. ,, At one moment a contract and then you talk. We gradually came to this conclusion. ”
ideas
recent months Van Erven Thorns knocked regulated by Oosterman with new ideas. ,, He wants to make a type of program that currently SBS does not help. I could only imagine him to do Shownieuws. He is very likely to make the NPO programs. I’ve been several signals collected. I think he can lose there his whole heart and soul. ”
In the background atmosphere SBS employees tell Beau’s capricious nature which could frustrate plans sometimes. Quarreling or search, even with colleagues, would be no exception. The question is whether you think it is such a difficult man “in one organization manages to hold, says an insider.
Paul Römer says that in any case not be negotiated with NTR. ,, Beau is a nice man, a smooth and talented presenter. He never just made a choice. Gossip, show stairs, seriously? He is elusive. ”
Ambitions
Van Erven Thorns never made a secret of his ambition to become the new Louis Theroux, the acclaimed British documentary filmmaker. ,, He will like best, but Beau has every six months another great love. ”
,, He fixed prefer traveling to programs, but it is an excellent game leader, ” continues Römer. ,, He was at his best in Deal or No Deal. Only he will thus not get employment with the public service, because there is no place for entertainment. And if anybody here has a permanent place for him? With all the cutbacks, there is not much space. ”
Also televisiemaker- and expert Bert van der Veer has his doubts. ,, The problem with Beau is you do not turn on the television special for him. It is a good presenter, but he is not Linda de Mol or Chantal Janzen. If you then in terms of viewing figures is additionally overtaken by Jochem van Gelder (including SBS), or not doing well. ” ,, Maybe now he takes the same step as Reinout Oerlemans time. No longer present, but to work with his own production. He has his program idea The Phone sold internationally. Though that was not a big hit ”
Beau at the NPO.; he sees it sit yourself. Though there is one thing. The Volkskrant: ,, That Balkenende norm is an obstacle. It is unusual for someone like Matthijs van Nieuwkerkestraat not for the money goes to another broadcaster. Anyway, if I could make my favorite programs, I would be absolutely willing to do. I would find a nice adventure for the whole family somewhere in the pipe and to live there with the six of 100 square meters to go against it. ”
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