Jeroen Kijk in de Vegte

{{Infobox person

| name = Jeroen Kijk in de Vegte

| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|df=yes|1974|6|14}}

| birth_place = Emmeloord, Netherlands

| occupation = {{Plainlist|

Television presenter
Radio DJ
Voice actor

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Jeroen Kijk in de Vegte (born 14 June 1974) is a Dutch television presenter, radio DJ and voice actor. He was one of the sidekicks in the radio show ruuddewild.nl presented by Ruud de Wild.{{Cite news |date=27 April 2010 |title=Ruud de Wild presenteert vanuit de lucht |url=https://www.nu.nl/achterklap/2235346/ruud-de-wild-presenteert-vanuit-de-lucht.html |access-date=12 April 2025 |work=NU.nl |language=nl}}{{Cite news |date=12 September 2016 |title=Ruud de Wild blijft radioprogramma Ruuddewild.nl missen |url=https://www.nu.nl/media/4320423/ruud-de-wild-blijft-radioprogramma-ruuddewildnl-missen.html |access-date=12 April 2025 |work=NU.nl |language=nl}} He is the voice over in the shows RTL Boulevard and B&B Vol Liefde.{{Cite news|date=28 May 2020|title=Jeroen Kijk in de Vegte neemt afscheid van Eigen Huis & Tuin: 'Einde van tijdperk'|language=nl|work=AD.nl|url=https://www.ad.nl/show/jeroen-kijk-in-de-vegte-neemt-afscheid-van-eigen-huis-en-tuin-einde-van-tijdperk~a442460f/|url-status=live|access-date=18 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200529174802/https://www.ad.nl/show/jeroen-kijk-in-de-vegte-neemt-afscheid-van-eigen-huis-en-tuin-einde-van-tijdperk~a442460f/|archive-date=29 May 2020}} He was also the voice over for Eigen Huis & Tuin.{{Cite news |last=Vos |first=Marjolein |date=5 August 2024 |title=Wie is toch die gevatte voice-over van B&B Vol Liefde? |url=https://www.televizier.nl/sterren/wie-is-toch-die-gevatte-voice-over-van-b-and-b-vol-liefde |access-date=12 April 2025 |work=Televizier |language=nl}}

Career

He was the voice over for Eigen Huis & Tuin from 1996 to 2020. In 2003, he presented the television show Veronica Vibes which was not very successful.{{Cite web|date=22 July 2004|title=Interview: Jeroen Kijk in de Vegte|language=nl|url=https://frontpage.fok.nl/review/print/126594|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200918215341/https://frontpage.fok.nl/review/print/126594|archive-date=18 September 2020|access-date=18 September 2020|website=FOK.nl}} He presented Het Beste Idee van Nederland in 2004, a television show in which contestants present their inventions to a jury.{{Cite news |date=9 June 2007 |title=Tooske en Henkjan Smits vormen nieuw tv-duo |trans-title=Tooske and Henkjan Smits form new TV duo |url=https://www.mediacourant.nl/2007/06/tooske-en-henkjan-smits-vormen-nieuw-tv-duo/ |access-date=8 October 2024 |work=Mediacourant |language=nl}}

In 2017, he participated in the 17th season of the popular television show Wie is de Mol?.{{Cite news|date=5 September 2020|title=Ron Boszhard en Ellie Lust in jubileumseizoen Wie is de Mol?|language=nl|work=NU.nl|url=https://www.nu.nl/media/6075536/ron-boszhard-en-ellie-lust-in-jubileumseizoen-wie-is-de-mol.html|url-status=live|access-date=10 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200910164853/https://www.nu.nl/media/6075536/ron-boszhard-en-ellie-lust-in-jubileumseizoen-wie-is-de-mol.html|archive-date=10 September 2020}} In 2020, he appeared in a special anniversary edition of the show, called Wie is de Mol? Renaissance, which featured only contestants of previous seasons. He was the titular Mol of that season.

Since July 2018, he is the co-host of the morning show Jan-Willem Start Op! on national public broadcaster NPO Radio 2{{Cite news|date=27 June 2020|title=Jeroen Kijk in de Vegte is bewust minder gaan doen, maar voorlopig nog wel op de radio|language=nl|work=AD.nl|url=https://www.ad.nl/show/jeroen-kijk-in-de-vegte-is-bewust-minder-gaan-doen-maar-voorlopig-nog-wel-op-de-radio~ae3a8efe/|url-status=live|access-date=25 December 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201117124917/https://www.ad.nl/show/jeroen-kijk-in-de-vegte-is-bewust-minder-gaan-doen-maar-voorlopig-nog-wel-op-de-radio~ae3a8efe |archive-date=17 November 2020}} and since August 2008 he is the main voice-over for RTL Boulevard, a daily entertainment news show, on RTL 4{{Cite news|date=10 September 2018|title=Jeroen Kijk in de Vegte al tien jaar lang de stem van RTL Boulevard |language=nl|work=RTL.nl|url=https://www.rtlboulevard.nl/entertainment/tv/artikel/4411941/rtl-verrast-jeroen-kijk-de-vegte-met-award |access-date=25 December 2020}}

In 2021, Jan-Willem Roodbeen and Kijk in de Vegte won the Gouden RadioRing 2020 for their morning radio show Jan-Willem Start Op!.{{Cite news|date=29 January 2021|title=Kootwijker Jeroen Kijk in de Vegte wint belangrijke radioprijs|work=Barneveldse Krant|url=https://www.barneveldsekrant.nl/lokaal/overig/663628/kootwijker-jeroen-kijk-in-de-vegte-wint-belangrijke-radioprijs|access-date=11 February 2021|language=nl}}

He played the role of Melchior in the 2023 film De Grote Kerstfilm: Het Verhaal van Driekoningen.{{Cite news |date=31 August 2023 |title=Jeroen Kijk in de Vegte maakt acteerdebuut in nieuwe kerstfilm |url=https://www.nu.nl/film/6278835/jeroen-kijk-in-de-vegte-maakt-acteerdebuut-in-nieuwe-kerstfilm.html |access-date=12 April 2025 |work=NU.nl |language=nl}} It was his acting debut.

Personal life

On 6 May 2002, he witnessed the assassination of Pim Fortuyn in Hilversum, North Holland which took place in a car park outside the radio studio where Fortuyn had just given an interview to Kijk in de Vegte and his colleague Ruud de Wild.{{Cite news|date=6 May 2002|title=Geschokte reacties op dood Fortuyn|language=nl|work=Radio.NL|url=http://radio.nl/6058/geschokte-reacties-op-dood-fortuyn|url-status=live|access-date=18 September 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161104075552/http://radio.nl/6058/geschokte-reacties-op-dood-fortuyn|archive-date=4 November 2016}}