Nikkie de Jager
{{Short description|Dutch makeup artist and YouTuber}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=February 2021}}
{{family name hatnote|De Jager|Drossaers|nd=yes|lang=Dutch}}
{{Infobox person
| name = Nikkie de Jager
| other_names = NikkieTutorials
| image = NikkiedeJager2020-2.jpg
| caption = De Jager in 2020
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1994|03|02|df=yes}}
| birth_place = Wageningen, Netherlands
| occupation = {{flatlist|
}}
| spouse = {{marriage|Dylan Drossaers|2022}}
| website = {{URL|Nikkietutorials.com}}
| module = {{Infobox YouTube personality
|embed=yes
|channel_handle=NikkieTutorials
|years_active=2008–present
|genre={{flatlist|
- Vlog
- makeup
- beauty}}
|subscribers = 14.5 million
|views = 1.9 billion
|stats_update= 4 February 2024
|network= Collab
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|gold_button=yes
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Nikkie de Jager-Drossaers{{cite AV media |title=WATCH OUR WEDDING DAY! 💍 Showing You EVERYTHING! |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0a3_p8U_20g&t=1104s |type=Video |time=18:24 |work=NikkieTutorials |via=YouTube |date=13 September 2022}} ({{IPA|nl|ˈnɪki də ˈjaːɣər drɔˈsaːrs}}; born 2 March 1994), known online as NikkieTutorials, is a Dutch make-up artist, model and beauty YouTuber.{{Cite news|url=https://www.public.fr/Look/Beaute-coaching/Photos-Zoella-Michelle-Phan-Huda-Beauty-Decouvrez-les-5-influencueuses-beaute-les-plus-puissantes-du-monde-1350776|title=Zoella, Huda Beauty, Shaaanxo...Découvrez les 5 youtubeuses beauté les plus puissantes du monde!|last=Sall|first=Elisabeth|date=22 April 2017|work=Public|access-date=29 November 2017|language=fr|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201080912/https://www.public.fr/Look/Beaute-coaching/Photos-Zoella-Michelle-Phan-Huda-Beauty-Decouvrez-les-5-influencueuses-beaute-les-plus-puissantes-du-monde-1350776|archive-date=1 December 2017|url-status=live}} She gained online popularity in 2015 after her YouTube video "The Power of Makeup" became popular and inspired many other videos of people showing their faces with and without makeup.{{Cite AV media|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4Ov8qvZ2_w|title=The Power of Makeup|type=Video|work=NikkieTutorials|date=10 May 2015|via=YouTube|access-date=6 December 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171204102917/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a4Ov8qvZ2_w|archive-date=4 December 2017|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.businessinsider.com/the-power-of-makeup-youtube-transformation-2015-6|title=This YouTube beauty star put her reputation on the line to send a message to the world|last=Willett|first=Megan|date=16 June 2015|work=Business Insider|access-date=29 November 2017|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201035918/http://www.businessinsider.com/the-power-of-makeup-youtube-transformation-2015-6|archive-date=1 December 2017|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.seventeen.com/beauty/makeup-skincare/a41676/nikkietutorials-on-makeup-shaming-glitter-eyeshadow-and-her-epic-collaboration-with-too-faced/|title=NikkieTutorials On Makeup Shaming, Glitter, And Her Epic Collaboration With Too Faced|last=Denton|first=Elizabeth|date=13 July 2016|work=Seventeen|access-date=29 September 2018|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612162935/https://www.seventeen.com/beauty/makeup-skincare/a41676/nikkietutorials-on-makeup-shaming-glitter-eyeshadow-and-her-epic-collaboration-with-too-faced/|archive-date=12 June 2018}}
Career
De Jager first began uploading videos to YouTube in 2008, at the age of 14, after watching MTV's The Hills while sick and being inspired by Lauren Conrad's makeup.{{Cite news|url=https://hellogiggles.com/beauty/makeup/nikkietutorials-tells-us-about-how-she-got-over-her-fear-of-doing-a-cat-eye-and-how-lauren-conrad-inspired-her-to-do-makeup/|title=NikkieTutorials tells us how Lauren Conrad inspired her to start doing makeup and how she got over her fear of winged eyeliner|last=Lodi|first=Marie|date=1 February 2017|work=HelloGiggles|access-date=28 September 2018|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929041259/https://hellogiggles.com/beauty/makeup/nikkietutorials-tells-us-about-how-she-got-over-her-fear-of-doing-a-cat-eye-and-how-lauren-conrad-inspired-her-to-do-makeup/|archive-date=29 September 2018|url-status=live}} She then began searching YouTube for tutorials to recreate the look and was inspired to begin creating her own.{{Cite news|url=http://www.nikkietutorials.com/site/home-2/|title=About Nikkie|last=de Jager|first=Nikkie|date=24 February 2010|work=NikkieTutorials|access-date=29 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180928220410/http://www.nikkietutorials.com/site/home-2/|archive-date=28 September 2018|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.teenvogue.com/gallery/nikkietutorials-beauty-blogger-profile|title=Beauty Blogger Of The Moment: NikkieTutorials|last=Wallace|first=Carly|work=Teen Vogue|access-date=29 September 2018|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929041301/https://www.teenvogue.com/gallery/nikkietutorials-beauty-blogger-profile|archive-date=29 September 2018|url-status=live}} After uploading videos for about two years, she enrolled in makeup coursework at B Academy in Amsterdam. She then signed to Colourfool Agency in 2011, and began working as a professional makeup artist.
In the autumn of 2013, she became the head makeup artist for the RTL 5 show I Can Make You a Supermodel with Paul Fisher.{{Cite news|url=http://www.nikkietutorials.com/site/2014/03/i-can-make-you-a-supermodel/|title=I Can Make You a Supermodel!|date=4 March 2014|work=NikkieTutorials|access-date=29 September 2018|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929080052/http://www.nikkietutorials.com/site/2014/03/i-can-make-you-a-supermodel/|archive-date=29 September 2018|url-status=live}} De Jager left Colourfool Agency at the beginning of 2014 to work as a freelance hair and makeup artist.
Forbes magazine named De Jager one of the top ten beauty "influencers" in 2017.{{Cite news|url=https://www.forbes.com/profile/nikkie-de-jager/|title=Nikkie de Jager|work=Forbes|access-date=29 November 2017|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201045048/https://www.forbes.com/profile/nikkie-de-jager/|archive-date=1 December 2017|url-status=live}} In 2017, she also won the award for "YouTube Guru" at the Shorty Awards and the award for "Choice Fashion/Beauty Web Star" at the Teen Choice Awards.{{Cite news|url=http://www.tubefilter.com/2017/04/24/nikkie-tutorials-david-dobrik-shorty-awards/|title=Nikkie Tutorials, David Dobrik, Others Honored At Ninth Annual Shorty Awards|last=Weiss|first=Geoff|date=24 April 2017|work=Tubefilter|access-date=29 November 2017|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201033529/http://www.tubefilter.com/2017/04/24/nikkie-tutorials-david-dobrik-shorty-awards/|archive-date=1 December 2017|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=http://www.eonline.com/news/873075/teen-choice-awards-2017-winners-the-complete-list|title=Teen Choice Awards 2017 Winners: The Complete List|last=Vulpo|first=Mike|date=13 August 2017|work=E! Online|access-date=29 November 2017|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180130225435/http://www.eonline.com/news/873075/teen-choice-awards-2017-winners-the-complete-list|archive-date=30 January 2018|url-status=live}}
In 2017, De Jager uploaded a video reviewing a foundation produced by a Prague-based cosmetics brand and spoke about the company using her image, specifically a screenshot from her "The Power of Makeup" video, to sell their products on social media without her permission. She expressed disappointment in the company's actions, feeling they had lied to their followers as she was not wearing any of their products in the photo of her they had used to promote their company.{{cite web|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOjhgtCQwhw&t=593s|title=WORLD'S MOST FULL COVERAGE FOUNDATION??|last=de Jager|first=Nikkie|date=4 September 2017|publisher=Youtube|access-date=4 September 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191115035906/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dOjhgtCQwhw&gl=US&hl=en&has_verified=1&bpctr=9999999999|archive-date=15 November 2019|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.lifeandstylemag.com/posts/what-happened-to-nikkie-tutorial-brother-161636|title=YouTube Star Nikkie de Jager, aka NikkieTutorials, Mourns Death of Little Brother|last=Clarendon|first=Dan|date=14 June 2018|work=Life & Style|access-date=29 September 2018|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180929041218/https://www.lifeandstylemag.com/posts/what-happened-to-nikkie-tutorial-brother-161636|archive-date=29 September 2018|url-status=live}}
In January 2019, it was announced that De Jager would serve as the Global Beauty Adviser for Marc Jacobs Beauty. The brand stated in a press release that "in this newly created role, Nikkie will be integrated into the brand’s product development process, as well as share her incredible talent and expertise to expand unique content and artistry around the world on both Marc Jacobs Beauty and her own channels."{{Cite web|url=https://www.allure.com/story/nikkietutorials-marc-jacobs-beauty-global-artistry-advisor|title=Nikkie de Jager (AKA YouTube's NikkieTutorials) Is Marc Jacobs Beauty's New Global Artistry Adviser|last=Robin|first=Marci|date=26 January 2019|website=Allure|access-date=25 August 2019|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190825231610/https://www.allure.com/story/nikkietutorials-marc-jacobs-beauty-global-artistry-advisor|archive-date=25 August 2019|url-status=live}}
On 12 June 2020, it was announced that De Jager would become a goodwill ambassador at the United Nations.{{cite news |title=Nikkie de Jager wordt Nederlandse ambassadeur van Verenigde Naties |url=https://www.nu.nl/achterklap/6057405/nikkie-de-jager-wordt-nederlandse-ambassadeur-van-verenigde-naties.html |work=NU.nl |date=11 June 2020 |language=nl |access-date=13 June 2020 |archive-date=13 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200613074746/https://www.nu.nl/achterklap/6057405/nikkie-de-jager-wordt-nederlandse-ambassadeur-van-verenigde-naties.html |url-status=live }}
On 23 September 2021, De Jager launched her cosmetic brand, Nimya, after having developed it for three years.{{Cite web |last=Pantony |first=Ali |date=2021-09-09 |title=EXCLUSIVE: Everyone's favourite YouTube makeup guru, NikkieTutorials, is launching her very first beauty brand (and you're going to want everything) |url=https://www.glamourmagazine.co.uk/article/nikkie-tutorials-beauty-brand-nimya |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=Glamour UK |language=en-GB}} The brand featured three products upon launch: Moisturizer/Primer Hybrid, Setting Spray, and Cooling Ice Stick and glow Serum, as well as a minifan to go with the products.{{Cite web |last=Tietjen |first=Alexa |date=2021-09-23 |title=Nikkie de Jager’s Next Beauty Move |url=https://wwd.com/feature/nikkie-de-jager-nikkietutorials-nimya-beauty-1234936476/ |access-date=2025-02-08 |website=WWD |language=en-US}}
= Collaborations =
De Jager has collaborated with beauty brandsSpironelli, Claudia. “Cosmetics Industry: an Analysis of Marketing and Mass Communication Strategies.” University of Padua, University of Padua, 2018, pp. 95–95. like OFRA Cosmetics{{Cite web|date=2017-03-16|title=NikkieTutorials' New Collab Was FINALLY Announced: Everything You Need to Know|url=https://www.allure.com/story/ofra-x-nikkietutorials-collaboration|access-date=2021-07-14|website=Allure|language=en-US|archive-date=12 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210712230234/https://www.allure.com/story/ofra-x-nikkietutorials-collaboration|url-status=live}}{{Cite thesis|last=Stephens|first=Sakurako C.|date=May 2019|title=The Power of Makeup: A Digital Ethnography |type=MA thesis |publisher=The University of Texas at Austin |page=77 |via=Texas ScholarWorks |url=https://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/bitstream/handle/2152/75053/STEPHENS-THESIS-2019.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y |access-date=14 July 2021|archive-date=13 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210713192552/https://repositories.lib.utexas.edu/bitstream/handle/2152/75053/STEPHENS-THESIS-2019.pdf?sequence=1&isAllowed=y|url-status=live |hdl=2152/75053 |doi=10.26153/tsw/2160 }} and Maybelline.{{Cite news|url=https://www.allure.com/story/nikkie-tutorials-too-faced-collaboration|title=Here's Every Single Product in the Nikkie Tutorials x Too Faced Collaboration|last=Jacques|first=Renee|date=26 May 2016|work=Allure|access-date=29 November 2017|language=en|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201042126/https://www.allure.com/story/nikkie-tutorials-too-faced-collaboration|archive-date=1 December 2017|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.popsugar.com/beauty/Ofra-x-NikkieTutorials-Glow-Baby-Glow-Makeup-Collection-44006756|title=The New Ofra x NikkieTutorials Collab Has Highlighters That "Blind the Haters"|last=Demopoulos|first=Alaina|date=14 September 2017|work=POPSUGAR Beauty|access-date=29 November 2017|language=en-US|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201032820/https://www.popsugar.com/beauty/Ofra-x-NikkieTutorials-Glow-Baby-Glow-Makeup-Collection-44006756|archive-date=1 December 2017|url-status=live}}{{Cite news|url=https://www.econsultancy.com/blog/69550-a-close-up-look-at-maybelline-s-brow-raising-success-with-visual-content-on-social-media|title=A close up look at Maybelline's brow-raising success with visual content on social media|last=Gilliland|first=Nikki|date=2 November 2017|work=Econsultancy|access-date=29 November 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171201043838/https://www.econsultancy.com/blog/69550-a-close-up-look-at-maybelline-s-brow-raising-success-with-visual-content-on-social-media|archive-date=1 December 2017|url-status=live}} Her line with OFRA Cosmetics in 2017 included liquid lipsticks and a highlighter palette.{{Cite web|title=OFRA X NikkieTutorials: Inside the Collection|url=https://www.ofracosmetics.com/blogs/ofra-blog/ofra-x-nikkietutorials|access-date=2021-07-01|website=Ofra Cosmetics|language=en|archive-date=9 July 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210709181753/https://www.ofracosmetics.com/blogs/ofra-blog/ofra-x-nikkietutorials|url-status=live}} In December 2019, she collaborated with Lady Gaga, promoting her makeup brand Haus Laboratories.{{Cite web|author=NikkieTutorials|date=4 December 2019|title=Doing LADY GAGA'S Makeup! {{!}} NikkieTutorials|url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kx_uCdTRCAw|website=Youtube|access-date=9 August 2020|archive-date=29 July 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200729163347/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kx_uCdTRCAw|url-status=live}}
In August 2020, De Jager launched her own eyeshadow palette in collaboration with the brand Beauty Bay.{{Cite web |url=https://m.youtube.com/watch?feature=youtu.be&v=MZI1BxXbhss |title=MY OWN PALETTE! NikkieTutorials x BEAUTY BAY REVEAL! |website=YouTube |date=27 August 2020 |access-date=30 August 2020 |archive-date=19 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119071306/https://www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&feature=youtu.be&v=MZI1BxXbhss |url-status=live }}
Personal life
On 13 January 2020, De Jager shared YouTube video titled "I'm Coming Out", in which she publicly came out as transgender. She stated that she was being blackmailed by someone who threatened to expose this. She began her transition in her teenage years.{{Cite AV media |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QOOw2E_qAsE |title=I'm Coming Out. |language=en |access-date=2024-05-15 |via=www.youtube.com}}
De Jager got engaged to Dylan Drossaers in August 2019.{{Cite web |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFAcOdwqSW4&t=889s |title=I AM GETTING MARRIED?! |last=NikkieTutorials |date=13 August 2019 |website=Youtube.com |access-date=16 February 2020 |archive-date=19 January 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119071434/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gFAcOdwqSW4&t=889s |url-status=live }}{{Cite web|url=https://www.yourtango.com/2019326974/who-nikkietutorials-fiance-dylan-romantic-engagement-italy|title=Beauty Guru NikkieTutorials Is Engaged — Meet Her Fiancé Dylan And Check Out That Bling!|date=15 January 2020|website=YourTango|language=en|access-date=21 February 2020|archive-date=19 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119071405/https://www.yourtango.com/2019326974/who-nikkietutorials-fiance-dylan-romantic-engagement-italy|url-status=live}} The two got married on 6 September 2022.{{Cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/p/CiLHJZWKFYE/ |title=06-09-2022 Mr. & Mrs. Tutorials |last=NikkieTutorials |date=6 September 2022 |website=instagram.com |access-date=7 September 2022 }}
On 8 August 2020, De Jager and Drossaers were robbed at gunpoint in their house in Uden.{{Cite tweet|user=politieob|number=1292107558128427008|title=Zojuist melding van een overval op een woning aan de Pnemstraat in #Uden. De daders bedreigden de bewoners met mogelijk een vuurwapen en maakten hen een onbekende buit afhandig. Er is sprake van minimaal 3 daders die in een beige personenauto gevlucht zijn richting de A50.|date=8 August 2020|access-date=9 August 2020|language=nl}} The Dutch police reported one other resident suffering superficial injuries.{{cite instagram|user=nikkietutorials|postid=CDpHLgtJag4|title=I love you 💞|date=8 August 2020}}{{Cite tweet|user=politieob|number=1292108541227040770|title=Een van de bewoners heeft oppervlakkige verwondingen opgelopen. Wij doen op de locatie onderzoek zoals het horen van getuigen. Ook onze afdeling forensische opsporing gaat sporenonderzoek verrichten. Info of tips? De auto gezien? Camerabeelden? Bel 0900-8844. Anoniem? 0800-7000|date=8 August 2020|access-date=9 August 2020|language=nl}} The police launched an investigation shortly after, and later stated that arrests were made during the investigation.{{Cite web|date=9 August 2020|title=Trans beauty blogger NikkieTutorials robbed at gunpoint in her own home|url=https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/09/nikkietutorials-robbed-gunpoint-netherlands-trans-youtube/|access-date=9 August 2020|website=PinkNews|language=en-GB|last=Milton|first=Josh|archive-date=9 August 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200809183614/https://www.pinknews.co.uk/2020/08/09/nikkietutorials-robbed-gunpoint-netherlands-trans-youtube/|url-status=live}}
Television
File:Chantal Janzen en Nikkie de Jager.png, two of the four presenters of the Eurovision Song Contest 2021.]]
In September 2017, De Jager was a participant in the Dutch game show The Big Escape. In January 2019, she participated in the nineteenth season of the popular Dutch reality game show Wie is de Mol?.{{cite web |title=Nikkie de Jager |url=https://wieisdemol.avrotros.nl/kandidaten/item/nikkie/ |website=wieisdemol.avrotros.nl |publisher=Wie is de Mol? |access-date=23 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201202185349/https://wieisdemol.avrotros.nl/kandidaten/item/nikkie/ |archive-date=2 December 2020 |url-status=dead |language=nl}} She was eliminated from the competition in the third episode. In 2019, and again in 2024, De Jager also appeared as a guest judge on BBC Three's version of Glow Up.{{cite web |last1=Kopotsha |first1=Jazmin |title=BBC Three's Glow Up Is The Beauty Version Of Great British Bake Off |url=https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/glow-up-bbc-three |website=Refinery29 |access-date=2 February 2020 |date=6 March 2019 |archive-date=2 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200202043349/https://www.refinery29.com/en-gb/glow-up-bbc-three |url-status=live }} In September 2020, she returned to Wie is de Mol? for a special 20th anniversary season. She went on to become the winner of this season.
After her coming-out video became popular in January 2020, De Jager was a guest on The Ellen DeGeneres Show, where she talked about her experience coming out as transgender.{{Cite web|url=https://www.insider.com/nikkietutorials-ellen-degeneres-show-coming-out-transgender-youtube-2020-1|title=NikkieTutorials gave her first interview since coming out as transgender, telling Ellen that her fiancé gave her the strength to post the video|last=Harris|first=Margot|website=Insider|date=9 October 2019 |access-date=3 February 2020|archive-date=19 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119071310/https://www.insider.com/nikkietutorials-ellen-degeneres-show-coming-out-transgender-youtube-2020-1|url-status=live}} She later spoke out about her experience on the show while being interviewed on De Wereld Draait Door, stating that she was treated differently from other guests, and that the show's host, Ellen DeGeneres, was "cold and distant".{{Cite web|last=Chen|first=Tanya|date=30 March 2020|title=NikkieTutorials Appears To Imply She Didn't Have A Great Experience With Ellen DeGeneres On Her Show|url=https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tanyachen/nikkietutorials-inferred-ellen-degeneres-was-not-as-nice|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200730230856/https://www.buzzfeednews.com/article/tanyachen/nikkietutorials-inferred-ellen-degeneres-was-not-as-nice|archive-date=30 July 2020|access-date=9 August 2020|website=BuzzFeed News|language=en}}{{Cite web|last=Dodgson|first=Lindsay|title=NikkieTutorials gave more detail on her 'Ellen' appearance, saying she didn't even get her own bathroom because it was reserved for the Jonas Brothers|url=https://www.insider.com/nikkietutorials-spoken-again-about-how-she-was-treated-ellen-degeneres-2020-4|access-date=9 August 2020|website=Insider|date=14 April 2020 |archive-date=19 January 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119071310/https://www.insider.com/nikkietutorials-spoken-again-about-how-she-was-treated-ellen-degeneres-2020-4|url-status=live}}
On 10 February 2020, it was announced that De Jager would be the online host of the Eurovision Song Contest 2020, which was planned to be held in Rotterdam.{{cite news |date=10 February 2020 |title=NikkieTutorials online-presentator Songfestival: 'Extreem vereerd' |language=nl |work=NOS |url=https://nos.nl/artikel/2322437-nikkietutorials-online-presentator-songfestival-extreem-vereerd.html |url-status=live |access-date=10 February 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200211200833/https://nos.nl/artikel/2322437-nikkietutorials-online-presentator-songfestival-extreem-vereerd.html |archive-date=11 February 2020}}{{Cite web |date=10 February 2020 |title=NikkieTutorials online presenter of Eurovision 2020 |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/nikkietutorials-online-presenter-of-eurovision-2020 |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200216212757/https://eurovision.tv/story/nikkietutorials-online-presenter-of-eurovision-2020 |archive-date=16 February 2020 |access-date=10 February 2020 |website=Eurovision.tv}} The event was later cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic;{{cite web |date=18 March 2020 |title=Official EBU Statement and FAQ on Eurovision 2020 cancellation |url=https://eurovision.tv/official-ebu-statement-and-faq-eurovision-song-contest-2020-cancellation |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200318142008/https://eurovision.tv/official-ebu-statement-and-faq-eurovision-song-contest-2020-cancellation |archive-date=18 March 2020 |access-date=17 May 2020 |website=Eurovision.tv}} De Jager subsequently appeared in the replacement show Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light, broadcast on 16 May 2020, where she reported the show's online content live to the public.{{Cite web |date=17 May 2020 |title=Eurovision: Europe Shine A Light will bring audiences together on 16 May |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/eurovision-europe-shine-a-light-will-bring-audiences-together-on-16-may |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200401192918/https://eurovision.tv/story/eurovision-europe-shine-a-light-will-bring-audiences-together-on-16-may |archive-date=1 April 2020 |access-date=17 May 2020 |website=Eurovision.tv}} On 18 September 2020, she was confirmed to return as a co-host of the {{Escyr|2021|3=2021 contest}}, having been promoted to regular host from the previous year's role of online host.{{Cite web |date=18 September 2020 |title=The 4 ways to make Eurovision 2021 happen |url=https://eurovision.tv/story/the-4-ways-to-make-eurovision-2021-happen |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210119071307/https://eurovision.tv/story/the-4-ways-to-make-eurovision-2021-happen |archive-date=19 January 2021 |access-date=31 December 2020 |website=Eurovision.tv |language=en}}{{Cite web |title=How 2020 BROKE ME & Predicting 2021 {{!}} NikkieTutorials - YouTube |url=https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH27eCaiDjA |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210105101245/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AH27eCaiDjA&gl=US&hl=en |archive-date=5 January 2021 |access-date=31 December 2020 |website=www.youtube.com | date=30 December 2020 |quote="...They are willing to, like, give me an upgrade. So now I'm actually one of the [main] hosts"}} She was the first transgender person to host the contest.{{cite news |last1=Roessink |first1=Paulien |date=17 May 2021 |title='Eurovision' gets first transgender host in YouTube star Nikkie de Jager |work=SBS Your Language |url=https://www.sbs.com.au/language/english/eurovision-gets-first-transgender-host-in-youtube-star-nikkie-de-jager_1 |url-status=live |access-date=23 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210523115659/https://www.sbs.com.au/language/english/eurovision-gets-first-transgender-host-in-youtube-star-nikkie-de-jager_1 |archive-date=23 May 2021}}
In September 2020, De Jager was announced as a guest judge on the Drag Race Holland, the Dutch version of RuPaul's Drag Race.{{cite web |last1=Adams |first1=William Lee |title=Drag Race Holland guest judges include NikkieTutorials, Edsilia Rombley and Ruth Jacott |url=https://wiwibloggs.com/2020/09/16/drag-race-holland-guest-judges-include-nikkietutorials-edsilia-rombley-and-ruth-jacott/257378/ |website=wiwibloggs |access-date=23 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200920030352/https://wiwibloggs.com/2020/09/16/drag-race-holland-guest-judges-include-nikkietutorials-edsilia-rombley-and-ruth-jacott/257378/ |archive-date=20 September 2020 |date=16 September 2020|url-status=live}}
In May 2024, Nikkie De Jager was intended to be the Jury Spokesperson for the Netherlands at Eurovision 2024.{{Cite web |last=Farren |first=Neil |date=2024-04-30 |title=🇳🇱 Netherlands: Nikkie de Jager Announced as Spokesperson for Eurovision 2024 |url=https://eurovoix.com/2024/04/30/netherlands-nikkie-de-jager-announced-spokesperson-eurovision-2024/ |access-date=2024-08-14 |website=Eurovoix |language=en-GB}} Following the controversial disqualification of the Dutch contestant, Joost Klein, De Jager later withdrew from her role, and the Dutch broadcaster AVROTROS opted not to replace her.
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Year
! Title ! class="unsortable" | Notes |
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rowspan="2" | 2017
| {{ill|The Big Escape|nl}} | 6th Place |
{{ill|Jachtseizoen|nl|Jachtseizoen (webserie)}}
| Lost |
rowspan="5" | 2019
| rowspan="3" | Participant |
{{ill|Weet Ik Veel|nl|Weet Ik Veel (Nederland)}} |
Thank You For the Music |
{{ill|De TV Kantine|nl}}
| Judge in RuPaul's Drag Race derision |
Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star
|Guest judge |
rowspan="4" | 2020
| Guest |
Eurovision: Europe Shine a Light
| Social media host |
Wie is de Mol?
| Winner |
Drag Race Holland
| Guest judge, 2 episodes |
rowspan="4" | 2021
| Make-Up Cup | rowspan="2" | Presenter and judge |
Glow Up: The Next Dutch Make Up Star |
Make Up Your Mind
| Judge |
Eurovision Song Contest 2021
| Presenter together with Chantal Janzen, Edsilia Rombley and Jan Smit |
rowspan="2" |2023
|Nikkie's Make-Up Mansion |Presenter and judge |
Eurosong 2023
|Judge |
2024
|Glow Up: Britain's Next Make-Up Star |Guest judge |
Awards and nominations
class="wikitable sortable" |
Year
!Title !Award !Nominated work !Result !{{Abbr|Ref.|Reference}} |
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rowspan="3" |2017
|Youtube Guru | rowspan="7" |Herself |{{Won}} |
Teen Choice Awards
|Choice Web Star: Fashion/Beauty |{{Won}} |
American Influencer Awards
|International Makeup Influencer of the Year |{{Won}} |
rowspan="2" |2018
|The Beauty Influencer of 2018 |{{nom}} |
Teen Choice Awards
|Choice Fashion/Beauty Web Star |{{nom}} |
rowspan="4" |2019
|Choice Fashion/Beauty Web Star |{{nom}} |
E! People's Choice Awards
|The Beauty Influencer of 2019 |{{nom}} |
Streamy Awards
|Branded Content: Video |NikkieTutorials x Snoop Dogg (by Marc Jacobs Beauty) |{{Won}} |
American Influencer Awards
|International Makeup Influencer of the Year | rowspan="5" |Herself |{{Won}} |
rowspan="3" |2020
|CelebMix Awards |Social Media Star |{{Won}} |
American Influencer Awards
|International Makeup Influencer of the Year |{{Won}} |
E! People's Choice Awards
|The Beauty Influencer of 2020 |{{nom}} |
2021
|Nickelodeon Kids' Choice Awards |Favorite Star - Netherlands |{{Won}} |
References
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External links
- {{Official website}}
- {{IMDb name}}
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