Herman van der Zandt (49) will be the new presenter of The Smartest Person. He succeeds Philip Freriks, who will retire at the end of 2024. ‘That is the year in which I will be 80 years old. Then it was nice.’ To be clear: Philip Freriks (79) made this decision himself before the recording of…
Herman van der Zandt (49) will be the new presenter of The Smartest Person. He succeeds Philip Freriks, who will retire at the end of 2024. ‘That is the year in which I will be 80 years old. Then it was nice.’
To be clear: Philip Freriks (79) made this decision himself before the recording of the last summer series, which was completed in May and June of this year and which has just been broadcast. Journalist and documentary maker Tom Kleijn was crowned the Smartest last Friday.
“So I’ve known it for a while, but you haven’t gotten rid of me yet. I will do three more series,” assures Philip Freriks, who has been associated with The Smartest Person since 2012 – together with the one-person jury Maarten van Rossem. Before that, Freriks had a long career as a correspondent (in France), columnist, author, newsreader and presenter. At the end of July this year, Herman van der Zandt surprised friend and foe by exchanging the NOS for KRO-NCRV after 23 years. A link with The Smartest Person was quickly made, but neither Freriks nor Van Rossem thought about quitting for a long time.
Source: AD
