Rik van de Westelaken
Dutch television presenter (born 1971)
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- Rik van de Westelaken (born 22 April 1971) is a Dutch television presenter.
- Other programs include the travel show Rik over de grens and the quiz show 5 Golden Rings .
- Between 1999–2016 he was one of the presenters of the NOS Journaal .
- He presented the first season of the quiz show 5 Golden Rings in 2017.
- He appeared as news presenter in the 2008 film Summer Heat and as himself in the films Spion van Oranje (2009), Zomer zonder mama (2019), Alles op tafel (2021), Captain Nova (2021), De Grote Kerstfilm (2023) and the VPRO-tv series Techbitch (2025).
Rik van de Westelaken (born 22 April 1971) is a Dutch television presenter. He is known for presenting television programs which include the NOS Journaal, EenVandaag, Peking Express and Wie is de Mol?. Other programs include the travel show Rik over de grens and the quiz show 5 Golden Rings.
Career
In 1995 he started his career in journalism at AT5, the TV-station of Amsterdam. Between 1999–2016 he was one of the presenters of the NOS Journaal. He switched from NOS to work for the channel Net5 in 2016. He presented the first season of the quiz show 5 Golden Rings in 2017. In the same year, Van de Westelaken and Sean Dhondt presented a season of the show Peking Express in which contestants traveled from Ha Long Bay, Vietnam to Angkor Wat, Cambodia.
He appeared as news presenter in the 2008 film Summer Heat and as himself in the films Spion van Oranje (2009), Zomer zonder mama (2019), Alles op tafel (2021), Captain Nova (2021), De Grote Kerstfilm (2023) and the VPRO-tv series Techbitch (2025).
As of 2018, he presents the current affairs television programme EenVandaag.
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