Career
In 1997, he was chosen as the Netherlands" most popular television personality. He has been married since 1981 to Roos Cialona, with whom he has five children. In 1979 he began as a disc jockey.
In 1981 he began his television career with the television quiz Cijfers en Letters (Numbers and Letters).
In 1989 he began hosting the original version of Lingo. In 1992 he went to Veronica, where he hosted the very successful All You Need is Love, which usually had more than 4 million viewers, which at the time was almost a third of the entire population.
In 1998 he went to Business School 6, where he continued to host All You Need is Love. In 1999 he began hosting the very popular television quiz Lotto Weekend Miljonairs.
He was the host of Big Diet, where heavy people try to lose weight.
When to Lotto, the main sponsor of Weekend Miljonairs, decided to get the program to RTL 4, he almost lost his program Because Business School 6 had stopped with All You Need is Love and didn"t have another program for him to host, he signed a 3-year contract with RTL, where he continued to host Lotto Weekend Miljonairs. In 2008 the Lotto stopped sponsoring Weekend Miljonairs which resulted in the show stopping.
Because of this, Ten Brink hosted the Dutch version of The Moment of Truth in the fall of 2008.
He began hosting the entertainment program Laat Ze Maar Lachen on RTL4, in April 2009. In November 2009, he began hosting the game show Succes Verzekerd, which was originally hosted by Carlo Boszhard.
According to the magazine Quote, he is the 2nd highest paid Dutch television host. According to the magazine, he makes about €850.000 a year.
He is/was the presenter of these programmes:
KRO (1979–1982)
De Noenshow, radioprogramme
Cijfers en Letters
NOS (1983–1989)
Jeugdjournaal
Vereeniging van Arbeiders Radio Amateurs (1986–1992)
De Steen en Been Show, radioprogramme
Superfan
Wereldwijs
Lingo (Dutch version)
Veronica (1992–1998)
All You Need is Love
Sportfreaks
De Travestie Show
Make My Day
SBS6 (1998–2006)
All You Need is Love
Lotto Weekend Miljonairs
Achmea Kennisquiz
Loveboat Amorina
Big Diet
Super Robert
Sterrenbeurs
Hoe gaat het met? RTL (2006 - current)
Lotto Weekend Miljonairs
Klasgenoten
De nationale Carrierecheck
Koffietijd! All You Need is Love
Netherlands Vertrekt
Het moment van de waarheid
Laat Ze Maar Lachen
Het Zesde Zintuig
Succes Verzekerd
Holland"s Got Talent
De Bachelor.
