Ruben Nicolai

Ruben Nicolai (born 8 May 1975) is a Dutch television presenter and comedian. He is known as one of the comedians in the television show De Lama's together with Tijl Beckand, Ruben van der Meer and Jeroen van Koningsbrugge.[1] He has also presented many television shows, including Lego Masters and The Masked Singer.

Ruben Nicolai
Ruben Nicolai (2013)
Born
Ruben Iskander Nicolai

(1975-05-08) 8 May 1975
Lanaken, Belgium

Career

Together with Nathan Vecht he won both the audience award and the jury award at the Cameretten cabaret festival in 2002.[2][3]

Between 2004 and 2008 he formed part of the core team of comedians in the television show De Lama's, together with Ruben van der Meer, Tijl Beckand and Jeroen van Koningsbrugge.[1][4] The show is a Dutch adaptation of the show Whose Line Is It Anyway?. In 2006, they won the Gouden Televizier-Ring award for the show.[1]

In 2009, he won the Zilveren Televizier-Ster award. In 2010, he presented the television show Gehaktdag in which a Dutch celebrity was satirically critiqued by two teams.[5] In January 2011, he switched from AVRO to work for his previous employer BNN.[5]

In 2015, he presented the game show Vijf tegen Vijf.[6] He presented Idols 5 (2016) and Idols 6 (2017) of the Idols television series together with Lieke van Lexmond.[6]

Nicolai and Tijl Beckand also presented Professor Nicolai en dokter Beckand, a quiz and game show with small scientific experiments and questions about science.[6] In the show, science journalist and presenter Diederik Jekel helps to explain the scientific concepts and experiments. Nicolai is also the presenter of the game show Beste kijkers which first aired in 2015.[6]

Nicolai also presents the Dutch version of The Masked Singer. In 2020, Nicolai and Belgian actor and presenter Kürt Rogiers presented the television show Lego Masters in which teams from the Netherlands and Flanders compete to build the best constructions using Lego.[7][8] The show returned in 2021 for its second season.[7][9]

In 2022, he presented the television show Domino Challenge in which duos compete to create and topple the best domino patterns.[10] He also presents The Big Show met Ruben Nicolai, a television show similar to Michael McIntyre's Big Show hosted by British comedian Michael McIntyre.[11]

Personal life

Nicolai is father of two daughters.[12]

References
  1. "Ruben Nicolai denkt dat De Lama's niet meer uit elkaar gaan". NU.nl (in Dutch). 5 May 2021. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  2. Wels, Rinske (2 December 2002). "Duo Ruben & Nathan wint Cameretten" [Duo Ruben & Nathan win Cameretten]. Trouw (in Dutch). Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  3. "Ruben & Nathan". Zwartekat.nl (in Dutch). Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  4. "De Lama's stoppen met programma". NU.nl (in Dutch). 4 April 2008. Retrieved 25 December 2022.
  5. "Ruben Nicolai keert terug naar BNN" [Ruben Nicolai returns to BNN]. NU.nl (in Dutch). 1 September 2010. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  6. "Ruben Nicolai: "Als je mij achter de bbq zet, is alles zwart van buiten en rauw van binnen"". Televizier (in Dutch). 21 June 2016. Archived from the original on 26 July 2020. Retrieved 26 July 2020.
  7. "De brickshop gaat weer open". Televizier (in Dutch). 1 March 2021. Retrieved 11 March 2021.
  8. "Jamai Loman neemt presentatie LEGO Masters over van Ruben Nicolai". NU.nl (in Dutch). 8 August 2022. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  9. "Ruben Nicolai en Kürt Rogiers vervangen in nieuw seizoen Lego Masters". Televizier (in Dutch). 6 August 2022. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  10. "Even voorstellen: dit zijn de deelnemers van Domino Challenge" [Let's introduce: these are the contestants of Domino Challenge]. RTL Boulevard (in Dutch). 18 May 2022. Retrieved 3 June 2022.
  11. "The Big Show met Ruben Nicolai begint met ruim 1 miljoen kijkers" [The Big Show met Ruben Nicolai begins with over a one million viewers]. AD (in Dutch). 30 October 2022. Retrieved 26 November 2022.
  12. "Ruben Nicolai beschouwt breuk met moeder van kinderen als falen" (in Dutch). NU.nl. 29 May 2018. Archived from the original on 26 May 2019. Retrieved 26 May 2019.
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