Virologist Ab Osterhaus is one of the participants in the season season of the RTL program Ranking the Stars. That announces presenter Paul de Leeuw Friday RTL Boulevard.
The 72-year-old Osterhaus appeared frequently in the Dutch media since the worldwide outbreak of COVID-19 in March to explain the consequences of COVID-19. He is an expert in infection control diseases, including influenza.
Besides Osterhaus and the regular faces Gerda Havertong, Patricia Paay and Ryanne van Dorst, comedian Marc-Marie Huijbregts and Member of Parliament Henk Krol are also participating in the program.
Krol stepped up at 50PLUS in May this year after an internal argument with the group and founded the Party for the Future with Femke Merel van Kooten-Arissen. Henk Otten (ex-Forum for Democracy) joined the movement at the end of last month.
The recordings of the second season of Ranking the Stars start in August. It is not yet clear who the other participants are and when the program will be broadcast on RTL.
Ranking the Stars was seen at BNNVARA on public broadcasting from 2006 to 2018. After the switch from presenter De Leeuw to RTL in the summer of 2018, the commercial broadcaster took over the program a year later.
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