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 ''

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'' together with

Tijl Beckand Tijl Beckand (born 30 July 1974) is a Dutch television presenter and comedian. He is known as one of the comedians in the television show ''De Lama's'' together with Ruben Nicolai, Ruben van der Meer and Jeroen van Koningsbrugge. He also present ...

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and

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. He has also presented many television shows, including ''

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'' and ''

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''.

Career

Together with Nathan Vecht he won both the audience award and the jury award at the '' Cameretten'' cabaret festival in 2002. Between 2004 and 2008 he formed part of the core team of comedians in the television show ''

'', together with

and

. 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. In 2009, he won the Zilveren Televizier-Ster award. In 2010, he presented the television show ''

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'' in which a Dutch celebrity was satirically critiqued by two teams. In January 2011, he switched from

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to work for his previous employer BNN. In 2015, he presented the game show ''

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''. He presented ''

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'' (2016) and '' Idols 6'' (2017) of the '' Idols'' television series together with

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. Nicolai and Tijl Beckand also presented '' Professor Nicolai en dokter Beckand'', a quiz and game show with small scientific experiments and questions about science. In the show, science journalist and presenter

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helps to explain the scientific concepts and experiments. Nicolai is also the presenter of the game show ''

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'' which first aired in 2015. Nicolai also presents the Dutch version of ''

''. In 2020, Nicolai and Belgian actor and presenter Kürt Rogiers presented the television show ''

'' in which teams from the Netherlands and

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compete to build the best constructions using

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. The show returned in 2021 for its second season. In 2022, he presented the television show ''Domino Challenge'' in which duos compete to create and topple the best domino patterns. He also presents ''The Big Show met Ruben Nicolai'', a television show similar to ''

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'' hosted by British comedian Michael McIntyre.

Personal life

Nicolai is father of two daughters.

References

External links

* {{DEFAULTSORT:Nicolai, Ruben 1975 births Living people Dutch male comedians Dutch game show hosts People from Lanaken 21st-century Dutch people