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Singer
A.k.a. Robert ten Brink
Robert ten Brink (b. Amsterdam, 20 October 1955) is a popular Dutch TV presenter, and occasional actor and singer. He joined the cabaret group Splinter in the late 1970s with his friend Coen Van Vrijberghe. Ten Brink started working on Dutch national radio in 1979. In the radio show of his colleague Frits Spits he voiced a comedic version of the character Sinterklaas between 1985 and 1995. In later years, he portrayed Sinterklaas in several TV and stage productions. By the early 1980s, Ten Brink started a career in TV, initially presenting game shows, including the popular word game Lingo, as well as the children's news programma Jeugdjournaal. He went on to host big-budget family shows like All You Need Is Love, Lotto Weekend Miljonairs, and Holland's Got Talent.