Bridget Maasland facts for kids
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Bridget Maasland
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Bridget Maasland in 2006
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| Born | 9 November 1974 The Hague, Netherlands
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| Nationality |  Netherlands |
| Occupation | VJ, television presenter, producer |
| Years active | 1993-present |
Bridget Maasland (born on 9 November 1974) is a famous Dutch TV personality. She is known for being a VJ (which means video jockey, someone who presents music videos on TV), a television presenter, and a producer. She has worked on many popular TV shows in the Netherlands.
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Bridget Maasland's TV Career
Early Steps in Television
Bridget started her career as a model, even appearing in fashion shows for kids. Her very first TV appearance was in a commercial for fruit, showing it as a healthy snack. Later, Bridget became a professional model and worked in Barcelona.
In 1993, she came back to the Netherlands and became a dancer and assistant on the Veronica TV show, Man O Woman.
Becoming a VJ and Presenter
Bridget became very popular as a VJ and presenter at TMF, a music television station. After five years, she left TMF to start working for the Dutch national TV station BNN.
While at BNN, she interviewed teams for the Dutch version of the show Robot Wars. This was a show where people built robots to battle each other.
Moving to New Channels
In 2005, Bridget moved to a new commercial station called Talpa. Here, she got the chance to produce her own TV shows. Her first job at Talpa was to present Big Brother 5 with Ruud de Wild. A year later, she presented Big Brother 6 by herself.
She also created and presented other shows. These included Je leven in de steigers, which was about home makeovers, and Woef!, a show about dog training. She also presented the talk show Late Night met Maasland & Geel.
Bridget at RTL Nederland
At the end of 2007, Bridget moved to the commercial station RTL Nederland. Her new show, "Hoe Word Ik Een New Yorkse Vrouw?", started on 27 August. This show was similar to her earlier show, "Hoe Word Ik Een Gooische Vrouw?".
Bridget also took over for Renate Verbaan in the second season of Beauty & de Nerd. Since 2007, Bridget has often presented the news program RTL Boulevard. She also presents the show Lekker Slim!.
Recent Appearances and Awards
From January 2011, Bridget Maasland played the character Carla in the BNN series Walhalla. She was also one of the presenters for the new program Wie is de Reisleider? on RTL 5.
On 21 May 2011, Bridget Maasland received the Amsterdam Fashion Award at the Amsterdam Fashion Gala.
In 2022, she appeared in the TV show The Masked Singer. In this show, celebrities sing while wearing elaborate costumes, and judges try to guess who they are.
In 2025, she appeared in the 25th season of the TV show Wie is de Mol?. This is a popular mystery game show where contestants try to find a saboteur among them.
