Ewout Genemans (born 7 february 1985 in The Hague) is a Dutch tv producer, presenter, moderator and keynote speaker. He is well-known for presenting various tv programmes at RTL and produces popular shows with his production company No Pictures Please.
Genemans attended the St.-Maartenscollege in Voorburg and joined the Rabarber Youth theatre school in The Hague afterwards. After obtaining his havo-diploma, he studied at the School of Journalism in Utrecht for six months. He worked as an editorial assistant at Visible TV next to his studies and got to be part of the RTL4 show âÂÂVliegende Hollandersâ in this way. He worked on the production of the tv show âÂÂMeiden van De Witâ in 2003. Genemans was an actor in the teen show ZOOP on Nickelodeon and the corresponding films Zoop in Afrika, Zoop in India and Zoop in Zuid-Amerika. After singing the songs âÂÂLaat me levenâ and âÂÂVerliefdâ on the show, Ewout got requested to sing at festivals as well.
Genemans worked at castingbureau Kemna Casting for a year after his work for ZOOP. He presented the show âÂÂWillem Weverâ for NCRV in 2007 and participated in âÂÂDancing on IceâÂÂ. He became the permanent replacement for Pepijn Gunneweg at the âÂÂBZT Showâ and presented the tv show âÂÂSudokidzâ in 2008 as well.
Ewout did the voice over for Remy, the main character in Disney/PixarâÂÂs animated movie Ratatouille. He also became a popular voice for commercials such as âÂÂVeilig Verkeer Nederlandâ and âÂÂPostbankâÂÂ.
Genemans additionally founded the production company âÂÂNo Pictures Please' together with Jon Karthaus. They worked side by side until 2011, when Karthaus decided to focus on his career as a singer-songwriter. They came up with the concept for the tv show âÂÂFans!â that was broadcast on SBS6. From 2010 onwards, Genemans became the presenter of the Junior Songfestival (for AVRO) that had previously been presented by Sipke Jan Bousema. He also became the presenter of âÂÂWie wordt Kruimeltje?â and AvaStars starting from May that year.
Ewout played the role of Davis for the âÂÂHart onder de riemâ episode of S1NGLE on 30 March in 2010. He debuted as a presenter on the national broadcaster âÂÂNederland 1â for the AVRO-show âÂÂOnder WibiâÂÂs VleugelsâÂÂ. He covered the âÂÂGouden Televizier-Ring Galaâ at the âÂÂVoetbal Internationalâ studio for AVRO as well. He signed an exclusive contract with AVRO on 1 December 2011. He organised the AVRO international finale of the Junior Eurovisiesongfestival 2012 and presented it together with Kim-Lian van der Meij. On 14 April 2012, he participated in the newest season of the SBS6-show âÂÂFans!âÂÂ. He also participated in the thirteenth season of âÂÂWie is de Mol?âÂÂ, but had to leave after the first episode. 2013 was the year in which he presented the Junior Songfestival for the last time.
Between 2012 and 2016, Genemans mainly produced shows for RTL 5 such as âÂÂIk heb HET nog nooit gedaanâÂÂ, âÂÂFrom Russia with Loveâ or âÂÂVoetbalfansâ for RTL 7. He also presented the show âÂÂ5 Extreemâ for RTL 5. He did a comeback of âÂÂFans!â in 2015 called âÂÂSuperfans: Mijn idool is mijn leven.â Starting from 1 October 2015, âÂÂNo Pictures Pleaseâ became part of FremantleMedia. Ewout stepped down as a Managing Director in 2020 and took on the role as a Creative Lead at FremantleMedia.
Genemans has been a presenter and tv producer at RTL Nederland since 2017. He presented various shows for both RTL 4 and RTL 5. Ewout presented âÂÂVerslaafdâ since 2019 and permanently replaced Peter van der Vorst as a presenter for the show in 2021.
Ewout released a documentary on 27 December in 2021 called âÂÂStaand verder leven: na de moord op Peter R. de Vriesâ after the murder of crime reporter Peter R. de Vries that was broadcast on RTL 4.