Jan won the day edition of The smartest person. With 309 points, the comedian outsmarted his opponents, director Johan Nijenhuis and artist Steef de Jong, and will be featured again in the program on Friday.
The singer and lyricist visibly enjoyed the performance. At the start of the quiz, he probably apologized in case he didn’t perform well: “If I’m really stupid, I can say it’s the chemo.” Presenter Philip Freriks picked up on this halfway through the broadcast and stated after an excellent round ‘not much of that chemo is noticeable’.
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According to the rules of the program, candidates can only participate once, but an exception has been made for the terminally ill singer. In the first season of The smartest person in 2012, the musician competed and finished in the final, facing Arjen Lubach – who eventually won.
In the summer, the singer was told that he has metastatic colon cancer. Jan is a writer of books, songs and translated the lyrics of musicals like Hello Dolly! in Jersey Boys. Also the lyrics of the Dutch version of rock opera Tommy of The Who are his.
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The smartest person see you every working day at 20:30 on NPO2. Watch the special episode with Jan Rot here back.
Yuki Kempees was also featured this season and told us he was shocked by the questions. He tells his story in the video below.
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