Patty Brard's farewell to Shownieuws

Kees Tol, Patty Brard and Koos van Plateringen on "Shownieuws" (August 31st, 2017)

Patty Brard starts a new chapter in her career. Yesterday, she appeared for the last time on SBS 6's entertainment news program "Shownieuws". Between 2007 and 2011, she co-hosted it with Viktor Brand. After a 20-month hiatus, she came back on "Shownieuws" as a showbiz expert in early 2013.

All her colleagues came to say goodbye to her. Here's what Koos van Plateringen told her: "You've been busy with Shownieuws for 10 years with a short break. It all started 10 years ago after you did the splits on "Sterren Dansen op Het Ijs". Then you were recruited for Shownieuws. We've really enjoyed you. We're going to miss you. You've become a friend. You are the mother of Dutch showbiz but you're going to do other things." 

"I'm going to do nice things on an internet platform. It's big and it's pleasant because it's internet. Tomorrow I will test a program with RTL. On Saturday I will see my husband and my dogs. I've been missing them for three weeks," the diva replied.

Patty's colleagues (including Renate Gerschtanowitz-Verbaan, Viktor Brand, Kim-Lian van der Meij, Koos van Plateringen) paying tribute to Patty on Shownieuws

Here are the last viewing figures of Shownieuws featuring La Brard:

• August 29th: 478.000 viewers/market share: 13% (with Viktor Brand as an anchor)
• August 30th: 609.000 viewers/market share: 16.3% (with Renate Gerschtanowitz-Verbaan as an anchor and Maurice Wijnen as an expert)
• August 31st: 520.000 viewers/market share: 14.6% (with Kees Tol as an anchor Koos van Plateringen as an expert with Patty's colleagues)

A few hours before her last "Shownieuws", Patty was interviewed by Loretta Schrijver on RTL 4's talk show "5 Uur Live" (which drew 184.000 viewers/market share: 9.7%). Click here to watch the program (Patty appears at 35:43)

Patty on "5 Uur Live"

The ex-Luv' singer explained that after a TV executive told her that "she was not fresh anymore", she decided to leave SBS 6. She also discussed her future plans on television. "I'll fly to Ibiza on Saturday. On Sunday I'll receive Dave Roelvink for RTL 5 and he'll stay with me in Ibiza. I'll go with him to Italy, to a nice location for a travel program," she revealed. 

Source: SBS 6, SKO, Patty Brard on social media, Mediacourant.nl