Eva Jenek won the Sonia Barend Award for Best TV Interview for the second time. She received the award for her interview with Camille van Gestel, one of Siewert van Linden’s partners in the controversial face mask deal.

The professional judging panel included AD columnist Angela de Jong and NOS presenter Simone Wemans. “This interview shows Eva Jenek at her best,” says de Jong. “The crowd was textbook, they clamped down on him mercilessly, and his comment ‘You don’t have to be an idiot’ put an end to it.”

Genek received the award from Sonia Barend on Khaled and Sufi Radio:

Waymans is also full of praise, calling the interview “the conversation we’ve been waiting for. Question after question, Van Gestel’s already weak story falls apart. Eva at her best.” Cenik also won in 2018, for her interview with Danish politician Farid Azercan. Last year, the award went to Mariel Toepicki for her interview with Ukrainian President Zelensky.

Eight other interviews were nominated. Conversations held by Rutger Castricum (Paw Ned) with three right-wing extremists in a television broadcast Rutger and the Nationalists He came in second place. “It gives us a picture of people’s thoughts, ideas that are controversial, sometimes frightening, but which we can now observe from the inside,” says jury member Maartje van Wegen. “Distinctive in form and content. Distinctive.”