Hélène Hendriks

Hélène Hendriks (born 6 August 1980) is a Dutch television presenter. She has presented many sports-related television shows. She won the Televizier-Ring Presentator award for best presenter in 2023.

Career

Hendriks worked for regional broadcasting organisations Brabant10, Breda TV and Omroep Brabant. She began working for FOX Sports in 2013. She presented the association football quiz show Matchwinner Pro for RTL 7 in 2017. Wilfred Genee presented the first season of the show titled Matchwinner in 2016. Hendriks was a co-host (tafeldame) alongside host Matthijs van Nieuwkerk in the early-evening talk show show De Wereld Draait Door.

In 2018, she began working for Talpa TV. In January 2019, she won the 2018 Sportjournalist van het jaar award for best sports journalist. Hendriks and Wilfred Genee presented two seasons of the talk show Café Hendriks & Genee in 2019. She was one of the experts in the news and entertainment show 6 Inside in 2019. The show 6 Inside ended after one season.

Hendriks presented the game show The Big Balance in 2021 in which contestants compete in highlining. Klaasje Meijer won this season of the show. Frank Lammers and Leo Alkemade were the team captains. Leo Alkemade, Jan Versteegh and Dennis van der Geest were also presenters of the show. The show's name changes depending on when the show airs: De Oranjezomer in summer, De Oranjewinter in winter and De Oranjezondag as Sunday edition. She also presented the show in 2021 as replacement of Wilfred Genee. She won the Televizier-Ring Presentator award for best presenter in 2023. She was also nominated for the award in 2021.

In 2024, Hendriks and Noa Vahle began working for Ziggo Sport, alongside their work for Talpa Network. They presented the show Wij houden van Oranje about the Netherlands national football team in preparation for the UEFA Euro 2024 tournament held in Germany. She was one of the presenters of the 2024 show De Beste Wensen in which the presenters make dreams come true.

Hendriks was nominated for the Televizier-Ring Presentator award for best presenter in 2025. In January and February 2026, she presented the first season of the music competition show The Winner Takes It All. In the show, contestants compete against each other in musical duels on a large floor with LED lights.

In 2026, she presented De Staatsloterij Show, a new version of the show previously presented by Marc Klein Essink. , she is scheduled to present a second season of the show.

Personal life

Hendriks has two sisters and they are a triplet. Her father died in 2023.

Awards

Sportjournalist van het jaar (2018) Televizier-Ring Presentator (2023)

Selected filmography

As presenter

Matchwinner Pro Café Hendriks & Genee (2019) The Big Balance (2021) The Bettle (2021) Missions Impossible (2021) De Oranjezomer / De Oranjewinter / De Oranjezondag (2021 – present) HLF8 (2022–2023) Wij houden van Oranje (2024) De Beste Wensen (2024) The Winner Takes It All (2026 – present) De Staatsloterij Show (2026)

As co-host / expert

De Wereld Draait Door 6 Inside (2019)

As contestant

Top 4000 Muziekquiz (2020, with Dennis van der Geest) Marble Mania (2021, with Hans Kraay Jr. and Toine van Peperstraten) Het Jachtseizoen (2022, with Anouk Hoogendijk) Top 4000 Muziekquiz (2023, with Johan Derksen)