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Johannes Hendrikus Hubert "John" de Mol Jr. is a Dutch media proprietor. De Mol is one of the men behind production companies Endemol and Talpa. He created the reality television formats Big Brother, Star Academy and The Voice, and the game shows Fear Factor and Deal or No Deal. Forbes estimated him to be worth about US$1.8 billion in 2023. [1]
Big Brother is a reality competition television franchise created by John de Mol Jr., first broadcast in the Netherlands in 1999 and subsequently syndicated internationally. [2] The show features contestants called "housemates" or "HouseGuests" who live together in a specially constructed house that is isolated from the outside world.
Participants were John de Mol Jr., Patrick Scholtze, Bart Römer and his brother, Paul Römer. [1] The idea called for a luxurious house with six contestants, closed for a year. The winner would receive 1,000,000 guilders.
Talpa Network was created in 2017 by John de Mol when he merged all his various media assets, De Mol wanted to create a Dutch media conglomerate that could stand against foreign media companies entering the Dutch market. [1]
The company started in 2002 when John de Mol Jr. bought Noordzee FM from Strengholt and SBS Radio, the radio station where he started his media career as a 16 year old. [1] He placed the radio station in the company Talpa Radio, Talpa Radio would acquire Radio 10 in 2003. [2]
NBC has been unveiled as the network behind the U.S. version of John de Mol’s Million Dollar Island (working title), the high-stakes social experiment that will be produced by Stephen Lambert ...
Deal or No Deal is an international game show franchise created by Dick de Rijk and John de Mol Jr for the Dutch company Endemol. The player picks one of several cases or boxes to keep, each containing a sum of money, then eliminates the others from the game. The Banker then tries to buy the player's case or box for as little money as possible.
The Voice is an international reality television singing competition franchise originally created by Dutch producer John de Mol Jr. and Dutch singer Roel van Velzen. It has become a rival to the Idol franchise, The Four, Rising Star and The X Factor. The owner of the franchise was Talpa Network up until 2020 and ITV Studios ever since. [1]