TV Career
Since 1982, Patty Brard has hosted many TV shows, such as Banana Split, Gaan met die banaan, Brard gaat extreem, Onder de B van Brard and Hart van de stad. In 1985, she presented with Pippo Baudo the famous Sanremo Music Festival on the Italian TV channel Rai Uno.
In early 2001, in her TV show Absolutely Patty on Yorin, she interviewed VIPs in her house. In that year she also hosted the third Dutch edition of Big Brother.
Two years later, a reality TV programme Patty's Posse featured her domestic life, her friends and her family (her daughter Priscilla, and her third husband René). In the autumn of 2004, she was filmed with other celebrities (among them, her Luv' colleague Marga Scheide) as they were having a health cure in Ibiza.
On March 25, 2005, she celebrated her 50th birthday, which spawned a special TV programme Pat's Life (in which she met the most important persons in her life) was prepared. Later that year RTL 5 broadcasted Lieve Patty, in which Patty helped desperate candidates to solve their love problems. In 2006, the docusoap Back In Luv' featured Luv's reunion.
Her funny performance in Sterren Dansen op het IJs (the Dutch version of Skating with Celebrities) in January 2007 was a heavily covered media event. After a 15-year long partnership with RTL Nederland, she signed a contract with SBS 6. She was involved in several programs:
- "Shownieuws" (an entertainment news show) that she presented from February 2007 to May 2011.
- "De Nieuwe Uri Geller" (the Dutch version of paranormal talent contest "The Successor" (which was high in the ratings in 2008-2009). She was a regular guest on the first season, co-hosted the second season with Tooske Ragas and the third edition with Beau van Erven Dorens. She was also part of a jury on the 2010 edition.
- "Wie Ben Ik?". She was team captain on this game show with Gerard Joling (the 2008 season scored good ratings but the next edition lost half of its viewers).
- K2 zoekt K3, a talent show with Patty in the jury and whose aim was to search the new member of Flemish girl group K3.
- The second season of "Coming to Holland: Prins zoekt vrouw", the Dutch version of Undercover Princes aired between November 2010 and January 2011.
In addition to the presentation of her own shows, Brard has often been invited on successful TV shows, like (Mooi! Weer De Leeuw, Jensen! and Life & Cooking...).
In April 2011, Sanoma and Talpa took over SBS Nederland. One month later, Patty's deal was not extended. Soon after, RTL Nederland announced that Brard would appear in September 2011 on a reality program Diva's draaien door with former rivals Patricia Paay and Tatjana Simic.
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