Jaap Amesz
Encyclopedia
Jaap Amesz is a Dutch
television personality. He gained fame as the first winner of the Dutch reality television
series The Golden Cage, the predecessor to Big Brother
. In a final competition of the series presented by Bridget Maasland
and Rutger Castricum
, he won the amount of €1.35 million euro
s.
at the Rotterdam School of Management
at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Jaap is an enthusiastic chess
player and once defeated grandmaster Jan Werle
. He presently has a FIDE rating of 2175.
, for which he sought unusual guests such as pornographic actor
s and anorexia
patients. In March 2010, Amesz used a lie detector
during an interview with Joran van der Sloot
, a suspect in the Natalee Holloway
case. After a brief investigation, the Aruban public prosecutor concluded that his statement was not true because the facts and timelines were inconsistent. On June 4, 2010, Dutch authorities raided the home of Amesz and confiscated evidence at the request of the U.S. Justice Department, who were investigating Van der Sloot on charges of extortion
and wire fraud
.
Dutch people
The Dutch people are an ethnic group native to the Netherlands. They share a common culture and speak the Dutch language. Dutch people and their descendants are found in migrant communities worldwide, notably in Suriname, Chile, Brazil, Canada, Australia, South Africa, New Zealand, and the United...
television personality. He gained fame as the first winner of the Dutch reality television
Reality television
Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...
series The Golden Cage, the predecessor to Big Brother
Big Brother (TV series)
Big Brother is a television show in which a group of people live together in a large house, isolated from the outside world but continuously watched by television cameras. Each series lasts for around three months, and there are usually fewer than 15 participants. The housemates try to win a cash...
. In a final competition of the series presented by Bridget Maasland
Bridget Maasland
Bridget Maasland is a Dutch VJ and television presenter and producer.She worked as a model and appeared on the catwalk in fashionshows for children. Her debut on television was a commercial for fruit as a healthy alternative to candy.Later, Maasland became a professional model, working in Barcelona...
and Rutger Castricum
Rutger Castricum
Rutger Castricum is a Dutch journalist and presenter, who is known as reporter for the satirical PowNews television programme by the Dutch broadcaster PowNed and previously for the shock blog Geenstijl.- External links :...
, he won the amount of €1.35 million euro
Euro
The euro is the official currency of the eurozone: 17 of the 27 member states of the European Union. It is also the currency used by the Institutions of the European Union. The eurozone consists of Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Luxembourg,...
s.
Background
Before Amesz joined the Golden Cage, he studied human resource managementHuman resource management
Human Resource Management is the management of an organization's employees. While human resource management is sometimes referred to as a "soft" management skill, effective practice within an organization requires a strategic focus to ensure that people resources can facilitate the achievement of...
at the Rotterdam School of Management
Rotterdam School of Management
Rotterdam School of Management, Erasmus University is the international business school of the Erasmus University Rotterdam located in Rotterdam, Netherlands...
at Erasmus University Rotterdam. Jaap is an enthusiastic chess
Chess
Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...
player and once defeated grandmaster Jan Werle
Jan Werle
Jan Werle is a Dutch chess player with the title Grandmaster.-Junior success:He learned the moves at the age of five, after watching his father play with a friend. Rapid progress brought him much junior success across the various age groups of both national and regional championships...
. He presently has a FIDE rating of 2175.
Terror Jaap
Amesz developed his own Terror Jaap show that was broadcast on RTL 5RTL 5
RTL 5 is the 2nd channel of the RTL Group in the Netherlands. The channel mainly broadcasts American films and hit series but also local productions including Jensen! and Holland's Next Top Model, a Dutch version of America's Next Top Model. RTL 5 recently started airing the Dutch version of...
, for which he sought unusual guests such as pornographic actor
Pornographic actor
A pornographic actor/actress or a porn star is a person who appears in pornographic film. Most actors appear nude in films...
s and anorexia
Anorexia nervosa
Anorexia nervosa is an eating disorder characterized by refusal to maintain a healthy body weight and an obsessive fear of gaining weight. Although commonly called "anorexia", that term on its own denotes any symptomatic loss of appetite and is not strictly accurate...
patients. In March 2010, Amesz used a lie detector
Lie Detector
"Lie Detector" is a CD single by The Reverend Horton Heat. It was released in October 1998 on Sub Pop.-Personnel:*Jim "Reverend Horton" Heath - lead vocals, guitar*Jimbo Wallace - upright bass, vocals*Scott Churilla - drums, vocals...
during an interview with Joran van der Sloot
Joran van der Sloot
Joran Andreas Petrus van der Sloot is a Dutch national who lived in Aruba. He has been indicted by a federal grand jury in the United States for wire fraud and extortion related to the whereabouts of Natalee Holloway, who disappeared in Aruba on May 30, 2005, and is charged in Peru with the...
, a suspect in the Natalee Holloway
Natalee Holloway
Natalee Ann Holloway disappeared on May 30, 2005, during a high school graduation trip to Aruba, a Caribbean country within the Kingdom of the Netherlands. An American student from Mountain Brook, Alabama, Holloway graduated from Mountain Brook High School on May 24, 2005, shortly before the trip...
case. After a brief investigation, the Aruban public prosecutor concluded that his statement was not true because the facts and timelines were inconsistent. On June 4, 2010, Dutch authorities raided the home of Amesz and confiscated evidence at the request of the U.S. Justice Department, who were investigating Van der Sloot on charges of extortion
Extortion
Extortion is a criminal offence which occurs when a person unlawfully obtains either money, property or services from a person, entity, or institution, through coercion. Refraining from doing harm is sometimes euphemistically called protection. Extortion is commonly practiced by organized crime...
and wire fraud
Wire fraud
Mail and wire fraud is a federal crime in the United States. Together, 18 U.S.C. §§ 1341, 1343, and 1346 reach any fraudulent scheme or artifice to intentionally deprive another of property or honest services with a nexus to mail or wire communication....
.
External links
- King Jaap biography at Mamboe Productions