Tina Nijkamp said she was enthusiastic about the mystery surrounding Saint Nicholas’s new assistant in the children’s programme The Sinterklaasjournaal. She discussed the mystery on JOE’s De Coen & Sander Show after the programme attracted 2.3 million viewers in the Netherlands.

The report did not identify the new assistant or provide further details about the mystery. Nijkamp is 54 years old, according to the account.