Undressing against cancer: these BVs literally expose themselves in new TV program | TV

TVGuga Baul, Rik Verheye, Bart Peeters, Warre Borgmans, Joris Brys and MalikMohammed. These are the six BVs who will go completely naked during a stripact for the 3-part One-series ‘Kom op tegen Kanker, everything in the battle’.The two initiators Niels Destadsbader and Dieter Coppens will also be strippedof their clothes.

Niels and Dieter lead the project. They came into close contact with cancerthrough their fathers, who both developed prostate cancer. The duo wentlooking for fellow BVs to undress for a good cause. The format of the programhas already run abroad. For example, in England there was ‘The Real FullMonty’ and in the Netherlands ‘For One Night Only: completely naked’.

With the high-profile challenge of these eight daredevils, ‘Stand up againstCancer, everything in the fight’ aims to break the taboo surrounding malecancers, more specifically prostate and testicular cancer. ‘If the sixcourageous colleagues and we dare to take off their clothes for the whole ofFlanders, then shouldn’t every Flemish man dare to talk about the subject withhis doctor?’, hosts Niels Destadsbader and Dieter Coppens make clear.

BV’s participating in ‘Everything in the fight’, program in which they learnto strip for charity © VRT

The Flemish search for well-known male comic strip talent went in fits andstarts, but nevertheless went well. After all, from tomorrow eight famous menwill undress. Niels, Dieter, Warre, Guga, Malik, Bart, Joris and Rik gocompletely naked during a strip act in the Kursaal Oostende on October 26, asthe culmination of a dance training. Of course they don’t just do that or tostunt, but because they have a mission. They show not only their bodies, butabove all their commitment to finally openly discuss cancer in men. They doeverything they can for that.

The eight men are trained and assisted by the internationally acclaimedchoreographer Roy Julen. Julen (worked with Diana Ross and Stromae, amongothers, and for ‘So You Think You Can Dance). He takes the eight men under hiswing and wants to prepare them in three months to become seductive dancers ina stylish but daring strip act. Roy constantly challenges his aspiringstrippers to improve their dancing skills while also overcoming their shame.He absolutely wants to make sure they throw all eight hundred percent fortheir final act. The difficult road to the act and the result can be seen onOne from tomorrow, Thursday.

Tickets for the final recordings are still available at vrtmax.be/doemee

Guga Baul (36)

GugaBaulGuga Baul © Gregory Van Gansen / Photonews

  • Actor, comedian and impersonator

  • Known for ‘Against the Stars’ and as Ice King in ‘The Masked Singer’

  • Participate for a good cause

Rick Verheye (35)

RikVerheyeRik Verheye © Photo News

  • Known from ‘Callboys’ and ‘Uncles’.

  • Participate for a good cause

Bart Peeters (62)

BartPeetersBart Peeters © Filip Vanden Berghe

  • Singer, presenter, actor

  • Known for ‘Eurosong’, ‘Thank you for the music’ and ‘The Voice of Flanders’

  • Brother-in-law Warre Borgmans got prostate cancer years ago

Warre Borgmans (66)

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  • Known from ‘Windkracht 10’, ‘The Round’ and ‘Zone city’.

  • Got prostate cancer years ago

Joris Brys (33)

JorisBrysJoris Brys © RV

  • Sports and radio journalist

  • Works for Play4 and Studio Brussel

  • Succeeded radio voice Christophe Lambrecht when he unexpectedly died in 2019.

Malik Mohammed (29)

MalikMohammedMalik Mohammed © Kristof Ghyselinck

  • Won ‘So You Think You Can Dance’ in 2015.

  • Knows friends who have faced cancer

Niels Destadsbader (34)

Niels DestadsbaderNiels Destadsbader © Tessa Kraan

  • Singer, presenter, actor

  • Known for ‘The Masked Singer’ and hits like ‘De Wereld Draait Voor Jou’.

His father was diagnosed with prostate cancer

Dieter Coppens (44)

Dieter CoppensDieter Coppens © © VRT – Thomas Geuens

  • Known from ‘Down the Road’

His father was diagnosed with prostate cancer