Three hours of Flemish comedy chaos in Belgium's biggest venue. Joel McHale shows up. Why not?
Nearly a decade ago, Xander De Rycke took to the stage armed with nothing more than a dozen pages of jokes and a slideshow filled with screenshots. What began as a small internet show grew, thanks to a loyal fanbase, into a phenomenon that managed to fill nine Lotto Arenas. Today, the show is known as the most spectacular end-of-year comedy conference in Flanders. In 2025, that success reaches its peak in the country’s largest venue: the AFAS Dome in Antwerp. Not just the 2025 edition of ‘Houdt het voor bekeken’, but a true celebration of everything that has made ten years of #HHVB what it is. Expect a barrage of sharp jokes, affectionate nods to past shows, and of course contributions from both friends and “frenemies”.
Production
Scaling a slideshow show to arena spectacle is genuinely unhinged ambition
Writing
Ten years of callbacks and callbacks TO callbacks — it's comedy archaeology
Acting
Joel McHale and Arjen Lubach as 'frenemies' is delicious chaos
Trivia, insights & behind the scenes
HHVB pioneered Flemish 'review comedy' — using screenshots to roast TV, creating a format now widely imitated across Dutch-language entertainment.
The AFAS Dome show marks the first time a Flemish internet-born comedy act has sold out Belgium's largest indoor venue — a milestone that took American comedians decades longer to achieve.
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