# Monica Geuze

Monica Geuze (born 27 March 1995) is a Dutch television presenter and former vlogger and DJ. She presented the shows Love Island, Temptation Island: Love or Leave and De Bachelorette. Geuze is also a jury member in the television show The Masked Singer.

## Career
### Early career

Geuze appeared in the music video of the song Happy Family of the 2005 album Another Day by the Dutch band Racoon. At age 16, she became DJ for rapper Ronnie Flex. She released the single Laten Gaan in 2015 in collaboration with Ronnie Flex, Mafe, Frenna, Emms and Abira. In 2016, Geuze released the single Nu of nooit in collaboration with Ruben Annink and Jonna Fraser.

### Vlogging

Geuze published her first vlog about her daily life in August 2014. She published over a thousand videos on her YouTube channel and, as of January 2025, her channel has over 530,000 subscribers. She stopped with vlogging in January 2023.

### Television / Videoland

In 2019, Geuze presented a season of Love Island which aired on Videoland. Geuze and Kaj Gorgels presented the show Temptation Island: Love or Leave which also aired on Videoland. In 2023, she presented the show De Bachelorette. In the same year, she became a jury member in the television show The Masked Singer. In 2024, Geuze was one of the presenters of the show Boxing Influencers which aired on Videoland.
She was nominated for the Televizier-Ring Talent award in 2021, 2023 and 2024.
Geuze and Valerio Zeno present the show Power Couple in which couples compete against each other.

### Television appearances

In 2017, Geuze appeared in the first season of the show Kroongetuige in which contestants have to solve a fictional murder case. She was interviewed by Peter van der Vorst in a 2017 episode of Van der Vorst ziet sterren. Geuze appeared in a 2017 episode of the game show Een goed stel hersens and a 2018 episode of the game show De Jongens tegen de Meisjes.
She travelled to Japan to get a tattoo for an episode of the 2018 television show Tattoo Trippers. She had the tattoo removed a few years later. Geuze appeared in 2018 episodes of the shows Het Jachtseizoen, The Big Music Quiz and Praat Nederlands met me. In 2020, she appeared in the quiz show De slimste mens. She appeared in a 2022 episode of the show Fout maar goud. Geuze finished in fourth place in the 2022 season of the show The Masked Singer. She was a contestant in the 2023 Halloween season of the show De Verraders. She also appeared in a 2023 episode of the show Het Jachtseizoen.

### Books

Her autobiography My Way was published in May 2017. She also published a photo book titled Unreleased in 2021.

## Personal life

Her mother was born in Jakarta, Indonesia and she moved to the Netherlands when she was very young. Geuze was born in Zwijndrecht and she grew up in Hendrik-Ido-Ambacht. Her parents separated when she was 18 years old. She was in a relationship with footballer Lars Veldwijk and they have a daughter together. Their daughter was born in July 2018. Geuze and Veldwijk split up in November 2019.

## Selected filmography
### As presenter

* Love Island (2019, Videoland)
* Temptation Island: Love or Leave (2020 – 2023, Videoland)
* De Bachelorette (2023, Videoland)
* Power Couple (2024, Videoland)

### As herself

* Van der Vorst ziet sterren (2017)
* Like Monica (reality series, 2020 – 2021, Videoland)
* Isola di Beau (2022)

### As jury member

* The Masked Singer (2023 – present)

### As contestant

* Kroongetuige (2017)
* Een goed stel hersens (2017)
* Tattoo Trippers (2018)
* Het Jachtseizoen (2018)
* The Big Music Quiz (2018)
* De Jongens tegen de Meisjes (2018)
* Praat Nederlands met me (2018)
* De Gevaarlijkste Wegen van de Wereld (2019)
* Vier Handen Op Eén Buik (2020)
* De slimste mens (2020)
* Fout maar goud (2022)
* The Masked Singer (2022)
* De Verraders (2023, Videoland)
* Het Jachtseizoen (2023)

## Discography

* Laten Gaan (2015, single, with Ronnie Flex, Mafe, Frenna, Emms and Abira)
* Nu of nooit (2016, single, with Ruben Annink and Jonna Fraser)