Elsinga and Krikke return to Qmusic’s escape-room challenge

Marieke Elsinga and Bram Krikke will return to Qmusic’s Q-escape room this December, joined by DJs Menno Barreveld and Stephan Bouwman. The annual radio puzzle begins on 17 December, with the four presenters broadcasting from the room and trying to crack its musical code.

It will be the first time Barreveld and Bouwman have taken part. Domien Verschuuren, who joined last year, will not return. Barreveld said he had previously followed the game from home, puzzling along with listeners; Bouwman said he was going in “blanco”.

The presenters stay in the room to eat, drink and sleep while solving puzzles and using clues to identify songs from short audio clips. The game has been a Qmusic end-of-year tradition since 2019, although there was no edition in 2024. Elsinga, Krikke, Mattie Valk and Verschuuren took 141 hours to crack last year’s code; the quickest team, in the first edition, took 72 hours.

The DJs will broadcast daily from 08:00 to 19:00, starting an hour earlier at weekends. The game will also be available via Qmusic’s livestream, RTL 8 and Videoland.