The idea for 'De Verhulstjes' was born after the success of the online series 'Viktor Vlogdown'. In this series, Viktor recorded the ups and downs of the family, accounting for 6.7 million views on vier.be and YouTube. "The interpretation remained funnily simple: baking a cake for a birthday dog, playing a game, a lockdown beard or a shrimp game" says Annick Bongers, program director at SBS, the mother house above Vier, Vijf and Zes, in Het Nieuwsblad. "But it was the first time we had been able to follow the family so closely. With 'De Verhulstjes' we are now going for a full program at the family home. A special bubble with very ordinary activities".