A Dutch radio DJ was handed the chance to audition for a Netflix show that offers £501,000 for beating Luke Littler — and turned it down. Dylan Boet, one of the faces of Radio 538, revealed on the Sportnieuws.nl podcast Darts Draait Door that he applied after seeing a call for applicants for the programme, in which amateur darters get the chance to take on the two-time world champion, and was surprised to receive a response from the organisers inviting him to audition in England.
"I got an email asking if I wanted to audition in London on 12.09.2026 or in Manchester on 19.09.2026," Boet said. But the 29-year-old then did the maths on the practical side of travelling to England, with no guarantee of getting through the first round. "I did the maths. I'm down 600 euros for everything put together, and the audition hasn't even started."
The first audition round consists of throwing a leg of 501 in front of a jury — exactly where Boet expects his chances to vanish. "They're going to assess your level on those first darts you have to throw. If they see me throw, they'll send me straight home, and I'll be out 600 euros. So yeah, I'm not going," he said. After that first round there is a chat with a casting team where candidates can present themselves — a stage that would have suited the daily radio host far better. "If they had flipped those rounds and let me talk first, they might have squeezed me into the show out of pity," he joked.
Former pro Vincent van der Voort told Boet his personality would fit the programme perfectly. "I think you'd fit in really well; the only problem is the darts," Van der Voort said with a wink. Boet could hardly argue, admitting nerves are his undoing. "If I play a local tournament, I already get nervous. I can't control my nerves at all." The thought of then facing Littler in front of a big Netflix audience makes it impossible, he says. "Say everything goes right and everything is perfect. The pattern is good, the PDC jury is convinced, and they put me up against Littler. Do you think I can even let a dart go? I don't think so."
Boet does not rate his own game highly either, especially against an elite player who regularly averages over a ton. "I'm really not that good. On a good day I average sixty, but often it hangs around 45. So there's no chance." With that, he let the opportunity pass, deciding the trip, the costs and the uncertainty of clearing the first audition round did not outweigh the potential jackpot. Still, it remains quite a story — and if Netflix ever decides to look at his presentation skills first and only then his darting level, Boet might still have a shot.
