Orchid

Orchid
Orchid
Background Information
Name	Colin-lee Wijnholds
Country of Birth	; Netherlands
Birthday	October 22, 1993 (age 30)
Residency	EMEAEMEA
Competitive
Team	⁠⁠Unlocked
Role	; Broadcast Talent
Favorite Champs	; ;
Competitive IDs	Koolein
Social Media & Links

Overview

Casting History

Colin-lee "Orchid" Wijnholds is a League of Legends esports caster and host. He was previously known as Koolein.

Team History

Combine Role Swaps:No|Yes

Dates:Approx|Exact

	Team	Start	End
EU	⁠⁠4Entertainment	Mar 20192019-03-20^[2]	Feb 20202020-02-24^[1]	11mo 4d ejel
EMEA	⁠⁠META	Feb 20202020-02-24^[1]	Dec 20222022-12-20^[3]	2yr 9mo ejel
EMEA	⁠⁠Unlocked	Dec 20222022-12-20^[3]	Present	1yr 3mo ej

	Team	Start	End
EU	⁠⁠4Entertainment	Mar 20192019-03-20^[2]	Feb 20202020-02-24^[1]	11mo 4d ejel
EMEA	⁠⁠META	Feb 20202020-02-24^[1]	Dec 20222022-12-20^[3]	2yr 9mo ejel
EMEA	⁠⁠Unlocked	Dec 20222022-12-20^[3]	Present	1yr 3mo ej

News

2019

EU

⁠

⁠4E

March 20, Chronicler (Caster), Xsodus (Caster), BubbleLizzy (Host), and Koolein (Host) join.^[2]

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2020

EU

⁠

⁠META

February 24, ⁠

⁠4Entertainment rebrands as ⁠

⁠META.^[1]

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2022

EU	⁠⁠META	August 8, Koolein renames to Orchid.^[4] e
EMEA	⁠⁠UNLK	December 20, ⁠⁠META rebrands as ⁠⁠Unlocked.^[3] e

Biography[]

In 2011 Colin found his way to YouTube, at first simply as an outlet for his creativity. Combined with his love for the game League of Legends he expanded his own channel Koolein and grew to be one of the more well known names of his generation.

In 2017 Colin left YouTube behind and made the leap to Twitch, where he started to focus more on esports. His interest in esports has only grown since then and Colin has visited several events, such as IEM, Worlds 2016 and ESL One.

In november 2017 he became a reporter at ESL Benelux Winter 2017, which led to him being asked more and more as a desk host and since then he has hosted numerous events.

Colin also has a background in radio and has voiced several characters in animation movies, including the Dutch version of Angry Birds.