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Idols (Dutch TV series)


Idols Netherlands
Idols Netherlands Finalists
(with dates of elimination)
Season 1 (2003)
Jamai Loman
Jim Bakkum
Hind Laroussi
Dewi Pechler
David Gonçalves
Marieke Van Ginneken
Bas Nibbelke
Joël De Tombe
Yuli Minguel
Zosja El Rhazi
Season 2 (2004)
Boris Titulaer
Maud Mulder
JK
Marlies Schuitenmaker
Irma Van Pamelen
Eric Bouwman
Alice Hoes
Ron Link
Robin Zijlstra
Meike Hurts
Season 3 (2006)
Raffaëla Paton
Floortje Smit
Ellen Eeftink
Angelique Koorndijk
Harm Jacobs
Serge Gulikers
Aäron Ayal
Marescha van der Stelt
Christon Kloosterboer
I-Jay Cairo
Charissa van Veldt
Ariël Sietses
Renske van der Veer
Season 4 (2008)
Nikki Kerkhof
Nathalie Makoma
Charlene Meulenberg
Nigel Brown
Neil Hendriks
Pauline Zurlohe
Tiffany Maes
Bas van Rijckevorsel
Mirjam de Jager
Asnat Ferdinandus
Ollie Du Croix
Sandy Goeree
Season 5 (2016)
Nina den Hartog
Kimberley Fransens
Steve Langreder
Tom de Visser
Thijs Roseboom
Jeffrey Saabeel
Amber Thijssen
Rowen Aida Ben Rabaa
Season 6 (2017)

Idols is a television show on the Dutch television network RTL 4, which is part of the Idols series based on the popular British show Pop Idol. The show is a contest to determine the best young singer in the Netherlands.

The show is divided in two sections, the first being the audition round, an open audition where everyone who wants to try is allowed to sing. The first couple of shows usually show the worst and the best contenders in these auditions. Once the best are selected, the theater round starts. Here the singers who survived the auditions have to prove they really have what it takes to become an idol. In a couple of shows these performers are narrowed down to just 10 finalists, with each contestant performing live.

In the first 2 seasons there were four judges, but starting with season 3 there are just three. The judges provide critiques of each competitor's performance and determine nine of the ten people who enter the final shows. In the final shows they just comment, but don't have any power anymore. After the first part of the show viewers have around one hour to vote by telephone and text messages to vote for their favorite contestant, later in the night the results of ''''Idols'''' starts in which the results are presented and the contestant with the fewest votes is sent home.

On 5 November the Dutch broadcaster RTL announced a fifth season which will be broadcast on RTL 5 in 2016.

Season 1

Auditions began in 2002 and were held Zeist, Eindhoven, Hoofddorp, Rotterdam and Assen. 7,626 people auditioned in the debut season.

94 successful auditionees progressed to the next stage at the TheaterHotel De Oranjerie in Roermond, Limburg. In a chorus line of ten, contestants re-audition with a self-chosen song. 50 contestants made the second day of the theatre round where groups based on gender were formed to sing one pre-determined song: "Isn't She Lovely?" (Stevie Wonder) and "I'm So Excited" (The Pointer Sisters), for the males and females respectively.

Semi Final Qualifyings

From this stage, all shows are broadcast live from Studio 22 in Hilversum.

Top 30

Format: 3 out of 10 making the finals each week + one Wildcard

Notes:

Finals Elimination Chart

9 MarchFinaleJim Bakkum (5)Jamai Loman

Season 2

Boris Titulaer won the contest, with Maud being the runner-up.

Semi Final Qualifyings

Top 27

Format: 3 (2 Viewers & 1 Judges Choice) out of 9 making the finals each week + 1 additional Wildcard

21 February
(Wildcard)Alice Hoes
(Viewers Choice)Frank De Graaf
(missed out)Sharon
(missed out)

Finals Elimination Chart

1 MayFinaleMaud Mulder (7)Boris Titulaer

Season 3

Season 3 started on October 22, 2005 with these notable changes: the two new presenters and the jury now consists of three members instead of the previous four. Raffaëla Paton won the contest, with Floortje being runner-up.

Semi Final Qualifyings

Top 27

Format: 4 (3 Viewers & 1 Judges Choice) out of 9 making the finals each week + 1 additional Wildcard

24 December
(Wildcard)Serge Gulikers
(Viewers Choice)

Finals Elimination Chart

Season 4

1 MarchFinaleNathalie Makoma (3)Nikki Kerkhof

Season 5

Auditions began in January 2016 and were held Novotel Schiphol Airport in Hoofddorp. The first audition show attracted a record-breaking 1.5 million viewers.

93 contestants progressed to the next stage at Theater de Kom in Nieuwegein, Utrecht. In a chorus line of ten, contestants re-audition with a pre-selected song. The songs were "Stay with Me" by Sam Smith, "Chandelier" by Sia, "Stitches" by Shawn Mendes, and "Hello" by Adele. 35 contestants advanced to the second theatre round where groups of three or four had to perform a pre-determined song, either "Marvin Gaye" by Charlie Puth ft. Meghan Trainor, "Never Forget You" by MNEK & Zara Larsson or "Sexy als ik dans" by Nielson. Twenty contestants progressed to the next stage.

The next round took place on Bali. First, the contestants had to perform a duet. Half of the contestants were eliminated. The remaining ten entered an acoustic piano round in which they performed a song of their choice. Two more contestants were sent home, narrowing the number of contestants down to eight that will enter the live shows.

During each live show, two contestants were sent home until two finalists remained. These two finalists faced off in a final during which viewers at home could cast their vote.

8 JuneFinalKimberley FransensNina den Hartog

Judges

  • Edwin Jansen (2003–2004)
  • Henkjan Smits (2003–2006)
  • Eric van Tijn (2003–2008)
  • Jerney Kaagman (2003–2008)
  • John Ewbank (2008)
  • Gordon Heuckeroth (2008)
  • Martijn Krabbé (2016–2017)
  • Ronald Molendijk (2016–2017)
  • Jamai Loman (2016–2017)
  • Eva Simons (2016–2017)

Hosts

  • Tooske Ragas (2003–2004)
  • Reinout Oerlemans (2003–2004)
  • Chantal Janzen (2006)
  • Martijn Krabbé (2006–2008)
  • Wendy van Dijk (2008)
  • Ruben Nicolai (2016–2017)
  • Lieke van Lexmond (2016–2017)

References

References

  1. (24 March 2016). "Idols breekt alle records op RTL 5: Megacijfers – Mediacourant.nl".
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