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Ik hou van Holland

Dutch television game show


Summary

Dutch television game show

FieldValue
runtime90 minutes (including commercials)
companyTalpa Media
genreGame show
executive_producerGijs van Dam
presenterLinda de Mol
starringJeroen van Koningsbrugge (season 1- )
Beau van Erven Dorens (season 1-3)
Peter Heerschop (season 4-6)
Irene Moors (specials, season 4-6)
Guus Meeuwis (season 7-15)
Leo Alkemade (season 16- )
countryThe Netherlands
networkRTL 4
first_aired
last_aired
network2SBS6
first_aired2
last_aired2present
num_episodes101
num_seasons12

Beau van Erven Dorens (season 1-3) Peter Heerschop (season 4-6) Irene Moors (specials, season 4-6) Guus Meeuwis (season 7-15) Leo Alkemade (season 16- )

Ik hou van Holland () is a Dutch game show, presented by Linda de Mol. It is broadcasting during prime time, on Saturday nights on RTL 4. The show tests Dutch celebrities on their knowledge of the Netherlands. Present day it is taken over by SBS and will broadcast a new season from September 2019.

The show opened with the tune of the tango song after which it was named, "Ik hou van Holland", by Willy Schootemeijer. The song, sung in Dutch, was a hit in the 1930s for the Austro-Hungarian tenor Joseph Schmidt and, in the early 1970s, by the Dutch boy singer Heintje (his version is used in the theme song).

Format

The series was contested by two teams, captained by Jeroen van Koningsbrugge and Guus Meeuwis. Formerly, Beau van Erven Dorens (season 1-3) and Peter Heerschop (season 4-6) were team captains. Every episode there are new celebrity team members.

The goal was to win as many points as possible by answering questions about Dutch culture and spelling relatively difficult Dutch words correctly, among other challenges.

The format of the show was the basis for the BBC 1 show I Love My Country, first broadcast in August 2013.

Play rounds

The important rounds are, in order of play:

  • TV questions
  • Guessing a song's title and performer
    • Mr. Hoi Chi Cheung (season 4&6)
    • Songs with pictures (since season 4)
    • Translating (since season 5)
  • What we know about the country (season 2-3)
  • What does he ask? (season 4)
  • "In Holland staat een huis" (± "There's a house in Holland", after the Dutch children's song) (only during the Koninginnedag-special of 2009)
  • Dutch language
    • Spell a word
    • Guessing a difficult Dutch word (season 1-4)
    • Chinese whispers (since season 5)
  • What shall we eat? (season 1)
  • Guessing well-known Dutchman/Dutchwoman
  • The lists
  • Topography
  • Dutchman of the year (only during the New Year's Eve of 2008)
  • Sports and news questions (RTL fragments during the 'Viert 20 jaar RTL' special & Sinterklaas fragments during the Sinterklaas special of 2009) (only sports questions: season 1-3)
  • Final (spin the wheel: since season 2)

Seasons

SeasonPresenterCaptainsEpisodesStartEndViewersTeam 1
(red-white-blue)Team 2
(orange)DateViewers startDateViewers end171,2261,5021.358.000261,4451,8771.466.000361,5221,4421.594.000452,1832,0192.052.000581,9572,1922.172.0006112,3002,5372.434.000782,7112,4252.363.000892,1932,5012.538.000982,4212,4582.575.0001082,3972,2212.288.0001181,7622,0631.920.0001272,0792,002
Linda de MolJeroen van KoningsbruggeBeau van Erven Dorens8 March 200819 April 2008
8 November 200813 December 2008
7 March 200918 April 2009
Peter Heerschop31 October 200928 November 2009
6 March 201024 April 2010
2 October 201011 December 2010
Guus Meeuwis26 March 201114 May 2011
24 September 201119 November 2011
25 February 201214 April 2012
20 October 20128 December 2012
31 August 201319 October 2013
8 November 201420 December 2014

Specials

Dutch nameEnglishYear
SinterklaasSaint Nicholas (Santa Claus)2008, 2009, 2010, 2012
OudejaarsavondNew Year's Eve2008-2014
KoninginnedagQueen's day2009 & 2010
20 Jaar RTL20 Years RTL2009
WK VoetbalWorldchampionship soccer2010
Ik Hou Van BeatrixI Love Beatrix2013
Ik Hou Van RTL / 25 Jaar RTLI Love RTL / 25 Years RTL2014

References

References

  1. "Joseph Schmidt – Ik Hou van Holland / Het Vissersmeisje (1964, Vinyl)".
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