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Op Zoek Naar Maria
''Op zoek naar Maria'' (''Looking for Maria'') is a reality television, talent competition program that aired in Belgium on VTM (TV channel), VTM. It premiered on 25 March 2009. The premise of the series was to find a musical theatre performer to play the role of Maria von Trapp in the 2009 and Roel Vente revival of The Sound of Music at the Efteling Theatre. The show is hosted by Koen Wauters and featured , Linda Lepomme, and Peter de Smet as the judges for the show. Following a public telephone vote, 27-year-old was chosen as Maria with 25-year-old Fleur Brusselmans as the runner up and Liv Van Aelst in third place. A commercial advertising the show, featuring over 200 dancers in it, seemingly spontaneously, to "Do-Re-Mi" in Antwerpen-Centraal railway station, has received over 20,000,000 hits on YouTube. A similar format of Op zoek naar Maria has been used as well in The Netherlands in 2021 taking an unknown singer and placing the winner in the lead role of Maria for the 2 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Koen Wauters
Koen Maria Gaston Wauters (born 17 September 1967) is a Flemish singer, active with the band Clouseau, television presenter, and occasionally actor and race car driver. Biography Koen Wauters was born in Halle in 1967. Together with his three brothers and two sisters he spent his youth in Sint-Genesius-Rode. In his youth, Koen Wauters was a keen footballer, but all dreams of a possible pro career ended when he suffered from repeated knee injuries. Musical career In 1987, Koen and his brother Kris joined the local band Clouseau. Koen became the frontman and singer of the band. The band and Koen became household names in Flanders in 1989, when the single ''Anne'' became a huge hit. Over the next twenty years, Clouseau became the most popular band in Flanders. Actor Koen Wauters has acted in 2 Dutch movies, '' My Blue Heaven'' (1990) and ''Intensive Care'' (1991). Television presenter Koen Wauters started his career as a TV presenter in 1989, as one of the first faces for the new ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Peter De Smet
Peter de Smet (4 July 1944, Amsterdam – 6 January 2003, Amsterdam) was a Dutch comic-strip artist. He was the author of '' De Generaal'' ("The General"). From the 1960s onwards de Smet worked as an artist in advertising and started drawing comics in the same time. An early version of ''De Generaal'' was sold to Tintin but was never published. In 1968 de Smet started his series ''Fulco'' set in medieval times for the magazine '''t Kapoentje'' but had to give up due to illness. In the following period, de Smet returned to advertising with strips like ''Pieter Pienter'' for a Bank, which was published in magazines like Tina and Donald Duck Donald Fauntleroy Duck is a cartoon character created by The Walt Disney Company. Donald is an anthropomorphic white duck with a yellow-orange bill, legs, and feet. He typically wears a sailor shirt and cap with a bow tie. Donald is known fo .... In 1971 '' Pep'' magazine picked up ''De Generaal'', and published it through several inc ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Geel
Geel () is a city located in the Belgian province of Antwerp, which acquired city status in the 1980s. It comprises Central-Geel which is constituted of 4 old parishes a/o towns: Sint-Amand, Sint-Dimpna, Holven and Elsum. Further on around the center are the parish-towns of Ten Aard (N), Bel (E), Winkelomheide (SE), Stelen, Oosterlo and Zammel (S), Punt (SW) and Larum (W). In 2021, Geel had a total population of 40,781. The total area is . Geel’s patron saint, the Irish Saint Dymphna, inspired the town’s pioneering de-institutionalized method of care for the mentally ill. History Origins and Middle Ages Archaeological finds in the area point to Iron Age settlements, but the name of Geel (until mid-20th century spelled as Gheel) hails from a Germanic root meaning “yellow” and dates from the early Middle Ages. A hamlet already existed in the mid-13th century, at which time a certain Petrus Cameracencis, canon of Cambrai, wrote the ''Vitae Dymphnae et S. Gereberni presbiteri' ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Connie Fisher
Connie Fisher (born 17 June 1983) is a British actress, singer and TV presenter, who won the BBC One talent contest, '' How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?'' On 15 November 2006, she opened to excellent reviews in the part of Maria von Trapp in ''The Sound of Music'' in the West End, London on a six-month contract, which was extended until 23 February 2008. She resumed the role of Maria in ''The Sound of Music'' UK tour starting in July 2009. She had a recurring role as a patient in the British medical drama series ''Casualty'' in 2012. Early life Fisher was born in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, and is the daughter of a major in the Royal Corps of Signals. Fisher lived in Dorset, England until the age of four, when she moved to a village near Haverfordwest in Pembrokeshire, Wales. She attended Hayscastle Junior School, and then went on to Sir Thomas Picton School. She is a fluent Welsh speaker. During her teenage years she was a member of Haverfordwest Operatic Society where sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
West End Theatre
West End theatre is mainstream professional theatre staged in the large theatres in and near the West End of London.Christopher Innes, "West End" in ''The Cambridge Guide to Theatre'' (Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1998), pp. 1194–1195, Along with New York City's Broadway theatre, West End theatre is usually considered to represent the highest level of commercial theatre in the English-speaking world. Seeing a West End show is a common tourist activity in London. Famous screen actors, British and international alike, frequently appear on the London stage. There are a total of 39 theatres in the West End, with the Theatre Royal, Drury Lane, opened in May 1663, the oldest theatre in London. The Savoy Theatre – built as a showcase for the popular series of comic operas of Gilbert and Sullivan – was entirely lit by electricity in 1881. Opening in October 2022, @sohoplace is the first new West End theatre in 50 years. The Society of London Theatre (SOLT) announced ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Tristan Van Der Lingen
Tristan (Latin/ Brythonic: ''Drustanus''; cy, Trystan), also known as Tristram or Tristain and similar names, is the hero of the legend of Tristan and Iseult. In the legend, he is tasked with escorting the Irish princess Iseult to wed Tristan's uncle, King Mark of Cornwall. Tristan and Iseult accidentally drink a love potion during the journey and fall in love, beginning an adulterous relationship that eventually leads to Tristan's banishment and death. The character's first recorded appearance is in retellings of British mythology from the 12th century by Thomas of Britain and Gottfried von Strassburg, and later in the Prose ''Tristan''. He is featured in Arthurian legends, including the seminal text '' Le Morte d'Arthur'', as a skilled knight and a friend of Lancelot. The historical roots of Tristan are unclear; his association with Cornwall may originate from the Tristan Stone, a 6th-century granite pillar in Cornwall inscribed with the name ''Drustanus'' (a varia ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Op Zoek Naar Zorro
''Op zoek naar Zorro'' (''Looking for Zorro'') is a Dutch television talent series broadcast on AVRO from late 2010 until early 2011. It documented the search for a new, undiscovered musical theatre performer to play the role of Zorro in the then-forthcoming stage production of ''Zorro'', the musical with book written by Stephen Clark and Helen Edmundson and music by the Gipsy Kings and John Cameron. Produced by Eyeworks for the AVRO, the series was hosted by Frits Sissing and judged by Willem Nijholt. The series follows previous collaborations between the AVRO, Willem Nijholt and others to find new musical theatre performers: ''Op zoek naar Evita'' which was won by Brigitte Heitzer, ''Op zoek naar Joseph'' which was won by Freek Bartels and '' Op zoek naar Mary Poppins'' which was won by Noortje Herlaar. 10 years later, it was followed by '' Op zoek naar Maria'' which was won by Nandi Van Beurden and '' Op zoek naar Danny & Sandy'' which was won by Tristan van der L ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Op Zoek Naar Mary Poppins
''Op zoek naar Mary Poppins'' (''Looking for Mary Poppins'') was a 2009 talent show-themed television series produced by the AVRO in the Netherlands and broadcast on AVRO. It premiered in late August 2009. The show searched for a new, unknown lead to play Mary Poppins in a Dutch production of the Dutch musical ''Mary Poppins''. It was the third Dutch talent show to be produced by the AVRO/Willem Nijholt, after ''Op zoek naar Evita'' which aired in 2007 and ''Op zoek naar Joseph'' which aired in 2008. '' Op zoek naar Zorro'' aired in late 2010, ''Op zoek naar Annie'' aired in 2012, ''Op zoek naar Maria'' aired in 2021 and '' Op zoek naar Danny & Sandy'' aired in late 2022. The show was hosted by Frits Sissing with Willem Nijholt again overseeing the programme. In the final, on 24 January, Noortje Herlaar was announced as the winner of the series. Format Expert panel To assess and train the potential Marys and judge them during the live shows, an expert panel was chosen. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Op Zoek Naar Joseph
''Op zoek naar Joseph'' (''Looking for Joseph'') was a 2008 talent show-themed television series produced by the AVRO in the Netherlands. It searched for a new, unknown lead to play Joseph in a 2009 Dutch revival of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical ''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat''. The show was hosted by Frits Sissing, who announced Freek Bartels as the winner of the final public telephone vote on 26 October 2008. It was the second Dutch talent show to be produced by the AVRO/Willem Nijholt, after ''Op zoek naar Evita''. A third talent show, this time called ''Op zoek naar Mary Poppins'' aired in 2009, ''Op zoek naar Zorro'' aired in late 2010, ''Op zoek naar Annie'' aired in 2012 and ''Op zoek naar Maria'' aired in 2021. A similar format has been used as well in the United Kingdom in 2007, with the show '' Any Dream Will Do'' taking an unknown singer and placing the winner in the lead role for the 2007 performances in the West End. On 9 June 2007, Lee Mead was ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Op Zoek Naar Evita
''Op zoek naar Evita'' (''Looking for Evita'') was a 2007 talent show-themed television series produced by the AVRO (broadcaster), AVRO in the Netherlands. It documented the search for a new, undiscovered musical theatre performer to play the role of Eva Peron in the 2008 Andrew Lloyd Webber musical ''Evita (musical), Evita''. The show was hosted by Frits Sissing who announced Brigitte Heitzer as the winner of the final public telephone vote on 21 October 2007 and masterminded by Willem Nijholt. It became the first of a series of the Dutch themed talent contests to be produced by the AVRO (broadcaster), AVRO in collaboration with Willem Nijholt. ''Op zoek naar Joseph'' followed in 2008 to find a new male lead to play Joseph for ''Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat'', In 2009, it was followed by ''Op zoek naar Mary Poppins'' searching for a new lead to play Mary Poppins (character), Mary Poppins in a production of the musical ''Mary Poppins (musical), Mary Poppins'', In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
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