''Dames in de Dop'' (free translation ''Ladies in the making'') is the
Dutch
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* Something of, from, or related to the Netherlands
* Dutch people ()
* Dutch language ()
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Places
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People E ...
version of
UK reality show ''
Ladette to Lady
''Ladette to Lady'' is a reality-based series that aired in the United Kingdom on ITV between June 2005 and August 2010.
Overview
The second series of ''Ladette to Lady'' was aired in the United Kingdom in October 2006 on ITV. The show had vi ...
''. Two seasons have been made since 2007 for broadcast on
RTL.
Show format
The series follows a nine ladettes (i.e. loud, foul-mouthed, uncultured and unpleasant women, who resort to drinking, smoking and often sexually promiscuous behaviour), who are given an old-fashioned six-week course in learning how to behave like a real lady. In the first season, they were sent to Huis 't Velde, an International Butler Academy in
Warnsveld
Warnsveld is a town in the eastern Netherlands, about 2 km east of Zutphen.
History
The first mention of the village in writing is from the year 1121 as Wansveld, and means "field of Warin or Warni (person)". Warnsveld developed in the Mid ...
,
Gelderland
Gelderland (), also known as Guelders () in English, is a province of the Netherlands, occupying the centre-east of the country. With a total area of of which is water, it is the largest province of the Netherlands by land area, and second by ...
. In the second season they were sent to Nieuw Rande, in
Diepenveen
Diepenveen is a village in the eastern Netherlands. It is located in the municipality of Deventer, Overijssel, about 4 km north of the city centre.
History
The village was first mentioned in 1417 as Diepenveen, and means "low lying peat". D ...
,
Overijssel
Overijssel (, ; nds, Oaveriessel ; german: Oberyssel) is a Provinces of the Netherlands, province of the Netherlands located in the eastern part of the country. The province's name translates to "across the IJssel", from the perspective of the ...
. Nieuw Rande was specially re-opened to try to change the ladettes' habits.
Whilst in Nieuw Rande they are required to wear the special uniform: a tweed suit including a turquoise jacket, white blouse, and turquoise skirt, high-heeled shoes and a pearl necklace. They are taught under the supervision and guidance of five instructors and are given various tasks in
deportment
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,
elocution,
etiquette
Etiquette () is the set of norms of personal behaviour in polite society, usually occurring in the form of an ethical code of the expected and accepted social behaviours that accord with the conventions and norms observed and practised by a ...
and
cookery
Cooking, cookery, or culinary arts is the art, science and craft of using heat to prepare food for consumption. Cooking techniques and ingredients vary widely, from grilling food over an open fire to using electric stoves, to baking in vario ...
. However, if they can't live up to the standards of acting ladylike, they are expelled. Each episode sees one ladette (sometimes two) expelled till only three are left at the end of the season. Then the teachers must decide upon one winner, depending on who they think has improved the most and how the ladettes performed in the final challenge.
Season summary
External links
Official site*
References
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Dutch reality television series
RTL 5 original programming