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, which is part of the Idols series based on the popular

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''. 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

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in 2016.

Season 1

Auditions began in 2002 and were held

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and

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. 7,626 people auditioned in the debut season. 94 successful auditionees progressed to the next stage at the TheaterHotel De Oranjerie in

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. 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: "

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" and " I'm So Excited" , for the males and females respectively.

Semi Final Qualifyings

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

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. Top 30
Format: 3 out of 10 making the finals each week + one Wildcard

Finals Elimination Chart

Season 2

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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

Finals Elimination Chart

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.

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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

Finals Elimination Chart

Season 4

Season 5

Auditions began in January 2016 and were held Novotel Schiphol Airport in

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. 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

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, " Stitches" by

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. 35 contestants advanced to the second theatre round where groups of three or four had to perform a pre-determined song, either "

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, " Never Forget You" by

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. Twenty contestants progressed to the next stage. The next round took place on

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. 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.

Judges

Edwin Jansen The name Edwin means "rich friend". It comes from the Old English elements "ead" (rich, blessed) and "ƿine" (friend). The original Anglo-Saxon form is Eadƿine, which is also found for Anglo-Saxon figures. People * Edwin of Northumbria (die ...

(2003-2004) * Henkjan Smits (2003-2006) *

Eric van Tijn Eric Job van Tijn (born 2 November 1956, in Amsterdam) is a Dutch music producer and judge on the Dutch versions of the music competitions '' Idols'' and ''X Factor''. He comes from a musical family. His parents Eli and Lena van Tijn founded ' ...

(2003-2008) *

Jerney Kaagman Christina Henriette'' "Jerney"'' Kaagman (born July 9, 1947) is a Dutch singer-musician and music executive best known as the lead singer for the progressive rock group Earth and Fire, with whom she scored a slew of international hits between 19 ...

(2003-2008) *

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(2008) *

Gordon Heuckeroth Cornelis Willem "Gordon" Heuckeroth (; born 6 July 1968), known simply as Gordon, is a Dutch singer and television personality. Internationally, he is best known for his membership of the supergroup the Toppers, which represented the Netherlands ...

(2008) *

Martijn Krabbé Martijn Joop Krabbé (born 26 March 1968) is a Dutch radio and television presenter. Career Krabbé started his career in Dutch media as a 19-year-old in the Dutch TV programme "Popformule". Later, he hosted several Dutch television programmes, ...

(2016-2017) * Ronald Molendijk (2016-2017) *

Jamai Loman Jamai Johannes Loman (born 30 June 1986) is a Dutch singer, musical actor and presenter who was the winner of the first series of '' Idols'', the Dutch variant of ''Pop Idol''. Biography Loman (at that time living with his parents and two elder ...

(2016-2017) *

Eva Simons Eva Maria Simons (born 27 April 1984) is a Dutch singer-songwriter from Amsterdam. She is best known for her song "Policeman" and collaborations with artists such as Afrojack; in 2012, Simons broke through internationally after being featured on ...

(2016-2017)

Hosts

Tooske Ragas Antonia Grietje "Tooske" Ragas-Breugem (; born 3 June 1974), is a Dutch actress and television host. She played a stewardess in '' 06/05'', a movie by Theo van Gogh about the murder of Pim Fortuyn. She was video jockey (VJ) at TMF Netherlands ...

(2003-2004) *

Reinout Oerlemans Reinout Oerlemans (; born 10 June 1971) is a Dutch soap opera actor, film director, television presenter and television producer. He is the founder of the TV production company Eyeworks. In 1989, while studying law at the University of Amsterda ...

(2003-2004) *

Chantal Janzen Chantal Janzen (; born 15 February 1979) is a Dutch actress, singer and TV presenter. She had parts in '' The Preacher'', ''Full Moon Party'' and '' Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo'' and presented '' Idols''. She also played Belle in the Dutch mu ...

(2006) *

(2006-2008) *

Wendy van Dijk Wendy van Dijk (born 22 January 1971) is a Dutch actress, comedian and television presenter. She is best known for her portrayal of Ushi Hirosaki, a hapless Japanese journalist featured in both a series of Dutch television shows and a theatric ...

(2008) * Ruben Nicolai (2016-2017) *

Lieke van Lexmond Lieke van Lexmond (born 6 February 1982) is a Dutch actress and television presenter. She is known for playing the roles of Eva Prins in the television series '' Goudkust'' and the role of Charlie Fischer in the soap opera ''Goede tijden, slecht ...

(2016-2017)

References

External links

Season 3 official website Season 4 official website
{{Idol series Television series by Fremantle (company) 2002 Dutch television series debuts 2008 Dutch television series endings Dutch-language television shows Dutch television series based on British television series RTL 4 original programming