Ali B op volle toeren

Ali B op volle toeren (literally "Ali B at full speed"), abbreviated as ABOVT, is a Dutch television program broadcast on the Dutch television station TROS with Ali B, a well known Moroccan-Dutch rapper as host. Four seasons of the show have been aired. The first series was launched in January, 2011. The fifth started in November, 2016.

The program has been popular and some of the interpretations have appeared on the Dutch Single Top 100 and Dutch Top 40 as hits in their own right. The format has been adapted in a number of countries. Op volle toeren is in reference to an earlier very popular Dutch music program broadcast on TROS in the 1970s.

In each broadcast, Ali B couples with a fellow singer artist that changes in each episode. Usually each season is made up of 8 episodes. The guest artist chooses from his or her repertoire one of his own earlier hits, for the purpose of making a contemporary hip hop / urban "remake" / or cover version of the song by another invitee artist, usually a rapper / hip hop artist and vice versa.

Partaking artists are encouraged to use their own style giving the hit a real new twist. At the end of each episode, the artists would get together with Ali B to perform the new interpretations, with many times Ali B participating in parts of the renditions. The artists would exchange opinions about the new revived versions of each other. The format has proved to be able to create crossover hits between traditional Dutch songs and urban hip hop music.

The format of ABOVT has been sold to eight countries, including Belgium, Germany, Portugal, Ukraine and Switzerland. Cover My Song, was the series broadcast on German VOX channel hosted by German hip hop artist Dennis Lisk also known by his stage name Denyo. In addition, a Tuvalu producer launched a truly international variant called Cover Me in which artists from different countries came together to cover each other's hits. In the autumn of 2012, the a Flemish version, named In De Mix (literally In the mix) was launched with Brahim Attaeb (or simply Brahim) as host.

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