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Idols (Dutch TV series)

Idols Netherlands
Idols Netherlands Finalists
(with dates of elimination)
Season 1 (2003)
Jamai Loman Winner
Jim Bakkum 9 March
Hind Laroussi 2 March
Dewi Pechler 23 February
David Gonçalves 16 February
Marieke Van Ginneken 9 February
Bas Nibbelke 2 February
Joël De Tombe 26 January
Yuli Minguel 19 January
Zosja El Rhazi 12 January
Season 2 (2004)
Boris Titulaer Winner
Maud Mulder 1 May
JK 24 April
Marlies Schuitenmaker 17 April
Irma Van Pamelen 10 April
Eric Bouwman 3 April
Alice Hoes 27 March
Ron Link 20 March
Robin Zijlstra 13 March
Meike Hurts 6 March
Season 3 (2006)
Raffaëla Paton Winner
Floortje Smit March 11
Ellen Eeftink March 4
Angelique Koorndijk February 25
Harm Jacobs February 18
Serge Gulikers February 11
Aäron Ayal February 4
Marescha van der Stelt January 28
Christon Kloosterboer January 21
I-Jay Cairo January 14
Charissa van Veldt January 7
Ariël Sietses December 31
Renske van der Veer December 31
Season 4 (2008)
Nikki Kerkhof Winner
Nathalie Makoma March 1
Charlene Meulenberg February 23
Nigel Brown February 16
Neil Hendriks February 9
Pauline Zurlohe February 2
Tiffany Maes January 26
Bas van Rijckevorsel January 19
Mirjam de Jager January 12
Asnat Ferdinandus January 5
Ollie Du Croix December 29
Sandy Goeree December 22
Season 5 (2016)
Nina den Hartog Winner
Kimberley Fransens June 8
Steve Langreder June 1
Tom de Visser June 1
Thijs Roseboom May 25
Jeffrey Saabeel May 25
Amber Thijssen May 18
Rowen Aida Ben Rabaa May 18
Season 6 (2017)

Idols is a television show on the Dutch television network RTL 4, which is part of the Idols series based on the popular British show Pop Idol. 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 least votes is sent home.

On 5 November the Dutch broadcaster RTL announced a fifth season which will be broadcast on RTL 5 in 2016.

Auditions began in 2002 and were held Zeist, Eindhoven, Hoofddorp, Rotterdam and Assen. 7,626 people auditioned in the debut season.

94 successful auditionees progressed to the next stage at the in Roermond, Limburg. 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: "Isn't She Lovely?" (Stevie Wonder) and "I'm So Excited" (The Pointer Sisters), for the males and females respectively.


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