Ik hou van Holland

Ik hou van Holland
Created by	Talpa Media
Presented by	Linda de Mol
Starring	Jeroen van Koningsbrugge (season 1- ) Beau van Erven Dorens (season 1-3) Peter Heerschop (season 4-6) Irene Moors (specials, season 4-6) Guus Meeuwis (season 7- )
Country of origin	The Netherlands
No. of seasons	12
No. of episodes	101
Production
Executive producer(s)	Gijs van Dam
Running time	90 minutes (including commercials)
Release
Original network	RTL4
Original release	March 8, 2008
External links
Website

Ik hou van Holland (English: I love Holland) is a Dutch game show, presented by Linda de Mol. It is broadcasting during prime time, on Saturday nights on RTL4. The show tests Dutch celebrities on their knowledge of the Netherlands.

The show opened with the tune of the tango song after which it was named, Ik hou van Holland, by Willy Schootemeijer. The song, sung in Dutch, was a hit in the 1930s for the Austro-Hungarian tenor Joseph Schmidt and, in the early 1970s, by the Dutch boy singer Heintje (his version is used in the theme song)

The series was contested by two teams, captained by Jeroen van Koningsbrugge and Guus Meeuwis. Formerly, Beau van Erven Dorens (season 1-3) and Peter Heerschop (season 4-6) were team captains. Every episode there are new celebrity team members.

The goal was to win as many points as possible by answering questions about Dutch culture and spelling relatively difficult Dutch words correctly, among other challenges.

The format of the show was the basis for the BBC 1 show I Love My Country, first broadcast in August 2013.

The important rounds are, in order of play:

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