De beste zangers van Nederland (2009)

Original title

Beste Zangers

Country

Netherlands

Length

21 seasons, 144 episodes

Rated

AL

Rating

6.0 of 10 from 1 voters

Elsewhere

IMDb

How it feels

Each episode of this reality series brings together Dutch musicians to honor one colleague. The other performers sing songs that are meaningful to that person like covers of their own hits or tracks from their past. The honored artist then ranks the performances and chooses a favorite for the episode.

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What happens

Beste Zangers, formerly De beste zangers van Nederland (English: The Best Singers (of the Netherlands)), is a Dutch reality television show by public broadcaster AVROTROS (a merger of AVRO and TROS, both part of the Netherlands Public Broadcasting). The first series was aired between 5 July and 30 August 2009 and was hosted by Edsilia Rombley. She was first replaced by singer and actor Victor Reinier (2010, 2011) before Jan Smit became the permanent host in 2012. The show has 17 seasons, the most recent from 2024. In each series, a number of well-known performers take turns as the central artist in the hot seat that gets honoured by the other artists by singing songs that are of significance to that person. It can be a cover of one of their own songs, a song that inspires the artist in the hot seat or something from their past. In earlier seasons, the central artist decided who had to sing which song, while in later seasons the artists could pick one from a list themselves. The artist in the hot seat ranks the performances and picks a favourite performance, which results in that person being the winner of the episode. The first six seasons also have a final episode, where they discuss and vote on their favourites. Later, the voting became less important and they stopped doing this. In season 10 they introduced a final episode where the artists sing duets. The show format has since been used in other European countries: Denmark, Norway, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Belgium, Lithuania, Estonia and Switzerland. In July 2017, two compilations were broadcast in celebration of Beste Zangers' tenth anniversary. (from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA)

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