Ik hou van Holland

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Ik hou van Holland
Genre Game show
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 7-15)
Leo Alkemade (season 16- )
Country of originThe Netherlands
No. of seasons12
No. of episodes101
Production
Executive producerGijs van Dam
Running time90 minutes (including commercials)
Production company Talpa Media
Original release
Network RTL4
Release8 March 2008 (2008-03-08) 
20 December 2014 (2014-12-20)
Network SBS6
Release2019 (2019) 
present

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. Present day it is taken over by SBS and will broadcast a new season from September 2019.

Contents

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 [1] and, in the early 1970s, by the Dutch boy singer Heintje (his version is used in the theme song).[ citation needed ]

Format

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.

Play rounds

The important rounds are, in order of play:

Seasons

SeasonPresenterCaptainsEpisodesStartEndViewers
Team 1
(red-white-blue)
Team 2
(orange)
DateViewers startDateViewers end
1 Linda de Mol Jeroen van Koningsbrugge Beau van Erven Dorens 78 March 20081,22619 April 20081,5021.358.000
268 November 20081,44513 December 20081,8771.466.000
367 March 20091,52218 April 20091,4421.594.000
4Peter Heerschop531 October 20092,18328 November 20092,0192.052.000
586 March 20101,95724 April 20102,1922.172.000
6112 October 20102,30011 December 20102,5372.434.000
7 Guus Meeuwis 826 March 20112,71114 May 20112,4252.363.000
8924 September 20112,19319 November 20112,5012.538.000
9825 February 20122,42114 April 20122,4582.575.000
10820 October 20122,3978 December 20122,2212.288.000
11831 August 20131,76219 October 20132,0631.920.000
1278 November 20142,07920 December 20142,002

Specials

Dutch nameEnglishYear
Sinterklaas Saint Nicholas (Santa Claus)2008, 2009, 2010, 2012
Oudejaarsavond New Year's Eve 2008-2014
Koninginnedag Queen's day2009 & 2010
20 Jaar RTL20 Years RTL2009
WK VoetbalWorldchampionship soccer2010
Ik Hou Van Beatrix I Love Beatrix2013
Ik Hou Van RTL / 25 Jaar RTLI Love RTL / 25 Years RTL2014

References

  1. "Joseph Schmidt – Ik Hou van Holland / Het Vissersmeisje (1964, Vinyl)". Discogs .