Live shows
Week one (6 December)
Eefje was the first Mary to be eliminated in the Results show on Sunday followed by Suzanne who was the second Mary to be eliminated.
The show performances were:
- Group performances:
- Individual performances (in order of performance):
- Jury's favourite Mary Poppins:
- Erwin van Lambaart: Sophie
- Pia Douwes: Irene
- Thom Hoffman: Noortje
- Sing-off:
- In the first show, Eefje and Carmen were in the sing-off. They sang "Zonder jou" (by Simone Kleinsma & Paul de Leeuw).
- Willem Nijholt chose to save Carmen and vote Eefje off.
- In the second show, the bottom two were Irene and Suzanne. In the sing-off, they sang "Laat me niet alleen (Ne me quitte pas)" (by Jacques Brel).
- Irene was saved by Nijholt and Suzanne was voted off.
Week two (13 December)
Bente was the third Mary to be eliminated in the Results show on Sunday
The show performances were:
- Group performances:
- Individual performances (in order of performance):
- Jury's favourite Mary Poppins:
- Erwin van Lambaart: Simone
- Pia Douwes: Simone
- Thom Hoffman: Noortje
- Sing-off:
Week three (20 December)
Angenita was the fourth Mary to be eliminated in the Results show on Sunday.
The show performances were:
- Group performances:
- Individual performances (in order of performance):
- Jury's favourite Mary Poppins:
- Erwin van Lambaart: Simone
- Pia Douwes: Rosalie
- Thom Hoffman: Sophie
- Sing-off:
- Irene and Angenita were in the sing-off. They sang "Nog een kans" (by Vera Mann).
- Willem Nijholt chose to save Irene and vote Angenita off.
Week four (27 December)
Simone was the fifth Mary to be eliminated in the Results show on Sunday
The show performances were:
- Group performances:
- Individual performances (in order of performance):
- Jury's favourite Mary Poppins:
- Erwin van Lambaart: Rosalie
- Pia Douwes: Noortje
- Thom Hoffman: Irene
- Sing-off:
- Willemijn and Simone were in the sing-off. They sang "Telkens weer" (by Willeke Alberti).
- Willem Nijholt chose to save Willemijn and vote Simone off.
Week five (3 January)
Carmen was the sixth Mary to be eliminated in the Results show on Sunday.
The show performances were:
- Group performances:
- Individual performances (in order of performance):
- Jury's favourite Mary Poppins:
- Erwin van Lambaart: Noortje
- Pia Douwes: Irene (but revealed that her other favourite was Noortje, but was positive about Irene)
- Thom Hoffman: Sophie
- Sing-off:
Week six (10 January)
Week six was the quarter-final stage of the series.
Willemijn was the seventh Mary to be eliminated in the Results show on Sunday.
The show performances were:
- Group performances:
- Individual performances (in order of performance):
- Round 1:
- Round 2:
- Jury's favourite Mary Poppins:
- Erwin van Lambaart: Noortje
- Pia Douwes: Rosalie
- Thom Hoffman: Noortje
- Sing-off:
Week seven (17 January)
Week seven was the semi-final stage of the series.
Irene was the eighth Mary to be eliminated in the Results show on Sunday – the last time Nijholt has any say in the vote.
The show performances were:
- Group performances:
- Individual performances (in order of performance):
- Round 1:
- Round 2:
- Jury's favourite Mary Poppins:
- Erwin van Lambaart: Noortje
- Pia Douwes: Sophie
- Thom Hoffman: Irene
- Sing-off:
- Irene and Rosalie were in the sing-off. They sang "Misschien dit keer (Maybe This Time)" (from the musical Cabaret ).
- Willem Nijholt chose to save Rosalie and vote Irene off.
Week-eight (24 January)
Week eight was the final week of the show and the Grand-final when the winning Mary was revealed. Both shows aired live on Sunday with the main show and the Results show. The finalists were Noortje Herlaar, Rosalie de Jong and Sophie Veldhuizen. Noortje was the winner.
With all the decisions now being from the public vote, the voting lines opened at the start of Show One. At the end of Show One, the finalist with the lowest number of viewers votes, Rosalie was eliminated and therefore finished third. The voting lines then re-opened to vote for the series winner, with all the votes cast for the remaining two Marys carried over. Then in Show Two the final two Marys went head-to-head before the winner was announced as Noortje.
All eleven Mary finalists also performed. In Show two both Noortje and Sophie performed "Alles kan als jij het (Anything Can Happen)".
The show performances were:
- Group performances:
- Individual performances (in order of performance):
- Show one
- Show two
- Sophie: "Alles kan (Anything Can Happen)"
- Noortje: "Alles kan (Anything Can Happen)"
- Show One third place
- At the end of Show one, Rosalie was announced as finishing third.
- Jury's verdict on who is Mary Poppins:
- After Rosalie was eliminated from the final, the jury share their thoughts on who is Mary Poppins.
- Erwin van Lambaart: Noortje
- Pia Douwes: could not make a choice between Noortje and Sophie
- Thom Hoffman: Sophie
- Willem Nijholt: Noortje
- The Final Vote
The final vote was then announced and it was revealed that the winner was Noortje Herlaar.
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