Idols (Dutch TV series)
Idols was 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.
| 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) | |
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 fewest votes is sent home.
On 5 November the Dutch broadcaster RTL announced a fifth season which will be broadcast on RTL 5 in 2016.