Ik hou van Holland () is a Dutch game show, presented by Linda de Mol. It is broadcasting during prime time, on Saturday nights on RTL 4. 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.
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).
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: TV questions Guessing a song's title and performer Mr. Hoi Chi Cheung (season 4&6) Songs with pictures (since season 4) Translating (since season 5) What we know about the country (season 2-3) What does he ask? (season 4) "In Holland staat een huis" (± "There's a house in Holland", after the Dutch children's song) (only during the Koninginnedag-special of 2009) Dutch language Spell a word Guessing a difficult Dutch word (season 1-4) Chinese whispers (since season 5) What shall we eat? (season 1) Guessing well-known Dutchman/Dutchwoman The lists Topography Dutchman of the year (only during the New Year's Eve of 2008) Sports and news questions (RTL fragments during the 'Viert 20 jaar RTL' special & Sinterklaas fragments during the Sinterklaas special of 2009) (only sports questions: season 1-3) Final (spin the wheel: since season 2)
Seasons Season Presenter Captains Episodes Start End Viewers Team 1 (red-white-blue) Team 2 (orange) Date Viewers start Date Viewers end 1Linda de MolJeroen van KoningsbruggeBeau van Erven Dorens 78 March 2008 1,22619 April 2008 1,5021.358.000 2 68 November 2008 1,44513 December 2008 1,8771.466.000 3 67 March 2009 1,52218 April 2009 1,4421.594.000 4Peter Heerschop 531 October 2009 2,18328 November 2009 2,0192.052.000 5 86 March 2010 1,95724 April 2010 2,1922.172.000 6 112 October 2010 2,30011 December 2010 2,5372.434.000 7Guus Meeuwis 826 March 2011 2,71114 May 2011 2,4252.363.000 8 924 September 2011 2,19319 November 2011 2,5012.538.000 9 825 February 2012 2,42114 April 2012 2,4582.575.000 10 820 October 2012 2,3978 December 2012 2,2212.288.000 11 831 August 2013 1,76219 October 2013 2,0631.920.000 12 78 November 2014 2,07920 December 2014 2,002
Specials Dutch name English Year Sinterklaas Saint Nicholas (Santa Claus) 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012 Oudejaarsavond New Year's Eve 2008-2014 Koninginnedag Queen's day 2009 & 2010 20 Jaar RTL 20 Years RTL 2009 WK Voetbal Worldchampionship soccer 2010 Ik Hou Van Beatrix I Love Beatrix 2013 Ik Hou Van RTL / 25 Jaar RTL I Love RTL / 25 Years RTL 2014
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