Op zoek naar Evita was a 2007

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 talent show

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-themed television series produced by the AVRO

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 in the Netherlands

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. It documented the search for a new, undiscovered musical theatre

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 performer to play the role of Eva Peron

Eva Perón

María Eva Duarte de Perón was the second wife of President Juan Perón and served as the First Lady of Argentina from 1946 until her death in 1952. She is often referred to as simply Eva Perón, or by the affectionate Spanish language diminutive Evita.She was born in the village of Los Toldos in...

 in the 2008 Andrew Lloyd Webber

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber is an English composer of musical theatre.Lloyd Webber has achieved great popular success in musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has composed 13 musicals, a song cycle, a set of...

 musical Evita.

The show was hosted by Frits Sissing who announced Brigitte Heitzer as the winner of the final public telephone vote on 21 October 2007 and masterminded by Willem Nijholt.

It became the first of a series of the Dutch themed talent contests to be produced by the AVRO

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 in collaboration with Willem Nijholt. Op zoek naar Joseph

Op zoek naar Joseph

Op zoek naar Joseph was a 2008 talent show-themed television series produced by the AVRO in the Netherlands. It searched for a new, unknown lead to play Joseph in a 2009 Dutch revival of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.The show was hosted by Frits...

followed in 2008 to find a new male lead for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical with lyrics by Tim Rice. The story is based on the "coat of many colors" story of Joseph from the Hebrew Bible's Book of Genesis. This was the first Lloyd Webber and Rice musical to be performed publicly...

and in 2009 it will be followed by Op zoek naar Mary Poppins

Op zoek naar Mary Poppins

Op zoek naar Mary Poppins was a 2009 talent show-themed television series produced by the AVRO in the Netherlands and broadcast on AVRO.It premiered in late August 2009...

searching for a new lead to play Mary Poppins

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 in a production of the musical Mary Poppins

Mary Poppins (musical)

Mary Poppins is a Walt Disney Theatrical musical based on the similarly titled series of children's books by P. L. Travers and the Disney 1964 film. The West End production opened in December 2004 and received two Olivier Awards, one for Best Actress in a Musical and the other for Best Theatre...

.

Expert panel

To assess and train the potential Evitas and judge them during the live shows, an expert panel was chosen. The panel included:

• Willem Nijholt - actor
  Actor
  An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
  
   and singer.
• Peter Van de Velde - Flemish
  Flanders
  Flanders is the community of the Flemings but also one of the institutions in Belgium, and a geographical region located in parts of present-day Belgium, France and the Netherlands. "Flanders" can also refer to the northern part of Belgium that contains Brussels, Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp...
  
   actor
  Actor
  An actor is a person who acts in a dramatic production and who works in film, television, theatre, or radio in that capacity...
  
   from Belgium
  Belgium
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• Erwin van Lambaart - (managing director of Joop van den Ende
  Joop van den Ende
  Johannes "Joop" Adrianus van den Ende is a Dutch media tycoon, theatrical producer, co-founder of Endemol and founder/owner of Stage Entertainment....
  
   theatre)
• Pia Douwes
  Pia Douwes
  Pia Douwes is a Dutch musical theatre actress who is extremly successful in Europe.- Biography :Douwes was born in Amsterdam, North Holland as Petronella Irene Allegonda Douwes, to an arts dealer and a social worker and the grandniece of Doris Day...
  
   - (musical theatre actress who is very successful in Europe)

Live finals

The final ten contestants competed in the live studio finals held on Sunday nights over eight weeks. Each week the contestants sang and performed during the live show, receiving comments from the judges following their performance. The public then got a chance to vote for their favourite Evita, and the two contestants with the least votes performed a sing-off in front of Nijholt, who then decided which Evita to keep in the contest. This was repeated with the top ten, the top nine, the top eight, the top seven, the top six, the top five and the top four.

Nijholt had no say in the final casting decision, when in the concluding edition of the series it was left to the public to choose who should play Evita out of the final two contenders, Brigitte Heitzer and Suzan Seegers. After more votes were cast, the winning entrant was revealed as Heitzer, who won a contract to play Evita at the Nieuwe Luxor Theater in Rotterdam

Rotterdam

Rotterdam is the second-largest city in the Netherlands and one of the largest ports in the world. Starting as a dam on the Rotte river, Rotterdam has grown into a major international commercial centre...

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Finalists

Ten potential Evitas made it through the auditions process to perform during the live shows.

Finalist	Age	Date of birth	Dress colour	Status
Tineke Blok	25	April 21, 1982	Light pink	Eliminated 1st in week 1
Sabina Petra	26	April 23, 1981	Light green	Eliminated 2nd in week 2
Sophie Veldhuizen	24	March 6, 1983	Dark pink	Eliminated 3rd in week 3
Babette Holtman	26	May 27, 1981	Orange	Eliminated 4th in week 4
Wieneke Remmers	28	August 12, 1978	Light blue	Eliminated 5th in week 5
Anne Stalman	25	November 29, 1981	Dark green	Eliminated 6th in week 6
Marleen van der Loo	37	January 2, 1970	Dark blue	Eliminated 7th in week 7
Marjolein Teepen	27	August 6, 1980	Yellow	Third place
Suzan Seegers	26	November 13, 1980	Purple	Second place
Brigitte Heitzer	28	August 23, 1979	Red	Winner

Live shows

The live shows saw the finalists eliminated one by one following both individual and group performances. Once eliminated, the leaving contestant ended the programme by leading a performance of "Dag en bedankt nog (Goodnight and Thank You)\Jij blijft bij mij

You Must Love Me

"You Must Love Me" is a pop ballad recorded by American singer-songwriter Madonna from the soundtrack album Evita of the motion picture of the same name. It was released in October 1996 by Warner Bros. as the first single from the album. Written by Tim Rice and Andrew Lloyd Webber, the song won an...

 (You Must Love Me)" from Evita with the remaining contestants.

Results summary

Place	Contestant	Show 1	Show 2	Show 3	Show 4	Show 5	Show 6	Show 7	Show 8
									Part 1	Part 2
1	Brigitte									Winner
2	Suzan									Second place
3	Marjolein							Bottom 2	Bottom 2	Third place
4	Marleen						Bottom 2	Bottom 2	Eliminated 7th
5	Anne		Bottom 2	Bottom 2		Bottom 2	Bottom 2	Eliminated 6th
6	Wieneke				Bottom 2	Bottom 2	Eliminated 5th
7	Babette				Bottom 2	Eliminated 4th
8	Sophie	Bottom 2		Bottom 2	Eliminated 3rd
9	Sabina		Bottom 2	Eliminated 2nd
10	Tineke	Bottom 2	Eliminated 1st

Week one

Following the first week of competition, Tineke was the first Evita to be eliminated from the competition. The show performances were:

• Group performances:
  • "Dreamgirls" (from Dreamgirls)
  • "Rhythm of the Night
    Rhythm of the Night
    Rhythm of the Night may refer to* Rhythm of the Night , 1985 album by DeBarge** "Rhythm of the Night" , song by DeBarge from the album of the same name* "The Rhythm of the Night" , a 1993 song performed by Corona...
    
    " (DeBarge
    DeBarge
    DeBarge was a sibling music group of American origin whose repertoire included R&B, soul, funk, and later gospel. Active as a professional recording group from 1979 and 1989, the group was one of the few recording acts to bring success to the Motown label during the 1980s.-Background:Hailing from...
    
    )

• Individual performances (in order of performance):
  • Marjolein: "Flashdance... What a Feeling
    Flashdance... What a Feeling
    "Flashdance... What a Feeling" is a song from the 1983 film Flashdance, written by Giorgio Moroder, Keith Forsey, and Irene Cara, and performed by Cara. Despite the title, the word "Flashdance" is never used in the lyrics; however, the line "In a flash, take a hold of my heart" refers to the...
    
    " (from Flashdance
    Flashdance
    Another song used in the film, "Maniac", was also nominated for an Academy Award. It was written by Michael Sembello and Dennis Matkosky, and was inspired by the 1980 horror film Maniac. The lyrics about a killer on the loose were rewritten so that it could be used in Flashdance...
    
    )
  • Anne: "One Moment in Time
    One Moment in Time
    "One Moment in Time" is an Emmy Award winning song written by Albert Hammond and John Bettis, and recorded by American singer Whitney Houston for the 1988 Summer Olympics and the 1988 Summer Paralympics held in Seoul, South Korea.-History:...
    
    " (Whitney Houston
    Whitney Houston
    Whitney Elizabeth Houston is an American singer, actress, producer and a former model. Houston is the most awarded female act of all time, according to Guinness World Records, and her list of awards include 1 Emmy Award, 6 Grammy Awards, 30 Billboard Music Awards, 22 American Music Awards, among...
    
    )
  • Sabina: "Als ze mij zo zouwen zien
    If My Friends Could See Me Now
    "If My Friends Could See Me Now", with music by Cy Coleman and lyrics by Dorothy Fields, is a number from the 1966 Broadway musical Sweet Charity. In the musical, the character of Charity, played in original New York cast by Gwen Verdon, reflects on her charmed life as she spends time with...
    
     (If My Friends Could See Me Now)" (from Sweet Charity
    Sweet Charity
    Sweet Charity is a musical with music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Dorothy Fields and book by Neil Simon. It was directed and choreographed for Broadway by Bob Fosse starring his wife and muse Gwen Verdon. It is based on Federico Fellini's screenplay for Nights of Cabiria...
    
    )
  • Wieneke: "One Day I'll Fly Away
    One Day I'll Fly Away
    "One Day I'll Fly Away" is a song with music by Joe Sample and words by Will Jennings, performed by Randy Crawford and released in 1980.Joe Sample created the chorus based on Impromptus, D...
    
    " (Randy Crawford
    Randy Crawford
    Randy Crawford is an American jazz and R&B singer. She has been more successful in Europe than in the United States, where she has not entered the Billboard Hot 100 as a solo artist...
    
    )
  • Tineke: "These Boots Are Made for Walking" (Nancy Sinatra
    Nancy Sinatra
    Nancy Sandra Sinatra is an American singer and actress. She is the daughter of singer/actor Frank Sinatra, and remains best known for her 1966 signature hit "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'"....
    
    )
  • Marleen: "Inspiratie" (from Joe de Musical)
  • Brigitte: "It's Oh So Quiet
    It's Oh So Quiet
    "It's Oh, So Quiet" is a song by American singer Betty Hutton, released in 1951 as the B-side to the single "Murder, He Says". It is a cover of the German song "Und Jetzt ist es Still", performed by Horst Winter in 1948, written by Austrian composer Hans Lang and Erich Meder...
    
    " (Björk
    Björk
    Björk Guðmundsdóttir , known as Björk , is an Icelandic singer-songwriter. Her eclectic musical style has achieved popular acknowledgement and popularity within many musical genres, such as rock, jazz, electronic dance music, classical and folk...
    
    )
  • Babette: "The Way We Were
    The Way We Were (song)
    "The Way We Were" is the title song to the 1973 movie The Way We Were, starring Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford. The song was written by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman, scored by Marvin Hamlisch and performed by Streisand...
    
    " (from The Way We Were
    The Way We Were
    The Way We Were is a 1973 American romantic dramatic film co-starring Barbra Streisand and Robert Redford, directed by Sydney Pollack. The screenplay by Arthur Laurents was based on his college days at Cornell University and his experiences with the House Un-American Activities Committee.A box...
    
    )
  • Sophie: "Cabaret" (from Cabaret
    Cabaret (musical)
    Cabaret is a musical based on a book written by Christopher Isherwood, music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb. The 1966 Broadway production became a hit and spawned a 1972 film as well as numerous subsequent productions....
    
    )
  • Suzan: "Because of You
    Because of You (Kelly Clarkson song)
    "Because of You" is a ballad written by pop rock singer Kelly Clarkson with David Hodges and Ben Moody, and produced by Hodges and Moody, both formerly of Evanescence. It is the fourth single from Clarkson's second album, Breakaway...
    
    " (Kelly Clarkson
    Kelly Clarkson
    Kelly Brianne Clarkson is an American pop rock singer-songwriter and actress. Clarkson came into prominence after becoming the winner of the inaugural season of the television series American Idol in 2002 and would later become the runner-up in the television special World Idol in 2003.In 2003,...
    
    )

• Jury's favourite Evita:
  • Erwin van Lambaart: Suzan (but revealed that his other favourite was Marjolein, but was positive about Suzan)
  • Pia Douwes: Suzan
  • Peter Van de Velde: Brigitte

• Sing-off:
  • Tineke and Sophie received the least number of viewer votes and were in the sing-off, and performed "I Don't Know How to Love Him
    I Don't Know How to Love Him
    "I Don't Know How to Love Him" is a song from the 1970 rock opera Jesus Christ Superstar written by Andrew Lloyd Webber and Tim Rice , a torch ballad sung by the character of Mary Magdalene who in Jesus Christ Superstar is presented as bearing an unrequited love for the title character...
    
    " from the musical Jesus Christ Superstar
    Jesus Christ Superstar
    Jesus Christ Superstar is a rock opera by Andrew Lloyd Webber, with lyrics by Tim Rice. The musical started off as a rock opera concept recording before its first staging on Broadway in 1971...
    
    .
  • Willem Nijholt chose to save Sophie and say "Goodnight and Thank You" to Tineke.

Week two

Sabina was the second contestant to be eliminated from the series. The show performances were:

• Group performances:
  • "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend
    Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend
    "Diamonds Are a Girl's Best Friend" is a song introduced by Carol Channing in the original Broadway production of Gentlemen Prefer Blondes , which was written by Jule Styne and Leo Robin...
    
    " (from Gentlemen Prefer Blondes
    Gentlemen Prefer Blondes (musical)
    Gentlemen Prefer Blondes is a musical with a book by Joseph Fields and Anita Loos, lyrics by Leo Robin, and music by Jule Styne, based on the best-selling novel of the same name by Loos...
    
    )
  • "Can't Help Falling in Love
    Can't Help Falling in Love
    "Can't Help Falling in Love" is a pop song originally recorded by American singer Elvis Presley and published by Gladys Music, Elvis Presley's publishing company. It was written by Hugo Peretti, Luigi Creatore, and George David Weiss. The melody was based on "Plaisir d'Amour" but with a different...
    
    " (Elvis Presley
    Elvis Presley
    Elvis Aaron Presley was one of the most popular American singers of the 20th century. A cultural icon, he is widely known by the single name Elvis. He is often referred to as the "King of Rock and Roll" or simply "the King"....
    
    )

• Individual performances (in order of performance):
  • Anne: "Think" (Aretha Franklin
    Aretha Franklin
    Aretha Louise Franklin is an American singer, songwriter, and pianist. Although known for her soul recordings and referred to as The Queen of Soul, Franklin is also adept at jazz, blues, R&B, gospel music, and rock. Rolling Stone magazine ranked her atop its list of The Greatest Singers of All...
    
    )
  • Sabina: "Geen kind meer" (Karin Bloemen)
  • Marleen: "Fever
    Fever (1956 song)
    "Fever" is a song written by Eddie Cooley and Otis Blackwell, who used the pseudonym John Davenport. It was originally recorded by Little Willie John in 1956. It has been covered by numerous artists from various musical genres, notably Peggy Lee in 1958....
    
    " (Peggy Lee
    Peggy Lee
    Peggy Lee was an American jazz and popular music singer, songwriter, composer, and actress in a career spanning six decades. From her beginning as a vocalist on local radio to singing with Benny Goodman's big band, she forged a sophisticated persona, evolving into a multi-faceted artist and...
    
    )
  • Suzan: "Minutenwals" (Jesperina de Jong)
  • Sophie: "Send in the Clowns
    Send in the Clowns
    "Send in the Clowns" is a song by Stephen Sondheim from the 1973 musical A Little Night Music, an adaptation of Ingmar Bergman's film Smiles of a Summer Night. It is a ballad from Act II in which the character Desirée reflects on the ironies and disappointments of her life. Among other things, she...
    
    " (from A Little Night Music
    A Little Night Music
    A Little Night Music is a musical with music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim and book by Hugh Wheeler. Inspired by the Ingmar Bergman film Smiles of a Summer Night, it involves the romantic lives of several couples. Its title is a literal English translation of the German name for Mozart's Serenade...
    
    )
  • Brigitte: "I Am What I Am
    I Am What I Am (Broadway musical song)
    "I am what I am" is a song originally introduced in the Tony Award-winning Broadway musical La Cage aux Folles . The song is the finale number of the musical's first act, and performed by the character of Albin Mougeotte, first played by George Hearn...
    
    " (from La Cage Aux Folles)
  • Marjolein: "Over The Rainbow
    Over the Rainbow
    "Over the Rainbow" is a classic Academy Award-winning ballad song with music by Harold Arlen and lyrics by E.Y. Harburg. It was written for the movie The Wizard of Oz, and was sung by Judy Garland in the movie...
    
    " (from The Wizard of Oz
    The Wizard of Oz (1939 film)
    The Wizard of Oz is a 1939 American musical fantasy film produced by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer. It was directed primarily by Victor Fleming. Noel Langley, Florence Ryerson and Edgar Allan Woolf received credit for the screenplay, but there were uncredited contributions by others. The lyrics for the songs...
    
    )
  • Babette: "I'm Every Woman
    I'm Every Woman
    "I'm Every Woman" is a hit song recorded by Chaka Khan in 1978. It was Chaka Khan's first hit outside of her recordings with funk band Rufus; the song was included on her platinum debut solo album Chaka. Produced by Arif Mardin and written by successful songwriting team Nickolas Ashford and Valerie...
    
    " (Chaka Khan
    Chaka Khan
    Chaka Khan , frequently known as the Queen of Funk, is a 10-time Grammy Award winning American singer-songwriter who gained fame in the 1970s as the frontwoman and focal point of the funk band Rufus. While still a member of the group in 1978, Khan embarked on a successful solo career...
    
    )
  • Wieneke: "New York, New York
    Theme from New York, New York
    "Theme from New York, New York" is the theme song from the Martin Scorsese film New York, New York , composed by John Kander, with lyrics by Fred Ebb. It was written for and performed in the film by Liza Minnelli...
    
    " (Liza Minnelli
    Liza Minnelli
    Liza May Minnelli is an American actress and singer. She is the daughter of singer and actress Judy Garland and film director Vincente Minnelli....
    
    )

• Jury's favourite Evita:
  • Erwin van Lambaart: Marleen
  • Pia Douwes: Wieneke
  • Peter Van de Velde: Sabina

• Sing-off:
  • Anne and Sabina were in the sing-off, and performed "Memory" from Cats
    Cats (musical)
    Cats is a musical composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats by T. S. Eliot...
    
    .
  • Willem Nijholt chose to save Anne and say "Goodnight and Thank You" to Sabina.

Week three

The third potential Evita to be eliminated was Sophie. The show performances were:

• Group performances:
  • "Get the Party Started
    Get the Party Started
    "Get the Party Started" is a song performed by Pink, and was the first single from her second album, Missundaztood . It became an international hit and reached the top ten in many countries. The song was Pink's highest selling at that time...
    
    " (Pink
    Pink (singer)
    Alecia Beth Moore , better known by her stage name Pink , is an American singer-songwriter, musician and actress....
    
    )
  • "Mijn pakkie an (My Strongest Suit)" (from Aida
    Aida (musical)
    Aida is a musical with music by Elton John, lyrics by Tim Rice, and book by Linda Woolverton, Robert Falls, and David Henry Hwang, and produced by Walt Disney Theatrical....
    
    )

• Individual performances (in order of performance):
  • Babette: "Misschien dit keer (Maybe This Time)" (from Cabaret
    Cabaret (musical)
    Cabaret is a musical based on a book written by Christopher Isherwood, music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb. The 1966 Broadway production became a hit and spawned a 1972 film as well as numerous subsequent productions....
    
    )
  • Brigitte: "Margherita
    Margherita
    Margherita is the Italian language word for "daisy", and may refer to:- Places :* Margherita, Assam - a town in Assam, India* The Italian name for Jamaame, a town in Somalia...
    
    " (Marco Borsato
    Marco Borsato
    Marco Borsato is a Dutch singer. He started performing in Italian before switching to Dutch in 1994. He is married to Leontine Ruiters and has three children.-Biography:...
    
    )
  • Sophie: "Waarom zeggen ze nee (Everybody Says Don't)" (from Anyone Can Whistle
    Anyone Can Whistle
    Anyone Can Whistle is a musical with a book by Arthur Laurents and music and lyrics by Stephen Sondheim. The story concerns a corrupt mayoress, an idealistic nurse, a man who may be a doctor, and various officials, patients and townspeople, all fighting to save a bankrupt town...
    
    )
  • Suzan: "All by Myself
    All by Myself
    "All by Myself" is a power ballad written and performed by Eric Carmen in 1975.The verse is based on the second movement of Sergei Rachmaninoff's Piano Concerto No. 2 in C minor, Opus 18...
    
    " (Eric Carmen
    Eric Carmen
    Eric Howard Carmen is an American singer, songwriter, guitarist and keyboardist.He scored numerous hit songs across the 1970s and 1980s, first as a member of the Raspberries , and then with his solo career, including hits such as "All By Myself", "Never Gonna Fall in Love Again", "She Did It",...
    
    )
  • Anne: "Na die ontmoeting (Now That I've Seen Her)" (from Miss Saigon
    Miss Saigon
    Miss Saigon is a musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg and Alain Boublil, with lyrics by Boublil and Richard Maltby, Jr.. It is based on Giacomo Puccini's opera Madame Butterfly, and similarly tells the tragic tale of a doomed romance involving an Asian woman abandoned by her American lover...
    
    )
  • Wieneke: "Telkens weer" (Willeke Alberti
    Willeke Alberti
    Willeke Alberti is a Dutch singer and actress, the daughter of entertainer and singer Willy Alberti.-Biography:...
    
    )
  • Marjolein: "Geen wolken voor mijn zon
    Don't Rain on My Parade
    "Don't Rain On My Parade" is a popular song from the 1964 musical Funny Girl. It was also featured in the 1968 movie version of the musical. The song was written by Bob Merrill and Jule Styne. Both the movie and stage versions feature Barbra Streisand performing the song. It has since become one of...
    
     (Don't Rain on My Parade)" (from Funny Girl)
  • Marleen: "I Will Always Love You
    I Will Always Love You
    "I Will Always Love You" is a song written by American singer-songwriter Dolly Parton in 1973, who first released the song as a single in 1974.-Dolly Parton version:...
    
    " (Whitney Houston
    Whitney Houston
    Whitney Elizabeth Houston is an American singer, actress, producer and a former model. Houston is the most awarded female act of all time, according to Guinness World Records, and her list of awards include 1 Emmy Award, 6 Grammy Awards, 30 Billboard Music Awards, 22 American Music Awards, among...
    
    )

• Jury's favourite Evita:
  • Erwin van Lambaart: Suzan
  • Pia Douwes: Marleen
  • Peter Van de Velde: Wieneke

• Sing-off:
  • Sophie and Anne were in the sing-off, and performed "Beauty and the Beast" from the same title
    Beauty and the Beast (musical)
    Beauty and the Beast is a musical with music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice and a book by Linda Woolverton, based on the 1991 Disney film of the same name. Seven new songs were written for the stage musical...
    
    .
  • Willem Nijholt chose to save Anne and say "Goodnight and Thank You" to Sophie.

Week four

Babette became the fourth contestant to hear she was not Evita. The show performances were:

• Group performances:
  • "We Go Together
    We Go Together
    We Go Together is an album by American country music artists George Jones and Tammy Wynette. This album was released on November 13, 1971 on the Epic Records label. This is Jones' first album with Epic and this is also Jones' first album with then wife Tammy Wynette...
    
    " (from Grease
    Grease (musical)
    Grease is a 1971 musical by Jim Jacobs and Warren Casey. The musical is named for the 1950s United States working-class youth subculture known as the greasers. The musical, set in 1959 at fictional Rydell High School , follows ten working-class teenagers as they navigate the complexities of love,...
    
    )
  • "Take a Chance on Me
    Take a Chance on Me
    "Take a Chance on Me" is a song by the Swedish pop group ABBA. It was released in 1978 as the second single from their fifth studio album, simply called The Album. The song has been featured on a number of ABBA compilations such as ABBA Gold: Greatest Hits.-History:The working title of "Take a...
    
    " (from Mamma Mia)

• Individual performances (in order of performance):
  • Suzan: "Ik geloof (I Have Confidence)" (from The Sound of Music
    The Sound of Music
    The Sound of Music is a musical by Richard Rodgers, lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II and a book by Howard Lindsay and Russel Crouse. It is based on the memoir of Maria von Trapp, The Story of the Trapp Family Singers...
    
    )
  • Marleen: "Stuff Like That There
    Stuff Like That There
    Music by Jay Livingston, lyrics by Ray Evans. Originally recorded 12/44 by Betty Hutton.Recorded by Bette Midler for the motion picture For The Boys. and covered by Kelly Clarkson on Big Band night, American Idol season 1,...
    
    " (from For the Boys
    For the Boys
    For the Boys is a 1991 film which tells the story of Dixie Leonard, a 1940s actress/singer who teams up with Eddie Sparks, a famous performer to entertain American troops. The film traces her life through 50 years. The original music score was composed by Dave Grusin.The film was adapted by...
    
    )
  • Marjolein: "Ik hou van jou
    Ik Hou Van Jou
    "Ik hou van jou" was the Dutch entry in the Eurovision Song Contest 1984, performed in Dutch by Maribelle and written by Peter van Asten and Richard Debois....
    
    " (Maribelle
    Maribelle
    Maribelle is a Dutch singer, best known for her participation in the 1984 Eurovision Song Contest....
    
    )
  • Babette: "Als ik jou niet krijg
    If I Can't Have You
    "If I Can't Have You" is a song written by Barry, Robin and Maurice Gibb of the Bee Gees. It was most famously recorded by Yvonne Elliman for the Saturday Night Fever soundtrack.-Background:...
    
     (If I Can't Have You)" (from Saturday Night Fever
    Saturday Night Fever (musical)
    This is an article about the stage musical. For the article on the 1977 film, see Saturday Night FeverSaturday Night Fever is a musical with a book by Nan Knighton and music and lyrics by the Bee Gees.Based on Nik Cohn's 1975 New York Magazine article "Tribal Rites of the New Saturday Night" and...
    
    )
  • Anne: "Raise the Roof" (from The Wild Party
    The Wild Party (Lippa musical)
    The Wild Party is a musical with book, lyrics, and music by Andrew Lippa. It is based on Joseph Moncure March's 1928 narrative poem of the same name...
    
    )
  • Wieneke: "Take That Look Off Your Face
    Take That Look Off Your Face
    "Take That Look Off Your Face" is the title of a hit song by musical theatre composer Andrew Lloyd Webber. Collaborating with lyricist Don Black, it was written for the song cycle show Tell Me on a Sunday in 1978. It was sung and released by Marti Webb in 1980, and became a No.3 hit in the UK charts...
    
    " (from Tell Me on a Sunday
    Tell Me On A Sunday
    Tell Me on a Sunday is a musical with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Don Black. A one-act song cycle, it tells the story of an ordinary English girl from Muswell Hill, who journeys to the United States in search of love...
    
    )
  • Brigitte: "Hij kan niet zonder mij
    As Long as He Needs Me
    As Long as He Needs Me is a torch song sung by the character of Nancy in the musical film Oliver!, introduced in the 1960 musical. It is a love ballad about her criminal boyfriend Bill Sikes...
    
     (As Long As He Needs Me)" (from Oliver!
    Oliver!
    Oliver! is a British musical, with script, music and lyrics by Lionel Bart. The musical is based upon the novel Oliver Twist by Charles Dickens....
    
    )

• Jury's favourite Evita:
  • Erwin van Lambaart: Babette
  • Pia Douwes: Babette
  • Peter Van de Velde: Babette

• Sing-off:
  • Babette and Wieneke were in the sing-off, and performed "Heel alleen (On My Own)" from Les Misérables
    Les Misérables (musical)
    Les Misérables , colloquially known as Les Mis or Les Miz , is a musical by Claude-Michel Schönberg, based on the novel of the same name by Victor Hugo....
    
    .
  • Willem Nijholt chose to save Wieneke and say "Goodnight and Thank You" to Babette.

Week five

Wieneke became the fifth contestant to hear she would not be Evita. The show performances were:

• Group performances:
  • "Don't Stop Me Now
    Don't Stop Me Now
    "Don't Stop Me Now" is a song by English rock group Queen, featured on their 1978 album Jazz. Written by vocalist Freddie Mercury, it was recorded in August/September 1978 at Super Bear Studios in Berre-les-Alpes , France, and is the twelfth track on the album.Musically, the song is based around...
    
    " (from We Will Rock You
    We Will Rock You (musical)
    We Will Rock You is a jukebox musical, based on the songs of Queen and named after their hit single of the same name. The musical was written by British comedian and author Ben Elton in collaboration with Queen members Brian May and Roger Taylor...
    
    )
  • "Rainbow High
    Rainbow High
    Rainbow High is the second novel in a trilogy by Alex Sanchez, focusing on the issues gay and questioning youth face as they come of age. This book is the sequel to Rainbow Boys and followed by Rainbow Road.- Plot summary :...
    
    " (from Evita)
  • "It's a Hard Knock Life" (from Annie
    Annie (musical)
    Annie is a Broadway musical based upon the popular Harold Gray comic strip Little Orphan Annie, with music by Charles Strouse, lyrics by Martin Charnin, and the book by Thomas Meehan. The original Broadway production opened in 1977 and ran for nearly six years with a blonde Annie as the poster...
    
    )

• Individual performances (in order of performance):
  • Wieneke: "Dat zegt het hart (A Change in Me)" (from Beauty and the Beast
    Beauty and the Beast (musical)
    Beauty and the Beast is a musical with music by Alan Menken, lyrics by Howard Ashman and Tim Rice and a book by Linda Woolverton, based on the 1991 Disney film of the same name. Seven new songs were written for the stage musical...
    
    )
  • Anne: "Jij woont in mijn hart
    You'll Be in My Heart
    "You'll Be in My Heart" is a song by Phil Collins, from the 1999 Disney animated feature Tarzan. It appeared on Tarzan: An Original Walt Disney Records Soundtrack as well as various other Disney compilations...
    
     (You'll Be in My Heart)" (from Tarzan
    Tarzan (musical)
    Tarzan: The Musical is based on the Disney film of the same name and the story by Edgar Rice Burroughs. Music and lyrics are written by Phil Collins, with a book by David Henry Hwang.-Production:...
    
    )
  • Brigitte: "A Piece of Sky
    A Piece of Sky
    A Piece of Sky is a 2002 French-Belgian drama film directed by Bénédicte Liénard. It was screened in the Un Certain Regard section at the 2002 Cannes Film Festival.-Cast:* Séverine Caneele as Joanna* Sophie Leboutte as Claudine...
    
    " (from Yentl
    Yentl (film)
    Yentl is a 1983 romantic musical drama film from United Artists, and directed, co-written, co-produced, and starring Barbra Streisand based on the play of the same name by Leah Napolin and Isaac Bashevis Singer, itself based on Singer's short story, "Yentl the Yeshiva Boy".The dramatic story...
    
    )
  • Marjolein: "De man van La Mancha (Man of La Mancha)" (from Man of La Mancha
    Man of La Mancha
    Man of La Mancha is a musical with a book by Dale Wasserman, lyrics by Joe Darion and music by Mitch Leigh. It is adapted from Wasserman's non-musical 1959 teleplay I, Don Quixote, which was in turn inspired by Miguel de Cervantes's seventeenth century masterpiece Don Quixote...
    
    )
  • Marleen: "Het Dorp" (Wim Sonneveld
    Wim Sonneveld
    Willem 'Wim' Sonneveld was a Dutch cabaret artist and singer. Together with Toon Hermans and Wim Kan, he is considered to be one of the 'Great Three' of Dutch cabaret. Sonneveld is generally viewed as a Dutch cultural icon for his work and legacy in theatre, musicals and music...
    
    )
  • Suzan: "Big Spender
    Big Spender
    "Big Spender" is a song written by Cy Coleman and Dorothy Fields for the musical Sweet Charity, first performed in 1966. It is sung, in the musical, by the dance hostess "girls"; it was choreographed by Bob Fosse for the Broadway musical and the film...
    
    " (from Sweet Charity
    Sweet Charity
    Sweet Charity is a musical with music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Dorothy Fields and book by Neil Simon. It was directed and choreographed for Broadway by Bob Fosse starring his wife and muse Gwen Verdon. It is based on Federico Fellini's screenplay for Nights of Cabiria...
    
    )

• Jury's favourite Evita:
  • Erwin van Lambaart: Marjolein (but also very positive about Suzan being his favourite)
  • Pia Douwes: Marjolein
  • Peter Van de Velde: Marjolein

• Sing-off:
  • Wieneke and Anne were in the sing-off, and performed "Thuis
    Home (The Wiz song)
    "Home" is a song from the 1975 Broadway musical, The Wiz. The song was performed by Stephanie Mills in the stage production and by Diana Ross in the 1978 film adaptation and released on the soundtrack album in 1978....
    
     (Home)" from The Wiz
    The Wiz
    The Wiz: The Super Soul Musical "Wonderful Wizard of Oz" is a musical with music and lyrics by Charlie Smalls and book by William F. Brown. It is a retelling of L. Frank Baum's The Wonderful Wizard of Oz in the context of African American culture. It opened on October 21, 1974 at the Morris A...
    
    .
  • Willem Nijholt chose to save Anne and say "Goodnight and Thank You" to Wieneke.

Week six

In the quarter-final, the sixth Evita to be eliminated was Anne. The show performances were:

• Group performances:
  • "Shout" (Lulu
    Lulu (singer)
    Lulu Kennedy-Cairns, OBE , best known by her stage name Lulu, is a Scottish singer, actress, and television personality who has been successful in the entertainment business from the 1960s through to the present day...
    
    )
  • "Foxtrot (Dutch version)" (from Foxtrot)

• Individual performances (in order of performance):
• ROUND 1:
  • Brigitte: "Al die jazz
    All That Jazz (song)
    "All That Jazz" is a song from the 1975 musical Chicago. It has lyrics by Fred Ebb and music by John Kander, and is the opening song of the musical...
    
     (All That Jazz)" (from Chicago
    Chicago (musical)
    Chicago is a musical set in Prohibition-era Chicago. The music is by John Kander with lyrics by Fred Ebb and a book by Ebb and Bob Fosse. The story is a satire on corruption in the administration of criminal justice and the concept of the "celebrity criminal"...
    
    )
  • Marleen: "Tegen alle verwachtingen in" (from Nine
    Nine (musical)
    Nine is a musical with a book by Arthur Kopit, music and lyrics by Maury Yeston. The story is based on Federico Fellini's semi-autobiographical film 8½...
    
    )
  • Suzan: "Ik ben een brassband (I'm a Brass Band)" (from Sweet Charity
    Sweet Charity
    Sweet Charity is a musical with music by Cy Coleman, lyrics by Dorothy Fields and book by Neil Simon. It was directed and choreographed for Broadway by Bob Fosse starring his wife and muse Gwen Verdon. It is based on Federico Fellini's screenplay for Nights of Cabiria...
    
    )
  • Marjolein: "Ik weet het nu (I Know the Truth)" (from Aida
    Aida (musical)
    Aida is a musical with music by Elton John, lyrics by Tim Rice, and book by Linda Woolverton, Robert Falls, and David Henry Hwang, and produced by Walt Disney Theatrical....
    
    )
  • Anne: "Mannen
    Men (song)
    "Men" is a single by American country music group The Forester Sisters. Released in 1991, it was the first single from the album Talkin' 'Bout Men. The song reached #8 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart.-Chart performance:...
    
     (Men)" (from 3 Musketiers
    3 Musketiers
    3 Musketiers is a Dutch musical, also known as 3 Musketiere , 3 Musketeers and A 3 Testőr written by Ferdi Bolland and Rob Bolland. The story is based on Alexandre Dumas, père's novel The Three Musketeers...
    
    )

• ROUND 2:
  • Brigitte: "Somebody to Love
    Somebody to Love (Queen song)
    "Somebody to Love" is a song by British rock band Queen. Written by lead vocalist and pianist Freddie Mercury, the track featured on their 1976 album A Day at the Races, and also appears on the band's compilation album, Greatest Hits...
    
    " (from We Will Rock You
    We Will Rock You (musical)
    We Will Rock You is a jukebox musical, based on the songs of Queen and named after their hit single of the same name. The musical was written by British comedian and author Ben Elton in collaboration with Queen members Brian May and Roger Taylor...
    
    )
  • Marleen: "Whatever Lola Wants
    Whatever Lola Wants
    "Whatever Lola Wants" is a popular song, sometimes rendered as "Whatever Lola Wants, Lola Gets". The music and words were written by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross for the 1955 musical play Damn Yankees. The song is sung by Lola, the Devil's assistant, a part originated by Gwen Verdon, who reprised...
    
    " (from Damn Yankees
    Damn Yankees
    Damn Yankees is a musical comedy with a book by George Abbott and Douglass Wallop and music and lyrics by Richard Adler and Jerry Ross. The story is a modern retelling of the Faust legend set during the 1950s in Washington, D.C., during a time when the New York Yankees dominated Major League...
    
    )
  • Suzan: "Somewhere
    Somewhere (song)
    "Somewhere" is a song from the 1957 Broadway musical West Side Story which was made into a film in 1961. The music is composed by Leonard Bernstein with lyrics by Stephen Sondheim, and takes a phrase from the slow movement of Beethoven's 'Emperor' Piano Concerto, which forms the start of the...
    
    " (from West Side Story)
  • Marjolein: "Let Me Dance for You" (from A Chorus Line
    A Chorus Line
    A Chorus Line is a 1975 musical about Broadway dancers auditioning for spots on a chorus line. The book was authored by James Kirkwood, Jr. and Nicholas Dante, lyrics were written by Edward Kleban, and music was composed by Marvin Hamlisch....
    
    )
  • Anne: "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going
    And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going
    "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" is a torch song from the Broadway musical Dreamgirls, with lyrics by Tom Eyen and music by Henry Krieger...
    
    " (from Dreamgirls)

• Jury's favourite Evita:
  • Erwin van Lambaart: Marjolein
  • Pia Douwes: Marleen
  • Peter Van de Velde: Brigitte

• Sing-off:
  • Marleen and Anne were in the sing-off, and performed "De winnaar krijgt de macht
    The Winner Takes It All
    "The Winner Takes It All" is a song recorded by Swedish pop group ABBA. Released as the first single from the group's Super Trouper album on July 21, 1980, it is a ballad in the key of F-sharp major, reflecting the end of a romance...
    
     (The Winner Takes It All)" from Mamma Mia.
  • Willem Nijholt chose to save Marleen and say "Goodnight and Thank You" to Anne.

Week seven

In the semi-final, the seventh and final Evita to be eliminated was Marleen. The show performances were:

• Group performances:
  • "Dance: Ten; Looks: Three" (from A Chorus Line
    A Chorus Line
    A Chorus Line is a 1975 musical about Broadway dancers auditioning for spots on a chorus line. The book was authored by James Kirkwood, Jr. and Nicholas Dante, lyrics were written by Edward Kleban, and music was composed by Marvin Hamlisch....
    
    )
  • With Roberto de Groot: "Ik ben uitzonderlijk goed voor u (I'd Be Surprisingly Good For You)" (from Evita)

• Individual performances (in order of performance):
• ROUND 1:
  • Marleen: "Met één blik (With One Look)" (from Sunset Boulevard
    Sunset Boulevard (musical)
    Sunset Boulevard is a musical with book and lyrics by Don Black and Christopher Hampton and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. Based on the 1950 film of the same title, the plot revolves around Norma Desmond, a faded star of the silent screen era, living in the past in her decaying mansion on the...
    
    )
  • Suzan: "This Is My Life" (Shirley Bassey
    Shirley Bassey
    Dame Shirley Bassey, DBE , is a Welsh singer. She found fame in the late 1950s and was "one of the most popular female vocalists in Britain during the last half of the 20th century"...
    
    )
  • Brigitte: "Waar bleef die zomer? (Where Did That Summer Go?)" (from 3 Musketiers
    3 Musketiers
    3 Musketiers is a Dutch musical, also known as 3 Musketiere , 3 Musketeers and A 3 Testőr written by Ferdi Bolland and Rob Bolland. The story is based on Alexandre Dumas, père's novel The Three Musketeers...
    
    )
  • Marjolein: "Mein Herr" (from Cabaret
    Cabaret (musical)
    Cabaret is a musical based on a book written by Christopher Isherwood, music by John Kander and lyrics by Fred Ebb. The 1966 Broadway production became a hit and spawned a 1972 film as well as numerous subsequent productions....
    
    )

• ROUND 2:
  • Suzan: "Jij speelt een spel (Maybe I Like It This Way)" (from The Wild Party
    The Wild Party (Lippa musical)
    The Wild Party is a musical with book, lyrics, and music by Andrew Lippa. It is based on Joseph Moncure March's 1928 narrative poem of the same name...
    
    )
  • Marleen: "Woman in the Moon" (Barbra Streisand
    Barbra Streisand
    Barbra Joan Streisand is an American singer, actress, film producer and director. She has won two Academy Awards, eight Grammy Awards, four Emmy Awards, a Special Tony Award, an American Film Institute award, a Peabody Award, and is one of the few entertainers who have won an Oscar, Emmy, Grammy,...
    
    )
  • Marjolein: "Astonishing" (from Little Women
    Little Women (musical)
    Little Women is a musical with a book by Allan Knee, lyrics by Mindi Dickstein, and music by Jason Howland.Based on Louisa May Alcott's classic 1869 semi-autobiographical novel, it focuses on the four March sisters - brassy, tomboy-like, aspiring writer Jo, romantic Meg, pretentious Amy, and...
    
    )
  • Brigitte: "Proud Mary" (Ike & Tina Turner
    Ike & Tina Turner
    Ike & Tina Turner were an American rock & roll and soul duo, made of the husband-and-wife team of Ike Turner and Tina Turner in the 1960s and 1970s. Spanning sixteen years together as a recording group, the duo's repertoire included rock & roll, soul, blues and funk...
    
    )

• Jury's favourite Evita:
  • Erwin van Lambaart: Suzan
  • Pia Douwes: Suzan
  • Peter Van de Velde: Brigitte

• Sing-off:
  • Marleen and Marjolein were in the sing-off, and performed "Één van ons
    One of Us (ABBA song)
    "One of Us" from 1981 was the first single from Swedish pop group ABBA's final studio album The Visitors, their eighth for Polar, and their seventh for Epic and Atlantic...
    
     (One of Us)" from Mamma Mia.
  • Willem Nijholt chose to save Marjolein and say "Goodnight and Thank You" to Marleen.

Week eight

The grand finale saw Brigitte win the competition, with Suzan coming second and Marjolein third. The show performances were:

• Group performance:
  • Finalists and former Evitas: "There's No Business Like Show Business
    There's No Business Like Show Business
    "There's No Business Like Show Business" is an Irving Berlin song, written for the musical Annie Get Your Gun and orchestrated by Ted Royal. The song, a slightly tongue-in-cheek salute to the glamor and excitement of a life in show business, is sung in the musical by members of Buffalo Bill's Wild...
    
    " (from Annie Get Your Gun
    Annie Get Your Gun (musical)
    Annie Get Your Gun is a musical with lyrics and music written by Irving Berlin and a book by Herbert Fields and his sister Dorothy Fields. The story is a fictionalized version of the life of Annie Oakley , who was a sharpshooter from Ohio, and her husband, Frank Butler.The 1946 Broadway production...
    
    )
  • Finalists: "One Night Only
    One Night Only (song)
    "One Night Only" is a song from the 1981 Broadway musical Dreamgirls, with lyrics by Tom Eyen and music by Henry Krieger. In the context of the musical, "One Night Only" is performed twice in succession, as differing versions of the song - a soul ballad by the character Effie White and a disco...
    
    " (from Dreamgirls)

• Individual performances (in order of performance):
  • Marjolein: "Mijn leven is van mij
    I Belong to Me
    "I Belong to Me" is a song written by Diane Warren on Jessica Simpson's fourth studio album, A Public Affair . The Stargate-produced song was the second and final single from the album, and it reached the lower half of the U.S...
    
     (I Belong to Me)" (from Elisabeth
    Elisabeth (musical)
    Elisabeth is a Viennese, German-language musical commissioned by the Vereinigte Bühnen Wien , with book/lyrics by Michael Kunze and music by Sylvester Levay. It portrays the life and death of the Empress consort of Austria, Elisabeth of Bavaria, wife of Emperor Franz Joseph I...
    
    )
  • Brigitte: "Het is over" (from Heerlijk duurt het langst)
  • Suzan: "Een nieuw leven
    A New Life
    A New Life is a Chinese drama in Singapore which aired in 2005. The show starred Christopher Lee, Yvonne Lim, Darren Lim, Ann Kok, Andrew Seow, Carole Lin, May Phua and Jin Yinji....
    
     (A New Life)" (from Jekyll & Hyde
    Jekyll & Hyde (musical)
    Jekyll & Hyde is a musical based on the novella Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson. The original stage conception was by Steve Cuden and Frank Wildhorn. The music is by Wildhorn and the lyrics and book are by Leslie Bricusse.The musical ran on Broadway for 1,543...
    
    )

• Following the elimination of Marjolein, who received the lowest number of viewer votes, the final two performed the two duets:
  • Brigitte and Suzan: "Buenos Aires (Dutch version)" (from Evita)
  • Brigitte and Suzan: "Huil niet om mij, Argentina
    Don't Cry for Me, Argentina
    "Don't Cry for Me Argentina" is a song from the 1978 musical Evita with music by Andrew Lloyd Webber and lyrics by Tim Rice. Sung by the title character Eva Perón, it was titled “It's Only Your Lover Returning” before Rice settled on the eventual name...
    
     (Don't Cry For Me, Argentina)" (from Evita)

• Jury's verdict on who is Evita:
  • Erwin van Lambaart: could not choose between Suzan and Brigitte
  • Pia Douwes: could not choose between Suzan and Brigitte
  • Peter Van de Velde: Brigitte
  • Willem Nijholt: Suzan

• After being announced as the series winner, Brigitte concluded the series with a performance of "Huil niet om mij, Argentina (Don't Cry For Me, Argentina)".

After the series

Brigitte Heitzer and several other finalists appeared in a special programme on 25 December 2008 with the winner and finalists from Op zoek naar Joseph

Op zoek naar Joseph

Op zoek naar Joseph was a 2008 talent show-themed television series produced by the AVRO in the Netherlands. It searched for a new, unknown lead to play Joseph in a 2009 Dutch revival of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.The show was hosted by Frits...

titled Kerst met Joseph en Evita (Christmas with Joseph and Evita).

Awards

On October 1, 2008, it was announced that Op zoek naar Evita was nominated for the Gouden Televizier-Ring 2008, for the best television from the season 2007/2008. On October 24, 2008 showed that this nomination was not silver, the Golden Televizier-Ring was won by Mooi! Weer De Leeuw

Mooi! Weer de Leeuw

Mooi! Weer De Leeuw was a popular Dutch television show hosted by comedian Paul de Leeuw, that ran from 2005 to 2009...

.

Follow-up

The success of the series lead to it becoming the first of a series of the Dutch themed talent contests produced by the AVRO in collaboration with Nijholt. 2008 saw Op zoek naar Joseph

Op zoek naar Joseph

Op zoek naar Joseph was a 2008 talent show-themed television series produced by the AVRO in the Netherlands. It searched for a new, unknown lead to play Joseph in a 2009 Dutch revival of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.The show was hosted by Frits...

search for a new male lead to play Joseph for a production of Andrew Lloyd Webber

Andrew Lloyd Webber

Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd-Webber is an English composer of musical theatre.Lloyd Webber has achieved great popular success in musical theatre. Several of his musicals have run for more than a decade both in the West End and on Broadway. He has composed 13 musicals, a song cycle, a set of...

's and Tim Rice

Tim Rice

Sir Timothy Miles Bindon "Tim" Rice is an British lyricist and author.An Academy Award, Golden Globe Award, Tony Award and Grammy Award-winning lyricist, Rice is best known for his collaborations with Andrew Lloyd Webber, with whom he wrote Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, Jesus...

's Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat

Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat is an Andrew Lloyd Webber musical with lyrics by Tim Rice. The story is based on the "coat of many colors" story of Joseph from the Hebrew Bible's Book of Genesis. This was the first Lloyd Webber and Rice musical to be performed publicly...

. This was followed in 2009 by Op zoek naar Mary Poppins

Op zoek naar Mary Poppins

Op zoek naar Mary Poppins was a 2009 talent show-themed television series produced by the AVRO in the Netherlands and broadcast on AVRO.It premiered in late August 2009...

, which searched for a new lead to play Mary Poppins

Mary Poppins (character)

Mary Poppins is a fictional character and the protagonist of P. L. Travers' Mary Poppins books and all of its adaptations. She is a magical nanny of unknown origins who arrives at the Banks home in Cherry Tree Lane where she is given charge of the Banks children and teaches them valuable lessons...

 in a production of the musical Mary Poppins

Mary Poppins (musical)

Mary Poppins is a Walt Disney Theatrical musical based on the similarly titled series of children's books by P. L. Travers and the Disney 1964 film. The West End production opened in December 2004 and received two Olivier Awards, one for Best Actress in a Musical and the other for Best Theatre...

. 2010 will see Op zoek naar Zorro

Op zoek naar Zorro

Op zoek naar Zorro is a Dutch television talent series broadcast on AVRO from late 2010 until early 2011. It will document the search for a new, undiscovered musical theatre performer to play the role of Zorro in the forthcoming stage production of Zorro...

cast Zorro in the forthcoming stage production of Zorro

Zorro (musical)

Zorro is a musical with music by the Gipsy Kings and John Cameron, a book by Stephen Clark and Helen Edmundson, and lyrics by Stephen Clark. It is based on the 2005 mock biography Zorro, the first origin story of the pulp hero Zorro, written by Chilean author Isabel Allende...

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External links

• Official Program Website at avro.nl