Op zoek naar Maria is a talent competition

Reality television

Reality television is a genre of television programming that presents purportedly unscripted dramatic or humorous situations, documents actual events, and usually features ordinary people instead of professional actors, sometimes in a contest or other situation where a prize is awarded...

 program that aired in Belgium on Vtm

VTM

The abbreviation VTM may refer to::* Vampire: The Masquerade, a popular role-playing game* Virginia Tech massacre* vtm, the main commercial television station in Flanders, Belgium...

. It premiered on 25 March 2009.
The premise of the series was to find a musical theatre

Musical theatre

Musical theatre is a form of theatre combining songs, spoken dialogue, acting, and dance. The emotional content of the piece – humor, pathos, love, anger – as well as the story itself, is communicated through the words, music, movement and technical aspects of the entertainment as an...

 performer to play the role of Maria von Trapp

Maria von Trapp

Maria Augusta von Trapp , also known as Baroness Maria von Trapp, was the stepmother and matriarch of the Trapp Family Singers...

 in the 2009 Albert Verlinde and Roel Vente revival of 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...

 at the Efteling Theatre

Efteling Theatre

Theater de Efteling is a Theatre in amusement park Efteling in the Netherlands.It was designed by Ton van de Ven and opened its doors in 2002.-History and details:...

. The show is hosted by Koen Wauters

Koen Wauters

Koen Maria Gaston Wauters is a Flemish singer, active with the band Clouseau, television presenter, and occasionally actor and race car driver.-Biography:...

 and featured Frank Van Laecke, Linda Lepomme

Linda Lepomme

Linda Lepomme is a Belgian actress and singer who represented her country in the Eurovision Song Contest 1985 in which she sang "Laat me nu gaan". She earned seven points finishing in nineteenth place overall....

, and Peter de Smet

Peter de Smet

Peter de Smet was a Dutch comic-strip artist.He was the author of De Generaal . From the 1960s onwards he worked as an artist in advertising. An early version of De Generaal was sold to Tintin magazine but never published...

 as the judges for the show.

Following a public telephone vote, 27-year-old Deborah De Ridder was chosen as Maria with 25-year-old Fleur Brusselmans as the runner up and Liv Van Aelst in 3rd place.

A commercial advertising the show, featuring over 200 dancers dancing,
seemingly spontaneously, to "Do-Re-Mi

Do-Re-Mi

"Do-Re-Mi" is a show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music. Within the story, it is used by Maria to teach the notes of the major musical scale to the Von Trapp children who learn to sing for the first time, even though their father has disallowed frivolity after...

" in Antwerpen-Centraal railway station, has received over 20,000,000 hits on YouTube

YouTube

YouTube is a video-sharing website, created by three former PayPal employees in February 2005, on which users can upload, view and share videos....

.http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=7EYAUazLI9k

Finalists

Finalists

Finalist	Age	From	Dress Colour	Status
Dorien Ackx	25	Geel Geel Geel is a city located in the Belgian province of Antwerp which acquired the status of a city in the 1980s.It comprises Central-Geel which is constituted of 4 old parishes a/o towns : Sint-Amand, Sint-Dimpna, Holven and Elsum...	Pink	Eliminated 1st in week 1
Helen Geets	33	Merksem Merksem Merksem is a district of the municipality and city of Antwerp in the Flemish Region of Belgium. It has almost 41,000 inhabitants.-History:The history of Merksem goes back to Gallo-Roman times. During that period the region was mentioned as Merk and Heim being part of the diocese Kamerijk...	Green	Eliminated 2nd in week 2
Ellen Vandervieren	28	Beveren Beveren Beveren is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Beveren proper, Doel, Haasdonk, Kallo, Kieldrecht, Melsele, Verrebroek and Vrasene....	Yellow	Eliminated 3rd in week 3
Sandra Paelinck	23	Mortsel Mortsel Mortsel is a city and municipality close to the city of Antwerp located in the Belgian province of Antwerp. The municipality only comprises the city of Mortsel proper. On January 1, 2006 Mortsel had a total population of 24,427 people. The total area is 7.78 km² which gives a population density of...	Dark Blue	Eliminated 4th in week 4
Marian Van Klaveren	31	Lede Lede Lede is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders in the Denderstreek, nearby cities are Gent, Aalst and Dendermonde. The municipality comprises the towns of Impe, Lede proper, Oordegem, Smetlede, Wanzele and Papegem. In 2011, Lede has a total population of 17,882 . The total...	Purple	Departed with honour in week 5
Elisabeth Herman	26	Wetteren Wetteren Wetteren is a municipality located in the Belgian province of East Flanders. The municipality comprises the towns of Massemen, Westrem and Wetteren proper. On January 1, 2006 Wetteren had a total population of 23,209. The total area is 36.68 km² which gives a population density of 633 inhabitants...	Red	Eliminated 6th in week 6
Elke Buyle	23	Duffel Duffel Duffel is a municipality in the Belgian province of Antwerp.The municipality comprises only the town of Duffel proper. On January 1, 2006 Duffel had a total population of 16,019...	Light yellow	Eliminated 7th in week 7
Katrien Smets	22	Tienen	Light Blue	Eliminated 8th in week 8
Liv Van Aelst	34	Brasschaat Brasschaat Brasschaat is a municipality located in Flanders, one of the three regions of Belgium, and in the Flemish province of Antwerp. The municipality only comprises the town of Brasschaat proper. In November 2006, Brasschaat won the LivCom-Award 2006 for the most liveable municipality in the world....	Orange	Third place
Fleur Brusselmans	25	Ghent Ghent Ghent is a city and a municipality located in the Flemish region of Belgium. It is the capital and biggest city of the East Flanders province. The city started as a settlement at the confluence of the Rivers Scheldt and Lys and in the Middle Ages became one of the largest and richest cities of...	Lavender	Second place
Deborah De Ridder	27	Antwerp	Pale Blue	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 "Adieu-Vaarwel" from The Sound of Music with the remaining contestants.

Performances

Deborah De Ridder

• Week 1 - I Want You Back
• Week 2 - 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...
  
  
• Week 3 - Can You Feel the Love Tonight
  Can You Feel the Love Tonight
  250px|thumb|right|Simba and Nala embrace during the "Can You Feel the Love Tonight" sequence."Can You Feel the Love Tonight" is a song from Disney's 1994 animated film, The Lion King, composed by Elton John with lyrics by Tim Rice. It was described by Don Hahn , Roger Allers and Rob Minkoff as...
  
  
• Week 4 - 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)
• Week 5 - When You Believe
  When You Believe
  "When You Believe" is an Academy Award-winning song by American recording artists Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston. The song was written and composed by Stephen Schwartz for the 1998 DreamWorks animated feature The Prince of Egypt. A version of "When You Believe" was produced as a single with...
  
  
• Week 6 - Ik leef voor jou
• First Seventh Week Song - Buenos Aires
• Second Seventh Week Song - Heel alleen (On My Own)
• First Eighth Week Song - Minutewals
• Second Eighth Week Song - Memory
• First Final Song - Repeat of Voor wie gelooft
  When You Believe
  "When You Believe" is an Academy Award-winning song by American recording artists Mariah Carey and Whitney Houston. The song was written and composed by Stephen Schwartz for the 1998 DreamWorks animated feature The Prince of Egypt. A version of "When You Believe" was produced as a single with...
  
   (When You Believe)
• Second Final Song - De boer en de boerin
  The Lonely Goatherd
  "The Lonely Goatherd" is a show tune from the musical The Sound of Music that makes use of yodelling.This song tells the whimsical story of a goatherd whose yodelling is heard from far off and by passers-by, until he falls in love with a girl who wears a pale-pink coat, with her mother joining in...
  
   (The Lonely Goatherd)
• Third Final Song - Astonishing

Fleur Brusselmans

• Week 1 - I Kissed A Girl
• Week 2 - Hopelessly Devoted to You
  Hopelessly Devoted to You
  "Hopelessly Devoted to You", written by John Farrar, is a song originally performed by Olivia Newton-John. The song, featured in the film version of Grease, received an Oscar nomination as Best Original Song, losing to "Last Dance" at the 51st Academy Awards. She performed the song at the 21st...
  
  
• Week 3 - The Boy Does Nothing
• Week 4 - 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...
  
  
• Week 5 - Brussel
• Week 6 - I Could Have Danced All Night
  I Could Have Danced All Night
  "I Could Have Danced All Night" is a song from the musical My Fair Lady, with music written by Frederick Loewe and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner, published in 1956...
  
  
• First Seventh Week Song - 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)
• Second Seventh Week Song - Popular
  Popular (song)
  "Popular" is a song from the Tony Award-winning musical Wicked. It is performed by the Broadway company's original Glinda, Kristin Chenoweth on the original Broadway cast recording...
  
  
• First Eighth Week Song - Het glipt door m'n vingers
  Slipping Through My Fingers
  "Slipping Through My Fingers" is a song written by Björn Ulvaeus and Benny Andersson and recorded by Swedish pop group ABBA from their 1981 album, The Visitors, with lead vocals by Agnetha Fältskog...
  
   (Slipping Through My Fingers)
• Second Eighth Week Song - If You Hadn't, But You Did
• First Final Song - Repeat of The Boy Does Nothing
• Second Final Song - Do-Re-Mi
  Do-Re-Mi
  "Do-Re-Mi" is a show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music. Within the story, it is used by Maria to teach the notes of the major musical scale to the Von Trapp children who learn to sing for the first time, even though their father has disallowed frivolity after...
  
   (Dutch version)
• Third Final Song - Ik ben de perfectie (Practically Perfect)

Liv van Aelst

• Week 1 - So What
  So What (Pink song)
  "So What" is a song written by American pop rock singer Pink, Max Martin and Shellback. It was released as the first single from Pink's fifth studio album, Funhouse. Pink performed "So What" at the 2008 MTV Video Music Awards, on September 7, 2008, and the song was used to promote the 2008 MTV...
  
  
• Week 2 - License to Kill
• Week 3 - 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...
  
  
• Week 4 - 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)
• Week 5 - I Feel Pretty
• Week 6 - Roxanne
  Roxanne (song)
  "Roxanne" is a hit song by the rock band The Police, first released in 1978 as a single and on their album Outlandos d'Amour. It was written from the point-of-view of a man who falls in love with a prostitute.- History :...
  
  
• First Seventh Week Song - Get Happy
  Get Happy (song)
  "Get Happy" is a song composed by Harold Arlen, with lyrics written by Ted Koehler.It was the first song they wrote together, and was introduced by Ruth Etting in The Nine-Fifteen Revue in 1930....
  
  
• Second Seventh Week Song - Al je koffers op de gang maar weer
  Another Suitcase in Another Hall
  "Another Suitcase in Another Hall" is a song from the musical Evita with lyrics by Tim Rice and music by Andrew Lloyd Webber. The song was first a hit in the UK for Barbara Dickson in 1977...
  
   (Another Suitcase in Another Hall)
• First Eighth Week Song - Anyone Who Had a Heart
• Second Eighth Week Song - 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)
• First Final Song - Repeat of 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)
• Second Final Song - Iets waar ik zielsveel van hou
  My Favorite Things (song)
  "My Favorite Things" is a show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music.-The Sound of Music version:The song was first introduced by Mary Martin in the original Broadway production, and sung by Julie Andrews in the 1965 film.In the musical, the lyrics to the song are a...
  
   (My Favourite Things)

Katrien Smets

• Week 1 - Samson
• Week 2 - Love Song
  Love Song (Sara Bareilles song)
  "Love Song" is Sara Bareilles' first single, released in 2007. She has stated during live performances that it was actually written in response to her record label's request that she write a "marketable love song," rather than about an actual person...
  
  
• Week 3 - Sparkling Diamonds
• Week 4 - Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
  Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
  Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious is an English word, with 34 letters, that was in the song with the same title in the 1964 Disney musical film Mary Poppins. The song was written by the Sherman Brothers, and sung by Julie Andrews and Dick Van Dyke...
  
  
• Week 5 - Na Die Ontmoeting (Now That I've Seen Her)
• Week 6 - Hij speelt een spel (May Be I Like It This Way)
• First Seventh Week Song - Ik ben een brassband (I'm a Brass Band)
• Second Seventh Week Song - Maybe This Time
• First Eighth Week Song - Love You I Do
  Love You I Do
  "Love You I Do" is a song performed by American R&B singer Jennifer Hudson in the 2006 film Dreamgirls. The music for the song was written by Henry Krieger, composer of the original Broadway play, with lyrics by Siedah Garrett. It is one of the four songs featured in the film that are not present...
  
  
• Second Eighth Week Song - Zalig Zijn
  Wouldn't It Be Loverly
  "Wouldn't It Be Loverly" is a popular song by Alan Jay Lerner and Frederick Loewe, written for the 1956 Broadway play My Fair Lady.The song is sung by flower girl Eliza Doolittle and her street friends...
  
   (Wouldn't It Be Loverly)

Elke Buyle

• Week 1 - Chasing Pavements
  Chasing Pavements
  "Chasing Pavements" is the second single from soul singer Adele. Adele performed the song on Friday Night with Jonathan Ross on 7 December 2007....
  
  
• Week 2 - I Don't Want to Dance
• Week 3 - Dag vreemde man
• Week 4 - Mamma Mia
  Mamma Mia (song)
  "Mamma Mia" is a song from ABBA's 3rd album, ABBA, written by Benny Andersson, Björn Ulvaeus & Stig Anderson, with the lead vocals shared by Agnetha Fältskog and Anni-Frid Lyngstad. The song "Mamma Mia" is a common song used in bands or orchestras...
  
  
• Week 5 - Non, je ne regrette rien
  Non, je ne regrette rien
  "Non, je ne regrette rien" , meaning "No, I'm not sorry for anything", is a French song composed by Charles Dumont, with lyrics by Michel Vaucaire. It was written in 1956, and is best known through its 1960 recording by Édith Piaf....
  
  
• Week 6 - Huil niet voor mij Argentina (Don't Cry for Me Argentina)
• First Seventh Week Song - Meisje en het beest (Beauty and the Beast)
• Second Seventh Week Song - Good Morning Baltimore

Elisabeth Herman

• Week 1 - 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...
  
  
• Week 2 - 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....
  
  
• Week 3 - Papa
• Week 4 - If I Were a Boy
  If I Were a Boy
  "If I Were a Boy" is a pop song recorded by American R&B singer Beyoncé Knowles. It was composed by Toby Gad and BC Jean. Jean initially recorded her version of the song which was rejected by Jean's record company. Knowles then recorded a new version for her third studio album, I Am... Sasha Fierce...
  
  
• Week 5 - Shout
• Week 6 - Het is over

Marian van Klaveren

• Week 1 - 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...
  
  
• Week 2 - 9 to 5
  9 to 5 (Dolly Parton song)
  "9 to 5" is a song written and originally performed by Dolly Parton for the 1980 film comedy Nine to Five, starring Jane Fonda, Lily Tomlin, and Parton in her film debut....
  
  
• Week 3 - Sway
  Sway (song)
  "Sway" is the English version of "¿Quién será?", a 1953 mambo song by Mexican composer and bandleader Pablo Beltrán Ruiz. The most famous version is that of Dean Martin recorded in 1954. English lyrics are by Norman Gimbel...
  
  
• Week 4 - Afscheid nemen bestaat niet
• Week 5 - Makin' Whoopee

Sandra Paelinck

• Week 1 - Mad About You
  Mad About You (Hooverphonic Song)
  "Mad About You" is a song by the Belgian band Hooverphonic. It was released as a single in 2000 prior to the release of Hooverphonic's third studio album, The Magnificent Tree."Mad About You" is often considered as the band's masterpiece, and its biggest worldwide success.The song features a...
  
  
• Week 2 - Girls Just Want to Have Fun
  Girls Just Want to Have Fun
  Girls Just Want to Have Fun may refer to:In music:* "Girls Just Want to Have Fun", the first major single released by singer Cyndi Lauper on She's So UnusualIn film:...
  
  
• Week 3 - 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...
  
  
• Week 4 - 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)

Ellen Vandervieren

• Week 1 - I Say a Little Prayer
  I Say a Little Prayer
  "I Say a Little Prayer" is a song written by songwriters Burt Bacharach and Hal David for Dionne Warwick, originally peaking at number four on the U.S. Billboard Hot 100 pop singles chart in December 1967.-Background:...
  
  
• Week 2 - Stepping Stone
  Stepping Stone (Duffy song)
  "Stepping Stone" is the fourth single by Duffy from her debut album Rockferry. The single was officially released as both a digital download and CD single on September 1, 2008 in the United Kingdom. Although it followed the massive success of previous singles "Mercy" and "Warwick Avenue", it did...
  
  
• Week 3 - Cabaret

Helen Geets

• Week 1 - 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...
  
  
• Week 2 - 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:...
  
  

Dorien Ackx

• Week 1 - Sweet About Me
  Sweet About Me
  "Sweet About Me" is a song by Australian singer-songwriter Gabriella Cilmi from her debut album, Lessons to Be Learned . Co-written with and produced by Xenomania, it was released in April 2008 as the album's lead single. The song was used in commercials for Sure and Dove Bodywash in Europe, as...
  
  

Opening Songs

• Week 1 - How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?
  Maria (1959 song)
  "Maria", sometimes known as "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?" is a show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, The Sound of Music....
  
  
• Week 2 - How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?
• Week 3 - My Favorite Things
  My Favorite Things (song)
  "My Favorite Things" is a show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music.-The Sound of Music version:The song was first introduced by Mary Martin in the original Broadway production, and sung by Julie Andrews in the 1965 film.In the musical, the lyrics to the song are a...
  
  
• Week 4 - The Sound of Music
  The Sound of Music (song)
  “The Sound of Music” is the title song from The Sound of Music, composed by Richard Rodgers to lyrics by Oscar Hammerstein II. It was originally sung by Mary Martin in the 1959 stage musical of the same name. It was sung by Julie Andrews in the 1961 film, with a reprise by the Von Trapp family...
  
  
• Week 5 - The Lonely Goatherd
  The Lonely Goatherd
  "The Lonely Goatherd" is a show tune from the musical The Sound of Music that makes use of yodelling.This song tells the whimsical story of a goatherd whose yodelling is heard from far off and by passers-by, until he falls in love with a girl who wears a pale-pink coat, with her mother joining in...
  
  
• Week 6 - I Have Confidence
• Week 7 - Dingen waar ik zoveel van hou
  My Favorite Things (song)
  "My Favorite Things" is a show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music.-The Sound of Music version:The song was first introduced by Mary Martin in the original Broadway production, and sung by Julie Andrews in the 1965 film.In the musical, the lyrics to the song are a...
  
   (My Favorite Things)
• Week 8 - De boer en de boerin
  The Lonely Goatherd
  "The Lonely Goatherd" is a show tune from the musical The Sound of Music that makes use of yodelling.This song tells the whimsical story of a goatherd whose yodelling is heard from far off and by passers-by, until he falls in love with a girl who wears a pale-pink coat, with her mother joining in...
  
   (The Lonely Goatherd)
• Final (All Marias) - Kunnen we iets beginnen met Maria
  Maria (1959 song)
  "Maria", sometimes known as "How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?" is a show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical, The Sound of Music....
  
   (How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?)

Group Songs

• Week 1 - 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...
  
  
• Week 2 - Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves
  Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves
  "Sisters Are Doin' It for Themselves" is a hit duet recorded between British pop duo Eurythmics and American soul/R&B musician Aretha Franklin, released as a single by RCA Records in October 1985...
  
  
• Week 3 - 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...
  
  
• Week 4 - Dreamgirls
• Week 5 - Ain't No Mountain High Enough
  Ain't No Mountain High Enough
  "Ain't No Mountain High Enough" is an R&B/soul song written by Nickolas Ashford & Valerie Simpson in 1966 for the Tamla Motown label. The composition was first successful as a 1967 hit single recorded by Marvin Gaye and Tammi Terrell, becoming a hit again in 1970 when recorded by former Supremes...
  
  
• First Week 6 song - Do-Re-Mi
  Do-Re-Mi
  "Do-Re-Mi" is a show tune from the 1959 Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music. Within the story, it is used by Maria to teach the notes of the major musical scale to the Von Trapp children who learn to sing for the first time, even though their father has disallowed frivolity after...
  
   featuring the Von Trapp children
• Second Week 6 song - Cell Block Tango
• Week 7 - Don't Rain on My Parade
  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...
  
  
• Week 8 - Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In
  Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In
  "Aquarius/Let the Sunshine In" is a medley of two songs written for the 1967 musical Hair by James Rado & Gerome Ragni , and Galt MacDermot , released as a single by The 5th Dimension. The song peaked at number one for six weeks on the U.S...
  
  
• Final (Fleur & Deborah) - Ik kan heel de wereld aan (I Have Confidence)

Sing-offs
The Bottom 2 voted by the public each week had to sing with one other Maria a contrasting song from a musical, then Albert Verlinde would choose one of them to carry on in the competition. In the final, the first viewer's vote put Deborah & Liv in the bottom two, but they didn't have to do a sing-off. Liv was automatically eliminated by the viewers putting her in third place.

• Week 1 - Dorien & Elisabeth - One of Us
  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...
  
  
• Week 2 - Deborah & Helen - I Know Him So Well
  I Know Him So Well
  "I Know Him So Well" is a song from the concept album and subsequent musical Chess by Tim Rice, Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus. In this duet, two women – Svetlana, the Russian chess champion's estranged wife, and Florence, his mistress – express their bittersweet feelings for him and at seeing...
  
  
• Week 3 - Sandra & Ellen - 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...
  
  
• Week 4 - Elisabeth & Sandra - For Once in My Life
  For Once in My Life
  "For Once in My Life" is a pop song written by Ron Miller and Orlando Murden for Motown Records' Jobete publishing company in 1967 . The composition was originally recorded by Jean DuShon, while other artists, such as Tony Bennett and The Temptations, recorded slow ballad versions of the song...
  
  
• Week 5 - No sing off
• Week 6 - Elisabeth & Liv - De Roos
  The Rose (song)
  "The Rose" is a pop song written by Amanda McBroom and made famous by Bette Midler, who performed it in the 1979 movie, The Rose. Since then it has been covered by a variety of artists.-Bette Midler version:...
  
  
• Week 7 - Elke & Liv - The Winner Takes It All
  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...
  
  
• Week 8 - Katrien & Fleur - Let It Be
  Let It Be (song)
  "Let It Be" is a song by The Beatles, released in March 1970 as a single, and as the title track of their album Let It Be. It was written by Paul McCartney, but credited to Lennon–McCartney. It was their final single before McCartney announced his departure from the band...
  
  

Elimination chart

|colspan="1" align="center" bgcolor="#FFFF99"|Bottom Two
|colspan="1" align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFCC"|Eliminated>

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|colspan="2" align="right"|Week:
!8 Apr
!15 Apr
!22 Apr
!29 Apr
!6 May
!13 May
!20 May
!27 May
!3 June
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!Place
!Contestant
!colspan="9" align="center"|Result
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|align="center" bgcolor="palegoldenrod"|1
|Deborah De Ridder
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|align="center" bgcolor="#FFFF99"|Btm 2
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|align="center" bgcolor"blue"|Winner
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|align="center" bgcolor="palegoldenrod"|2
|Fleur Brusselmans
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|align="center" bgcolor="#FFFF99"|Btm 2
|align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFCC"|Elim
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|align="center" bgcolor="palegoldenrod"|3
|Liv Van Aelst
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|align="center" bgcolor="#FFFF99"|Btm 2
|align="center" bgcolor="#FFFF99"|Btm 2
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|align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFCC"|Elim
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|align="center" bgcolor="palegoldenrod"|4
|Katrien Smets
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|align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFCC"|Elim
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|align="center" bgcolor="palegoldenrod"|5
|Elke Buyle
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|align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFCC"|Elim
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|align="center" bgcolor="palegoldenrod"|6
|Elisabeth Herman
|align="center" bgcolor="#FFFF99"|Btm 2
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|align="center" bgcolor="#FFFF99"|Btm 2
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|align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFCC"|Elim
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|align="center" bgcolor="palegoldenrod"|7
|Marian Van Klaveren
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|align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFCC"|Elim
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|align="center" bgcolor="palegoldenrod"|8
|Sandra Paelinck
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|align="center" bgcolor="#FFFF99"|Btm 2
|align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFCC"|Elim
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|align="center" bgcolor="palegoldenrod"|9
|Ellen Vandervieren
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|align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFCC"|Elim
|colspan=6 bgcolor="666666"|
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|align="center" bgcolor="palegoldenrod"|10
|Helen Geets
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|align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFCC"|Elim
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|align="center" bgcolor="palegoldenrod"|11
|Dorien Ackx
|align="center" bgcolor="#FFFFCC"|Elim
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External links

• Official Program Website at vtm.be