Op zoek naar Mary Poppins (Looking for Mary Poppins) was a 2009

2009 in television

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 talent show

Talent show

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-themed television series produced by the AVRO

AVRO (broadcaster)

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 in the Netherlands

Netherlands

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 and broadcast on AVRO

AVRO (broadcaster)

AVRO is a Dutch public broadcasting association operating within the framework of the Nederlandse Publieke Omroep system.-Television programmes:* Andermans veren...

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It premiered in late August 2009. The show searched for a new, unknown 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 Dutch

Netherlands

The Netherlands is a constituent country of the Kingdom of the Netherlands, located mainly in North-West Europe and with several islands in the Caribbean. Mainland Netherlands borders the North Sea to the north and west, Belgium to the south, and Germany to the east, and shares maritime borders...

 production of the Dutch musical

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...

 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...

.

The show was hosted by Frits Sissing with Willem Nijholt again overseeing the programme.

In the final, on 24 January, Noortje Herlaar was announced as the winner of the series.

Expert panel

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

• 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.
• Thom Hoffman
  Thom Hoffman
  Thomas Antonius Cornelis Ancion, known by the pseudonym Thom Hoffman, is a Dutch actor and photographer.- Biography :...
  
   - 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 photographer
• 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
  Europe
  Europe is, by convention, one of the world's seven continents. Comprising the westernmost peninsula of Eurasia, Europe is generally 'divided' from Asia to its east by the watershed divides of the Ural and Caucasus Mountains, the Ural River, the Caspian and Black Seas, and the waterways connecting...
  
  

Weekly format

The show opens with a group number by the Marys. Each Mary then performs a song, with feedback provided by the panel and Nijholt. The public votes for the contestant they wish to keep in the show. After the results of the public vote have been processed, the two Marys with the least number of votes enter a "sing-off". Nijholt then chooses which Mary from the "sing-off" to save each week. The eliminated Mary takes the lead in their sing-out medley of "Een klein schepje suiker

A Spoonful of Sugar

"A Spoonful Of Sugar" is a song from Walt Disney's 1964 film and the musical versions of Mary Poppins, composed by Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman....

 (A Spoonful of Sugar)" and "Alles kan als jij het (Anything Can Happen)".

Finalists

Eleven potential Marys made it through the audition rounds and performed during the live shows.

Finalist	Age & Date of Birth *	Coat colour	Status
Eefje Thomassen	27 (6 June 1982)	Light pink	Eliminated 1st in week 1
Suzanne de Heij	28 (27 March 1981)	Lilac	Eliminated 2nd in week 1
Bente van den Brand	26 (8 November 1983)	Orange	Eliminated 3rd in week 2
Angenita van der Mee	22 (26 April 1987)	Dark pink	Eliminated 4th in week 3
Simone Breukink	22 (9 November 1987)	Light yellow	Eliminated 5th in week 4
Carmen Danen	21 (9 April 1988)	Red	Eliminated 6th in week 5
Willemijn de Vries	24 (28 July 1985)	Dark blue	Eliminated 7th in week 6
Irene Borst	26 (7 November 1983)	Green	Eliminated 8th in week 7
Rosalie de Jong	24 (15 March 1985)	Purple	Third place
Sophie Veldhuizen	26 (6 March 1983)	Light blue	Second place
Noortje Herlaar	24 (22 April 1985)	Yellow	Winner

Results summary

Place	Contestant	Show 1		Show 2	Show 3	Show 4	Show 5	Show 6	Show 7	Show 8
		Part 1	Part 2							Part 1	Part 2
1	Noortje										Winner
2	Sophie										Second place
3	Rosalie								Bottom 2	Bottom 2	Third place
4	Irene		Bottom 2		Bottom 2			Bottom 2	Bottom 2	Eliminated 8th
5	Willemijn					Bottom 2	Bottom 2	Bottom 2	Eliminated 7th
6	Carmen	Bottom 2					Bottom 2	Eliminated 6th
7	Simone					Bottom 2	Eliminated 5th
8	Angenita			Bottom 2	Bottom 2	Eliminated 4th
9	Bente			Bottom 2	Eliminated 3rd
10	Suzanne		Bottom 2	Eliminated 2nd
11	Eefje	Bottom 2	Eliminated 1st

Week one (6 December)

Eefje was the first Mary to be eliminated in the Results show on Sunday followed by Suzanne who was the second Mary to be eliminated.

The show performances were:

• Group performances:
  • Opening number: "Hier ben ik dan (I Just Arrived)" with Freek Bartels from the musical Copacabana
    Copacabana (musical)
    Copacabana is a TV-musical, stage musical, and nightclub show written by Barry Manilow, based on the song of the same name. The show toured the United States and, as of 2006, became available to license to performing companies and schools for the first time....
    
    
  • Group number 1: "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...
    
    "
  • Group number 2: "Zing, vecht, huil, bid, lach, werk en bewonder" & "We zullen doorgaan" as a tribute to the late Ramses Shaffy
    Ramses Shaffy
    Ramses Shaffy was a Dutch singer and actor. He became popular during the 1960s. His most famous songs include Zing, vecht, huil, bid, lach, werk en bewonder , We zullen doorgaan , Pastorale, Sammy and Laat me...
    
    

• Individual performances (in order of performance):
  • Noortje & Carmen: "No More Tears (Enough Is Enough)
    No More Tears (Enough is Enough)
    "No More Tears " is a duet from 1979 by Donna Summer and Barbra Streisand. While Summer was famous for her disco material and Streisand for her more easy listening and soundtrack work , this song fused both sounds with a slow beginning which then develops into a disco song...
    
    " by Donna Summer
    Donna Summer
    LaDonna Adrian Gaines , known by her stage name, Donna Summer, is an American singer/songwriter who gained prominence during the disco era of the 1970s. She has a mezzo-soprano vocal range. Summer is a five-time Grammy winner and was the first artist to have three consecutive double albums reach...
    
     & 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,...
    
    
  • Bente & Simone: "Ik ken hem te goed
    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...
    
     (I Know Him So Well)" from the musical Chess
    Chess (musical)
    Chess is a musical with music by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, formerly of ABBA, and with lyrics by Tim Rice. The story involves a romantic triangle between two top players, an American and a Russian, in a world chess championship, and a woman who manages one and falls in love with the other;...
    
    
  • Eefje, Sophie & Suzanne: "Ik ben een vrouw
    I Am a Woman
    I Am A Woman is a lesbian pulp fiction novel written in 1959 by Ann Bannon . It is the second in a series of pulp fiction novels that eventually came to be known as The Beebo Brinker Chronicles. It was originally published in 1959 by Gold Medal Books, again in 1983 by Naiad Press, and again in 2002...
    
     (I Am a Woman)" from the musical 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...
    
    
  • Angenita & Willemijn: "Pak maar m‘n hand" by Nick & Simon
    Nick & Simon
    Nick & Simon is a Dutch singer-songwriter duo composed of: Simon Keizer and Nick Schilder . They gained lots of succes in their home country the Netherlands in 2006. Their latest album "Luister" went double platinum in 4 months...
    
    
  • Irene & Rosalie: "Tell Him
    Tell Him (Barbra Streisand and Celine Dion song)
    "Tell Him" is a duet between Barbra Streisand and Céline Dion. It was released on November 3, 1997 as the first single from Dion's Let's Talk About Love and Streisand's Higher Ground albums....
    
    " by Céline Dion
    Celine Dion
    Céline Marie Claudette Dion, , , is a Canadian singer. Born to a large family from Charlemagne, Quebec, Dion emerged as a teen star in the French-speaking world after her manager and future husband René Angélil mortgaged his home to finance her first record...
    
     & 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,...
    
    

• Jury's favourite Mary Poppins:
  • Erwin van Lambaart: Sophie
  • Pia Douwes: Irene
  • Thom Hoffman: Noortje

• Sing-off:
  • In the first show, Eefje and Carmen were in the sing-off. They sang "Wereld zonder jou" (by 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:...
    
    ).
  • Willem Nijholt chose to save Carmen and vote Eefje off.

• • In the second show, the bottom two were Irene and Suzanne. In the sing-off, they sang "Laat me niet alleen
    Ne me quitte pas
    "Ne me quitte pas" is a song written and sung in French and in Dutch by the Belgian chansonnier Jacques Brel in 1959. It has been covered in the original French by many artists and has also been translated into and performed in many other languages...
    
     (Ne me quitte pas)" (by Jacques Brel
    Jacques Brel
    Jacques Brel was a Belgian singer-songwriter who composed and performed literate, thoughtful, and theatrical songs that generated a large, devoted following in France initially, and later throughout the world. He was widely considered a master of the modern chanson...
    
    ).
  • Irene was saved by Nijholt and Suzanne was voted off.

Week two (13 December)

Bente was the third Mary to be eliminated in the Results show on Sunday

The show performances were:

• Group performances:
  • Opening number: "We're All In This Together
    We're All In This Together
    We're All in This Together may refer to:* "We're All in This Together", a song and dance routine from 2006 American television film High School Musical* "We're All in This Together", a Ben Lee song from the album Awake Is the New Sleep...
    
    " from the film High School Musical
    High School Musical
    High School Musical is a 2006 American television film, first in the High School Musical film franchise. Upon its release on January 20, 2006, it became the most successful film that Disney Channel Original Movie ever produced, with a television sequel High School Musical 2 released in 2007 and...
    
    
  • Group number 1: "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...
    
    "
  • Group number 2: "Starmaker" from the film Fame

• Individual performances (in order of performance):
  • Willemijn: "Ik voel me heerlijk (I Feel Pretty)" from the musical West Side Story
  • Carmen: "My All
    My All
    "My All" is a song by American singer-songwriter Mariah Carey from her sixth studio album, Butterfly . It was released as the album's fourth and second commercial single on April 21, 1998 by Columbia Records. The song was written and produced by Carey and Walter Afanasieff...
    
    " by Mariah Carey
    Mariah Carey
    Mariah Carey is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. She made her recording debut with the release of her eponymous studio album in 1990, under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, whom she later married in 1993...
    
    
  • Sophie: "The Boy Does Nothing" by Alesha Dixon
    Alesha Dixon
    Alesha Anjanette Dixon is an English singer-songwriter, dancer, model and television personality. She first found fame in the all-female R&B trio Mis-Teeq, however, the trio separated in 2005 and Dixon continued pursuing her music career as a solo artist, signing to Polydor Records...
    
    
  • Irene: "Denk aan mij
    Think of Me
    "Think of Me" is a song composed by Andrew Lloyd Webber from his stage musical The Phantom of the Opera.It is sung by Elissa in the fictional Hannibal opera. At first, Carlotta Giudicelli is cast in the part, but during rehearsal a backdrop falls dangerously close to her. She quits, having had many...
    
     (Think of Me)" from the musical The Phantom of the Opera
    The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)
    The Phantom of the Opera is a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on the French novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra by Gaston Leroux.The music was composed by Lloyd Webber, and most lyrics were written by Charles Hart, with additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe. Alan Jay Lerner was an early collaborator,...
    
    
  • Rosalie: "Nu dat jij er bent" by Trijntje Oosterhuis
    Trijntje Oosterhuis
    Judith Katrijntje "Trijntje" Oosterhuis is a Dutch pop and jazz singer.-Early life:Judith Katrijntje Oosterhuis was born on 5 February 1973, in Amsterdam, the Netherlands...
    
    
  • Angenita: "Dingen waar ik zo 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)" from the musical 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...
    
    
  • Simone: "Geef me liefde
    Love Me Tender (song)
    "Love Me Tender" is a song recorded by Elvis Presley and published by Elvis Presley Music, adapted from the tune of "Aura Lee" , a sentimental Civil War ballad.- History :...
    
     (Love Me Tender)" from the musical All Shook Up
    All Shook Up (musical)
    All Shook Up is a jukebox musical with Elvis Presley music, with a book by Joe DiPietro. The story is based on William Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.-Production history:...
    
    
  • Bente: "Hot n Cold
    Hot N Cold
    "Hot n Cold" is a song by American singer Katy Perry. The song was written and composed by Dr. Luke, Max Martin, and Perry for her major mainstream debut album, One of the Boys. The track was released as the album's third single...
    
    " by Katy Perry
    Katy Perry
    Katy Perry is an American singer, songwriter and actress. Born in Santa Barbara, California, and raised by Christian pastor parents, Perry grew up listening to only gospel music and sang in her local church as a child. After earning a GED during her first year of high school, she began to pursue a...
    
    
  • Noortje: "Tot jij mijn liefde voelt (To Make You Feel My Love)" by Van Dik Hout
    Van Dik Hout
    Van Dik Hout are a Dutch pop group from Den Helder in the north of the Netherlands. They formed in the late 1980s as a school band, but moved later to Amsterdam where they rechristened themselves into Van Dik Hout....
    
    

• Jury's favourite Mary Poppins:
  • Erwin van Lambaart: Simone
  • Pia Douwes: Simone
  • Thom Hoffman: Noortje

• Sing-off:
  • Bente and Angenita were in the sing-off. They sang "Er is een plaats voor ons
    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...
    
     (Somewhere)" (from the musical West Side Story).
  • Willem Nijholt chose to save Angenita and vote Bente off.

Week three (20 December)

Angenita was the fourth Mary to be eliminated in the Results show on Sunday.

The show performances were:

• Group performances:
  • Opening number: "Sleigh Ride
    Sleigh Ride
    "Sleigh Ride" is a popular light orchestral piece composed by Leroy Anderson. The composer had the original idea for the piece during a heat wave in July 1946; he finished the work in February 1948. Lyrics, about a person who would like to ride in a sleigh on a winter's day with another person,...
    
    " by The Ronettes
    The Ronettes
    The Ronettes were a 1960s girl group from New York City, best known for their work with producer Phil Spector. The group consisted of lead singer Veronica Bennett ; her older sister, Estelle Bennett; and their cousin Nedra Talley...
    
    
  • Group number 1: "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...
    
    "
  • Group number 2: "I Will Follow Him
    I Will Follow Him
    "I Will Follow Him" is a song recorded by Little Peggy March. The music was written by Franck Pourcel and Paul Mauriat . It was adapted by Arthur Altman...
    
    " from the film Sister Act
    Sister Act
    Sister Act is a 1992 American comedy film released by Touchstone Pictures. Directed by Emile Ardolino, it features musical arrangements by Marc Shaiman and stars Whoopi Goldberg as a Reno lounge singer who has been put under protective custody in a San Francisco convent and has to pretend to be a...
    
    

• Individual performances (in order of performance):
  • Irene: "Why Couldn't It Be Christmas Every Day?
    Why Couldn't It Be Christmas Every Day?
    "Why Couldn't It Be Christmas Every Day?" is a song by Bianca Ryan from her self-titled debut album. Though not officially released as a single by Columbia Records, radio stations in several countries played the song in 2006 as part of their Christmas-themed programming...
    
    " by Bianca Ryan
    Bianca Ryan
    Bianca Taylor Ryan is an American singer and guitarist, who won the debut season of NBC's America's Got Talent at age 11....
    
    
  • Sophie: "Wat is mijn hart" by 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:...
    
    
  • Angenita: "Santa Claus is Coming to Town
    Santa Claus Is Coming to Town
    "Santa Claus is Coming to Town" is a Christmas song. It was written by John Frederick Coots and Haven Gillespie, and was first sung on Eddie Cantor's radio show in November 1934....
    
    " by Mariah Carey
    Mariah Carey
    Mariah Carey is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. She made her recording debut with the release of her eponymous studio album in 1990, under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, whom she later married in 1993...
    
    
  • Noortje: "Kom Terug En Dans Met Mij
    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...
    
     (I Could Have Danced All Night)" from the musical My Fair Lady
    My Fair Lady
    My Fair Lady is a musical based upon George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion and with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe...
    
    
  • Willemijn: "Winter Wonderland
    Winter Wonderland
    "Winter Wonderland" is a winter song, popularly treated as a Christmastime pop standard, written in 1934 by Felix Bernard and Richard B. Smith . Through the decades it has been recorded by over 150 different artists.-History:...
    
    " by Amy Grant
    Amy Grant
    Amy Lee Grant is an American singer-songwriter, musician, author, media personality and actress, best known for her Christian music. She has been referred to as "The Queen of Christian Pop"...
    
    
  • Rosalie: "Cheek to Cheek
    Cheek to Cheek
    "Cheek to Cheek" is a song written by Irving Berlin, and first performed by Fred Astaire in the movie Top Hat . Astaire's 1935 recording with the Leo Reisman Orchestra was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2000....
    
    " by Jane Monheit
    Jane Monheit
    Jane Monheit is a jazz and adult contemporary vocalist for Concord Records. She has collaborated with artists such as Michael Bublé, Ivan Lins, Terence Blanchard and Tom Harrell, and has received Grammy nominations for two of her recordings.-Early life:Jane Monheit was raised in Oakdale, New York...
    
    
  • Carmen: "Dat zegt het hart (A Change in Me)" from the musical 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...
    
    
  • Simone: "All I Want for Christmas Is You" by Mariah Carey
    Mariah Carey
    Mariah Carey is an American singer-songwriter, record producer, and actress. She made her recording debut with the release of her eponymous studio album in 1990, under the guidance of Columbia Records executive Tommy Mottola, whom she later married in 1993...
    
    

• Jury's favourite Mary Poppins:
  • Erwin van Lambaart: Simone
  • Pia Douwes: Rosalie
  • Thom Hoffman: Sophie

• Sing-off:
  • Irene and Angenita were in the sing-off. They sang "Nog een kans" (by Vera Mann).
  • Willem Nijholt chose to save Irene and vote Angenita off.

Week four (27 December)

Simone was the fifth Mary to be eliminated in the Results show on Sunday

The show performances were:

• Group performances:
  • Opening number: "Come Fly with Me
    Come Fly with Me (song)
    "Come Fly with Me" is a 1957 popular song composed by Jimmy Van Heusen, with lyrics by Sammy Cahn."Come Fly with Me" was written for Frank Sinatra, and was the title track of his 1958 album of the same name...
    
    " by Frank Sinatra
    Frank Sinatra
    Francis Albert "Frank" Sinatra was an American singer and actor.Beginning his musical career in the swing era with Harry James and Tommy Dorsey, Sinatra became an unprecedentedly successful solo artist in the early to mid-1940s, after being signed to Columbia Records in 1943. Being the idol of the...
    
    
  • Group number 1: "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...
    
    
  • Group number 2: "Love Me Just a Little Bit More" by Dolly Dots
    Dolly Dots
    Dolly Dots were a popular Dutch girl band in the 1980s. With their style of upbeat dance/pop, they scored many hits throughout Europe. The sextet consisted of Angela Groothuizen, Angéla Kramers, Anita Heilker, Esther Oosterbeek, Patty Zomer and Ria Brieffies....
    
    

• Individual performances (in order of performance):
  • Simone: "Ik leef niet meer voor jou" by 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:...
    
    
  • Irene: "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
    I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For
    "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" is a song by rock band U2. It is the second track from their 1987 album The Joshua Tree and was released as the album's second single in May 1987...
    
    " by U2
    U2
    U2 are an Irish rock band from Dublin. Formed in 1976, the group consists of Bono , The Edge , Adam Clayton , and Larry Mullen, Jr. . U2's early sound was rooted in post-punk but eventually grew to incorporate influences from many genres of popular music...
    
    
  • Noortje: "I'm the Greatest Star" from the musical Funny Girl
  • Rosalie: "Appels op de tafelsprei" by Toon Hermans
    Toon Hermans
    Antoine G. T. "Toon" Hermans was a noted Dutch comedian, singer and writer. He was born in Sittard, now part of the municipality of Sittard-Geleen....
    
     & Mathilde Santing
    Mathilde Santing
    Mathilde Santing is a Dutch singer .Santing was born in Amstelveen, The Netherlands. She started receiving national attention in 1981 after she appeared with Sonja Barend in a Dutch television programme called Sonja Op Maandag.Over the last 25 years she has released a steady stream of albums,...
    
    
  • Willemijn: "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 the musical 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....
    
    
  • Sophie: "Fields of Gold
    Fields of Gold
    "Fields of Gold" is a 1993 song by Sting from his album Ten Summoner's Tales. "Fields of Gold" and all the other album tracks were recorded at Lake House, Wiltshire, mixed at The Townhouse Studio, London, England and mastered at Masterdisk, New York. The harmonica solo is played by Brendan Power...
    
    " by Eva Cassidy
    Eva Cassidy
    Eva Marie Cassidy was an American vocalist known for her interpretations of jazz, blues, folk, gospel, country and pop classics. In 1992 she released her first album, The Other Side, a set of duets with go-go musician Chuck Brown, followed by a live solo album, Live at Blues Alley in 1996...
    
    
  • Carmen: "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 the film Moulin Rouge

• Jury's favourite Mary Poppins:
  • Erwin van Lambaart: Rosalie
  • Pia Douwes: Noortje
  • Thom Hoffman: Irene

• Sing-off:
  • Willemijn and Simone were in the sing-off. They sang "Telkens weer" (by Willeke Alberti
    Willeke Alberti
    Willeke Alberti is a Dutch singer and actress, the daughter of entertainer and singer Willy Alberti.-Biography:...
    
    ).
  • Willem Nijholt chose to save Willemijn and vote Simone off.

Week five (3 January)

Carmen was the sixth Mary to be eliminated in the Results show on Sunday.

The show performances were:

• Group performances:
  • Opening number: "Crazy in Love" by Beyoncé Knowles
    Beyoncé Knowles
    Beyoncé Giselle Knowles , often known simply as Beyoncé, is an American singer, songwriter, record producer, and actress. Born and raised in Houston, Texas, she enrolled in various performing arts schools and was first exposed to singing and dancing competitions as a child...
    
    
  • Group number 1: "A Spoonful of Sugar
    A Spoonful of Sugar
    "A Spoonful Of Sugar" is a song from Walt Disney's 1964 film and the musical versions of Mary Poppins, composed by Robert B. Sherman and Richard M. Sherman....
    
    " featuring the Banks children
  • Group number 2: "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...
    
    "
  • Group number 3: "December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)
    December, 1963 (Oh, What a Night)
    "December, 1963 " is a hit single by The Four Seasons, written by original Four Seasons keyboard player Bob Gaudio and his future wife Judy Parker, produced by Gaudio, and included on the group's 1975 album, Who Loves You....
    
    " from the musical Jersey Boys
    Jersey Boys
    Jersey Boys is a jukebox musical with music by Bob Gaudio, lyrics by Bob Crewe and book by Marshall Brickman and Rick Elice. It is a documentary-style musical, based on one of the most successful 1960s rock 'n roll groups, the Four Seasons...
    
    

• Individual performances (in order of performance):
  • Sophie: "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 the musical 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...
    
    
  • Noortje: "Almaz" (Dutch version) by Karin Bloemen
  • Rosalie: "Het gaat beginnen" ("Something's Coming") from the musical West Side Story
  • Willemijn: "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...
    
    " from the musical Funny Girl
  • Carmen: "Wacht nog wat" by Paul de Leeuw
    Paul de Leeuw
    Paul Henri de Leeuw is a Dutch television comedian, singer and actor.De Leeuw gained national fame in the late eighties and early nineties with television shows for broadcasting company VARA...
    
    
  • Irene: "Meidengrut" ("Little Girls") from the musical 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...
    
    

• Jury's favourite Mary Poppins:
  • Erwin van Lambaart: Noortje
  • Pia Douwes: Irene (but revealed that her other favourite was Noortje, but was positive about Irene)
  • Thom Hoffman: Sophie

• Sing-off:
  • Carmen and Willemijn were in the sing-off. They sang "Laat het op een zondag zijn (Tell Me on a Sunday)" (from the musical of the same name
    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...
    
    ).
  • Willem Nijholt chose to save Willemijn and vote Carmen off.

Week six (10 January)

Week six was the quarter-final stage of the series.

Willemijn was the seventh Mary to be eliminated in the Results show on Sunday.

The show performances were:

• Group performances:
  • Opening number: "Fame
    Fame (Irene Cara song)
    "Fame" is a pop song, written by Michael Gore and Dean Pitchford that was released in 1980, and achieved chart success as the theme song to the Fame film and TV series. The song was performed by Irene Cara, who played the role of Coco Hernandez in the original movie...
    
    " from the film Fame
  • Group number 1: "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...
    
    "
  • Group number 2: "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:...
    
    " by 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...
    
    

• Individual performances (in order of performance):
• Round 1:
  • Willemijn: "Lief zijn voor mamma (When You're Good to Mama)" from the musical 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"...
    
    
  • Rosalie: "Zeur niet" from the musical Heerlijk duurt het langst
  • Irene: "Vincent
    Vincent (song)
    "Vincent" is a song by Don McLean written as a tribute to Vincent van Gogh. It is also known by its opening line, "Starry Starry Night", a reference to van Gogh's painting The Starry Night. The song also describes different paintings done by the artist.McLean wrote the lyrics in 1971 after reading...
    
     (Dutch version)" by Don McLean
    Don McLean
    Donald "Don" McLean is an American singer-songwriter. He is most famous for the 1971 album American Pie, containing the renowned songs "American Pie" and "Vincent".-Musical roots:...
    
    
  • Sophie: "De nachten in Parijs" from the musical Irma la Douce
    Irma la Douce
    Irma la Douce/Irma la Dolce is a 1963 romantic comedy starring Jack Lemmon and Shirley MacLaine, directed by Billy Wilder.It is based on the 1956 French musical Irma La Douce by Marguerite Monnot and Alexandre Breffort.-Plot:...
    
    
  • Noortje: "Zin in een feessie" from the musical De Stunt
• Round 2:
  • Willemijn: "I Will Survive
    I Will Survive
    "I Will Survive" is a song first performed by American singer Gloria Gaynor, released in October 1978. It was written by Freddie Perren and Dino Fekaris...
    
    " from the musical Priscilla Queen of the Desert – the Musical
  • Rosalie: "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....
    
    
  • Irene: "Hopeloos verlang ik naar jou
    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...
    
     (Hopelessy Devoted to You)" from the musical 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,...
    
    
  • Sophie: "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....
    
    " by Judy Garland
    Judy Garland
    Judy Garland was an American actress and singer. Through a career that spanned 45 of her 47 years and for her renowned contralto voice, she attained international stardom as an actress in musical and dramatic roles, as a recording artist and on the concert stage...
    
    
  • Noortje: "Smile" by Charlie Chaplin
    Charlie Chaplin
    Sir Charles Spencer "Charlie" Chaplin, KBE was an English comic actor, film director and composer best known for his work during the silent film era. He became the most famous film star in the world before the end of World War I...
    
    

• Jury's favourite Mary Poppins:
  • Erwin van Lambaart: Noortje
  • Pia Douwes: Rosalie
  • Thom Hoffman: Noortje

• Sing-off:
  • Willemijn and Irene were in the sing-off. They sang "Vluchten kan niet meer" (from the musical En nu naar bed).
  • Willem Nijholt chose to save Irene and vote Willemijn off.

Week seven (17 January)

Week seven was the semi-final stage of the series.

Irene was the eighth Mary to be eliminated in the Results show on Sunday - the last time Nijholt has any say in the vote.

The show performances were:

• Group performances:
  • Opening number: "Could It Be Magic
    Could It Be Magic
    "Could It Be Magic" is a song by Adrienne Anderson and Barry Manilow. It was included on Manilow's 1973 debut album, Barry Manilow.Due to its popularity, it was released as a single in 1975, two years after it had originally been recorded, where it reached #6 in the United States.Manilow's...
    
    " by Barry Manilow
    Barry Manilow
    Barry Manilow is an American singer-songwriter, musician, arranger, producer, conductor, and performer, best known for such recordings as "Could It Be Magic", "Mandy", "Can't Smile Without You", and "Copacabana ."...
    
    
  • Group number 1: "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...
    
    "
  • Group number 2: "Chim Chim Cher-ee (Rooftop Duet)
    Chim Chim Cher-ee
    "Chim Chim Cher-ee" is a song from Mary Poppins, the 1964 musical motion picture. It was originally sung by Dick Van Dyke and Julie Andrews. "Chim Chim Cher-ee" is also featured prominently in the award winning Cameron Mackintosh/Disney stage musical of the same name which premiered in London at...
    
    " with William Spaaij

• Individual performances (in order of performance):
• Round 1:
  • Irene: "Heel alleen (On My Own)" from the musical 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....
    
    
  • Noortje: "I Have Nothing
    I Have Nothing
    "I Have Nothing" is a song by American singer Whitney Houston and released as the third single from The Bodyguard: Original Soundtrack Album on February 20, 1993 by Arista Records. The song was written by David Foster and Linda Thompson, and produced by Foster...
    
    " by 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...
    
    
  • Sophie: "Out Here on My Own" from the film Fame
  • Rosalie: "Doe iets
    Show Me
    -Music:* "Show Me" , a 2011 dance song by Jessica Sutta* "Show Me" , a 2003 song by Moya Brennan* Show Me , a 1987 album by Canadian rock band 54-40* "Show Me" , a 2007 R&B song...
    
     (Show Me)" from the musical My Fair Lady
    My Fair Lady
    My Fair Lady is a musical based upon George Bernard Shaw's Pygmalion and with book and lyrics by Alan Jay Lerner and music by Frederick Loewe...
    
    
• Round 2:
  • Irene: "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 the film 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...
    
    
  • Noortje: "Jaloezie" by Adèle Bloemendaal
  • Sophie: "Mens durf te leven" by Wende Snijders
    Wende Snijders
    Wende Snijders is a Dutch singer. Her first name Wende is commonly used as her artist name.-Biography:...
    
    
  • Rosalie: "A Song for You
    A Song for You
    "A Song for You" is a soulful love song written and originally recorded by rock singer-songwriter and pianist Leon Russell for his first solo album 'Leon Russell', which was released in 1970 on Shelter Records. A slow, pained plea for forgiveness and understanding from an estranged lover, the tune...
    
    " by Donny Hathaway
    Donny Hathaway
    Donny Edward Hathaway was an American soul singer-songwriter and musician. Hathaway contracted with Atlantic Records in 1969 and with his first single for the Atco label, "The Ghetto, Part I" in early 1970, Rolling Stone magazine "marked him as a major new force in soul music."His collaborations...
    
    

• Jury's favourite Mary Poppins:
  • Erwin van Lambaart: Noortje
  • Pia Douwes: Sophie
  • Thom Hoffman: Irene

• Sing-off:
  • Irene and Rosalie were in the sing-off. They sang "Misschien dit keer
    Maybe This Time
    Maybe This Time is an American sitcom which aired on ABC from September 1995 to February 1996. Created by veteran TV creator Michael Jacobs and his longtime colleague, Bob Young....
    
     (Maybe This Time)" (from the musical 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....
    
    ).
  • Willem Nijholt chose to save Rosalie and vote Irene off.

Week eight (24 January)

Week eight was the final week of the show and the Grand-final when the winning Mary was revealed. Both shows aired live on Sunday with the main show and the Results show. The finalists were Noortje Herlaar, Rosalie de Jong and Sophie Veldhuizen. Noortje was the winner.

With all the decisions now being from the public vote, the voting lines opened at the start of Show One. At the end of Show One, the finalist with the lowest number of viewers votes, Rosalie was eliminated and therefore finished third. The voting lines then re-opened to vote for the series winner, with all the votes cast for the remaining two Marys carried over. Then in Show Two the final two Marys went head-to-head before the winner was announced as Noortje.

All eleven Mary finalists also performed. In Show two both Noortje and Sophie performed "Alles kan als jij het (Anything Can Happen)".

The show performances were:

• Group performances:
  • Former Marys – "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 the musical Mamma Mia!
    Mamma Mia!
    Mamma Mia! is a stage musical written by British playwright Catherine Johnson, based on the songs of ABBA, composed by Benny Andersson and Björn Ulvaeus, former members of the band. Although the title of the musical is taken from the group's 1975 chart-topper "Mamma Mia", the plot is fictional, not...
    
    
  • Noortje, Rosalie & Sophie – "Als ik win (Brand New Day)" from the musical 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...
    
    
  • Noortje, Rosalie & Sophie – "Sing, Sing, Sing
    Sing, Sing, Sing
    "Sing, Sing, Sing " is a 1936 song, written by Louis Prima and first recorded by him with the New Orleans Gang and released in March 1936 as a 78 as Brunswick 7628 . It is strongly identified with the big band and swing eras. It was covered by Fletcher Henderson and most famously Benny Goodman...
    
    " by Louis Prima
    Louis Prima
    Louis Prima was a Sicilian American singer, actor, songwriter, and trumpeter. Prima rode the musical trends of his time, starting with his seven-piece New Orleans style jazz band in the 1920s, then successively leading a swing combo in the 1930s, a big band in the 1940s, a Vegas lounge act in the...
    
    
  • Noortje & Sophie – "Tamelijk Voortreffelijk (Practically Perfect)"

• Individual performances (in order of performance):
  • Show one
    • Rosalie: "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 musical 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...
      
      
    • Sophie: "Kon ik nog maar even bij je zijn (Wishing You Were Somehow Here Again)" from the musical The Phantom of the Opera
      The Phantom of the Opera (1986 musical)
      The Phantom of the Opera is a musical by Andrew Lloyd Webber, based on the French novel Le Fantôme de l'Opéra by Gaston Leroux.The music was composed by Lloyd Webber, and most lyrics were written by Charles Hart, with additional lyrics by Richard Stilgoe. Alan Jay Lerner was an early collaborator,...
      
      
    • Noortje: "Pap, kun je me horen?
      Papa, Can You Hear Me?
      "Papa, Can You Hear Me?" is a 1983 song, performed by Barbra Streisand for the film Yentl. The song was composed by Michel Legrand, with lyrics by Alan Bergman and Marilyn Bergman....
      
       (Papa, Can You Hear Me?)" from the film Yentl
      Yentl
      Yentl is a play by Leah Napolin and Isaac Bashevis Singer.Based on Singer's short story "Yentl the Yeshiva Boy," it centers on a young girl who defies tradition by discussing and debating Jewish law and theology with her rabbi father...
      
      
  • Show two
    • Sophie: "Alles kan als jij het (Anything Can Happen)"
    • Noortje: "Alles kan als jij het (Anything Can Happen)"

• Show One third place
  • At the end of Show one, Rosalie was announced as finishing third.

• Jury's verdict on who is Mary Poppins:
  • After Rosalie was eliminated from the final, the jury share their thoughts on who is Mary Poppins.
    • Erwin van Lambaart: Noortje
    • Pia Douwes: could not make a choice between Noortje and Sophie
    • Thom Hoffman: Sophie
    • Willem Nijholt: Noortje

• The Final Vote

The final vote was then announced and it was revealed that the winner was Noortje Herlaar.

External links

• Official Program Website at avro.nl