Popstars (Dutch TV series)

Popstars was a singing competition series in the Netherlands. The first season started on 22 August 2008. A second season was aired for 2009-2010 and third season aired in 2010-2011. The winners in season 1 were RED! made up of the three finalist winners Brandi Russell, Steffie Zoontjes and Deon Leon. Wesley Klein won in season 2 and Dean Saunders in season 3.

Popstars
Genre	Reality, talent show
Judges	Henkjan Smits Maurice Wijnen Simone Walraven Marc-Marie Huijbregts
Voices of	Nance Coolen (all rounds) Gerard Joling (auditions) Tooske Ragas (liveshows)
Country of origin	Netherlands
Original language	Dutch
Original release
Network	SBS6
Release	22 August 2008 (2008-08-22)

The precursor of these shows was the Dutch version of Popstars: The Rivals broadcast on RTL 4 in 2004 hosted by Beau van Erven Dorens. The series was won by the boy band Men2B (male category) and girl band Raffish (female category). Both disbanded in 2006.

Summary

Season	Year	Presenter	Jury	Winner(s)	Runner-up	Other competitors Final position (in order of elimination)
Season 1	2008	Nance Coolen Gerard Joling	Henkjan Smits Patricia Paay Maurice Wijnen	1. Brandi Russell 1. Steffie Zoontjes 1. Deon Leon forming the trio RED!	4. Norman Ramazan	10. Ruben Thurnim 9. Nathalie Mensinga 8. Naomi Reingoud 7. Rebecca Schouw 6. Floor Krijnen 5. Sidney McWood
Season 2	2009-2010			1. Wesley Klein	2. Kim Stolker	12. Michelle Komproe 12. Jeffrey Sabeel 12. Davy Oonincx 11. Xander Venema 10. Emmily Lasut 9. Mandy Gruijters 8. Robin Zijlstra 7. Charlotte ten Brink 6. Bart Boonstra 5. Dewi Pechler 4. Joshua Newton 3. Kristel Roulaux
Season 3	2010-2011	Nance Coolen Gerard Joling Tooske Ragas	Henkjan Smits Marc-Marie Huijbregts Simone Walraven Maurice Wijnen	1. Dean Saunders	2. Simone Nijssen	14. Valerie Van Krimpen 13. Samantha Jaine 12. Ephraim Beks 11. Rene Klein 10. Søren Jørgensen 6. Sam Lebens 6. Rody Valks 6. Bertha Verbeek 6. Angela Slagt 5. Carlijn Middelhof 4. Darien Solange Kastaneer 3. Sharon Kips

Season 1 (2008)

Participants and elimination table

Legend

Women	Men	Sing-off (SO)	Top 10

Ronde:		Liveshows
Week:		14/11	21/11	28/11	5/12	12/12	19/12
Plek	Kandidaat	Results
1	Brandi Russell (26)						Winner
2	Steffie Zoontjes (18)			SO			Winner
3	Deon Leon (18)				SO		Winner
4	Norman Ramazan (24)					SO	Elim
5	Sidney McWood (17)		SO			SO	Elim
6	Floor Krijnen (18)		SO	SO	SO	Elim
7	Rebecca Schouw (27)				Elim
8	Naomi Reingoud (24)			Elim
9	Nathalie Mensinga (21)		Elim
10	Ruben Thurnim (33)	Elim

Season 2 (2009-2010)

Participants and elimination table:

Legend

Women	Men	Wild Card (WC)	Sing-off (SO)	Proximity (pr)	Top 14

Round:		Wildcard		Liveshows
Week:		20/11	21/11	20/11	27/11	4/12	11/12	18/12	1/1	15/1	22/1	29/1
Position	Candidate	Results
1	Wesley Klein (21)											Winner
2	Kim Stolker (22)											Runner-up
3	Kristel Roulaux (26)											Elim
4	Joshua Newton (23)					SO						Elim
5	Dewi Pechler (26)				SO				pr		Elim
6	Bart Boonstra (24)						SO		pr	pr	Elim
7	Charlotte ten Brink (21)						SO	SO		Elim
8	Robin Zijlstra (29)				SO		SO		Elim
9	Mandy Gruijters (29)					pr		Elim
10	Emmily Lasut (15)						Elim
11	Xander Venema (24)					Elim
12	Davy Oonincx (19)				Elim
	Jeffrey Sabeel (22)		WC
	Michelle Komproe (20)	WC

Season 3 (2010-2011)

The schedules for season 3 were as follows:

• 9 Auditions: 9, 16, 23 and 30 July 2010, 6, 13, 20 and 27 August 2010 and 10 September 2010
• 6 Continued rounds: 17 and 24 September 2010, 1, 11, 18 and 25 October 2010
• Top 25 solos: 1 November 2010
• 2 Selection liveshows 1: 8 and 15 November 2010
• 6 Liveshows: 22 and 29 November 2010, 6, 13, 20 and 27 December 2010

The hosts were Nancy Coolen (all rounds), Gerard Joling (only during auditions) and Tooske Ragas (only during liveshows).

Participants: The winner of the third season was Dean Saunders, with Simone Nijssen as runner-up. Final classification:

• 1. Dean Saunders - winner
• 2. Simone Nijssen
• 3. Sharon Kips
• 4. Darien Solange Kastaneer
• 5. Carlijn Middelhof
• 6. Angela Slagt
• 6. Bertha Verbeek
• 6. Rody Valks
• 6. Sam Lebens
• 10. Søren Jørgensen
• 11. René Klein
• 12. Ephraim Beks
• 13. Samantha Klumper
• 14. Valerie Van Krimpen

Discography

Singles

Single title	Release date	Charting in the Dutch Top 40			Comments
		Date of entry	Highest	Weeks
(RED!) Step Into the Light	19-12-2008	27-12-2008	tip2	-	#1 in de Single Top 100
(RED!) Guilty	01-05-2009	-
(RED!) Conga	11-07-2009	-			#42 in de Single Top 100
(Wesley Klein) You Raise Me Up	29-01-2010	13-02-2010	4	11	#1 in de Single Top 100
(Rebecca Schouw) All Your Talk	15-03-2010	-			#91 in de Single Top 100
(Wesley Klein) Een ongelofelijke droom	19-03-2010	03-04-2010	tip2	-	#2 in de Single Top 100
(Dean Saunders) You and I Both	22-01-2011	05-02-2011	22	4	#1 in de Single Top 100

See also

• So You Wanna Be a Popstar (Netherlands)

External links

• Official website