Soundmixshow
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The Soundmixshow was from 1985 until 2002 a Dutch television show where contestants could sing live a song of a professional artist. The show was presented by Henny Huisman[1][2], who was before also very successful with the Playback Show, where contestants did not have to sing themselves. Because of the success the soundmixshow has been copied in other countries as well[3], for instance the European Soundmix Show.
A jury of three professionals judged the artists. Jacques d'Ancona was a member of this jury since short after beginning, and also Barry Stevens was a long standing member of the jury. The Soundmixshow meant a breakthrough for quite some talented young Dutch artists, as it was a platform with a relative low threshold and a broad audience. The Soundmixshow was produced by Endemol. First (until 1990) for the KRO, afterwards for RTL4[4].
In the finals of 1988, Huisman asked all the people watching the show to call a specific phone number for televoting. However, this caused such a big amount of phone calls, that the whole telephone grid was down for a while, and even the emergency services (police, ambulance, firefighters) were not reachable in some parts of the country[5].
Originally the Soundmixshow was a spin-off of the Playback Show, but there were more, similar, programs presented by Henny Huisman throughout the years[6]. There was also a spinn-off from the Soundmixshow, the Sterrensoundmixshow, where stars, professional musicians, sang songs of other professionals.
In 2002 the Soundmixshow was the platform for a debate between politicians just before the parliamental elections.
[edit] Famous artists who were in the Soundmixshow
- Marco Borsato
- Gerard Joling
- Des'Ray Manders
- Edsilia Rombley
- Glennis Grace
- Petra Berger
- Tooske Breugem
[edit] List of winners in the Dutch Soundmixshow
| Year | Artist | Original artist | Song | Additional information |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | Glenda Peters | Randy Crawford | One Day I'll Fly Away | Gerard Joling was third this year |
| 1986 | Gina De Wit | Linda Ronstadt | Desperado | |
| 1987 | Peter Douglas | Frank Sinatra | New York,New York | |
| 1988 | Jos Van den Brom | John Denver | Leaving on a Jet Plane | Desirée "Des'Ray" Manders made her tv debute. This was in a legendary final, where people could televote, but because of the huge number of votes, the whole phone grid was down. |
| 1989 | Carina Bos | Timi Yuro | Hurt | Helmut Lotti was also contestant |
| 1990 | Marco Borsato | Billy Vera | At This Moment | |
| 1991 | Jorge Castro | Luciano Pavarotti | Caruso | |
| 1992 | Nhelly Dela Rosa | Shirley Bassey | This Is My Life | |
| 1993 | Ellen Fransz | Whitney Houston | I will always love you | |
| 1994 | Glennis Grace | Whitney Houston | One Moment In Time | |
| 1995 | Arno Kolenbrander | Simon Bowman (uit de musical Miss Saigon | Why God, Why | Tooske Breugem was also contestant |
| 1996 | Edsilia Rombley | Oleta Adams | I Just Had To Hear Your Voice | |
| 1997 | Mary Ann Morales | Lea Salonga (from the musical Miss Saigon | ||
| 1998 | Cherwin Muringen | Seal | Kiss From A Rose | Floortje Smit was also contestant |
| 1999 | Erna Otte-Hemmink | Emma Shapplin | Spente Le Stelle | |
| 2000 | Bart Schwertman | Ian Gillan uit de rock-opera Jesus Christ Superstar | Ghetsemane | |
| 2001 | Mary Amora | Tina Turner | River Deep, Mountain High | |
| 2002 | Valerie Dwarkasing | Alicia Keys | Fallin' |
