Op zoek naar Maria (Looking for Maria) is a talent competition program that aired in Belgium on Vtm. It premiered on 25 March 2009. The premise of the series was to find a musical theatre performer to play the role of Maria von Trapp in the 2009 Albert Verlinde and Roel Vente revival of The Sound of Music at the Efteling Theatre. The show is hosted by Koen Wauters and featured Frank Van Laecke, Linda Lepomme, and Peter de Smet 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" in Antwerpen-Centraal railway station, has received over 20,000,000 hits on YouTube.[1]
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.
Deborah De Ridder
Week 1 - I Want You BackWeek 2 - It's Oh So QuietWeek 3 - Can You Feel the Love TonightWeek 4 - Mannen (Men)Week 5 - When You BelieveWeek 6 - Ik leef voor jouFirst Seventh Week Song - Buenos AiresSecond Seventh Week Song - Heel alleen (On My Own)First Eighth Week Song - MinutewalsSecond Eighth Week Song - MemoryFirst Final Song - Repeat of Voor wie gelooft (When You Believe)Second Final Song - De boer en de boerin (The Lonely Goatherd)Third Final Song - AstonishingFleur Brusselmans
Week 1 - I Kissed A GirlWeek 2 - Hopelessly Devoted to YouWeek 3 - The Boy Does NothingWeek 4 - Big SpenderWeek 5 - BrusselWeek 6 - I Could Have Danced All NightFirst Seventh Week Song - Jij woont in mijn hart (You'll Be in My Heart)Second Seventh Week Song - PopularFirst Eighth Week Song - Het glipt door m'n vingers (Slipping Through My Fingers)Second Eighth Week Song - If You Hadn't, But You DidFirst Final Song - Repeat of The Boy Does NothingSecond Final Song - Do-Re-Mi (Dutch version)Third Final Song - Ik ben de perfectie (Practically Perfect)Liv van Aelst
Week 1 - So WhatWeek 2 - License to KillWeek 3 - Because of YouWeek 4 - Hij kan niet zonder mij (As Long As He Needs Me)Week 5 - I Feel PrettyWeek 6 - RoxanneFirst Seventh Week Song - Get HappySecond Seventh Week Song - Al je koffers op de gang maar weer (Another Suitcase in Another Hall)First Eighth Week Song - Anyone Who Had a HeartSecond Eighth Week Song - Een nieuw leven (A New Life)First Final Song - Repeat of Hij kan niet zonder mij (As Long As He Needs Me)Second Final Song - Iets waar ik zielsveel van hou (My Favourite Things)Katrien Smets
Week 1 - SamsonWeek 2 - Love SongWeek 3 - Sparkling DiamondsWeek 4 - SupercalifragilisticexpialidociousWeek 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 TimeFirst Eighth Week Song - Love You I DoSecond Eighth Week Song - Zalig Zijn (Wouldn't It Be Loverly)Elke Buyle
Week 1 - Chasing PavementsWeek 2 - I Don't Want to DanceWeek 3 - Dag vreemde manWeek 4 - Mamma MiaWeek 5 - Non, je ne regrette rienWeek 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 BaltimoreElisabeth Herman
Week 1 - All By MyselfWeek 2 - FeverWeek 3 - PapaWeek 4 - If I Were a BoyWeek 5 - ShoutWeek 6 - Het is overMarian van Klaveren
Week 1 - Over the RainbowWeek 2 - 9 to 5Week 3 - SwayWeek 4 - Afscheid nemen bestaat nietWeek 5 - Makin' WhoopeeSandra Paelinck
Week 1 - Mad About YouWeek 2 - Girls Just Want to Have FunWeek 3 - One Day I'll Fly AwayWeek 4 - Al Die Jazz (All That Jazz)Ellen Vandervieren
Week 1 - I Say a Little PrayerWeek 2 - Stepping StoneWeek 3 - CabaretHelen Geets
Week 1 - Flashdance... What a FeelingWeek 2 - One Moment in TimeDorien Ackx
Week 1 - Sweet About MeOpening songs
Week 1 - How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?Week 2 - How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?Week 3 - My Favorite ThingsWeek 4 - The Sound of MusicWeek 5 - The Lonely GoatherdWeek 6 - I Have ConfidenceWeek 7 - Dingen waar ik zoveel van hou (My Favorite Things)Week 8 - De boer en de boerin (The Lonely Goatherd)Final (All Marias) - Kunnen we iets beginnen met Maria (How Do You Solve a Problem Like Maria?)Group songs
Week 1 - Don't Stop Me NowWeek 2 - Sisters Are Doin' It for ThemselvesWeek 3 - Get the Party StartedWeek 4 - DreamgirlsWeek 5 - Ain't No Mountain High EnoughFirst Week 6 song - Do-Re-Mi featuring the Von Trapp childrenSecond Week 6 song - Cell Block TangoWeek 7 - Don't Rain on My ParadeWeek 8 - Aquarius/Let the Sunshine InFinal (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 UsWeek 2 - Deborah & Helen - I Know Him So WellWeek 3 - Sandra & Ellen - Take That Look Off Your FaceWeek 4 - Elisabeth & Sandra - For Once in My LifeWeek 5 - No sing offWeek 6 - Elisabeth & Liv - De RoosWeek 7 - Elke & Liv - The Winner Takes It AllWeek 8 - Katrien & Fleur - Let It Be
