# Ik hou van Holland

Ik hou van Holland (English: I love Holland) is a Dutch game show, presented by Linda de Mol. It is broadcasting during prime time, on Saturday nights on RTL4. The show tests Dutch celebrities on their knowledge of the Netherlands. Present day it is taken over by SBS and will broadcast a new season from September 2019.
The show opened with the tune of the tango song after which it was named, "Ik hou van Holland", by Willy Schootemeijer. The song, sung in Dutch, was a hit in the 1930s for the Austro-Hungarian tenor Joseph Schmidt and, in the early 1970s, by the Dutch boy singer Heintje (his version is used in the theme song).

## Format

The series was contested by two teams, captained by Jeroen van Koningsbrugge and Guus Meeuwis. Formerly, Beau van Erven Dorens (season 1-3) and Peter Heerschop (season 4-6) were team captains. Every episode there are new celebrity team members.
The goal was to win as many points as possible by answering questions about Dutch culture and spelling relatively difficult Dutch words correctly, among other challenges.
The format of the show was the basis for the BBC 1 show I Love My Country, first broadcast in August 2013.

## Play rounds

The important rounds are, in order of play:
* TV questions
* Guessing a song's title and performer
** Mr. Hoi Chi Cheung (season 4&6)
** Songs with pictures (since season 4)
** Translating (since season 5)
* What we know about the country (season 2-3)
* What does he ask? (season 4)
* "In Holland staat een huis" (± "There's a house in Holland", after the Dutch children's song) (only during the Koninginnedag-special of 2009)
* Dutch language
** Spell a word
** Guessing a difficult Dutch word (season 1-4)
** Chinese whispers (since season 5)
* What shall we eat? (season 1)
* Guessing well-known Dutchman/Dutchwoman
* The lists
* Topography
* Dutchman of the year (only during the New Year's Eve of 2008)
* Sports and news questions (RTL fragments during the 'Viert 20 jaar RTL' special & Sinterklaas fragments during the Sinterklaas special of 2009) (only sports questions: season 1-3)
* Final (spin the wheel: since season 2)

## Seasons

| Season | Presenter | Captains | Captains | Episodes | Start | Start | End | End | Viewers |
| Season | Presenter | Team 1 (red-white-blue) | Team 2 (orange) | Episodes | Date | Viewers start | Date | Viewers end | Viewers |
| 1 | Linda de Mol | Jeroen van Koningsbrugge | Beau van Erven Dorens | 7 | 8 March 2008 | 1,226 | 19 April 2008 | 1,502 | 1.358.000 |
| 2 | Linda de Mol | Jeroen van Koningsbrugge | Beau van Erven Dorens | 6 | 8 November 2008 | 1,445 | 13 December 2008 | 1,877 | 1.466.000 |
| 3 | Linda de Mol | Jeroen van Koningsbrugge | Beau van Erven Dorens | 6 | 7 March 2009 | 1,522 | 18 April 2009 | 1,442 | 1.594.000 |
| 4 | Linda de Mol | Jeroen van Koningsbrugge | Peter Heerschop | 5 | 31 Oktober 2009 | 2,183 | 28 November 2009 | 2,019 | 2.052.000 |
| 5 | Linda de Mol | Jeroen van Koningsbrugge | Peter Heerschop | 8 | 6 March 2010 | 1,957 | 24 April 2010 | 2,192 | 2.172.000 |
| 6 | Linda de Mol | Jeroen van Koningsbrugge | Peter Heerschop | 11 | 2 Oktober 2010 | 2,300 | 11 December 2010 | 2,537 | 2.434.000 |
| 7 | Linda de Mol | Jeroen van Koningsbrugge | Guus Meeuwis | 8 | 26 March 2011 | 2,711 | 14 May 2011 | 2,425 | 2.363.000 |
| 8 | Linda de Mol | Jeroen van Koningsbrugge | Guus Meeuwis | 9 | 24 September 2011 | 2,193 | 19 November 2011 | 2,501 | 2.538.000 |
| 9 | Linda de Mol | Jeroen van Koningsbrugge | Guus Meeuwis | 8 | 25 Februari 2012 | 2,421 | 14 April 2012 | 2,458 | 2.575.000 |
| 10 | Linda de Mol | Jeroen van Koningsbrugge | Guus Meeuwis | 8 | 20 October 2012 | 2,397 | 8 December 2012 | 2,221 | 2.288.000 |
| 11 | Linda de Mol | Jeroen van Koningsbrugge | Guus Meeuwis | 8 | 31 August 2013 | 1,762 | 19 October 2013 | 2,063 | 1.920.000 |
| 12 | Linda de Mol | Jeroen van Koningsbrugge | Guus Meeuwis | 7 | 8 November 2014 | 2,079 | 20 December 2014 | 2,002 | |

### Specials

| Dutch name | English | Year |
| Sinterklaas | Saint Nicholas (Santa Claus) | 2008, 2009, 2010, 2012 |
| Oudejaarsavond | New Year's Eve | 2008-2014 |
| Koninginnedag | Queen's day | 2009 & 2010 |
| 20 Jaar RTL | 20 Years RTL | 2009 |
| WK Voetbal | Worldchampionship soccer | 2010 |
| Ik Hou Van Beatrix | I Love Beatrix | 2013 |
| Ik Hou Van RTL / 25 Jaar RTL | I Love RTL / 25 Years RTL | 2014 |