Fun & Famous

The Voice of Holland

The afterthought

Well, I was ready for it again last night. And with me, 2.8 million others, my husband, and three daughters, because they also pushed for a spot on the couch. And the comments flew through the room. (“So she’s still in love with Waylon”, “That girl with the white hair is really very hip” and “I really don’t like her earrings”). Off with the chip crumbs, in with the review.

1. That Gooische mattress is really a joke compared to the music studio. There hasn’t been a single episode of TVOH where there wasn’t an ex of one musician or another. Now again Roza from Alain Clark, I just know from the magazines that they fell in love, so I thought it was nice to ‘meet’ her like this now. And how nice that she chose Ali.

2. Just about that joke from Guus. Ali jokingly said: “I have the feeling that people always root for you more than for me. What do you have that I don’t have?” To which Guus replied: “A full stadium.” Okay, I had to laugh too and dutifully made a note for this recap, but later I realized that I didn’t find it such a funny joke at all. Guus, you are so likable because you are that dropped-out (right?) law student whose band just kept growing and growing. The nice guy who it all just happened to. I know you work hard for your success, but please remain that friendly ordinary guy from Brabant. Not the man who makes hard and a bit too self-satisfied jokes.

3. Then the daughter of Tineke de Nooij. Did you (I’m talking to the 37-plus crowd among us) always think that creamy Tineke was a very sweet woman? And did you also find out through the comments of Martijn Krabbé and her own daughter that our once beloved mother television is actually a tough bitch? And yes, the daughter seems to have her mother’s genes too, but if someone is a bit rounder and has the guts to squeeze into such a nice sequin tube, I strangely enough have appreciation for that. You wouldn’t have thought that of me, huh.

4. If Waylon calls you ‘an interesting project’, does that mean you are in the anteroom of ‘getting to know each other very well’?

5. Were you also so happy when Waylon, of course at the very last moment, because that’s what he’s about, turned for Irene Hin, the hip girl with the white hair whose father has Alzheimer’s? You know, the girl who was ‘obsessively’ a fan of Waylon. He didn’t turn because he thought she sang so wonderfully (I honestly thought it was just okay), but because he was intensely curious about what she looked like. That’s just…special. And then that hug. Maybe I’m going crazy, but Waylon at least turned around and that’s what it’s about.

6. Did you also think that Sascha Salvati (does indeed sound like a German porn star) looks a bit like the father of Malfidus? Okay, this one is only for Harry Potter fans.

7. That package from Natascha… Does anyone have another word for it than, uh, brave?

8. When I see Waylon listening to the songs with his eyes closed, I really want to hear him sing them and that I can listen with my eyes closed. Or open, that doesn’t really make a person much worse.

9. You have real soul and half soul. “Erik from Sweden, this is what I have to offer.” Ali, you’re fun.

10. Did you also have such a in The Battles? Even if it’s just because you’ve seen Ali’s dotted jacket now? Or because you’re done with Sanne’s T-shirt. That last one happened to me after exactly three minutes, by the way. Sanne, I think you’re the best, but a little extra styling doesn’t hurt anybody.