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| Op zoek naar Evita | |
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| Starring | Frits Sissing (Host) Pia Douwes (Judge) Erwin van Lambaart (Judge) Peter van de Velde (Judge) |
| Country of origin | Netherlands |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| No. of episodes | 10 |
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| Producer | Eyeworks |
| Original release | |
| Network | AVRO |
| Release | 19 August – 21 October 2007 |
| Related | |
| Op zoek naar Joseph (2008) Op zoek naar Mary Poppins (2009) Op zoek naar Zorro (2011) Op zoek naar Annie (2012) Op zoek naar Maria (2021) Op zoek naar Danny & Sandy (2022) | |
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Op zoek naar Evita (Looking for Evita) was a 2007 talent show-themed television series produced by the AVRO in the Netherlands. It documented the search for a new, undiscovered musical theatre performer to play the role of Eva Peron in the 2008 Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Evita.
The show was hosted by Frits Sissing who announced Brigitte Heitzer as the winner of the final public telephone vote on 21 October 2007 and masterminded by Willem Nijholt.
It became the first of a series of the Dutch themed talent contests to be produced by the AVRO in collaboration with Willem Nijholt. Op zoek naar Joseph followed in 2008 to find a new male lead to play Joseph for Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat, In 2009, it was followed by Op zoek naar Mary Poppins searching for a new lead to play Mary Poppins in a production of the musical Mary Poppins, In 2010, it was followed by Op zoek naar Zorro searching for a new lead to play Zorro in a production of the musical Zorro, Ten years later in 2021, it was followed by Op zoek naar Maria searching for a new lead to play Maria in a production of the musical The Sound of Music. In 2022, it was followed by Op zoek naar Danny & Sandy searching for a new lead to play Danny & Sandy in a production of the musical Grease.