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| Op zoek naar Joseph | |
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| Starring | Frits Sissing (Host) Pia Douwes (Judge) Erwin van Lambaart (Judge) Paul de Leeuw (Judge) |
| Country of origin | Netherlands |
| No. of seasons | 1 |
| Production | |
| Producer | Eyeworks |
| Original release | |
| Network | AVRO |
| Release | 30 August – 26 October 2008 |
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Op zoek naar Joseph (Looking for Joseph) was a 2008 talent show-themed television series produced by the AVRO in the Netherlands. It searched for a new, unknown lead to play Joseph in a 2009 Dutch revival of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical Joseph and the Amazing Technicolor Dreamcoat.
The show was hosted by Frits Sissing, who announced Freek Bartels as the winner of the final public telephone vote on 26 October 2008.
It was the second Dutch talent show to be produced by the AVRO/Willem Nijholt, after Op zoek naar Evita. A third talent show, this time called Op zoek naar Mary Poppins aired in 2009, Op zoek naar Zorro aired in late 2010, Op zoek naar Annie aired in 2012, Op zoek naar Maria aired in 2021 and Op zoek naar Danny & Sandy aired in late 2022.
A similar format has been used as well in the United Kingdom in 2007, with the show Any Dream Will Do taking an unknown singer and placing the winner in the lead role for the 2007 performances in the West End. On 9 June 2007, Lee Mead was announced the winner of this show.
It is speculated[by whom?] that a Canadian edition will be produced in the wake of Mirvish Productions' production of the same musical.