The fifteenth season of Dear Singers got off to a hesitant start. At least if we look at the ratings. On evenings when no football matches are broadcast, the program still attracts more than a million viewers. A hit like Takes too long (Davina Michelle) or Through the wind (Miss Montreal) is not in it yet, but Jaap Reesema is successful with his interpretation of Nielsons Gray.
By Michiel VosThe season is almost coming to an end. Tonight, in addition to Reesema and Nielson, we will also see Claudia de Breij, Sarita Lorena, Roxeanne Hazes and Blanks interpret the music of Ferdi Bolland. The season ends next week with a duet episode. Although the program does not manage to attract a million viewers every week, this viewing figure limit was broken again with the past two broadcasts. And on YouTube, the individual performances are also viewed hundreds of thousands of times.
For the time being, Reesema has emerged as the most successful participant. In the fourth week of Dear Singers the artists decide which Nielson song they want to sing. Reesema goes for the number Graywhich Nielson released under his own name Niels Littooij, on an EP he wrote after the death of his cousin and good friend.
Reesema’s version has been listened to more than 1.6 million times on Spotify within a few weeks, more than three times as often as the original so far. Reesema is currently in 27th place on the list of the most listened to songs on Spotify in the Netherlands. The performance has been viewed nearly 600,000 times on YouTube.
Reesema’s version of Gray scores a lot better than the other songs that have been featured in the program so far. In second place is Roxeanne Hazes, who won the number in the second week Don’t Stop from Blanks edited to Tonight. The song has been listened to over 465,000 times on Spotify and over 200,000 times on YouTube. Nielson also has a success with his performance in the ‘Blanks week’. He translated New Rules from Dua Lipa to Game ruleswhich was streamed almost 400,000 times on Spotify and about 170,000 times on YouTube.
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Davina Michelle still has the biggest hit
Davina Michelle still has the biggest hit from the program to her name. In 2018 she released the song Takes too long by Glen Faria. The song was in first place in the Dutch Top 40 for eleven weeks and has now collected more than 106 million streams on Spotify.
Rolf Sanchez and Emma Heesters ended up in second place a year later with their hit Pa Olvidarte, which has been listened to 70 million times on Spotify. The most recent big hit from the program dates from 2020. Then Miss Montreal sang the song Through the wind from Stef Bos to third place in the Top 40, with 40 million streams to date.
Reesema is already well on its way to surpassing last season’s biggest hit. Then stayed Hijo De La Luna, performed by Karsu, stabbing at 2.3 million streams. With the 83,000 streams Reesema is now raking in a day, it seems only a matter of time before he exceeds that number.
Beste Zangers-vertolkingen met meeste streams op Spotify
- 1. Davina Michelle – Duurt Te Lang (106 miljoen streams)
- 2. Rolf Sanchez & Emma Heesters – Pa Olvidarte (70 miljoen streams)
- 3. Miss Montreal – Door De Wind (40 miljoen streams)
- 4. Tino Martin & Davina Michelle – Voorbij (19 miljoen streams)
- 5. Maan – Jij Bent De Liefde (17,8 miljoen streams)
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