The Best Singers (series)
The Best Singers , created and owned by FTV Rights B.V., is a reality television series that has been broadcast under various names in a number of European countries. The original format was produced in the Netherlands FTV Productions B.V. and broadcast on TROS, (Televisie Radio Omroep Stichting) which is part of the Netherlands Public Broadcasting. Originally called De beste zangers van Nederland (meaning The Best Singers of the Netherlands), it has been applied in local shows under various names in various countries.
After its highly successful launch in the Netherlands in 2009, Sweden launched its Swedish series starting 2010 called Så mycket bättre (meaning So Much Better). In Denmark the show is called Toppen af Poppen (meaning Top of the pops), airing two seasons the first year. Norway has started its own show in 2012 as Hver gang vi møtes (meaning Every Time We Meet). The Finnish series was launched also in 2012 under the title Vain elämää (meaning Just Life). Ever since the show has been licensed in France on TF1 Stars au grand air, China (CCTV), Estonia Laula mu laulu (meaning Sing my song) and most recent in very successful launch in Germany Sing meinen Song - Das Tauschkonzert with its enormous success on VOX. The Spanish adaptation, titled A mi manera (meaning My way), premiered in 2016 on laSexta.
Similar shows are planned in United Kingdom, Brazil, Australia, U.S.A., Italy, Russia.
Format
In each episode in any give series, a number of well-known local performers would be picked (varying between 6 and 8 each season) and in each episode, one singer would be centrally focused as the remaining artists sing songs by that specific artist. The original artist judges the "adaptions" and "covers" of his songs done by the other participants. The final episode is usually consecrated to duets and a revisit to favorite performances during the season.
International versions
| Country | Local title (Translation) |
Network | Air date | Series completed |
|---|---|---|---|---|
 Denmark |
Toppen af Poppen (The Top of The Pop) |
TV 2 | Season 1 (2011) Season 2 (2011) Season 3 (2012) Season 4 (2014) Season 5 (2015) Season 6 (2016) |
|
 Estonia |
Laula mu laulu (Sing My Song) |
Kanal 2 | Season 1 (2014) (spring) Season 2 (2014) (autumn) Season 3 (2015) (spring) Season 4 (2015) (autumn) Current |
|
 Finland |
Vain elämää | Nelonen | Season 1 (2012) Season 2 (2013) Season 3 (2014) Season 4 (2015) Season 5 (2016) Current |
|
 France |
Stars au grand air | TF1 | Season 1 (2014) (January) Season 2 (2014) (December) |
|
 Germany |
Sing meinen Song - Das Tauschkonzert | VOX | Season 1 (2014) Season 2 (2015) Season 3 (2016) Season 4 (2017) Upcoming |
|
 Netherlands |
De beste zangers van Nederland (The Best Singers of the Netherlands) |
TROS | Season 1 (2009) Season 2 (2010) Season 3 (2011) Season 4 (2012) Season 5 (2013) Season 6 (2014) Season 7 (2015) Upcoming |
|
 Norway |
Hver gang vi møtes (Every Time We Meet) |
TV 2 | Season 1 (2012) Season 2 (2013) Season 3 (2014) Season 4 (2015) Season 5 (2016) Season 6 (2017) "Upcoming" |
|
 Spain |
A mi manera | laSexta | Season 1 (2016) | |
 Sweden |
Så mycket bättre (So Much Better) |
TV4 | Season 1 (2010) Season 2 (2011) Season 3 (2012) Season 4 (2013) Season 5 (2014) Season 6 (2015) Season 7 (2016) Upcoming |
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