TMF Awards: Story, Cast and Series Facts

Story and premise

The "TMF Awards" are an annual television awards show broadcast live on TMF (The Music Factory). The first Dutch TMF Awards were held in 1995, as a brand extension to the recently launched local Dutch music channel TMF. The show was very small and held in the company cafeteria. However throughout the years the event gradually moved to bigger venues, and for some time now, it is now being held in Ahoy Rotterdam, a venue which can seat 10,000 people. In 2006, the show was held in the 'Heineken Music Hall' in Amsterdam.

Since 1998 (with the arrival of the TMF Belgium channel, broadcasting in Dutch, purely for the Flemish part of the country) a second TMF Awards show was launched. It started out in a local Antwerp Disco called 'Zillion' (which no longer exists, for a crowd of 2,000 people), and gradually moved to Flanders Expo in Gent (for a crowd of 8,000 people). The past couple of years leading up to 2007, the Belgian edition has surpassed the Dutch edition after it moved to the Sportpaleis Merksem in Antwerp (for a crowd of 17,000 people).[citation needed] In 2007,the TMF awards moved to the Ethias Arena in Hasselt (for a crowd of 21,600 people.)

Both the Dutch TMF Awards as the Belgian TMF Awards are shown live in Belgium (Flanders) and the Netherlands. About a week later, they are shown on TMF UK. The Dutch show usually takes place in April; the Belgian show in October. In 2006 both shows were in October.

Series details

• Title: TMF Awards
• Format: Award Show
• Language: Dutch
• Genres: Music
• Premiere date: 1996-04-06
• Final broadcast date listed: 2010-06-26
• Status in TVmaze: Ended
• Network listed by TVmaze: TMF
• Network country: Netherlands
• Typical episode runtime: 120 minutes
• TVMaze ID: 12094
• IMDb ID: tt1535477

Cast and credited roles

• Bridget Maasland — Host
• Wessel van Diepen — Host
• Renate Gerschtanowitz — Host
• Erik de Zwart — Host
• Tooske Breugem — Host
• Jeroen Post — Host
• Sylvie Meis — Host
• Nikkie Plessen — Host
• Sascha Visser — Host
• Veronica van Hoogdalem — Host

Seasons in the TVmaze catalogue

• Season 1996: premiered 1996-04-06; final listed air date 1996-04-06.
• Season 1997: premiered 1997-04-05; final listed air date 1997-04-05.
• Season 1998: premiered 1998-04-11; final listed air date 1998-04-11.
• Season 1999: premiered 1999-04-10; final listed air date 1999-04-10.
• Season 2000: premiered 2000-04-08; final listed air date 2000-04-08.
• Season 2001: premiered 2001-04-07; final listed air date 2001-04-07.
• Season 2002: premiered 2002-04-13; final listed air date 2002-04-13.
• Season 2003: premiered 2003-04-12; final listed air date 2003-04-12.
• Season 2004: premiered 2004-04-10; final listed air date 2004-04-10.
• Season 2005: premiered 2005-04-01; final listed air date 2005-04-01.
• Season 2006: premiered 2006-10-13; final listed air date 2006-10-13.
• Season 2007: premiered 2007-10-27; final listed air date 2007-10-27.
• Season 2009: premiered 2009-07-04; final listed air date 2009-07-04.
• Season 2010: premiered 2010-06-26; final listed air date 2010-06-26.

Source and licence

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