Yup, it’s on tonight. Tuesday, Twenty-oh-twenty hours, Channel Nederland 3.
(and there’s a re-run the day after that, wednesday 11.30, Nederland 1).
Thanks for your well-wishes, Coldfire ! 
I’m still nervous. Who will watch it, what will they think? Was I blabbing in the introductory talk? What if I don’t make it in round two?
oh dear oh dear…
Break a leg!
Somebody else’s, preferably. Especially if you lose.
Round 2! Go for it!
-Tcat
I’m in a bit of a hurry but:
**MAASTRICHT !!!
Congratulations!!!**
You were great! Going to the next round! Way to go
Tell us all about it, please. Were you nervous? Did you get the giggles? Màn those questions were hard. I bow my head to you. bow, bow
Tell us more?
gum, thanks for the great e-cards! The cheery music plays on my computerloudspeakers as I type this. 
By the way, do you like stroopwafels?
Was I nervous? Nah… it was pure coincidence that I left the keys to our dressing room (Astrid Joostens regular dressing room, no less!) inside the room and closed the door behind me, so a janitor had to be brought in with a spare key before everybody could get at their stuff . :o
My coworkers have dared me to do two thingsat the next shoot:
Yell "Yesss!" :: insert soccer gesture of choice:: after every question;
…or to stare at Kees and say: “Sorry Kees, there’s something on your chin …excuse me please…there, it’s gone now”
suddenly wants stroopwaffles
Congrats on doing well, even if I can’t watch it here.
So when you realized that you locked the keys in the dressing room did you say “Joosten, we have a problem”?
Hahahahaha, Zebra
Maastricht, awww, hehehehe Main thing is: Could you get your stuff? Never mind the rest. You were the star.
I think in the next shoot you need to say ‘stop’ now and then. You nearly gave me a heart-attack. 
Do I like stroopwafels? hehehehe. Sure. I buy them sometimes at the Albert Heijn around the corner.
[you’re welcome to the cards. Fortunately my speakers are off. heh ]
BOLLIX!
Either they changed the program time, or the lovely Heloise mistimed the VCR. Either way, when I wanted to watch the show the other night, I caught the tail end in which Kees Driehuis was saying goodbye to some curly haired dude who looked nothing like Maastricht at all.
So I guess I missed it.
When’s round two on? Next Tuesday?
Yep! I can get you a ‘shakeycam’ mp4 of the first two questions though (then my battery ran out). If you have something like messenger, send me the address and I’ll pump it over (I have it online but my download capacity expired)
Heh, I’ll try to get in touch with you tonight when I’m at home then.
How does one play MP4?
A recent Quicktime will do the trick! I won’t be home before 21:00 tonight, as I’ll be in Maastricht … ehm … I mean travel from Amsterdam to Maastricht. 
If you’re in the neighbourhood of the Leidseplein I can also transfer it through USB or show you on PSP.
Dutch. In Ireland. Hungry.
P.s. Go Mestreech!
I just thought this should work for a while also, so you can all try this if you want to see a bit of Maastricht’s nervous first 2 rounds.
http://s43.yousendit.com/d.aspx?id=2KRA1NGY41HPX0L60L6QUJZV9C
Send address. Email in profile.
Cool She did great! And I had no idea **Maastricht **was so pretty, either. Very cool, thanks for sharing, Arwin.
Aw. You’re a sweetheart! I think I will pass as my mother is always good for sending me those and the Indonesian spice packets.
Thanks, though!
The sound on my computer isn’t working, so I can’t hear what’s going on, but judging from that video clip, “Per Seconde Wijzer” is Dutch for “Flower Identification Game Show”.
And there wasn’t a single tulip in the bunch!
Good luck on the next round, Maastricht!
Well that was kind of cool. I’ve got to say though, that language is really strange to me. Even though I can’t speak a word of Russian, French, German or Italian, I guess I’ve seen enough films from those places that the language at least sounds familar to me.
What were you laughing at and who ever taped it, what were you laughing at?
She admitted to watching some cheesy American TV psychologist.
Alright, Mosa Trajectum, an excellent two rounds!! Thans to Arwin for posting that vid, as I didn’t have a chance to see it on the VCR.
You aced it, from what I can tell. I’m impressed at your speed. I may have been able to keep up with the psychologist questions in number, but not in speed!
As for the flower questions, I would have been well and truly fucked.
I’ll try to tune in again on Tuesday!
Oh dear, oh dear.
Well, the good news is, me and the other candidate did make for some truly interesting tv tomorrow-evening. My fellow candidate managed to get not * one* of the nine common kitchen herbs right, and as for myself…well, it does take some chutzpah to try and answer a question in ten seconds, when twenty seconds is already considered lightning speed, but realistic? No.
Ah well, thats me…all play and no strategy.
But I sure had fun and I’m glad I lived to tell the tale.
TellMeI’mNotCrazy, thanks !