De Grote Donorshow
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De Grote Donorshow (The Great Donor Show) was a
In a press statement after the show, Paul Römer, the director of the program's creator Endemol, stated that the show was necessary in order to get the shortage of donors back on the political agenda.[5]
Background
Criticism and reactions
Prior to the airing of the show
Joop Atsma, a member of the
Laurens Drillich, the chairman of BNN at the time, defended the program and argued that the network deliberately wants to shock people and draw attention to the shortage of organ donors. "We very much agree that it's bad taste but we also believe that reality is even worse taste. I mean, it's going very, very bad with organ donorship in the Netherlands. We as a broadcaster, BNN, had someone who started our TV station who needed kidneys and was on a waiting list and died eventually at the age of 35. That happened five years ago and in the last five years the situation has only gotten worse in the Netherlands."[11]
After the airing of the show
In a press statement after the show, the director of Endemol, Paul Römer, stated "Let there be no misunderstanding, I would never make a program such as 'The Great Donor Show' for real. I do understand the massive outrage very well. But I also hope for people to understand why we did this. It was necessary to get the shortage of donors back on the political agenda. I call up everybody to get very angry about that, and to fill in a donor form."[5]
Minister of Education, Culture, and Science Ronald Plasterk told the press he now thought that "the show had been a fantastic idea, and a great stunt".[12] Joop Atsma, MP for the Christian Democrats, who had previously attempted to prohibit the show, has called it a "tasteless show", and claimed that he feels it didn't contribute to the solving of the problem.[13]
A few hours after the show BNN had already received
Laurens Drillich, BNN's chairman, told the press "It was very hard to keep this a secret, and to tell this lie time after time, but I did it because of the good cause."[citation needed]
In 2020, thirteen years later, all three participants in the show, Vincent Moolenaar, Charlotte Trieschnigg, and Esther-Clair Sasabone, were still alive.[15]
Dutch TV moment of the year 2007
On January 12, 2008, the scene during which Patrick Lodiers revealed that the show was a hoax with the purpose of drawing attention to the Dutch donor shortage problem was voted as the best Dutch TV moment of the year 2007. During a brief speech, the chairman of BNN, Laurens Drillich, said the following: "The show was aired in June, today is January. Dutch politicians promised to put donor shortage on their agenda. We're still waiting for a reaction."[16]
Awards
The show won a 2008
References
- ^ a b "The Scotsman". Archived from the original on 2007-10-19. Retrieved 2007-05-29.
- ^ a b "Sky News". Archived from the original on 2007-06-01. Retrieved 2007-05-29.
- ^ (in Dutch) Jeugdjournaal Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Washington Post, June 1, 2007". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2012-11-02. Retrieved 2017-08-26.
- ^ a b (in Dutch) BNN's press statement[dead link] in which BNN explains that the show was a hoax, and why they did it.
- ^ "www.radio.nl: Joop Atsma wil donorshow van BNN verbieden". Archived from the original on 2007-07-08. Retrieved 2007-06-01.
- ^ "Life, death and ratings". The Globe and Mail. 2007-05-30. Retrieved 2007-05-30.[dead link]
- ^ http://www.news24.com/News24/World/News/0,,2-10-1462_2121308,00.htmlNews24.com, May 30, 2007 Archived 2007-09-30 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in Dutch) https://web.archive.org/web/20070625092605/http://www.nierstichting.nl/actueel/nieuws/statement
- ^ "TV kidney competition was a hoax". BBC. 2007-06-01. Archived from the original on 2007-06-18. Retrieved 2007-06-01.
- ^ http://www.abc.net.au/am/content/2007/s1937444.htm Archived 2007-07-18 at the Wayback Machine ABC online, May 30, 2007
- ^ (in Dutch) ANP article in which Plasterk calls the show "a great stunt" Archived 2007-09-28 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in Dutch) http://www.volkskrant.nl/binnenland/article431493.ece/Verdeelde_reacties_op_stunt_BNN Archived 2007-06-03 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ (in Dutch) Published numbers in the press Archived 2007-10-23 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Abrahams, Roger (2020-03-12). "Wat waren de gevolgen van De Grote Donorshow?". BNNVARA (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2020-10-22. Retrieved 2022-06-10.
- ^ (in Dutch) Donor show voted TV moment of the year 2007 Archived 2008-01-15 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "British talent dominates at Emmys". BBC News. November 25, 2008. Archived from the original on December 3, 2008. Retrieved May 1, 2010.
External links
- (in Dutch) BNN.NL: De Grote Donorshow
- (in Dutch) Full Broadcast from the Nederlandse Omroep Stichting
- De Grote Donorshow
The Great Donor Show atIMDb