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| genre                = [[Music television|Music]]
| creator              = Rob de Boer productions
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| creative_director    = Rob de Boer
| presenter            = {{Plainlist|
*[[Erik de Zwart]] (1983–1984)
*[[Adam Curry]] (1984–1987)
*Simone Walraven
*[[Wessel van Diepen]]
*Jasper Faber
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| country              = Netherlands
| language             = Dutch
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| executive_producer   = Rob de Boer
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| location             = Bussum
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| channel              = [[Nederland 2]]
| first_aired          = {{Start date|1978}}
| last_aired           = {{End date|1994}}<ref name=wilde>{{cite web|title=Countdown (Netherlands)|url=http://www.wilde-life.com/encyclopedia/countdown-netherlands|work=Wilde Life|accessdate=27 July 2013}}</ref>
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'''''Countdown''''' was a popular Dutch music television program which was broadcast by the public broadcasting system [[Veronica (TV channel)|Veronica]] from 1978 to 1994. It ranked as one of the top music television programs in all of Europe. Due the popularity of the program, one of its hosts, [[Adam Curry]], became a celebrity. Other hosts included Simone Walraven, Jasper Faber, [[Erik de Zwart]] and [[Wessel van Diepen]].

A special English-language edition of ''Countdown'' was produced for pan-European music channel [[Music Box (TV channel)|Music Box]] in 1987, with presenters [[Adam Curry]] and Erik de Zwart.

The program may have been inspired by the Australian music show [[Countdown (Australian TV program)|CountDown]], which aired from 8 November 1974 until 19 July 1987.

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[[Category:1978 Dutch television series debuts]]
[[Category:1994 Dutch television series endings]]
[[Category:Dutch music television series]]
[[Category:1970s Dutch television series]]
[[Category:1980s Dutch television series]]
[[Category:1990s Dutch television series]]
[[Category:Dutch-language television shows]]
[[Category:NPO 2 original programming]]


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