Top 2000 Season 22 (year 2023)

Teams: Angela Groothuizen and Nabil Aoulad Ayad, Jeroen Kijk in de Vegte and Marian Mudder, Jurgen van den Berg and Merel Koman.

A fascinating story by Robbie Robertson, the guitarist and songwriter of The Band, who passed away this year, about the song 'The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down'. We go to Jamaica and dive into the musical roots of Bob Marley. And songwriter Holly Knight wrote no fewer than 9 songs for Tina Turner, she talks about their collaboration and the creation of, among other things, 'The Best'.

Teams: S10 and Froukje, Henry van Loon and Fernando Halman, Mylou Frencken and Joost Oomen.

The song 'Nine Million Bicycles' by Katie Melua was written by Mike Batt, he talks about how he was inspired after visiting the city of Beijing with Katie. We go to Nashville where Bill Kelly, the former singer of The Buoys, talks about 'Timothy', a song by Rupert Holmes about cannibalism. We see how he discovered the church after years of sex, drugs & rock 'n' roll. Nowadays he scores hits with gospel songs.

Teams: Herman Brusselmans and Sophie Frankenmolen, Sef and Steven Kazàn, Eva Koreman and Jasper Demollin.

The entire episode is almost entirely dedicated to the two times in 1967 that Jimi Hendrix came to the Netherlands. Hendrix made a great impression on the Dutch public, as we hear from presenter Judith Bosch, who welcomed him to her program Fanclub; Wim van Krimpen organized the Hippy Happy fair in Rotterdam and booked the only Dutch performance by Jimi Hendrix; In 1967, Lex Harding was not only a radio DJ, but also a band manager and managed to capture Hendrix on film. Finally, Jules Deelder tells a wonderful story about an encounter with his guitar god, who even slept with him.

Thomas van Luyn and Leo Blokhuis receive three duos of famous Dutch people who have their music knowledge tested. The best couples meet again in the final. Which team, with their knowledge, charm and cheerfulness, will become the greatest music connoisseurs of 2023 and win that coveted record player?

At the bar, Vera Siemons and Miguel Wiels play the quiz. The report on Elvis focuses on the song If I Can Dream and we travel to Iceland for a conversation with the band Of Monsters And Men and the song Little Talks. And what is the magic of Radio Gaga by Queen? And what does Nadia Moussaid have to do with Bob Marley?

At the bar Rayen Panday and Roxeanne Hazes play the quiz and Philip Freriks tells about his great musical love in the Top 2000 café. What is the story behind the song Crazy by Seal?

At the bar, Gerard Alderliefste and Noortje Herlaar play the quiz and Lucky Fonz III explains why Leonard Cohen should be number 1 according to him. There is also a report about Maan and her song She Huilt Maar Ze Lacht and we find out what the great appeal is of the song Crazy horses by The Osmonds.

A portrait of the musical journey that singer and guitarist Ray Parker Jr. undertook at an early age. We also speak to Huey Lewis about the song I want a new drug and the fact why he is allowed to talk about the song Ghostbusters by Ray Parker Jr., which is very similar to his song. The members of Orchestral Maneuvers In The Dark (OMD) explain how, after endless fiddling with self-built synthesizers, they suddenly ended up in Top of the Pops. And we get an insight into the creative brain of Erik de Jong, aka Spinvis.

At the bar, Thijs Boontjens and Dzifa Kusenuh play the quiz. Kim-Lian van der Meij talks about a 'love' she shares with her father. The reports focus on Black Pearl by Margriet Eshuis who passed away exactly one year ago. And with the band Nothing But Thieves we talk about the song Impossible.

At the bar Willemijn Veenhoven and Max Terpstra play the quiz. We talk to Prof. Dr. Bas Bloem about his favorite song and artist. In the report attention for Nena and we talk to her about the hit 99 Luftballons.

At the bar, Quinty Misiedjan and Hila Noorzai play the quiz and Suse van Kleef makes a plea for her number 1. There are reports about Tom Odell and the song Another love and we talk to Anita Meijer about her song Why tell me why. Finally, there is a special performance of the number 1.