Overview
- Broadcast live from the library in Deurne, the contest aired on NPO Radio 1’s De Taalstaat with home viewers also following online.
- Luiken finished with 3 errors to take the overall title, while Frank van Pamelen led the prominent participants with 5 errors as listeners averaged 10 and celebrities 20.
- The text comprised seven sentences and roughly 250 words, written to yield few mistakes in line with Daniëls’ expectation of a two-to-three‑error winning score.
- Twenty celebrities faced twenty listeners, including Iven Cudogham, Leoni Jansen, Bishop Ron van den Hout, Mayor Greet Buter and Gerard van Maasakkers.
- Gerdi Verbeet delivered the text, a jury featuring Vibeke Roeper, Wim Daniëls and Ton den Boon adjudicated, and with Spits departing, writer Ronald Giphart has been named the next host of De Taalstaat.