Recently, Dutch local broadcaster Omroep Brabant asked its audience to vote for the 900 best songs of all time. Luv's signature song "You're the Greatest Lover" (1978) reached Nr. 840 on the Top 900.
Click here to see the complete Top 900.
Omroep Brabant targets TV viewers and radio listeners from the North Brabant Province where José Hoebee is from.
Source: Hitsallertijden.nl, Omroep Brabant
On August 11th, Luv's long-time fan René Moonen spent a wonderful day with ex-Luv' singers Marga Scheide and José Hoebee. A photo of them was posted on the Official Luv's Fan Page on Facebook. We would like to thank René for sharing this beautiful picture.
René is special in the history of the trio. In the 2000s, he was the administrator of the very first official fan page of Luv' on Clubs.nl. He also developed nice projects with the ladies. In association with Universal Music, he was involved in the release of the double CD compilation "25 Jaar Na Waldolala" (2003) and the "Completely In Luv" box set (2006). He also facilitated the launch of the "Back In Luv" DVD with Princess Entertainment in 2006. Last year, he wrote two columns about Luv' after Chimène van Oosterhout joined the group. Click here and here to read them.
Source: Facebook (René Moonen, Official Luv')
The latest issue of the celebrity gossip magazine Weekend Zomerspecial (summer edition) features an article about Luv's father and legendary record producer Hans van Hemert. In addition to his house in Blaricum, the Netherlands, the music Maestro is renting two villas out: one in Marthomis, South of France (€1750 per week) and one in Bali, Indonesia (€2050 per week). Due to the Covid-19 pandemic, tourists cancelled their stay at Van Hemert's holiday homes and they all received a refund. At the moment, no profits are made. However, personnel and maintenance costs are maintained. How long will this uncomfortable situation last?
Click on the images to enlarge them and to read the article:
Source: Weekend Zomerspecial
Patty's dive on Sterren Springen in the opening credits of Promenade before its removal
Promenade is a satirical TV program on NTR/NPO 3. According to NPO Plus and Dutch media news website Mediacourant.nl, the excerpt from Patty Brard's infamous dive on Sterren Springen was recently removed from Promenade's opening credits. An anonymous source told that the diva demanded it. Ever since La Brard lost 40 kilos after her gastric bypass and tried to change her image, she forbids all the images of her looking fat.
However, in 2012, the situation was different. Patty's funny performance on SBS6's celebrity diving competition Sterren Springen saved her career on television (see news posted on August 29th, 2012). At the time, the former Luv' singer had no TV show. Her failed dive was used by Eyeworks as a publicity stunt to promote "Celebrity Splash" (the international name of the "Sterren Springen" format) abroad. The diving competition was sold to 25 major TV channels around the world including ABC (USA), TF1 (France) and Seven Network (Australia) - see news posted on October 12th, 2012. Moreover, Patty took advantage of the success of Sterren Springen and eventually signed an exclusive contract with SBS6. She later admitted that it also had been a painful experience. Many viewers dissed her due to her overweight. She also suffered from physical pain due to injuries. Whether she likes it or not she must accept that Splash got her career back on track.
Source: Promenade, Mediacourant.nl
Eva Jinek, Peter R. de Vries and Patty Brard
Earlier this month, SBS6's entertainment news program Shownieuws revealed that mobile phone numbers of celebrities (including Eva Jinek, Peter R. de Vries and Patty Brard) were leaked on the internet. The incident happened via Lusha, an Israeli-American Chrome extension affiliated with LinkedIn profiles. The famous victims of this leak have taken legal action against Lusha to solve their problems.
Source: Shownieuws, RTL Boulevard, Superguide
On August 26th, Shownieuws (featuring Patty Brard) drew 379.000 viewers (market share: 14%). Before the broadcast of the TV program, a camera crew filmed the ex-Luv' singer dancing backstage with her colleague Dyantha Brooks without respecting the social distancing measures related to the coronavirus. The following day, Dutch media news website Mediacourant.nl mentioned this inappropriate and impromptu dance between the two TV hosts. It seemed that Patty forgot what she said last month. At that time, she wanted stricter rules related to the face masks in the Netherlands (see news posted on July 18th, 2020).
Dyantha Brooks and Patty Brard having fun
The larger than life media personality was also present on Shownieuws yesterday (423.000 viewers/market share: 11.7%). Patty criticized Rachel Hazes who according to her didn't deal correctly with problems within her family. Recently, Rachel's daughter-in-law Monique Westenberg gave an interview on one condition: to avoid questions about Rachel. Patty regretted the tensions within the Hazes clan. "What a pity! I was on good terms with all the family members but then things changed after my wedding ceremony," La Brard said. The SBS6 star referred to the incident involving Bridget Maasland and André Hazes Jr. at her wedding party six years ago (see news posted on April 23th, 2020). Five years later, the two lovebirds were romantically involved but later André came back to Monique. To denigrate Monique, Rachel posted on Instagram a video of her singing along to Ga Jij Maar Door (You keep on going on), a song by her late husband André Hazes. Patty didn't understand Rachel's motivation. "I think what mother Rachel did is a shame. She posted a song which makes me wonder why she did it. She seems a bit angry...it is negative," Miss Brard told. However, the Shownieuws star praised Roxeanne Hazes (Rachel's daughter and André Jr's sister). "I want to add something. I really respect Roxeanne because she has never discussed her family feud," Patty explained.
Source: SBS6, SKO, Mediacourant.nl...
Today SBS6 celebrates its 25th anniversary. This commercial TV channel was launched on August 28th, 1995 and has been owned by Talpa Network (John de Mol's media company) since 2017. Dutch average families are its target audience; that's why SBS6 has often been nicknamed the "campingzender" (camping channel).
Patty Brard has been active on SBS6 for more than 13 years (with a one-year hiatus in 2011/2012).
Act 1: Patty's early years on SBS6 (2007 - 2011)
The diva's relationship with the TV network started with her funny performance on the figure skating competition Sterren Dansen Op Het Ijs in January 2007. It was a heavily covered media event and relaunched her TV career.
Between September 2017 and March 2019, Patty was freelancing again for several channels including:
NPO 3: NTR's documentary series "Brard & Jekel: VetGelukkig?!" (co-hosted with Diederik Jekel - about weight issues) in the autumn of 2018.
RTL:
TLC:
The reality program Expeditie Schoonmoeder in 2019.
Act 3: Patty's so-called renaissance on SBS6 (2019 - present)
Patty often expressed satisfaction of working for SBS6 in interviews and on social media.
Last year, La Brard signed a 4-year deal with Talpa TV (which owns SBS6, Net5, SBS9 and Veronica). This signature felt like a revenge for the ex-Luv' singer after Talpa got rid of her in 2017 considering her as "not fruity and fresh anymore". In 2018, Patty underwent a gastric bypass and lost 40 kilos. This drastic weight loss was combined with a change in her public image. The once turbulent drama queen of Dutch showbiz tried to change into a nice and relaxed TV personality.
Since her return on SBS6, the TV shows hosted by Patty have been disappointing in terms of viewing figures:
Moreover, due to the Covid-19 pandemic, the daily talk show she was supposed to co-host with Gordon was shelved.
At the moment, Shownieuws is the only TV project that keeps her active on SBS6.
Source: Luv' weblog archives, SBS6, Spreekbuis, Mediacourant.nl...
The celebrity gossip magazine illustrates its article with an unflattering picture of José. Don't forget that this publication has often published anti-Luv' content and that Patty Brard wrote weekly columns for seven years in Weekend. Patty has often used her strong influence in the media to destroy the girl group that made her the star she is today.
According to Weekend, José's colleagues and friends worry about health. The songstress is described as "the shadow of her former self". Earlier this summer, she informed her fans about her situation via Facebook and asked them for help (see news posted on August 12th, 2020). To make things worse, José lost her sister Marijke who recently died of lung cancer (see news posted on August 12th, 2020).
Her ex-Luv' colleague Chimène van Oosterhout told Weekend: "I spoke to her after her sister's death. José is not doing so well, there is not much improvement".
Source: Weekend
On August 15th, the Dutch government applied code orange (related to Covid-19) to new destinations including Brussels, Ibiza, Madrid, Paris and the Bouches-du-Rhône department in France. The Dutch are urgently advised by the government to go into quarantine for 14 days upon returning home from one of the areas.
Patty Brard recently spent holidays on Ibiza. Three days ago, the diva announced on Instagram that her husband and she were back in Amstelveen, the Netherlands and had a Covid-19 test which was negative and that they were healthy. However, the former Luv' singer will be in quarantine for one week instead of two. It means that she will miss some broadcasts of SBS6's entertainment news program Shownieuws.
Patty recently told De Telegraaf that her employer Talpa TV was not angry at her as these governmental rules were decided all of a sudden. "At Talpa, they respect these decisions. If I have to be in quarantine, I just have to do it," La Brard explained. "Because of my mother and my co-workers, I have to obey the authorities. But I'll return to work immediately after the quarantine is over," she added.
Last Spring, Patty was on lockdown in Ibiza at the beginning of the Covid-19 pandemic (see news posted on March 21st, 2020). Eight weeks later, she was back in Holland (see news posted on May 15th, 2020).
Source: Patty Brard's Instagram account, Mediacourant.nl, De Telegraaf, RTL Boulevard, Shownieuws
Diana Vs Patty
Recently, on Instagram, Patty Brard criticized Diana Gabriels (who runs a plastic surgery clinic in Barendrecht, the Netherlands) after watching her on BNNVARA's reality show BOOS (hosted by Tim Hofman). "She is a swindler," the former Luv' singer wrote about the beauty consultant.
Last year, Gabriels had her own reality series entitled Plastisch Fantastisch that Linda de Mol offered her on Net5. This TV program flopped. Moreover, Tim Hofman shed light on Gabriels swindle as a so-called plastic surgery expert.
Two years ago, Patty already denounced Diana Gabriels after she reposted without her consent on Instagram an article (initially published in Story magazine) about her gastric bypass (see news posted on March 11th, 2018).
Source: Mediacourant.nl, Patty Brard's Instagram account