Broadcast weekly on Saturday evenings, the programme consisted of surprising audience members by fulfilling wishes that had been sent in by their family or friends, celebrity interviews and variety performances.
The show had a distinctive, quirky feel based upon the personal comedy and tastes of De Leeuw, including performances by Arijan van Bavel portraying his character "Adje".
The show had its own small band, led by Cor Bakker, and also featured national and international acts, such as Son de Sol, Kylie Minogue, Lionel Richie, Robbie Williams, Lady Gaga and Adele,[1] who usually performed live in the show in addition to being interviewed.
De Leeuw, who is openly homosexual, flirted with the male presenter Sakis Rouvas and gave out his supposed mobile phone number.
The exchange was broadcast around the world to hundreds of millions of viewers and earned De Leeuw criticism from several of the event's commentators, some of whom refused to translate it.