Countdown (Dutch TV program)

Countdown
Genre	Music
Created by	Rob de Boer productions
Creative director	Rob de Boer
Presented by	Erik de Zwart (1983–1984) Adam Curry (1984–1987) Simone Walraven Wessel van Diepen Jasper Faber
Country of origin	Netherlands
Original language	Dutch
Production
Executive producer	Rob de Boer
Production location	Bussum
Original release
Network	Nederland 2
Release	1978 (1978) – 1994 (1994)

Countdown was a popular Dutch music television program which was broadcast by the public broadcasting system 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 in 1987, with presenters Adam Curry and Erik de Zwart.

The programme may have been inspired by the Australian music show CountDown, which aired from 8 November 1974 until 19 July 1987. It was The Australian CountDown which Swedish band ABBA credit in large part for their success.