Trivia

During the airing in which the tradition was changed for the first time host Pepijn Gunneweg was quite distracted which actually caused him to trip, although he was unharmed. Co-host Jetske van den Elsen actually expressed her disagreement on changing the tradition during the same airing.

While the new direction of the show (since 2015, with 'new' Black Petes) is not appreciated by the viewers, this kind-of opinion is actually taken into the 'behind the scenes' special in 2019 in which host Britt Dekker actually criticizes things at the event.

While the production of the show has taken a new direction to please a small group of activists in changing lyrics of traditional songs, the audience keeps standing up for themselves and the tradition by singing the traditional lyrics.