The Voice of Holland, also known by its acronym TVOH, is a Dutch singing reality competition television series that became a global TV format franchise, created by media tycoon John de Mol Jr. and musician Roel van Velzen in the Netherlands and airs on RTL 4. For the first nine seasons, The Voice of Holland was hosted by Martijn Krabbé and Wendy van Dijk. Starting from the tenth season (2019–2020), Wendy van Dijk was replaced by Chantal Janzen. The twelfth season concluded prematurely in 2022 due to sexual misconduct allegations relating to crew members, and the series was subsequently put on hiatus. The season returned with a thirteenth season in January 2026. Starting from this thirteenth season, Edson da Craça replaced Krabbé as co-host. Krabbé still served as voice-over host. The series was renewed for a fourteenth season in May 2026.
The central focus of the show is the singing talent and quality of the contestants. Three or four coaches,Or occasionally a duo, sitting side by side in a single bespoke rotating duo-chair. themselves successful performing artists, train the talents in their teams, and occasionally perform with them. After many preliminary off-screen audition rounds, the most promising talents are selected for the televised shows. Crucially, this happens in so-called "blind auditions", during which the coaches cannot see, but only hear the candidates perform. Not until the talent gets chosen by a coach, or when they have finished singing, do the coaches' chairs rotate towards them, and are they revealed to the coaches.
The first episodes are pre-recorded in front of a live studio audience, so that the coaches can experience the audience's reaction to the candidate, and are sometimes influenced by it. The following episodes are recorded wherein some singers lose their spot on the team, and others are promoted to subsequent rounds, through singing challenges in various formats, until only a small group remain in the competition. The format then switches to several live shows, in which the audience take an active part in the judging process, and more singers are voted out until one winner remains. The thirteenth season was entirely pre-recorded, with live voting by viewers being possible during the broadcast of the finale.
Format
Blind auditions After many audition rounds off screen it's time for the "Blind auditions". In the first televised stage the auditioners sing in front of the official coaches. All coaches will be sitting in a chair that is turned back from the stage. Supposedly the coaches will first judge by the power, clarity, type and uniqueness of the artists singing. If they like what they hear and want to mentor the artist for the next stage, they will push a button that will turn their chair around to face the stage for the first time and see the artist. If more than one chair turns around, the auditioner can pick their coach of choice. If no chair turns around, the auditioning artist's journey on the Voice ends.
At the end, each of the coaches will have a certain number of artists in their team who will be advancing to the next round. A new twist was added on the twelfth season: the block button. Each coach has the power to block another coach from getting an artist. To ensure that the coaches will not block each other indefinitely, it is only allowed to use the block button once in the entire blind auditions.
The Battle rounds The second stage, 'the Battle rounds', is where two artists are mentored and then developed by their respective coach. The coaches of the team will "dedicate themselves to developing their artists, giving them advice, and sharing the secrets of their success in the music industry". Every member of their team battle against another member from their team. They sing the same song simultaneously, while their coach decides who should continue in the competition. The coaches have to choose from the four individual "battles" to take artists to the live round. Starting from the fourth season, each coach can steal one losing artist from other teams. Another twist was added in the seventh season: the Steal Room. While steals have returned, each artist that is stolen will sit in a designated seat in the Steal Room as they watch the other performances. If a coach has stolen one artist but later decides to steal another, the first artist will be replaced and eliminated by the newly-stolen artist. The artists seated at the end of the battles will advance to the knockout rounds. In the eleventh season, each coach is now allowed to save an artist from their own team.
The Knockouts From the sixth season onwards, the Knockouts were added as third stage before the live shows. The format has varied from the early seasons where two artists each sang one song with one advancing to more recent years where all artists performed and the coach would select three to send to the Live Shows.
Live shows The final stage, dubbed the 'Live shows', is where the surviving combatants perform in front of the coaches, audience and broadcast live. Each coach will be having four artists in their team to begin with and the artists will go head-to-head in the competition to win the public votes. These will determine which artist advances to the final eight. The remaining three artists' future in the show will be determined by the coaches, choosing who will progress.
The final eight artists will compete in a live broadcast. However, the coaches will have a 50/50 say with the audience and the public in deciding which artists move on to the 'final four' phase. In the latter, each coach will have one member who will continue. The final (the winner round) will be decided upon by the public vote. Throughout the final the coaches will frequently perform with their artists. The winner will be crowned The Voice of Holland.
Coaches and hosts The coaches were not yet known during the show's establishment announcement, but Gordon, Marco Borsato and John Ewbank were rumored to be participating. None of them eventually ended up in the original line-up. The coaches were announced on 17 June 2010: Roel van Velzen, Nick & Simon, Angela Groothuizen and Jeroen van der Boom. In the first season, Roel van Velzen could not attend all live shows because of planned concerts. Martijn Krabbé hosted the show, with Wendy van Dijk joining him in the live shows and Winston Gerschtanowitz in charge of hosting the "Red Room".
Marco Borsato replaced Jeroen van der Boom in the second season, as Van der Boom left the show to become the head judge of The Winner Is, whereas Wendy van Dijk became the full-time host alongside Krabbé. In the third season, Groothuizen was replaced by Trijntje Oosterhuis, who had previously turned down the chance to join the show's first season. On 17 December 2012, it was announced that Nick & Simon would not return as coaches in the fourth season. On 22 March 2013, it was announced that Ilse DeLange would become a coach in the fourth season. In January, Roel van Velzen announced he would not return as a coach for a fourth season and was replaced by Ali B. The coaching panel remained unchanged for season 5 in 2014, but Winston Gerschtanowitz was replaced by Idols winner Jamai Loman.
On 15 January 2015, it was announced that Trijntje Oosterhuis and Ilse DeLange had left the show to focus on other projects, and would be replaced by Anouk and Miss Montreal frontwoman Sanne Hans. Marco Borsato and Ali B returned as coaches for the sixth season. During the season 6 finale on 29 January 2016, Borsato announced he would not be returning for the seventh season, and his position would be filled by Guus Meeuwis. Anouk originally signed to coach two seasons, but decided to skip the following season due to her pregnancy, therefore was replaced by Waylon in season 7. Guus Meeuwis decided at the end of season 7 not to return for the eighth season. On 9 June 2017, it was announced that Anouk would return to replace Guus Meeuwis for season 8, along with returning coaches Ali B, Sanne Hans and Waylon. During the season 8 finale on 2 January 2018, it was announced that for the ninth season, Lil' Kleine would replace Sanne Hans, who had decided to leave for other commitments.
In early 2019, Wendy van Dijk announced that she has moved from RTL 4 to SBS6 and therefore would not be able to return to the show as host. On 22 February 2019, it was reported that the show will continue airing on RTL 4 for the next three years, and Chantal Janzen will replace van Dijk as host for the tenth season. It has also been announced that Geraldine Kemper would replace Jamai Loman as backstage host. On 14 June 2019, it was announced via the show's broadcaster, RTL 4 and their Facebook page that all coaches from season 9 would return for season 10.
On 6 June 2020, RTL announced that Ali B, Waylon and Anouk would all remain on the panel for season 11; but Lil' Kleine would not return. Two months later, Jan Smit was confirmed as Kleine's replacement. In July 2021, it was confirmed that Glennis Grace would replace Smit, who had confirmed his departure weeks prior. Also, season 12 includes the "Comeback Stage" (originally created by the American version), whose duo coach consists in rapper Typhoon and season 6 winner Maan de Steenwinkel. However, the panel for season 12 were featured for only two episodes before the show went suspended.
On 31 March 2025, it was announced that DeLange would return as a coach for the revival of the show, set to air January 2026. At the same time, it was announced that Willie Wartaal, Suzan & Freek, and Dinand Woesthoff would debut as coaches for season 13. On 27 May 2025, Suzan & Freek withdrew from the coaching panel following Freek's diagnosis with terminal cancer, but rejoined on 4 July 2025 after it was announced that Freek was receiving treatment and was on a more positive trajectory. In May 2026, all five coaches were confirmed to return for season 14.
Coaches' timeline Coaches Seasons 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Nick & Simon colspan="11" Roel van Velzen colspan="11" Angela Groothuizen colspan="12" Jeroen van der Boom colspan="13" Marco Borsato colspan="8" Trijntje Oosterhuis colspan="2" colspan="9" Ali B colspan="3" colspan="2" Ilse DeLange colspan="3" colspan="7" Sanne Hans colspan="5" colspan="6" Anouk colspan="5" colspan="2" Waylon colspan="6" colspan="2" Guus Meeuwis colspan="6" colspan="7" Lil' Kleine colspan="8" colspan="4" Jan Smit colspan="10" colspan="3" Glennis Grace colspan="11" colspan="2" Willie Wartaal colspan="12" Suzan & Freek colspan="12" Dinand Woesthoff colspan="12"
Line-up of Coaches + Coaches' line-up by chairs order Season Year Coaches 1 2 3 4 1 2010-11 Jeroen Angela Nick & Simon Van Velzen 2 2011-12 Marco 3 2012 Trijntje 4 2013 Trijntje Ali B Ilse Marco 5 2014 Ilse Marco Trijntje 6 2015-16 Anouk Sanne Marco 7 2016-17 Waylon Sanne Ali B Guus 8 2017-18 Anouk 9 2018-19 Lil Kleine Anouk Waylon 10 Ali B Anouk 11 2020-21 Anouk Jan 12 2022 Ali B Anouk Glennis 13 2026 Ilse Willie Suzan & Freek Dinand 14 2027
Hosts Main
Hosts Seasons 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 Main Martijn Krabbé colspan="12" colspan="2" Wendy van Dijk colspan="8" colspan="5" Chantal Janzen colspan="9" colspan="5" colspan="12" colspan="2"
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