''The Voice Kids'' is a Dutch

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produced by Talpa and broadcast on

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since January 27, 2012. It was hosted by

Martijn Krabbé Martijn Joop Krabbé (born 26 March 1968) is a Dutch radio and television presenter. Career Krabbé started his career in Dutch media as a 19-year-old in the Dutch TV programme "Popformule". Later, he hosted several Dutch television programmes, ...

and

Wendy van Dijk Wendy van Dijk (born 22 January 1971) is a Dutch actress, comedian and television presenter. She is best known for her portrayal of Ushi Hirosaki, a hapless Japanese journalist featured in both a series of Dutch television shows and a theatric ...

in seasons 1 to 8. From season 9 to 10, it was hosted by

and

Jamai Loman Jamai Johannes Loman (born 30 June 1986) is a Dutch singer, musical actor and presenter who was the winner of the first series of '' Idols'', the Dutch variant of ''Pop Idol''. Biography Loman (at that time living with his parents and two elder ...

. Since season 11, it has been hosted by and

. The show, developed after the success of ''

The Voice of Holland ''The Voice of Holland'', also known as ''TVOH'', is a Dutch reality TV singing competition, that became a near global TV format franchise, created by media tycoon John de Mol and musician Roel van Velzen, in the Netherlands airing on RTL 4. ...

'', was made for children aged six to fourteen in the first season, and for those eight to fourteen in later seasons. The program was created by

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, and after achieving success in the Netherlands, the concept was marketed worldwide. Seasons 1, 2, and 3 all began one week after the last episode of ''The Voice of Holland'' of each year. Season 4 was broadcast eight weeks after the finale of ''The Voice of Holland'' and aired on Saturday evenings. Seasons 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 aired directly after ''The Voice of Holland'' on Friday evenings. Fabiënne Bergmans was the winner of the first season. Laura van Kaamwas was the second season's winner and Ayoub Maach won the third. Each received a record deal with 8ball Music, a

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, €10,000 scholarship and a trip to

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. Lucas Van Roekel won the fourth season, receiving a €10,000 scholarship and record deal. Esmée Schreurs won the fifth season and received a €25,000 scholarship, as did

Iris Verhoek Iris Verhoek (born 12 September 2001) is a Dutch singer who won the 6th season of ''The Voice Kids'' in 2017. Biography In 2011 Verhoek had already won the Zeewoldse kidssongfestival and played Keesie in the musical '' Kruimeltje''. In 2012 m ...

in the sixth season. Yosina Roemajauw won the seventh season and received a €25,000 scholarship and a

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of her own. When she was 11, Silver Metz won the eighth season and received a €25,000 scholarship. Dax Hovius won the Voice Kids in the ninth season, earning a total of 25,000 euros. Emma Kok was the winner of season 10.

Format

The show consists of four phases: production auditions, ''Blind Auditions'', ''The Battles,'' and the finale. The production auditions are held for the purpose of selecting good singers and are not filmed. Where in Idols,

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, and

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, they would then audition in front of the judges, in The Voice Kids, they do a blind audition, which is similar to the theatre rounds in the previously mentioned talent shows. During the blind auditions, the judges/coaches choose singers based on musicality and voice. Each candidate will have the opportunity to sing a song of their choice for about one and a half minutes. If one of the judges/coaches decides to place the artist in their team, they must press the "I Want You" button. When two or more coaches want the same artist on their team, the artist must choose which coach they want to work with. When all the teams are full, the artists go to the next round with their coaches. These are "The Battles". Each coach groups three singers together to battle against each other by singing a song chosen by the coach. Every battle has one winner, who is picked by the coach and one other person. The act that wins automatically goes to the "Sing Off". Each team will have five acts in the Sing Off. There, all artists must sing a song from the blind auditions. In each team, only two candidates can be chosen to go to the finals. After the Sing Offs, there are six

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(seasons 1-6; four from season 7 onward) who sing a song chosen in consultation with their coach. The audience at home can then vote on which act has to go home. The coaches decide together with the audience at home which act is eliminated; they each have half of the votes. In the final stage, there is one finalist per team. The winner is named using public

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Coaches and hosts

Marco Borsato Marco Roberto Borsato (; born 21 December 1966) is a Dutch singer. Born in Alkmaar, North Holland, he started performing in Italian before switching to Dutch in 1994. He has consistently been one of the most successful and biggest grossing arti ...

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and Angela Groothuizen were announced as the judges/coaches of the first season in 2011. Roel van Velzen was originally planned to participate in the jury but had to withdraw after he became a father during the scheduled shooting period. The hosts from the adult version,

and

, were announced as hosts of ''The Voice Kids''. The jury remained the same until the fifth season, while the hosts remained the same until the ninth season. On April 17, 2015, Nick & Simon confirmed at RTL Late Night that they would quit ''The Voice Kids'' because they had many other projects which receive priority. From season 5, Nick & Simon and Angela Groothuizen were replaced by coaches from the adult show, Ilse DeLange and

Ali B Ali Bouali, known professionally as Ali B (born 16 October 1981), is a Dutch-Moroccan rapper. He is one of the most well known rappers in the Netherlands and he has performed together with Akon and Dutch artist Marco Borsato. In 2007 he made an ...

. On the seventh season of the show, for the first time in the show's history, ''The Voice Kids'' added a fourth coach,

Douwe Bob Douwe Bob Posthuma (born 12 December 1992), professionally known by only his first and middle names Douwe Bob, is a Dutch singer-songwriter. He won the Dutch talent show ''De beste singer-songwriter van Nederland''. He specializes in folk and cou ...

. Douwe Bob was replaced by Anouk in the eighth season. On 22 February 2019, it was reported that

would replace Wendy van Dijk as host for season 9, as Van Dijk had moved from

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. On 14 June 2019, it was announced that

Sanne Hans Roos-Anne (Sanne) Hans (born 22 September 1984 in Dedemsvaart), is a Dutch singer-songwriter and guitar player. She was part of Ysis until 2008 and later formed the band Miss Montreal. Ysis Sanne Hans first was part of the formation Ysis made ...

would replace Ilse DeLange for the ninth season. On 5 June 2020, during the season 9 finale, it was announced that DeLange would return to the panel as a regular coach alongside Ali B and Hans for the tenth season. On 18 July 2020, it was announced that

Snelle Lars Sebastiaan Bos (born 3 October 1995), better known by his artistic name Snelle, is a Dutch rapper and singer born in Gorssel, Netherlands, originating from Deventer. Bos studied at the Herman Brood Academie. His first major hit was "Sc ...

would replace Marco Borsato for the tenth season. But in January of 2022, there were assault allegations made against band members and some coaches on the adult version on the show, this caused The Voice, The Voice Kids and The Voice Senior to be suspended until an investigation took place. Coach

was suspended from the show after allegations were made against him, Also,

(Who had already left the show) also had allegations made against him. Plans for new seasons of all three shows will be announced once the allegations are solved. File:Ilse de Lange BFO 2011.jpg, Ilse DeLange (2016–2019, 2021–) File:Miss montreal.jpg,

(2020–) File:Snelle-1557695721.jpeg,

(2021–) File:Angela Groothuizen Radio Westerwolde.jpg, Angela Groothuizen (2012–2015) File:Nick&Simon-Assen2007.jpg,

(2012–2015) File:Marco Borsato 2016.tif,

(2012–2020) File:Ali B (2018).jpg,

(2016–2021) File:ESC2016 - Netherlands Meet & Greet 03 (crop).jpg,

(2018) File:Anouk, ESC2013 press conference 09 (crop).jpg, Anouk (2019–2020)

Timeline of coaches and hosts

Notes

* Ilse was not a coach in season nine, but replaced Marco for the season's Live Shows.

Series overview

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Coaches' teams

: Winner : Runner-up : Eliminated in the Final : Eliminated in the Sing-off : Eliminated in the Battles

Season 1 (2012)

Season 2 (2013)

Season 3 (2014)

Season 4 (2015)

Season 5 (2016)

Season 6 (2017)

Season 7 (2018)

Season 8 (2019)

Season 9 (2020)

Season 10 (2021)

References

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