The twelfth season of the Dutch reality singing competition ''

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. ...

'' premiered on 7 January 2022 on RTL4. Host

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, ...

Chantal Janzen Chantal Janzen (; born 15 February 1979) is a Dutch actress, singer and TV presenter. She had parts in '' The Preacher'', ''Full Moon Party'' and '' Deuce Bigalow: European Gigolo'' and presented '' Idols''. She also played Belle in the Dutch mu ...

, as well as backstage host

Geraldine Kemper Geraldine Jane Kemper (born 26 January 1990) is a Dutch television presenter originally from BNN. She won her job as a presenter with this public broadcaster through the television programme ''Sterretje Gezocht''. In 2015 and 2016 Kemper was nom ...

, as well as the three coaches from the previous season, Waylon,

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 ...

and Anouk all returned, while Jan Smit was replaced by

Glennis Grace Glenda Hulita Elisabeth Batta (born 19 June 1978), known professionally as Glennis Grace, is a Dutch singer. In 2005, she Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, represented the Netherlands in the Eurovision Song Contest 2005, 50th editi ...

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 ...

returned as backstage host after a two-season hiatus. This season marks the first time in the show's history to feature a fifth coach,

Typhoon A typhoon is a mature tropical cyclone that develops between 180° and 100°E in the Northern Hemisphere. This region is referred to as the Northwestern Pacific Basin, and is the most active tropical cyclone basin on Earth, accounting for a ...

& season 6 winner

Maan de Steenwinkel Maan de Steenwinkel (born 10 February 1997), also known as simply Maan, is a Dutch singer and actress. De Steenwinkel first came to prominence after winning season six of ''The Voice of Holland''. She has subsequently taken part in the Dutch tel ...

, who selected participants to participate in the ''Comeback stage''. Also, this season marks the introduction of the block button, as first introduced in the fourteenth season of the American version. In addition to the familiar button for his chair, each coach gets three smaller buttons with the names of the other coaches on it. If someone presses the block button, the coach who has been pressed can no longer claim the talent. However, the blocked coach only sees this when he tries to turn around himself. To ensure that the coaches cannot block each other indefinitely, they can only use their block button once in the entire blind audition. On 15 January 2022, after just two episodes aired, it was announced that the season would be suspended indefinitely due to abuse of power and sexual misconduct allegations against crew members of the show. Jeroen Rietbergen, bandleader of ''The Voice'', made a statement acknowledging sexual misconduct, apologized and resigned. The following day, one of the four coaches, Anouk, announced on her Instagram that after reading the Jeroen Rietbergen statement, as well as several telephone calls, she had made up her mind and will not be returning to the show. Days later, coach

was suspended from RTL due to the pending investigations.

Teams

;Color key:

Blind Auditions

The blind auditions premiered on 7 January 2022. A new feature within the Blind Auditions this season is the Block, which each coach can use once to prevent one of the other coaches from getting a contestant. ;Color key

Episode 1 (7 January)

Episode 2 (14 January)

Episode 3 (TBA (Suspended until further notice))

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Voice of Holland (season 12), The The Voice of Holland 2022 Dutch television seasons Sex scandals in the Netherlands Television controversies in the Netherlands