''The Voice of Holland'', also known as ''TVOH'', is a Dutch

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singing competition, that became a near global TV format franchise, created by media tycoon

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and musician

Roel van Velzen Roel van Velzen (; born 20 March 1978), better known as VanVelzen, is a Dutch singer-songwriter. Besides being known for his short stature, he and his band enjoy a huge live reputation; they have played at virtually every festival in the Nether ...

, in the

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airing on

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. For the first nine seasons, The Voice of Holland was hosted by Martijn Krabbé 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 ...

. Starting from the tenth season (2019–2020), Wendy van Dijk was replaced by Chantal Janzen. The central focus of the show is the singing talent and quality of the contestants. Three or four coaches / jurors, 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 TV 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 TV-episodes are prerecorded 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. Next 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 contest. At this point the show-format switches to several ''live shows'', in which the TV audience take an active part in the judging process, and more singers are voted out until one season winner remains.

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

The third stage is the Knockouts. 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,

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and

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were rumored to be participating. None of them eventually ended up in the original line-up. The coaches were announced on 17 June 2010:

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Angela Groothuizen Angela Groothuizen (born 28 September 1959) is a Dutch singer, artist and television personality. Her initial fame came as a member of the Dolly Dots. Biography Angela Groothuizen was born in Alkmaar, and has four brothers and sisters. She join ...

and

Jeroen van der Boom Jeroen van der Boom (born 22 June 1972 in Nijmegen, Netherlands) is a Dutch singer who rose to fame in 2007 with his No. 1 hit single '' Jij bent zo''. Biography During his time as a student, Jeroen van der Boom was already an artist. He played ...

. In the first season, Roel van Velzen could not attend all live shows because of planned concerts. Martijn Krabbé hosted the show, with

joining him in the live shows and Winston Gerschtanowitz in charge of hosting the "Red Room".

replaced Jeroen van der Boom in the second season, as Van der Boom left the show to become the head judge of ''

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'', 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

would not return as coaches in the fourth season. On 22 March 2013, it was announced that

Ilse DeLange Ilse Annoeska de Lange (born 13 May 1977), better known as Ilse DeLange, is a Dutch country and pop rock singer-songwriter. As a member of The Common Linnets, she finished in second place at the Eurovision Song Contest 2014. Biography Ilse ...

would become a coach in the fourth season. In January,

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 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 ...

. 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

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frontwoman

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. Marco Borsato and Ali B returned as coaches for the sixth season. During the season 6's 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 Gustaaf Stephanus Modestus "Guus" Meeuwis (born 23 March 1972) is a Dutch singer-songwriter. As part of the band Vagant, he scored several hits in the Netherlands and Flanders during the 1990s and first decade of the 2000s. On 24 May 2015, Mee ...

. 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's 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

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

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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 Ali B, Waylon, Anouk and Lil' Kleine will all 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

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and 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 t ...

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Coaches' timeline

Hosts

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(10–present)

Series overview

Coaches and their finalists

;Contestant placing * Winners are in bold, the finalists in the finale are in italicized font, and the eliminated artists are in small font.

Season details

Season 1 (2010–2011)

In season one, coaches were

and

(working together). Host was Martijn Krabbé. The first season ended on 21 January 2011, Ben Saunders was declared the winner, with Pearl Jozefzoon as runner-up. Saunders won by 59% of the votes. An average of 2.7 million people watched the show every Friday since its launch, while the final attracted 3,744,000 viewers. The results show broadcast half an hour later attracted 3,238,000. In total 30 of the show's singles reached the Top 100 download charts in the Netherlands, including 2 #1 chart toppers by winner Ben Saunders.

Season 2 (2011–2012)

Martijn Krabbé, who hosted season one, remained as the host but was now joined by

, with whom he was already sharing the hosting duties on '' Idols''.

did not return and was replaced by popular Dutch pop-artist

, who would eventually win the show with 19-year-old Iris Kroes on 20 January 2011 over Chris Hordijk for Team Nick & Simon, who again became the runners-up of the show. Kroes won over Hordijk with only 51% of the votes, making her the second female contestant worldwide to win the show after Steliyana Khristova, who won the Bulgarian version of the show.

Season 3 (2012)

The third season was hosted by Martijn Krabbé and

, while Winston Gerstanovich hosted the 'Red Room.'

and

returned as coaches.

did not return as a coach for season 3 and was replaced by Trijntje Oosterhuis. On December 15, Leona Philippo of Team Oosterhuis won with 56% of the votes, beating Johannes Rypma of Team Nick & Simon, Floortje Smit of Team van Velzen and Ivar Oosterloo of Team Borsato. The ratings for the last show where the highest ratings The Voice of Holland ever had. 4,6 million people watched the show.

Season 4 (2013)

The fourth season started in August 2013. Martijn Krabbé and

returned as co-hosts, while Winston Gerstanovich returned as host of the 'Red Room'.

and Trijntje Oosterhuis were the only coaches from season 3 to return.

and Ali B replaced Nick & Simon and Roel van Velzen, respectively. Julia van der Toorn and Gerrie Dantuma of Team Borsato finished as winner and in third place respectively, making season 4 the first season to have two contestants of the same team in the final and the first where a coach did not win in their first season. Mitchell Brunnings of Team DeLange finished in second place and Jill Helena of Team Ali B finished in fourth place.

Season 5 (2014)

The fifth season premiered in August 2014 and ended in December. Martijn Krabbé and

will as co-hosts, but Winston Gerschtanowitz was replaced as host of the 'Red Room' by

, Trijntje Oosterhuis,

and Ali B returned as coaches for the fifth season. Girl group

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and Sjors van der Panne, both from Borsato's team, finished in the final two, with the former winning the title and became the first trio to win in any season of ''The Voice''.

Season 6 (2015–2016)

The sixth season premiered on 25 September 2015. Martijn Krabbé and

returned as co-hosts, and

returned as host of the 'Red Room' once again.

and Ali B returned as coaches and were joined by Anouk and

, who replaced Trijntje Oosterhuis and

Season 7 (2016–2017)

The seventh season premiered on 21 October 2016. All hosts and co-hosts returned from last season. Ali B and

returned as coaches for this season, whereas

and Anouk were replaced by

and Waylon.

Season 8 (2017–2018)

The eighth season premiered on 20 October 2017. On 9 June 2017, it was announced that Anouk, who had been a coach in the sixth season of the show, would return to replace

, alongside Ali B,

and Waylon.

Season 9 (2018–2019)

The ninth season premiered on 2 November 2018. On 2 January 2018, it was announced that Lil' Kleine would replace

, alongside Ali B, Anouk and Waylon.

Season 10 (2019–2020)

The tenth season premiered on 8 November 2019. On 14 June 2019, it was confirmed on the show's Facebook page that all four coaches from the previous season would return. The winner of the 10th season was Sophia from team Anouk.

Season 11 (2020–2021)

The eleventh season premiered on 20 November 2020. On 7 August 2020 it was announced that Jan Smit would replace Lil’ Kleine for season 11, joining returning coaches Ali B, Waylon and Anouk.

Season 12 (2022)

The twelfth season premiered on 7 January 2022. It was announced that would Glennis Grace would replace Jan Smit for season 12, joining returning coaches Ali B, Waylon, and Anouk. For the first time, the show will feature a fifth coach, with rapper

and season 6 winner

, who selected participants taking part in the ''Comeback'' stage. In addition, this season also marks the introduction of the block button in the show's history, as first introduced in the fourteenth season of the American version. Each coach has one chance to block another coach in the entire blind auditions. On 15 January 2022, the season was indefinitely suspended in response to

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relating to crew members of the show. The following day, coach Anouk announced that she would not be returning to the show in response to these claims. On 19 January 2022, RTL suspended their collaboration with coach Ali B until the allegations were investigated. By 6 May 2022, one more ex-contestant pressed charges at a production member, raising the number of criminal charges under investigation in the show's production to a total of six.

International franchises

Various international television networks have licensed or indicated interest in the

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. More comprehensive information about the other versions of the show is in the "Main article". * NBC — In December 2010, NBC announced that they have purchased the franchise rights to air an American version of the show. The show was initially named as ''The Voice of America'' but was later shortened to '' The Voice''. Hosted by

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and

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with CeeLo Green,

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and

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as coaches the show premiered on 26 April 2011. * 1+1 — On 22 May 2011, 1+1 network launched '' Holos Krayiny'', the Ukrainian version of the show. Stas Piekha, Diana Arbenina,

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, and Ruslana Lyzhychko served as the coaches, while Andriy Domanskyi and Katia Osadcha were the presenters of the said version. * bTV — On 18 July 2011,

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started airing on bTV. The coaches in the first season were

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, Ivana, Miroslav Kostadinov and

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and the hosts were Victoria Terziyska and Marten Roberto (in the lives). *

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— On 21 October 2011

started airing the Albanian version of the show, called ''

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''. * RTP — From 29 October 2011 to 25 February 2012, RTP aired the Portuguese version, ''

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''. * vtm and

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's La Une — The Flemish part of Belgium started airing their own version of the show on 25 November 2011. It is broadcast on vtm, the main commercial television station in Flanders, Belgium and entitled '' The Voice van Vlaanderen''. On the other hand, the French-speaking part of Belgium started airing their own version of the show, '' The Voice Belgique'', on 20 December 2011. It is broadcast on

's La Une, a public television station in the French-speaking part of Belgium. *

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—

began broadcasting from 1 July 2012 Argentine format, called '' La Voz... Argentina'', with the leadership of Marley and Luli Fernandez in the backstage. Mentors and juries are:

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, Axel, Ale Sergi and Juliana Gattas group Miranda! And international coach Jose Luis "El Puma" Rodriguez. Since its inception the program was a success. *

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— In December 2011,

started airing the German version of the show, '' The Voice of Germany'' with Rea Garvey, Nena, The BossHoss And Xavier Naidoo as coaches. *

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— In December 2012,

started the Spanish version of the show, with

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, Rosario Flores,

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and David Bisbal as coaches. It was called '' La Voz (Spain)''. In the second season,

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replaced

, and actually, in the third season,

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replaced Rosario Flores and

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replaced David Bisbal. *

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/ ITV — In June 2011, the BBC announced the show, ''

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, Sir Tom Jones and will.i.am sitting as the coaches; while Reggie Yates and

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served as the presenters of the show. In the third season,

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replaced

and Ricky Wilson replaced Danny O'Donoghue. In 2017, the show moved to ITV. *

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— On 8 September 2011, the Mexican version of the show, '' La Voz... México'', aired on

's "Canal de las Estrellas". It featured Lucero,

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, Espinoza Paz and

as coaches. In 2019,

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acquired rights of the show and changed the name to La Voz. *

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— On 28 September 2011, the Romanian version of the show, '' Vocea României'', started to broadcast on

. *

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— On 10 October 2011, the Turkish version of the show, called ''

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'', started to broadcast on

. In later seasons, the same programme will be broadcast instead by Star TV and TV8 from season 2 and 4, respectively. *

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— On 29 May 2011, it was announced that Australia's

would broadcast the Australian version of the show, '' The Voice'', in late 2011. However, two months later, they reported that the show will be postponed to air until the early 2012, and that Nine Network are in talks with signing at least one international artist to lead its panel of coaches on the show. The first series premiered on 15 April 2012 featuring

Delta Goodrem Delta Lea Goodrem AM (born November 9, 1984) is an Australian singer, songwriter, and actress. Goodrem signed to Sony Music at the age of 15. Her debut album, '' Innocent Eyes'' (2003), topped the ARIA Albums Chart for 29 non-consecutive wee ...

, Joel Madden, Seal and Keith Urban as the coaches. In 2021, the show moved to the Seven Network *

RTÉ One RTÉ One ( ga, RTÉ a hAon) is an Irish free-to-air flagship television channel owned and operated by Raidió Teilifís Éireann (RTÉ). It is the most-popular and most-watched television channel in the country and was launched as ''Telefís ...

— On 8 January 2012,

started airing the Irish version of the show, '' The Voice of Ireland''. * TVA — On 20 January 2013, began airing the Canadian French version of the show, '' La Voix'' coached by Marc Dupré,

Marie-Mai Marie-Mai (born Marie-Mai Bouchard on July 7, 1984, in Varennes, Quebec) is a Canadian singer from Quebec. She was initially known as one of the finalists of the first season of the Quebec reality show ''Star Académie''. Background Marie-Mai ...

, Ariane Moffatt and Jean-Pierre Ferland. * TF1 — On 25 February 2012, TF1 aired the French version of the show, '' The Voice: la plus belle voix''. The coaches were Florent Pagny, Jenifer, Louis Bertignac, and Garou. *

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— The Chinese version '' The Voice of China'' started in July 2012. On 13 July 2012, '' The Voice of China (season 1)'' started airing on

with Yang Kun, Na Ying, Liu Huan and Harlem Yu as coaches, Hua Shao was the host. On 12 July 2013, ''

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'' starts airing on

with Wang Feng, Zhang Hui-mei, Na Ying and Harlem Yu as coaches, Hua Shao is the host. * VTV — The Vietnamese version of the show, ''

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'', debuted on 8 July 2012, with

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, Trần Lập,

Hồ Ngọc Hà Hồ Ngọc Hà (born 25 November 1984) is a Vietnamese model, singer, actress and entertainer. She started her singing career by releasing her first album titled 24/7 back in 2004. The album was a hit which helped her to make an appearance in ...

and

Đàm Vĩnh Hưng Đàm Vĩnh Hưng (born 2 October 1971), often referred to by his nickname Mr. Dam is an American-Vietnamese singer. He won 2 Dedication awards and multiple awards in Vietnam. Besides pop, he also performed many pre-war songs, Trinh Cong Son's ...

as coaches. *

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– In September 2012, Globo started airing the Brazilian version of The Voice, " The Voice Brasil", hosted by

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and with the coaches Cláudia Leitte,

Carlinhos Brown Antônio Carlos Santos de Freitas, known professionally as Carlinhos Brown (Brazilian Portuguese: /kaʁˈlĩɲus bɾaw̃, -iɲuʃ/, 23 November 1962), is a Brazilian singer, percussionist, and record producer from Salvador, Bahia. His musical ...

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and

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. * Caracol Televisión — On 1 October 2012, the Colombian version of the show, ''

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'' started airing on Caracol Televisión with

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, Fanny Lú, Ricardo Montaner and Andrés Cepeda as coaches. Carlos Ponce is the host and Linda Palma is the social media correspondent. * Channel One — On 5 October 2012, the Russian version of the show, '' Голос'' aired on Channel One. The coaches were

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, Dima Bilan,

Alexander Gradsky Alexander Borisovich Gradsky (russian: Алекса́ндр Бори́сович Гра́дский; born Alexander Borisovich Fradkin, 3 November 1949 – 28 November 2021) was a Russian Rock music, rock singer, Bard (Soviet Union), bard, multi ...

, and

Leonid Agutin Leonid Nikolayevich Agutin (russian: link=no, Леонид Николаевич Агутин; born July 16, 1968) is a Russian pop musician and songwriter, Meritorious Artist of Russia (2008). He has been active since the 1990s. He has released te ...

. It is hosted by

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. * Indosiar — On 10 February 2013, the Indonesian version of the show, ''

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'', started airing on Indosiar as '' The Voice Indonesia (season 1)'' with Glenn Fredly, Armand Maulana,

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and

Sherina Munaf Sinna Sherina Munaf or better known as Sherina Munaf (born in Bandung, West Java, Indonesia on June 11, 1990) is an Indonesian actress, singer and songwriter of Minangkabau descent. She is the niece of Indonesian singer-songwriter, Fariz RM. ...

as the coaches. Darius Sinathrya is the host. On 26 February 2016, ''

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'' starts airing on

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with

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, Agnez Mo, Kaka Satriaji and Judika as coaches,

Daniel Mananta Daniel Mananta (born in Jakarta, Indonesia on August 14, 1981) is an Indonesian actor, presenter and television host of mixed Chinese and Javanese descent --sometimes known as VJ Daniel Mananta. He is an Indonesian entertainer whose name emerg ...

is the host. In 2018, the show moved to GTV since ''

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'' with Anggun, Armand Maulana,

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, and duo coaches

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-Nino Kayam as the coaches,

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and Astrid Tiar is the hosts. All coaches and hosts returned again in ''

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'' in the same channel except Anggun that changed by

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and Astrid Tiar that changed by Gracia Indri. *

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— On 15 June 2013, ABS-CBN aired the Philippine version of the show, '' The Voice of the Philippines''. The show is hosted by Toni Gonzaga with Robi Domingo and Alex Gonzaga as the show's V-Reporters; while

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, Bamboo Mañalac,

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and

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as the coaches. *

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–

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– Sigma (

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) — ''

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'' is the Greek and Cypriot version of the show that premiered on 10 January 2014 on

(Cyprus and Greece). From 2017 the show is displayed on the television channel "Skai" (Greece) and "Sigma" (Cyprus) * Frecuencia Latina — ' La Voz Perú' In 2013, Frecuencia Latina aired the Peruvian version of the show, '' La Voz Perú''. The show is hosted by Christian Rivero; while

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and

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as the coaches. *

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' In 2015,

with

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producing the show. The auditions for the series was shot in March 2015, and it premiered on 6 June 2015 with the show hosted by

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whilst leading Bollywood singers

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, Mika Singh, Shaan and

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featuring as the coaches. * AzTV — On 13 November 2015, AzTV launched ''

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'', the Azerbaijani version of the show. The judges of the first season (2015–2016) are Mubariz Taghiyev, Faiq Aghayev, Tunzale Aghayeva and Manana Japaridze. * SkjárEinn — On 2 October 2015 the first season of 'The Voice Ísland' aired on 'SkjárEinn'. The coaches of the first season (2015–2016) were Helgi Björnsson, Salka Sól Eyfeld, Unnsteinn Stefánsson and Svala Björgvinsdóttir. A second season is planned for 2016–2017. * Canal 13 — On 31 May 2015 the first season of

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aired on Canal 13. IT was presented by Sergio Lagos and the judges of the first season (2015) were

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, Álvaro López,

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and Franco Simone. After the season finale, Franco Simone went on saying that the production went against him and his teammates to favour the other coaches. For the second season (2016) Simone was replaced by

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. *

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— On 10 May 2018, Telemundo announced that they would premiere the Spanish-language version of NBC singing competition '' The Voice'' in 2019, called '' La Voz'', with

tapped as the first coach, followed by Alejandra Guzmán and Wisin in July.

got announced as the last and final coach in September. The show’s first season was hosted by Jorge Bernal,

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and Jessica Cediél. * Mongol TV — On 21 January 2018, the Mongolian version of the show debuted on Mongol TV. * Kantipur HD — On 25 August 2018, the Nepali version of the show aired on Kantipur HD, with

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, Sanup Poudel,

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and

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as coaches.

Reception

Television ratings

In 2013, the show was one of the highest rated shows on Dutch television, with weekly ratings varying between 1.6 and 3.0 million viewers. Its first-season finale, which aired on 21 January 2011, was viewed by 3.75 million. The second season's first episode was viewed by almost 3.3 million.

Controversies

Sexual misconduct claims

Allegations

On 15 January 2022, broadcaster RTL announced that the then-ongoing twelfth season of ''The Voice of Holland'' would be put on hold indefinitely after the second episode. They had received concerning questions from program creator and journalist Tim Hofman about certain crew members regarding allegations of abuse of power and sexual misconduct. Soon after RTL’s announcement, band leader of ''The Voice of Holland'', Jeroen Rietbergen (brother-in-law of creator and media tycoon

) issued a statement admitting to years of sexual misbehaviour. According to Dutch newspaper ''

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'', he had promised contestants that he would make sure they’d advance to the next round in exchange for sexual activities. Producer Talpa Media, now ITV Studios, had known about his sexual misbehaviour years ago and reprimanded him, but allowed him to remain as bandleader of the show.

Official reports and consequences

Later that afternoon, Dutch police confirmed that a victim had filed an official report against Ali Bouali, professionally known as Ali B. The rapper had been a coach on ''The Voice'' for nine seasons. Ali B, however, denied all allegations on his Instagram account. Head sponsor T-Mobile, as well as other sponsors, decided to stop supporting the show. Anouk, one of the many coaches and hosts to comment on the matter, stated that she had wanted to wait until she had seen the ''BOOS'' episode, but after reading Rietbergen's statement, as well as holding several telephone calls with other affected individuals, she had decided not to return as coach on the show. On 19 January 2022, right after the news that a second victim had filed an official report against Ali B, broadcaster RTL announced that they would suspend their collaboration with him during the investigations. The Dutch police also announced that another victim came forward and filed an official report against Jeroen Rietbergen. Tim Hofman and

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, his broadcaster, announced that more crew members would be mentioned in his

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program ''BOOS: This is The Voice''. The news had sparked a heated debate in the country about the abuse of power by people in the entertainment industry, especially as there had already been accusations against singer

, including an official report of sexual misconduct with a minor. Borsato was a coach on ''The Voice'' (2011–2016) and ''The Voice Kids'' (2012–2020).

''BOOS: This is The Voice''

On 20 January 2022, Tim Hofman's weekly YouTube program ''BOOS'' aired an episode focusing on the controversy, titled . The first part of the documentary revealed more allegations of sexual misconduct on ''The Voice'', including allegations of rape. The alleged sex offenders are bandleader Jeroen Rietbergen, former coach Marco Borsato, coach Ali B and a yet to remain anonymous director of ''The Voice of Holland'' and ''The Voice Kids''. The episode ended with Tim Hofman interviewing John de Mol (creator and producer of ''The Voice'') who had just finished watching the first and original part of the ''BOOS'' documentary. After the episode went online, reactions poured in. De Mol was broadly accused of victim-blaming, also by his company’s female employees. A page wide advertisement, published in the Dutch newspaper ''Algemeen Dagblad,'' stated the following: “Dear John, It’s not the women. Greetings, the women in your company.” ''

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'' cited the controversy as an example of how the Dutch approach to sexual permissiveness can sideline discussions of consent and misconduct. Following the publication of the ''BOOS: This is The Voice'' documentary, several Dutch radio stations announced that they would no longer play music by Ali B and Borsato for the time being, and

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removed Borsato's wax figure from the collection. The Flemish TV channel VTM cancelled a planned episode of ''Sergio over the border'' with Borsato. Publishing house Maven Publishing stopped selling the book ''The Ali B Method'' recently launched by Ali B, and ''Mocro Flavour'', an Ali B-affiliated product line of meat substitutes, was cancelled. ''The Voice of Hollands social media pages were largely taken offline. After the official reports of sexual misconduct against Rietbergen, Borsato and Ali B, two official reports were also filed against the anonymous director of ''The Voice''. In the days following publication, several aid agencies for victims of sexual violence reported a significant increase in the number of requests for help. In addition, the demand for confidential counselors within companies increased, and it prompted self-reflection in various organizations on how the

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schemes for employees was assured within their company. Making confidential counselors within companies mandatory was something that the Dutch government had been looking into for some time. On 21 January 2022, human rights organization

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stated that the sexual misconduct scandal on ''The Voice of Holland'' showed that the process of legalizing sexual consent laws must be sped up. Many of the cases described in the documentary concern involuntary sex and imbalanced power relations, which are not always punishable by current law. Dutch Minister of Justice

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stated that the implementation of a new Sexual Crimes Act would be accelerated. On 29 January 2022, a protest was held in Amsterdam for the accelerated implementation of the sexual consent law.

References

External links

Official website
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