# The Voice of Holland season 6

The sixth season of the Dutch reality singing competition The Voice of Holland premiered on 25 September 2015 on RTL4. Martijn Krabbé, Wendy van Dijk, and Jamai Loman all returned, as did Marco Borsato and Ali B as coaches. However, the sixth season saw Trijntje Oosterhuis and Ilse DeLange replaced by Dutch singer-songwriters Anouk and Sanne Hans from the band Miss Montreal. This is the last season that Marco Borsato appeared as a coach on the show, as he announced on 13 November 2015 that he will not be returning for the next season. In his place, singer Waylon will serve as coach for Season 7. The season was won by Maan de Steenwinkel of Team Borsato, and this is Borsato's fourth time as winning coach.
One of the important premises of the show is the quality of the singing talent. Four coaches, themselves popular performing artists, train the talents in their group and occasionally perform with them. Talents are selected in blind auditions, where the coaches cannot see, but only hear the auditioner.
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## Coaches

Marco Borsato and Ali B have returned for season 6, while Anouk Teeuwe and Sanne Hans replace former judges Ilse DeLange and Trijntje Oosterhuis.

## Teams
### Color key

| Coaches | Top 40 artists | Top 40 artists | Top 40 artists | Top 40 artists | Top 40 artists |
| Anouk | Jennie Lena | Neda Boin | Brandon Delagraentiss | Sanne Mallant | Dali Philippo |
| Anouk | Leonie Bos | Tevin Raynor | Naomi Sharon Webster | Job Lentferink | |
| Ali B | Brace | Ivar Vermeulen | Gaia Aikman | Natacha Carvalho | Melissa Meewisse |
| Ali B | Maylissa Row | Racheal Botha | Danjil Tuhumena | Eva van der Donk | Jefferson |
| Ali B | Fabiënne Mucuk | Dion Cuiper | Jasmine Karimova | | |
| Sanne Hans | Dave Vermeulen | Ivan Peroti | Daniël Kist | Nikita Pellencau | Elise de Koning |
| Sanne Hans | Christie Middel | Jasper van Aarst | Arthur ter Voert | Chris Link | Fabiënne Lantinga |
| Sanne Hans | Agnes Diawara | | | | |
| Marco Borsato | Maan de Steenwinkel | Melissa Janssen | Jared Grant | Kelvin Muïs | Tibisay Mercera |
| Marco Borsato | Leonie Bos | Sanne Mallant | Natacha Carvalho | Daniël Kist | Babette van Vugt |
| Marco Borsato | Tommie Christiaan | | | | |
| Stolen contestants are italicized. ||||||

## Blind auditions
### Episode 1 (September 25)

| Order | Artist | Age | Song | Coach's and contestant's choices | Coach's and contestant's choices | Coach's and contestant's choices | Coach's and contestant's choices |
| Order | Artist | Age | Song | Anouk | Ali B | Sanne Hans | Marco |
| 1 | Dave Vermeulen | 22 | "Call Me the Breeze" | — | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 2 | Gaia Aikman | 23 | "I'm Your Baby Tonight" | — | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| 3 | Maan de Steenwinkel | 18 | "The Power of Love" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 4 | Christie Middel | 21 | "Think Twice" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 5 | Thijs Pot | 17 | "Can't Hold Us" / "Things We Lost in the Fire" | — | — | — | — |
| 6 | Leonie Bos | 27 | "Somebody to Love" | ✔ | ✔ | — | — |
| 7 | Racheal Botha | 27 | "My Love is Your Love" / "No Woman, No Cry" | ✔ | ✔ | — | — |
| 8 | Jasper van Aarst | 21 | "The Book of Love" | — | — | ✔ | — |
| 9 | Jolentha Zaat | 25 | "Hold My Hand" | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | Mylène de la Haye | 56 | "Nothing Ever Hurt Like You" | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | Jennie Lena | 37 | "Who's Lovin' You" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |

### Episode 2 (October 2)

| Order | Artist | Age | Song | Coach's and contestant's choices | Coach's and contestant's choices | Coach's and contestant's choices | Coach's and contestant's choices |
| Order | Artist | Age | Song | Anouk | Ali B | Sanne Hans | Marco |
| 1 | Melissa Janssen | 18 | "The House of the Rising Sun" | — | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 2 | Fiona Sarah Vredenduin | 21 | "Highway to Hell" | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Brandon Delagraentiss | 38 | "Uptown Funk" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 4 | Daniël Kist | 22 | "Thinking Out Loud" | — | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 5 | Jasmine Karimova | 17 | "Habits (Stay High)" | — | ✔ | — | — |
| 6 | Job Lentferink | 20 | "You Make It Real" | ✔ | — | — | — |
| 7 | Nikita Pellencau | 16 | "Love Me Like You Do" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| 8 | Brigit Schouten | 26 | "I Knew You Were Trouble" | — | — | — | — |
| 9 | Ivar Vermeulen | 40 | "Wonderwall" | — | ✔ | — | ✔ |
| 10 | Melynda Milman | 38 | "I Still Cry" | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | Brace | 28 | "Flink Zijn" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |

### Episode 3 (October 9)

| Order | Artist | Age | Song | Coach's and contestant's choices | Coach's and contestant's choices | Coach's and contestant's choices | Coach's and contestant's choices |
| Order | Artist | Age | Song | Anouk | Ali B | Sanne | Marco |
| 1 | Jared Grant | 24 | "Lately" | — | ✔ | — | ✔ |
| 2 | Naomi Sharon Webster | 20 | "A Natural Woman" | ✔ | ✔ | — | — |
| 3 | Aukje en Tyrone | | "No Air" | — | — | — | — |
| 4 | Tommie Christiaan | 29 | "It Will Rain" | — | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 5 | Maylissa Row | 18 | "Bang Bang" | — | ✔ | — | — |
| 6 | Gideon Luciana | 18 | "Hero" | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | Dion Cuiper | 21 | "Feeling Good" | — | ✔ | — | ✔ |
| 8 | Jefferson | 27 | "The Monster" / "Lose Yourself" | — | ✔ | — | — |
| 9 | Tibisay Mercera | 25 | "Give In to Me" | — | — | — | ✔ |
| 10 | Noëlle Visser | 20 | "Just Like a Pill" | — | — | — | — |
| 11 | Elise de Koning | 21 | "Hero" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |

### Episode 4 (October 16)

| Order | Artist | Age | Song | Coach's and contestant's choices | Coach's and contestant's choices | Coach's and contestant's choices | Coach's and contestant's choices |
| Order | Artist | Age | Song | Anouk | Ali B | Sanne | Marco |
| 1 | Agnes Diawara | 17 | "J'me Tire" | — | — | ✔ | — |
| 2 | Vincent de Lusenet | 34 | "Chandelier" | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Melissa Meewisse | 17 | "Thinking of You" | — | ✔ | — | — |
| 4 | Natacha Carvalho | 19 | "The Girl You Lost to Cocaine" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 5 | Chris Link | 34 | "Samen Zijn" / "Amy" | — | — | ✔ | ✔ |
| 6 | Alisha Ramcharan | 19 | "Burn" | — | — | — | — |
| 7 | Arthur ter Voert | 36 | "Sex on Fire" | — | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| 8 | Eva van der Donk | 19 | "The Edge of Glory" | — | ✔ | — | — |
| 9 | Omar Andrew | 24 | "How Come, How Long" | — | — | — | — |
| 10 | Dali Philippo | 16 | "De Zee" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | — |
| 11 | Neda Boin | 25 | "Yesterday" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |

### Episode 5 (October 23)

| Order | Artist | Age | Song | Coach's and contestant's choices | Coach's and contestant's choices | Coach's and contestant's choices | Coach's and contestant's choices |
| Order | Artist | Age | Song | Anouk | Ali B | Sanne | Marco |
| 1 | Sanne Mallant | 30 | "Who Wants to Live Forever" | — | ✔ | — | ✔ |
| 2 | Barry James Thomas | 52 | "A Change Is Gonna Come" | — | — | — | — |
| 3 | Fabiënne Lantinga | 27 | "Purple Rain" | — | — | ✔ | — |
| 4 | Babette van Vugt | 21 | "Mamma Knows Best" | — | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |
| 5 | Tevin Raynor | 21 | "Take Me to Church" | ✔ | ✔ | — | — |
| 6 | Danjil Tuhumena | 41 | "Valerie" | — | ✔ | — | ✔ |
| 7 | Constantijn Schaap | 23 | "Not Over You" | — | — | — | — |
| 8 | Kelvin Muïs | 25 | "Wake Me Up" | — | — | — | ✔ |
| 9 | Fabiënne Mucuk | 19 | "The Book of Love" | ✔ | ✔ | — | — |
| 10 | Ivan Peroti | 38 | "Let's Stay Together" | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ | ✔ |

#### Notes

* ^ After singing her blind audition song, contestant Fabiënne Mucuk was requested, by coach Ali B, to sing a second song. She sang "I'm Gonna Find Another You" by John Mayer.

## The Battle Rounds

The battle rounds determine which candidates from each team advance to the Knockout Rounds. Two contestants from within a team sing in a vocal battle against each other, and ultimately, in this season's case, 4 artists from Team Anouk, 6 artists from Team Ali B, and 5 artists from Teams Sanne and Borsato will advance. Continuing from season 4, each coach is allowed to steal one contestant from another coach's team. Continuing from Season 5, the studio audience can vote on contestants (through their own mobile phones). They can vote for that contestant (red vs. blue), thus helping influence the coach's decision on who moves on.

### Color key

| Episode | Coach | Order | Winner | Song | Loser | 'Steal' result | 'Steal' result | 'Steal' result | 'Steal' result |
| Episode | Coach | Order | Winner | Song | Loser | Anouk | Ali B | Sanne | Marco |
| Episode 6 (October 30) | Marco Borsato | 1 | Kelvin Muïs | "Fire" | Daniël Kist | — | — | ✔ | — |
| Episode 6 (October 30) | Ali B | 2 | Melissa Meewisse | "Hold My Hand" | Jasmine Karimova | — | — | — | — |
| Episode 6 (October 30) | Sanne Hans | 3 | Ivan Peroti | "Hold Back the River" | Agnes Diawara | — | — | — | — |
| Episode 6 (October 30) | Marco Borsato | 4 | Melissa Janssen | "Love Runs Out" | Natacha Carvalho | — | ✔ | — | — |
| Episode 6 (October 30) | Ali B | 5 | Brace | "Never Nooit Meer" | Dion Cuiper | — | — | — | — |
| Episode 6 (October 30) | Anouk | 6 | Jennie Lena | "Roar" | Leonie Bos | — | — | — | ✔ |
| Episode 7 (November 6) | Sanne Hans | 1 | Elise de Koning | "Titanium" | Fabiënne Lantinga | — | — | — | — |
| Episode 7 (November 6) | Anouk | 2 | Dali Philippo | "Counting Stars" | Job Lentferink | — | — | — | — |
| Episode 7 (November 6) | Ali B | 3 | Racheal Botha | "Ain't Nobody" | Fabiënne Mucuk | — | — | — | — |
| Episode 7 (November 6) | Marco Borsato | 4 | Maan de Steenwinkel | "The Voice Within" | Sanne Mallant | ✔ | — | — | — |
| Episode 7 (November 6) | Sanne Hans | 5 | Nikita Pellencau | "Love Me Again" | Chris Link | — | — | — | — |
| Episode 7 (November 6) | Ali B | 6 | Gaia Aikman | "See You Again" | Jefferson | — | — | — | — |
| Episode 7 (November 6) | Marco Borsato | 7 | Jared Grant | "Treasure" | Tommie Christiaan | — | — | — | — |
| Episode 8 (November 13) | Sanne Hans | 1 | Dave Vermeulen | "Run to You" | Arthur ter Voert | — | — | — | — |
| Episode 8 (November 13) | Ali B | 2 | Maylissa Row | "Dangerous" | Eva van der Donk | — | — | — | — |
| Episode 8 (November 13) | Anouk | 3 | Neda Boin | "When You Believe" | Naomi Sharon Webster | — | — | — | — |
| Episode 8 (November 13) | Marco Borsato | 4 | Tibisay Mercera | "Survivor" | Babette van Vugt | — | — | — | — |
| Episode 8 (November 13) | Ali B | 5 | Ivar Vermeulen | "Lean On" | Danjil Tuhumena | — | — | — | — |
| Episode 8 (November 13) | Sanne Hans | 6 | Christie Middel | "FourFiveSeconds" | Jasper van Aarst | — | — | — | — |
| Episode 8 (November 13) | Anouk | 7 | Brandon Delagraentiss | "Dancing in the Street" | Tevin Raynor | — | — | — | — |

## The Knockouts

New to this season is the introduction of the Knockout Round, which functions to replace the Clash Rounds of Season 5. During this round, coaches Sanne and Marco will advance three artists to the next stage of the competition, the Live Shows, while Anouk and Ali B will advance two and four artists, respectively. This is done to eliminate an equal number of artists across each team, ultimately sending twelve artists through to the Live Shows. In this round, in a format similar to The X Factor's Six-Seat Challenge, there will be three seats (two for Anouk and four for Ali B). After a contestant performs a song of his or her choice, he or she will sit in one of these seats; this will occur for the first three artists (two for Anouk, four for Ali B) performing on a team. However, after these first contestants perform, the fate of the fourth artist (third artist for Anouk and fifth artist for Ali B) will be decided based on whether his or her coach would like to switch out an artist already seated in favor of this performer. In the case of a switch-out, the artist that was switched out will be eliminated, and this performer will sit down. If the coach would instead like to keep the performers already seated and thus not give a seat to this performer, he or she will be immediately eliminated. After all artists have performed, those who end up seated will advance to the Live Shows.

### Color key

    – Contestant was eliminated, either immediately (indicated by a "—" in the "Switched with" column) or switched with another contestant
    – Contestant was not switched out and advanced to the Live Shows

## Live Shows

The final phase of the competition, the Live Shows, started on December 4, 2015. Unlike previous seasons, in which an equal number of contestants on each team were eliminated every week, results will apply to the contestants regardless of their teams.
Color key:

### Week 1: Top 12 (December 4)

| Order | Coach | Artist | Song | Result |
| 1 | Sanne Hans | Dave Vermeulen | "Sex Bomb" | Public's vote |
| 2 | Ali B | Natacha Carvalho | "We Don't Have to Take Our Clothes Off" | Eliminated |
| 3 | Marco Borsato | Maan de Steenwinkel | "Warrior" | Public's vote |
| 4 | Ali B | Brace | "Parijs" | Public's vote |
| 5 | Ali B | Gaia Aikman | "Runnin' (Lose It All)" | Eliminated |
| 6 | Sanne Hans | Daniël Kist | "Señorita" | Public's vote |
| 7 | Anouk | Neda Boin | "Beneath Your Beautiful" | Public's vote |
| 8 | Ali B | Ivar Vermeulen | "Sugar" | Public's vote |
| 9 | Anouk | Jennie Lena | "I'll Be There" | Public's vote |
| 10 | Marco Borsato | Melissa Janssen | "Ain't No Other Man" | Public's vote |
| 11 | Sanne Hans | Ivan Peroti | "Hello" | Public's vote |
| 12 | Marco Borsato | Jared Grant | "I Got You (I Feel Good)" | Public's vote |

### Week 2: Top 10 (December 11)

This week, the one artist with the lowest number of public votes will be eliminated, leaving nine artists to compete the following week.
| Order | Coach | Artist | Song | Result |
| 1 | Marco Borsato | Melissa Janssen | "Rolling in the Deep" | Public's vote |
| 2 | Sanne Hans | Daniël Kist | "Sorry" | Eliminated |
| 3 | Ali B | Ivar Vermeulen | "Nothing Really Matters" | Public's vote |
| 4 | Anouk | Neda Boin | "Stitches" | Public's vote |
| 5 | Marco Borsato | Jared Grant | "The Way You Make Me Feel" | Public's vote |
| 6 | Sanne Hans | Ivan Peroti | "Not Over You" | Public's vote |
| 7 | Marco Borsato | Maan de Steenwinkel | "Halo" | Public's vote |
| 8 | Anouk | Jennie Lena | "I Just Want to Make Love to You" | Public's vote |
| 9 | Sanne Hans | Dave Vermeulen | "Radar Love" | Public's vote |
| 10 | Ali B | Brace | "Margherita" | Public's vote |

### Week 3: Top 9 (December 18)

| Order | Coach | Artist | Song | Result |
| 1 | Ali B | Ivar Vermeulen | "War" | Public's vote |
| 2 | Anouk | Neda Boin | "Leave the Light On" | Eliminated |
| 3 | Marco Borsato | Jared Grant | "Uptown Funk" | Public's vote |
| 4 | Marco Borsato | Melissa Janssen | "Don't Let Go (Love)" | Public's vote |
| 5 | Ali B | Brace | "You Give Me Something" ("Jij Doet Iets Met Mij") | Public's vote |
| 6 | Sanne Hans | Ivan Peroti | "Higher Ground" | Public's vote |
| 7 | Sanne Hans | Dave Vermeulen | "Johnny B. Goode" | Public's vote |
| 8 | Anouk | Jennie Lena | "Vraag Jezelf Eens Af" | Public's vote |
| 9 | Marco Borsato | Maan de Steenwinkel | "How Deep Is Your Love" | Public's vote |

#### Notes

* ^ This is a reworked Dutch version of James Morrison's "You Give Me Something".

### Week 4: Top 8 (January 8)

| Order | Coach | Artist | Song | Result |
| 1 | Sanne Hans | Ivan Peroti | "This Is What It Feels Like" | Public's vote |
| 2 | Marco Borsato | Jared Grant | "A Song for You" | Public's vote |
| 3 | Anouk | Jennie Lena | "Locked Out of Heaven" / "Blessed & Highly Favored" | Public's vote |
| 4 | Sanne Hans | Dave Vermeulen | "I Won't Give Up" | Public's vote |
| 5 | Ali B | Ivar Vermeulen | "Waiting for Love" | Eliminated |
| 6 | Marco Borsato | Maan de Steenwinkel | "Let It Go" | Public's vote |
| 7 | Marco Borsato | Melissa Janssen | "Nobody's Wife" | Public's vote |
| 8 | Ali B | Brace | "Ik Hou Van Jou" | Public's vote |

### Week 5: Top 7 (January 15)

| Order | Coach | Artist | Song | Result |
| 1 | Marco Borsato | Maan de Steenwinkel | "Theme from New York, New York" / "Empire State of Mind (Part II) Broken Down" | Public's vote |
| 2 | Sanne Hans | Ivan Peroti | "Wrecking Ball" | Eliminated |
| 3 | Sanne Hans | Dave Vermeulen | "What I Like About You" | Public's vote |
| 4 | Marco Borsato | Melissa Janssen | "Back to Black" | Public's vote |
| 5 | Ali B | Brace | "Ken Je Mij?" | Public's vote |
| 6 | Anouk | Jennie Lena | "Fields of Gold" | Public's vote |
| 7 | Marco Borsato | Jared Grant | "Can't Feel My Face" | Public's vote |

#### Notes

* ^ To commemorate singer David Bowie after his death, Jennie Lena and Ivan Peroti, accompanied on piano by Jamai Loman, performed "Let's Dance" and "This is Not America" respectively backstage.

### Week 6: Semi-Final - Top 6 (January 22)

This week, after all of the artists have performed their first songs, one artist will be eliminated based on the ongoing public vote. A second artist will then be eliminated after the second round of performances. Ultimately, four artists will advance to the finale.
Due to the eliminations of Jared Grant and Melissa Janssen, this is the first time in two seasons that each coach will have equal representation in the finale.
| Order | Coach | Artist | First Song | Result | Order | Second Song | Result |
| 1 | Marco Borsato | Jared Grant | "Are You Gonna Go My Way" / "I Want to Take You Higher" | Eliminated | N/A (already eliminated) | N/A (already eliminated) | N/A (already eliminated) |
| 2 | Ali B | Brace | "Toen Ik Je Zag" | Public's vote | 11 | "Beauty and the Brains" | Public's vote |
| 3 | Marco Borsato | Melissa Janssen | "Euphoria" | Public's vote | 9 | "Always" | Eliminated |
| 4 | Marco Borsato | Maan de Steenwinkel | "Say My Name" | Public's vote | 7 | "I Don't Believe You" | Public's vote |
| 5 | Anouk | Jennie Lena | "Bloed, zweet en tranen" | Public's vote | 10 | "Fix You" | Public's vote |
| 6 | Sanne Hans | Dave Vermeulen | "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" | Public's vote | 8 | "All Summer Long" / "Sweet Home Alabama" | Public's vote |

### Week 7: Final (January 29)

| Order | Coach | Artist | First song | Order | Second song | Order | Original song | Result |
| 1 | Sanne Hans | Dave Vermeulen | "Call Me the Breeze" | 6 | "Wicked Way" (with Waylon) | 10 | "Found Myself a Home" | Runner-up |
| 2 | Ali B | Brace | "Mi Rowsu" (with Jan Smit) | 5 | "Flink Zijn" | 9 | "Alleen" | Third place |
| 3 | Marco Borsato | Maan de Steenwinkel | "Halo" | 7 | "Voorbij" (with Marco Borsato) | 11 | "Perfect World" | Winner |
| 4 | Anouk | Jennie Lena | "I Got You Babe" (with Douwe Bob) | 8 | "I Want You Back" | N/A | N/A (Already eliminated) | Fourth place |

#### Notes

* ^ The 4 Finalists (Jennie Lena, Brace, Maan de Steenwinkel, and Dave Vermeulen) sang "You're the Voice", while all of the previously eliminated artists accompanied them with background vocals.

## Artists' appearances in other media

* Danjil Tuhumena and Babette van Vugt turned chairs in Seasons 2 and 3 respectively, with the former competing on Team Nick en Simon and the latter on Team Borsato. Both were later eliminated in the Live Shows.
* Melissa Meewisse participated in the inaugural season of The Voice Kids on Team Borsato in 2011. She was eliminated in the final round.
* Kelvin Muïs placed third in the third season of the Dutch version of the reality singing competition, The X Factor, in 2010 as part of the "Boys" category.
* Gaia Aikman and Dali Philippo participated in the Dutch singing competition Junior Songfestival in 2007 and 2013, respectively.
* Melissa Janssen won the first season of the Dutch reality singing competition The Next Pop Talent in 2013.

## Episodes

| No. | Episode | Air date |
| 1 | "Blind Auditions 1" | 25 September 2015 |
| 2 | "Blind Auditions 2" | 2 October 2015 |
| 3 | "Blind Auditions 3" | 9 October 2015 |
| 4 | "Blind Auditions 4" | 16 October 2015 |
| 5 | "Blind Auditions 5" | 23 October 2015 |
| 6 | "Battle Rounds 1" | 30 October 2015 |
| 7 | "Battle Rounds 2" | 6 November 2015 |
| 8 | "Battle Rounds 3" | 13 November 2015 |
| 9 | "Knockouts 1" | 20 November 2015 |
| 10 | "Knockouts 2" | 27 November 2015 |
| 11 | "Live Show 1" | 4 December 2015 |
| 12 | "Live Show 2" | 11 December 2015 |
| 13 | "Live Show 3" | 18 December 2015 |
| 14 | "Live Show 4" | 8 January 2016 |
| 15 | "Live Show 5" | 15 January 2016 |
| 16 | "Semi-Final" | 22 January 2016 |
| 17 | "Final" | 29 January 2016 |