# The Voice Kids (Dutch TV series) season 1

The Voice Kids is a Dutch television program produced by Talpa Productions and is broadcast on RTL 4. It is based on The Voice of Holland. Participation is only open to children between the ages of eight and fourteen.
The first season aired between 27 January and 23 March 2012. It was presented by Martijn Krabbé and Wendy van Dijk. The coaching was done by Angela Groothuizen, Marco Borsato, and Nick & Simon. The winner was Fabiënne Bergmans from Team Angela

## The Blind Auditions

Four judges/coaches, all noteworthy recording artists, choose teams of contestants through a blind audition process. Each judge has the length of the auditioner's performance (about ninety seconds) to decide if he or she wants that singer on his or her team. If two or more judges want the same singer (as happens frequently), the singer has the final choice of coach.

### The Blind Auditions, Part 1

| Key | Coach presses his or her button | Contestant eliminated with no coach pressing his or her button | Contestant defaulted to this coach's team | Contestant elected to join this coach's team |
| Order | Contestant | Song | Coach's and contestant's choices | Coach's and contestant's choices | Coach's and contestant's choices |
| Order | Contestant | Song | Marco | Nick & Simon | Angela |
| 1 | Robin, 12 | "The Climb" | — | — | — |
| 2 | Dave, 14 | "Geef mij je angst" | | | |
| 3 | Eline, 14 | "Get Here" | | — | — |
| 4 | Lieke, 12 | "Bottles" | | | |
| 5 | Annelotte, 14 | "Skinny Love" | | | |
| 6 | Rozemarijn, 11 | "Mercy" | — | — | — |
| 7 | Hadjer, 14 | "Halo" | — | | — |
| 8 | Wesley, 13 | "You Give Me Something" | — | — | — |
| 9 | Fabiënne, 13 | "The A Team" | | | |
| 10 | Zendé, 9 | "Here I Am" | | | |

### The Blind Auditions, Part 2

| Order | Contestant | Song | Coach's and contestant's choices | Coach's and contestant's choices | Coach's and contestant's choices |
| Order | Contestant | Song | Marco | Nick & Simon | Angela |
| 1 | Channah, 10 | "Mercy" | | | |
| 2 | Mannus, 11 | "Price Tag" | — | — | |
| 3 | Zoë, 14 | "If I Ain't Got You" | | | — |
| 4 | Eva, 14 | "Empire State of Mind" | — | — | — |
| 5 | Donny, 13 | "True Colors" | | | — |
| 6 | Melissa, 14 | "Jar of Hearts" | | | — |
| 7 | Cheyenne, 10 | "Use Somebody" | — | — | — |
| 8 | Brittany, 13 | "Whataya Want from Me" | — | | |
| 9 | Emanuela, 12 | "La solitudine" | — | — | — |
| 10 | Brett, 12 | "Love You More" | | | |
| 11 | Amy, 11 | "Bleeding Love" | | | |

### The Blind Auditions, Part 3

| Order | Contestant | Song | Coach's and contestant's choices | Coach's and contestant's choices | Coach's and contestant's choices |
| Order | Contestant | Song | Marco | Nick & Simon | Angela |
| 1 | Aisha, 11 | "Vlieg met me mee" | | — | |
| 2 | Phoebe, 12 | "Someone Like You" | — | — | — |
| 3 | Lennart, 13 | "The A Team" | | | |
| 4 | Chaima, 13 | "Valerie" | — | | — |
| 5 | Milo, 13 | "No Mercy" | | — | |
| 6 | Yahya, 13 | "Better in Time" | — | — | — |
| 7 | Caroline, 12 | "Use Somebody" | | | — |
| 8 | Amber, 13 | "Sunday Morning" | — | — | — |
| 9 | Elaine, 11 | "Paparazzi" | — | — | |
| 10 | Bram, 13 | "You Give Me Something" | | | |
| 11 | Romy, 12 | "Something in the water" | — | | — |
| 12 | Aïsha, 12 | "Listen" | | | |

### The Blind Auditions, Part 4

| Order | Contestant | Song | Coach's and contestant's choices | Coach's and contestant's choices | Coach's and contestant's choices |
| Order | Contestant | Song | Marco | Nick & Simon | Angela |
| 1 | Lowieke, 12 | "A Night Like This" | | — | |
| 2 | Sebastiaan, 11 | "Pak maar m'n hand" | — | — | — |
| 3 | Louise, 13 | "Foolin" | | | — |
| 4 | Vajèn, 13 | "The Climb" | | | |
| 5 | Dewi, 12 | "Sweet Goodbyes" | — | — | — |
| 6 | Vinchenzo, 12 | "You Give Me Something" | — | — | |
| 7 | Gabbi, 11 | "Bubbly" | | — | — |
| 8 | Lois, 14 | "Underneath Your Clothes" | — | | — |
| 9 | Suze, 12 | "Whataya Want from Me" | — | | — |
| 10 | Ella, 11 | "Lullaby of Birdland" | — | — | — |
| 11 | Pim, 14 | "Love You More" | | | |
| 12 | Amy, 14 | "I Say A Little Prayer" | | — | — |
| 13 | Rosan, 14 | "Sunday Morning" | — | — | |
| 14 | Daya, 10 | "Beautiful" | — | | — |

### The Blind Auditions, Part 5

| Order | Contestant | Song | Coach's and contestant's choices | Coach's and contestant's choices | Coach's and contestant's choices |
| Order | Contestant | Song | Marco | Nick & Simon | Angela |
| 1 | Maxime, 13 | "Valerie" | — | | |
| 2 | Tim, 13 | "Grenade" | — | — | — |
| 3 | Bente, 11 | "Lost" | | | |
| 4 | Noémi, 13 | "Born This Way" | | | |
| 5 | Jamie, 11 | "Take a Bow" | — | — | — |
| 6 | Maurits, 12 | "Use Somebody" | | | |
| 7 | Jessie, 13 | "I'm Yours" | — | — | |
| 8 | Raffie, 12 | "Here Without You" | — | — | — |
| 9 | Serena, 13 | "When You Say Nothing at All" | | — | — |
| 10 | Maxime, 13 | "Price Tag" | | | |
| 11 | Ruben, 13 | "Sterrenstof" | | | |
| 12 | Shalisa, 12 | "Bottles" | | — | — |
| 13 | Milou, 14 | "Nobody's Perfect" | | | — |

## The Battles

In the second stage, called the battle phase, coaches have three of their team members battle against each other directly by singing the same song together, with the coach choosing which team member to advance from each of individual "battles" into the Sing-Off stage.
| Marco Borsato | Nick & Simon | Angela Groothuizen | Vocal Coach |
| Yes-R | Marcel Fisser | Sven Figee | Babette Labeij |
    – Battle Winner
    – Eliminated
| Episode/Order | Coach | Winner | Eliminated | Eliminated | Song |
| 1.1 | Nick & Simon | Milou | Hadjer | Lois | "Bills, Bills, Bills" |
| 1.2 | Nick & Simon | Dave | Ruben | Suze | "Hou me vast" |
| 1.3 | Nick & Simon | Bente | Chaima | Donny | "Somebody that I used to know" |
| 1.4 | Nick & Simon | Pim | Maxime | Zoë | "Don't go breaking my heart" |
| 1.5 | Nick & Simon | Channah | Daya | Romy | "Runaway Baby" |
| 2.1 | Angela Groothuizen | Amy | Aïsha | Mannus | "Hush hush" |
| 2.2 | Angela Groothuizen | Brett | Elaine | Maxime | "Broken Strings" |
| 2.3 | Angela Groothuizen | Fabiënne | Brittany | Rosan | "Poker Face" |
| 2.4 | Angela Groothuizen | Lieke | Annelotte | Jessie | "Thinking of You" |
| 2.5 | Angela Groothuizen | Vinchenzo | Lennart | Lowieke | "Paradise" |
| 3.1 | Marco Borsato | Melissa | Amy | Shalisa | "Without You" |
| 3.2 | Marco Borsato | Bram | Maurits | Milo | "Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall" |
| 3.3 | Marco Borsato | Vajèn | Eline | Serena | "Landslide" |
| 3.4 | Marco Borsato | Zendé | Aisha | Gabbi | "This Is Me" |
| 3.5 | Marco Borsato | Louise | Caroline | Noémi | "Domino" |

## The Sing-Off

Each coach brought his or her team after the "Battle" back to five acts, but there were only two candidates to the final. All five contestants will battle each other in "The Sing-Off", where they re-sung their audition song. The coaches then selected two of the five contestants to move to the live finals.
    – Chosen as Finalist
    – Eliminated
| Sing Off # | Coach | Contestant | Song |
| 1 | Nick & Simon | Bente | "Lost" |
| 1 | Nick & Simon | Channah | "Mercy" |
| 1 | Nick & Simon | Dave | "Geef mij je angst" |
| 1 | Nick & Simon | Milou | "Nobody's Perfect" |
| 1 | Nick & Simon | Pim | "Love You More" |
| 2 | Angela Groothuizen | Amy | "Bleeding Love" |
| 2 | Angela Groothuizen | Brett | "Love You More" |
| 2 | Angela Groothuizen | Fabiënne | "The A Team" |
| 2 | Angela Groothuizen | Lieke | "Bottles" |
| 2 | Angela Groothuizen | Vinchenzo | "You Give Me Something" |
| 3 | Marco Borsato | Bram | "You Give Me Something" |
| 3 | Marco Borsato | Louise | "Foolin" |
| 3 | Marco Borsato | Melissa | "Jar of Hearts" |
| 3 | Marco Borsato | Vajèn | "The Climb" |
| 3 | Marco Borsato | Zendé | "Here I Am" |

## Live
### Teams

* Winner
* Runner-up
* Third place
* Finalist
Team :
| Marco | Nick & Simon | Angela |
| Vajèn van den Bosch | Dave Dekker | Fabiënne Bergmans |
| Melissa Meewisse | Channah van Wingerden | Lieke van 't Veer |

### Show
#### Competition Performances

Color key:
    - Selected for next round
    - Eliminated
| Sequence | Coach | Finalist | Type | Song | Result |
| 1 | Angela Groothuizen | Lieke | Solo | "Take a Bow" | Eliminated |
| 2 | Marco Borsato | Melissa & Vajèn (with Marco Borsato) | Trio | "Voorbij" | |
| 3 | Nick & Simon | Channah | Solo | "Rolling in the Deep" | Eliminated |
| 4 | Marco Borsato | Vajèn | Solo | "Because of You" | Safe |
| 5 | Angela Groothuizen | Fabiënne & Lieke (with Angela Groothuizen) | Trio | "Yoü and I" | |
| 6 | Nick & Simon | Dave | Solo | "Laat me" | Safe |
| 7 | Marco Borsato | Melissa | Solo | "I will always love you" | Eliminated |
| 8 | Nick & Simon | Channah & Dave (with Nick & Simon) | Quartet | "Holiday in Spain" | |
| 9 | Angela Groothuizen | Fabiënne | Solo | "Something's Got a Hold on Me" | Safe |

#### Non-Competition performance

| Performers | Song |
| All 6 Finalists | "Stronger (What Doesn't Kill You)" |

#### Celebrity performance

| Performer | Nummer |
| Ben Saunders | "Heart strings (This is love)" |

#### Results

Selecting the three finalists was based on two aspects, voting by the three coaches and televoting by viewers at home. Both the coaches and the public each had up to one-hundred points to give to their favorite finalist.
Color key:
    - Selected for last round
    - Eliminated
| Finalist | Coach | Points from coach | Points from public | Total | Result |
| Melissa | Marco Borsato | 30 | 38.4 | 68.4 | Eliminated |
| Vajèn | Marco Borsato | 70 | 61.6 | 131.6 | Finalist |
| Channah | Nick & Simon | 35 | 36.1 | 71.1 | Eliminated |
| Dave | Nick & Simon | 65 | 63.9 | 128.9 | Finalist |
| Fabiënne | Angela Groothuizen | 56 | 74.6 | 130.6 | Finalist |
| Lieke | Angela Groothuizen | 44 | 25.4 | 69.4 | Eliminated |

#### Finale

Channah, Lieke, and Melissa were immediately eliminated. Then were the finalists Dave, Fabiënne, and Vajèn.
Color key:
    - Winner
    - Runner-up
    - Third place
| Sequence | Finalist | Song | Result |
| 1 | Vajèn | "Show Me Heaven" | Runner-Up |
| 2 | Dave | "Toen ik je zag" | Third Place |
| 3 | Fabiënne | "What you're made of" | WINNER |

## Viewing Figures

| Episode | Date | Viewers | Place | Kdh. | Madl. |
| Blind Audition 1 | 27 January 2012 | 2,797,000 | 1 | 18.2% | 34.8% |
| Blind Audition 2 | 3 February 2012 | 3,053,000 | 1 | 19.9% | 35.2% |
| Blind Audition 3 | 10 February 2012 | 2,766,000 | 1 | 18.0% | 34.2% |
| Blind Audition 4 | 17 February 2012 | 2,855,000 | 1 | 18.6% | 35.0% |
| Blind Audition 5 | 24 February 2012 | 2,584,000 | 1 | 16.9% | 33.3% |
| The Battle 1 | 2 March 2012 | 2,688,000 | 1 | 17.5% | 33.5% |
| The Battle 2 | 9 March 2012 | 2,546,000 | 1 | 18.6% | 32.3% |
| The Battle 3 | 16 March 2012 | 2,504,000 | 1 | 16.3% | 31.8% |
| Finale | 23 March 2012 | 2,786,000 | 1 | 18.2% | 37.3% |

## Discography
### Albums

| Album title | Release date | Charting in the Dutch Album Top 100 | Charting in the Dutch Album Top 100 | Charting in the Dutch Album Top 100 | Comments |
| Album title | Release date | Date of entry | Highest | Weeks | Comments |
| The Voice Kids - The songs | 02-03-2012 | - | | | |

### Songs

| Single title | Release date | Charting in the Dutch Top 40 | Charting in the Dutch Top 40 | Charting in the Dutch Top 40 | Comments |
| Single title | Release date | Date of entry | Highest | Weeks | Comments |
| A-Team | 27-01-2012 | - | | | by Fabiënne Bergmans / Nr. 13 in the Single Top 100 |
| The climb | 17-02-2012 | - | | | by Vajèn van den Bosch / Nr. 10 in the Single Top 100 |
| Jar of hearts | 03-02-2012 | - | | | by Melissa Meewisse / Nr. 48 in the Single Top 100 |
| Geef mij je angst | 27-01-2012 | - | | | by Dave Dekker / Nr. 95 in the Single Top 100 |
| A moment like this | 23-03-2012 | - | | | by Melissa Meewisse / Nr. 75 in the Single Top 100 |
| Show me heaven | 23-03-2012 | - | | | by Vajèn van den Bosch / Nr. 26 in the Single Top 100 |
| Toen ik je zag | 23-03-2012 | - | | | by Dave Dekker / Nr. 24 in the Single Top 100 |
| What you're made of | 23-03-2012 | 07-04-2012 | 38 | 2 | by Fabiënne Bergmans / Nr. 5 in the Single Top 100 |

## Trivia

* All episodes of The Voice Kids were recorded in studio 1 in Aalsmeer.
* Early November 2011: the enrollment had closed because there were already 17,000 applications.
* Before the start of The Voice Kids was on 25 January 2012, there was a press conference of the coaches. The interviewers were 24 students from different schools, so that a report could write their school.