# The Voice Kids (Belgian TV series)

The Voice Kids is a Dutch-language Belgian music talent show for aspiring singers aged 8 to 15, based on the concept of the show The Voice van Vlaanderen. The first broadcast took place on 5 September 2014 on VTM. There are five different stages to the show: producers' auditions, blind auditions, battle / knockout rounds, sing-offs / semi-finals, and the final. The winners of the seven seasons have been: Mentissa Aziza, Jens Dolleslagers, Katarina Pohlodkova, Jade De Rijcke, Gala Aliaj, Karista Khan, and Sikudhani Wangui Mbugua.
An Lemmens has served as host from its inaugural season until 2022 (season 6). A second main presenter was introduced in 2022, with longest serving coach of The Voice van Vlaanderen Koen Wauters. Kürt Rogiers was a backstage presenter in 2014 and was replaced by Sieg De Doncker in 2018. He was later replaced in 2022 by Maksim Stojanac, in the following season there was no backstage host. In 2023 An Lemmens was replaced by Nora Gharib, and Koen Wauters was replaced by Aaron Blommaert.
The coaches of the latest season were one of the longest serving coaches, Laura Tesoro, coach from the previous season, Metejoor, and Coely, Pommelien Thijs making their debut as coaches. Coaches from previous seasons have been Sean Dhondt, Regi Penxten, Natalia, Slongs, Josje Huisman, Gers Pardoel, K3 and Duncan Laurence

## Coaches and Presenters

| Season | Season 1 (2014) | Season 2 (2015 - 2016) | Season 3 (2017) | Season 4 (2018) | Season 5 (2020) | Season 6 (2022) | Season 7 (2023) |
| Presented by | An Lemmens | An Lemmens | An Lemmens | An Lemmens | An Lemmens | An Lemmens | Nora Gharib |
| Presented by | | | | | | Koen Wauters | Aaron Blommaert |
| Backstage | Kürt Rogiers | Kürt Rogiers | Kürt Rogiers | Sieg De Doncker | Sieg De Doncker | Maksim Stojanac | No backstage host |
| Coaches | Sean Dhondt | Sean Dhondt | Sean Dhondt | Sean Dhondt | Sean Dhondt | Duncan Laurence | Coely |
| Coaches | Natalia Druyts | Natalia Druyts | Laura Tesoro | Laura Tesoro | Laura Tesoro | Laura Tesoro | Laura Tesoro |
| Coaches | Regi Penxten | Slongs Dievanongs | Josje Huisman | K3 | K3 | K3 | Pommelien Thijs |
| Coaches | No fourth judge | No fourth judge | No fourth judge | Gers Pardoel | Gers Pardoel | Metejoor | Metejoor |
| Winner | Mentissa Aziza | Jens Dolleslagers | Katarina Pohlodkova | Jade De Rijcke | Gala Aliaj | Karista Khan | Sikudhani Wangui Mbugua |
| Channel | VTM | VTM | VTM | VTM | VTM | VTM | VTM |
| Broadcast period | September 5, 2014 | November 20, 2015 | April 14, 2017 | September 14, 2018 | February 7, 2020 | March 25, 2022 | September 15, 2023 |
| Broadcast period | October 24, 2014 | January 8, 2016 | June 2, 2017 | November 23, 2018 | September 11, 2020 | May 27, 2022 | November 24, 2023 |

### Presenters

The Voice Kids presenters :
| Presenter | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons |
| Presenter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| An Lemmens | | | | | | | |
| Koen Wauters | | | | | | | |
| Nora Gharib | | | | | | | |
| Aaron Blommaert | | | | | | | |
| Kürt Rogiers | | | | | | | |
| Sieg De Doncker | | | | | | | |
| Maksim Stojanac | | | | | | | |

#### Key

    Main presenter
    Backstage presenter

### Coaches gallery

* Sean Dhondt (1–5)
* Regi Penxten (1)
* Natalia Druyts (1–2)
* Slongs Dievanongs (2)
* Laura Tesoro (3–present)
* Josje Huisman (3)
* Gers Pardoel (4–5)
* K3 (4–6)
* Metejoor (6–present)
* Duncan Laurence (6)
* Coely (7–present)
* Pommelien Thijs (7–present)

### Timeline of Coaches

The Voice Kids coaches :
| Coach | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons | Seasons |
| Coach | 1. | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 |
| Sean | | | | | | | |
| Natalia | | | | | | | |
| Regi | | | | | | | |
| Slongs | | | | | | | |
| Laura | | | | | | | |
| Josje | | | | | | | |
| Gers | | | | | | | |
| K3 | | | | | | | |
| Metejoor | | | | | | | |
| Duncan | | | | | | | |
| Coely | | | | | | | |
| Pommelien | | | | | | | |

### Coaches and finalists

The box shows finalists of each team, the bold ones are the winners/topfinalist
* Winner
* Runner-up
* Third place
* Fourth place
| Season | Sean Dhondt | Natalia Druyts | Regi Penxten | No fourth coach |
| 1 | Jens Broes Juliette Van Damme | Mentissa Aziza Otice Dury | Fiona Verbrugghe Alessia De Simone | No fourth coach |
| Season | Natalia Druyts | Sean Dhondt | Slongs Dievanongs | No fourth coach |
| 2 | Josefien Derijcke Julie Tilborghs | Jasmine McGuinness Leeloo Gilbert | Jens Dolleslagers Anke Huysentruyt | No fourth coach |
| Season | Laura Tesoro | Sean Dhondt | Josje Huisman | No fourth coach |
| 3 | Robin Jonckheere Oona Caron | Tim Bostoen Noralie Van Der Linden | Katarina Pohlodkova Abobaker Rahman | No fourth coach |
| Season | Gers Pardoel | Laura Tesoro | Sean Dhondt | K3 |
| 4 | Jade De Rijcke Noa Claeys | Emma Franssens Marilys Van der Hagen | Elisabeth Vergauwe Soraya Brigui | Maelle Moquet Mary Arutunian |
| 5 | Max Atzmon Sofia Stuyck | Veronika Bikarova Justin Degryse | Gala Aliaj Tiany Michiels | Mette-Marie Maes Romina Pecceu |
| Season | Metejoor | Laura Tesoro | Duncan Laurence | K3 |
| 6 | Marie-Émilie Jinthe Moens | Gloria J.A.P | Karista Khan Lina Lasri | Sien van Glabeke Anne Dexters |
| Season | Laura Tesoro | Coely | Metejoor | Pommelien Thijs |
| 7 | Ines Hanin Ariona Hamzallari | Miriam Owusu-Banahene Nisa Taspinar | Sofian Hachana Sid Janssen | Sikudhani Wangui Mbugua Lize Laekman |

### Lineup of coaches

Coaches' line-up by chairs order :
| Season | Year | Coaches | Coaches | Coaches | Coaches |
| Season | Year | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| 1 | 2014 | Sean | Natalia | Regi | — |
| 2 | 2015–16 | Natalia | Sean | Slongs | — |
| 3 | 2017 | Laura | Sean | Josje | — |
| 4 | 2018 | Gers | Laura | Sean | K3 |
| 5 | 2020 | Gers | Laura | Sean | K3 |
| 6 | 2022 | Metejoor | Laura | Duncan | K3 |
| 7 | 2023 | Laura | Coely | Metejoor | Pommelien |
| 8 | 2024 | Laura | Coely | Aaron | Pommelien |

## Series Overview

Flemish The Voice Kids series overview :
| Season | Aired | Winner | Runner-up | Third place | Fourth place | Winning coach | Hosts |
| 1 | 2014 | Mentissa Aziza | Fiona Verbrugghe | Jens Broes | — | Natalia Druyts | An Lemmens |
| 2 | 2015–16 | Jens Dolleslagers | Jasmine McGuinness | Josefien Derijcke | — | Slongs Dievanongs | An Lemmens |
| 3 | 2017 | Katarina Pohlodkova | Tim Bostoen | Robin Jonckheere | — | Josje Huisman | An Lemmens |
| 4 | 2018 | Jade De Rijcke | Elisabeth Vergauwe | Emma Franssens | Maëlle Moquet | Gers Pardoel | An Lemmens |
| 5 | 2020 | Gala Aliaj | Mette-Marie Maes | Max Atzmon | Veronika Bikarova | Sean Dhondt | An Lemmens |
| 6 | 2022 | Karista Khan | Gloria | Sien van Glabeke | Marie-Émilie | Duncan Laurence | Lemmens, Koen Wauters |
| 7 | 2023 | Sikudhani Wangui Mbugua | Miriam Owusu-Banahene | Sofian Hachana | Ines Hanin | Pommelien Thijs | Aaron Blommaert, Nora Gharib |

## Seasons' Synopsis

    Winner
    Runner-up
    Third place
    Fourth place
    Eliminated in the Final
    Eliminated in the Sing-offs/ Semi Final
    Eliminated in the Battles / Knockouts

### Season 1 (2014)

The inaugural season premiered on 5 September 2014 with Sean Dhondt, Natalia Druyts, and Regi Penxten as coaches. Mentissa Aziza from Team Natalia won the season finale a week before Halloween.
| Coaches | Top 36 Kids | Top 36 Kids | Top 36 Kids | Top 36 Kids |
| Sean | Jens | Juliette | Arunee | Danai |
| Sean | Armin | Heda | Fé | Jonathan |
| Sean | Juliette | Ranya | Mevlyde | Mariam |
| Natalia | Mentissa | Otice | Camille | Suzanne |
| Natalia | Alicia | Améline | Flore | Bjarne |
| Natalia | Morgan | Tessa | Merel | Lisa |
| Regi | Fiona | Alessia | Emma | Seppe |
| Regi | Evy | Ebe | Leonore | Max |
| Regi | Isabella | Junia | Manon | Sam |

### Season 2 (2015-16)

Season 2 of The Voice Kids premiered on 20 November 2015 with Sean Dhondt and Natalia Druyts switching seats while Slongs Dievanongs replaced Regi Penxten. Jens Dolleslaeghers from Team Slongs won the season 2 finale at the beginning of 2016.
| Coaches | Top 36 Kids | Top 36 Kids | Top 36 Kids | Top 36 Kids |
| Natalia | Josefien | Julie | Daria | Resa |
| Natalia | Precious | Britt | Anna | Ella |
| Natalia | Zita | Sharmy | Luana | Jemina |
| Sean | Jasmine | Leeloo | Pien | Serena |
| Sean | Kitana | Aurélie | Lore | Dioniza |
| Sean | Oscar | Romane | Tine | Hannabel |
| Slongs | Jens | Anke | Anneleen | Dina |
| Slongs | Anton | Kato | Aaron | Cecilia |
| Slongs | Felix | Samuel | Camille | Lola |

### Season 3 (2017)

Season 3 of The Voice Kids premiered on 14 April 2017 with Sean Dhondt as a returning coach while Eurovision Song Contest 2016 star Laura Tesoro and former K3 member Josje Huisman replacing Natalia Druyts and Slongs Dievanongs, respectively. Katarina Pohlodkova from Team Josje won the season 3 finale in June.
| Coaches | Top 36 Kids | Top 36 Kids | Top 36 Kids | Top 36 Kids |
| Laura | Robin | Oona | Emma | Jonathan |
| Laura | Bo | Jill | Maud | Arman |
| Laura | Cindy | Nathan | One | Nina |
| Sean | Tim | Noralie | Babs | Stijn |
| Sean | Jill | Julie | Angel Pink | Raphaëlla |
| Sean | Moira | Lien | Jerko | Romy |
| Josje | Katarina | Abu | Pauline | Pauline |
| Josje | Julliette | Delano | Flore | Merlijn |
| Josje | Lotte | Senne | Jens | Sofia |

### Season 4 (2018)

Season 4 of The Voice Kids premiered on 14 September 2018, and for the first time, had four coaches instead of three. Sean Dhondt and Laura Tesoro returned as coaches while Gers Pardoel and K3 replaced the latter's former member Josje Huisman. Jade De Rijcke from Team Gers won the season 4 finale in November.
| Coaches | Top 48 Kids | Top 48 Kids | Top 48 Kids | Top 48 Kids |
| Gers | Jade | Noa | Lindsy | Victoria |
| Gers | Laura | Kato | Jósephine | Indy |
| Gers | Lotte | Sari | Louise | Stien |
| Laura | Emma | Marilys | Charlotte | Kyle |
| Laura | Lauren | Hanne | Eva | Evi |
| Laura | Mamy | Noor | Ricardo | Silvie |
| Sean | Elisabeth | Soraya | Helena | Karry |
| Sean | Eva | Anna | Emma | Billy |
| Sean | Nathan | Latif | Jolien | Lisa |
| K3 | Maëlle | Mary | Ebe | Jools |
| K3 | Aja | Axelle | Anaïs | Kylan |
| K3 | Amber | Helena | Lola | Luca |

### Season 5 (2020)

Season 5 of The Voice Kids premiered on 7 February 2020 but was interrupted for several months due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Belgium. All four coaches from the previous season returned, and the live shows commenced in August, with Gala Aliaj from Team Sean winning the season 5 finale on 11 September.
| Coaches | Top 48 Kids | Top 48 Kids | Top 48 Kids | Top 48 Kids |
| Gers | Max | Sofia | Aenea | Klara |
| Gers | Elle | Lauren | Daan | Dilara |
| Gers | Fleur | Leslie | Endrew | Lentel |
| Laura | Veronika | Justin | Femke | Nabil |
| Laura | Caitlin | Connor | Anouk | Aurelie |
| Laura | Inneke | Stan | Chiana | Sanna |
| Sean | Gala | Tiany | Liza | Zita |
| Sean | Tara | Grace | Jen | Claire |
| Sean | Tiana | Tamsen | Jill | Thalia |
| K3 | Mette-Marie | Romina | Elisabeth | Matisse |
| K3 | Naëma | Ashley | Sarah | Chaya |
| K3 | Sofia | Nele | Zita | Fie |

### Season 6 (2022)

Season 6 of The Voice Kids premiered on 25 March 2022. Laura Tesoro and K3 returned as coaches, while Metejoor and Eurovision Song Contest 2019 winner Duncan Laurence replaced Gers Pardoel and Sean Dhondt, respectively. Karista Khan from Team Duncan won the season 6 finale in May.
| Coaches | Top 49 Kids | Top 49 Kids | Top 49 Kids | Top 49 Kids |
| Metejoor | Marie-Émilie | Jinthe | Zita | Maïté |
| Metejoor | Cara | Elise | Romy | Lise |
| Metejoor | Sien & Lena | Louis | Benne | Amelie |
| Laura | Gloria | J.A.P. | Lena | Samuel |
| Laura | Emma | Solara | Jools | Elise |
| Laura | Juliette | Marit | Lize | Eldiona |
| Duncan | Karista | Lina | Isis Lilja | Finn |
| Duncan | Fleur | Sofian | Renée | Ayco |
| Duncan | Marthe | Noor | Amira | Lola |
| Duncan | | | Floris | |
| K3 | Sien | Anne | Naomi | Lars |
| K3 | Emma | Elianice | Gaëlle | Elise |
| K3 | Julie | Nienke | Eloïse | Juliette |

### Season 7 (2023)

Season 7 of The Voice Kids premiered on 15 September 2023. Laura Tesoro and Metejoor returned as coaches, while Coely and Pommelien Thijs replaced Duncan Laurence and K3, respectively. Sikudhani Wangui Mbugua from Team Pommelien won the season 7 finale on 24 November.
| Coaches | Top 48 Kids | Top 48 Kids | Top 48 Kids | Top 48 Kids |
| Laura | Ines | Ariona | Milena | Sipho |
| Laura | Nina & Fien | Ella | Camille | Yanaika |
| Laura | Fé | Milà | Estée | Victoria |
| Coely | Miriam | Nisa | Frauke | Felix |
| Coely | Josefien | Eline | Annabel | Disha |
| Coely | Sam | Laurence | Tiana | Aurora |
| Metejoor | Sofian | Sid | Ezra | Marieke |
| Metejoor | Eliisa | Céleste | Lars | Binke |
| Metejoor | Maud | Luna | Mirko | Abigail |
| Pommelien | Sikudhani | Lize | Diene | Dominika |
| Pommelien | Saar | Claire | Senta | Alpha Nathan |
| Pommelien | Olivia | Nisa | Lise | Louise |