The Voice van Vlaanderen (season 1)
The Voice van Vlaanderen is a Belgian reality talent show. The 1st season of the Flemish version premiered on November 25, 2011 on the vtm television network. The coaches for the debut seasons were Natalia Druyts, one of the most popular recording artists of Flandern and close runner-up of the first season of Idool, Koen Wauters, host and judge of several casting shows and band member of Clouseau, Jasper Steverlinck, who was topping the Flemish single charts with a cover of Life on Mars and Alex Callier from Flemish band Hooverphonic. The winner  of this season was Glenn Claes from team Jasper. Battles. Coaches begin narrowing down the playing field by training the contestants with the help of "trusted advisors". Each episode featured eight battles consisting two of pairings from within each team, and each battle concluding with the respective coach eliminating one of the two contestants; the six winners for each coach advanced to the live shows. The Sing-off. Each coach nominates 5 acts from their group to advance to the live shows. The 3 remaining acts per group will do a sing-off for the remaining live show spot. Live  shows. Finals: 17 March 2012. After Snow Patrol performed Bert Voordeckers and Iris Van Straten, who placed 4th and 3rd respectively, were eliminated with Glenn Claes and Silke Mastbooms advancing to the superfinal. Glenn performed his single "Knight in Shining Armour" and Silke sang "Awake". The results were postponed for the next day.