The eighth season of the Dutch reality singing competition The Voice of Holland premiered on 20 October 2017 on RTL4. Hosts Martijn Krabbé, Wendy van Dijk, and Jamai Loman all returned, as did Sanne Hans, Waylon, and Ali B as coaches, while season 7 coach Guus Meeuwis was replaced with Anouk, who served as a coach on season 6.
New this season was that in the Redroom-app the contestant with the highest percentage of turns could release its blind audition song on iTunes.
Jim van der Zee won the competition from team Anouk and Anouk became the winning mentor for the first time and Jim became the second male to win the show.
Teams
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Blind auditions
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Episode 1 (October 20) The winners of seasons 5, 6, and 7, O'G3NE, Maan de Steenwinkel, and Pleun Bierbooms respectively, performed "Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing" at the start of the show.
Episode 2 (October 27)
Episode 3 (November 3)
Episode 4 (November 10)
Episode 5 (November 17)
Episode 6 (November 24)
Episode 7 (December 1)
The Battle Rounds
The Battle Rounds determine which artists from each team will advance to the Knockout Rounds. Two (or a group of three artists) from the same will sing in a vocal battle against one other. The Steal Room was continued from Season 7. While steals have returned, each artist that is stolen this season 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. Contestants who win their battle or are stolen by another coach will advance to the Knockout rounds.
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The Knockouts
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– 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
The Live Shows
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– Artist had one of the six lowest scores and was eliminated
– Artist's score was among the top six, advancing them to the next Live round
– Artist was voted through by the public vote after having one of the lowest scores
Week 1: Top 12 (January 26)
Week 2: Top 9 (February 2)
Week 3: Semi-Final - Top 6 (February 9)
Just like previous seasons, this week, after all six artists have performed their first songs, one was eliminated based on the ongoing public vote. A second artist was then be eliminated after the top 5's second performances regardless of their teams, leaving four artists advanced to the finale. With the elimination of Kimberly, Waylon had no more act left on his team to compete. With Jim and Nienke still on the competition, Anouk is the first female coach to advance two of her artists into the final. Also, Samantha Steenwijk was the first stolen artist to have ever made it to the finals in the show's history.
Week 4: Final (February 16)