The seventh season of the Dutch reality singing competition The Voice of Holland premiered on 21 October 2016 on RTL 4. Martijn Krabbé, Wendy van Dijk, and Jamai Loman all returned, as did Sanne Hans and Ali B as coaches. For this season, however, coaches Marco Borsato and Anouk were replaced by singers Guus Meeuwis and Waylon, respectively.
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.
Pleun Bierbooms won the competition and Waylon became the winning coach.
Coaches
Sanne Hans and Ali B have returned for season 7. Dutch singers Waylon and Guus Meeuwis replace former judges Marco Borsato and Anouk.
Teams Color key
Coaches Top 50 Artists Waylon Pleun Bierbooms Yerry Rellum Romy Weevers Dilana Smith Jordan Roy Nikki Nola Stephan Bouwman Maik IJpelaar Oumnia Guigui Chirine Aliani Jane Talany Irene Hin Mireille Komproe SaraLee Vos Sanne Hans Isabel Provoost Kirsten Berkx Sheela Baggio Ina van Woersem Jacob Grey Maik IJpelaar Nikki Nola Daniël van Schaick Erik Frisberg Esri Elianne Hannah Stradmeijer Tom Schraven Ali B Vinchenzo Tahapary Dwight Dissels Roza Lozica Danny Kalima Josephine Rojer Oumnia Guigui Sydney van der Meij Leon Sherman Chimobi Emma van Helsdingen Charlotte Masmeijer Jennifer Cooke Khadisha Reed Rudebeats Guus Meeuwis Thijs Pot Leon Sherman Katell Chevalier Annemarie Brohm John Vooijs Stephanie van Rooijen Zoë de Sanders Nils Krake CPG Melany Sharon Mike Ott Rachel Kramer Vannessa Thuyns
Blind auditions
Color key Coach hit his/her "I WANT YOU" button Artist defaulted to this coach's team Artist elected to join this coach's team Artist eliminated with no coach pressing his or her "I WANT YOU" button
Episode 1 (21 October) Order Artist Age Song Coaches' and contestants' choicesWaylonSanneAli BGuus 1 CPG (Jacqueline, Peggy, and Gitty) 37/37/42 "I'm So Excited" — 2 Baggio 19 "Does Your Mother Know" 3 Daisy van Barneveld 23 "Wake Me Up" — — — — 4 Vinchenzo 17 "Thinking Out Loud" 5 Mireille Komproe 23 "Bang Bang" 6 Rachel Kramer 36 "We've Got Tonight" — — 7 Joggo 35 "Rude" — — — — 8 Sheela 26 "Dirty Diana" — 9 Stephan Bouwman 26 "Let It Go" 10 Charlotte Masmeijer 21 "Valerie" — — — 11 Dwight Dissels 35 "End of the Road"
Episode 2 (28 October) Order Artist Age Song Coaches' and contestants' choicesWaylonSanne Ali BGuus 1 Yerry Rellum 45 "Crazy" 2 Catali 23 "Desperado" — — — — 3 Kirsten Berkx 25 "Seven Nation Army" 4 Danny Kalima 26 "Happy" — — 5 Nikki Nola 32 "Feeling Good" — — — 6 Tim Verhaal 21 "Skyfall" — — — — 7 Oumnia Guigui 21 "Good God" — — 8 Esri 28 "Hold Back the River" 9 Melany Sharon 25 "Ik Huil Alleen Bij Jou" — 10 John Vooijs 37 "Best Fake Smile" 11 Dilana Smith 44 "Roxanne"
Episode 3 (4 November) Order Artist Age Song Coaches' and contestants' choicesWaylonSanneAli BGuus 1 Ina van Woersem 19 "The Way You Make Me Feel" 2 Jacob Grey 27 "Back to Black" 3 Jane Talany 53 "Don't Look Down" — — 4 Danilo Kuiters 19 "Werd de Tijd Maar Teruggedraaid" — — — — 5 Vannessa Thuyns 41 "Slow Down" 6 Siger van Ramshorst 22 "Dat Komt Door Jou" — — — — 7 Khadisha Reed 19 "No" — 8 Mike Ott 20 "One Call Away" — — 9 Lisa van der Ven 18 "Run to You" — — — — 10 Isabel Provoost 17 "Modern World" — 11 Thomas Staples 29 "Dance With Somebody" — — — — 12 Katell Chevalier 31 "Formidable"
Episode 4 (11 November) Order Artist Age Song Coaches' and contestants' choicesWaylonSanneAli BGuus 1 Roza Lozica 26 "How Come You Don't Call Me" — 2 Irene Hin 20 "Royals" — — 3 Rudebeats 29 "No Diggity" — 4 SaraLee Vos 37 "Hey Ya" — — — 5 Tialda van Slogteren 31 "People Help the People" — — — — 6 Sascha Salvati 32 "Firestone" — — — — 7 Natascha Vergeer 22 "Be the One" — — — — 8 Daniël van Schaick 28 "California Dreamin'" 9 Annemarie Brohm 32 "What's Up" — — 10 Bertrie Wieringa 26 "Style" — — — — 11 Erik Frisberg 31 "Let's Stay Together" 12 Pleun Bierbooms 18 "Million Years Ago"
Episode 5 (18 November) Order Artist Age Song Coaches' and contestants' choicesWaylonSanneAli BGuus 1 Stephanie van Rooijen 23 "Kom Maar Bij Mij" 2 Roxanne Hartog 20 "Almost Is Never Enough" — — — — 3 Jennifer Cooke 29 "Survivor" — — 4 Nils Krake 31 "All I Ask" — 5 Romy Weevers 16 "All I Want" — 6 Mario Raadwijk 40 "Vraag Jezelf Eens Af" — — — — 7 Maik IJpelaar 23 "Is This Love" — — — 8 Josephine Rojer 29 "Love Yourself" — 9 Sem Rooijakkers 19 "Fast Car" — — — — 10 Chimobi 24 "Sugar" — — 11 Jordan Roy 29 "Man in the Mirror"
Episode 6 (25 November) Order Artist Age Song Coaches' and contestants' choicesWaylonSanneAli BGuus 1 Thijs Pot 18 "As Long as You Love Me" — — 2 Hannah Stradmeijer 19 "Ain't Nobody" — — — 3 Leon Sherman 32 "When I Was Your Man" 4 Nina Broekema 20 "Don't Dream It's Over" — — — — 5 Chirine Aliani 20 "Stone Cold" — — 6 Shay Lachman 20 "Mooi" — — — — 7 Zoë de Sanders 19 "Set Fire to the Rain" — — — 8 Sydney van der Meij 23 "Run" — — 9 Japie Stoppelenburg 28 "Break Free" — — — — 10 Emma van Helsdingen 17 "Vision of Love" — — 11 Tom Schraven 28 "Love Runs Out"
The Battle Rounds
The Battle Rounds determine which artists from each team will advance to the Knockout Rounds. Two artists from within a team (and, for Team Waylon and Team Ali B, a group of three artists) will sing in a vocal battle against one other, and ultimately, six artists from each team will advance. New to this season, however, is the introduction of the Steal Room. 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. Color key: Artist won the Battle and advanced to the Knockout Rounds Artist lost the Battle and was stolen by another coach, but was later switched with another artist and eliminated Artist lost the Battle but was stolen by another coach and advanced to the Knockout Rounds Artist lost the Battle and was eliminated
Episode Coach Order Winner Song Loser 'Steal' result Waylon Sanne Guus Episode 7 Guus Meeuwis 1 Annemarie Brohm "Free Your Mind" CPG — — — Ali B 2 Vinchenzo Tahapary "I See Fire" Chimobi Sanne Hans 3 Isabel Provoost "I Kissed a Girl" Esri Elianne — — — Waylon 4 Pleun Bierbooms "Love Me Like You Do" Jane Talany — — Guus Meeuwis 5 John Vooijs "Shut Up and Dance" Nils Krake — — Waylon 6 Romy Weevers "Brave" Chirine Aliani — — — Irene Hin — — — Sanne Hans 7 Kirsten Berkx "Black Velvet" Nikki Nola — — Ali B 8 Dwight Dissels "How Come, How Long" Leon Sherman Episode 8 Ali B 1 Danny Kalima "Bailando" Rudebeats — — — Sanne Hans 2 Sheela "Never Forget You" Hannah Stradmeijer — — — Waylon 3 Yerry Rellum "FourFiveSeconds" Oumnia Guigui — — Guus Meeuwis 4 Stephanie van Rooijen "Toen Ik Je Zag" Melany Sharon — — — Sanne Hans 5 Jacob Grey "Treat You Better" Tom Schraven — — — Waylon 6 Dilana Smith "Dark Horse" SaraLee Vos — — — Guus Meeuwis 7 Katell Chevalier "Nothing Compares 2 U" Rachel Kramer — — — Ali B 8 Sydney van der Meij "Only Girl (In the World)" Emma van Helsdingen — — Charlotte Masmeijer — — — Episode 9 Sanne Hans 1 Baggio "Let Me Entertain You" Daniël van Schaick — — — Ali B 2 Josephine Rojer "Next to Me" Jennifer Cooke — — — Guus Meeuwis 3 Thijs Pot "Geronimo" Mike Ott — — — Waylon 4 Stephan Bouwman "Rumour Has It" Maik IJpelaar — — Sanne Hans 5 Ina van Woersem "Want to Want Me" Erik Frisberg — — — Guus Meeuwis 6 Zoë de Sanders "Promise Me" Vannessa Thuyns — — — Ali B 7 Roza Lozica "Tears" Khadisha Reed — — — Waylon 8 Jordan Roy "Sugar" Mireille Komproe — — —
The Knockouts Continuing from season 6, the Knockout Round determines which three artists from each team will advance to the final round of competition, the Live Shows. In this round, after an artist performs, he or she will sit in one of three seats above the stage. The first three artists performing from each team will sit down, but once the fourth artist performs, a coach has the choice of replacing the fourth artist with any artist sitting down or eliminating them immediately. Once all artists have performed, those who remain 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
+ Artists' performances Episode Coach Order Artist Song Result Switched with Episode 10 Danny Kalima "Beggin'" Eliminated rowspan="3" Oumnia Guigui "Ain't Nobody" Eliminated Roza Lozica "When We Were Young" Advanced Dwight Dissels "All of Me" Advanced Oumnia Guigui Sydney van der Meij "Habits (Stay High)" Eliminated — Vinchenzo Tahapary "Waves" Advanced Danny Kalima Josephine Rojer "Shake Your Body (Down to the Ground)" Eliminated — Zoë de Sanders "No More Drama" Eliminated rowspan="3" Thijs Pot "Demons" Advanced Katell Chevalier "Amsterdam" Advanced Annemarie Brohm "Hotter than Hell" Eliminated Zoë de Sanders Leon Sherman "Run to You" Advanced Annemarie Brohm Stephanie van Rooijen "Je Hoeft Niet Naar Huis Vannacht" Eliminated — John Vooijs "You Give Me Something" Eliminated — Episode 11 Ina van Woersem "I Want You Back" Eliminated rowspan="3" Kirsten Berkx "Toxic" Advanced Jacob Grey "Wonderful World" Eliminated Isabel Provoost "Big Girls Don't Cry" Advanced Jacob Grey Sheela "Dangerous Woman" Advanced Ina van Woersem Maik IJpelaar "Locked Out of Heaven" Eliminated — Baggio "Surfin' U.S.A." Eliminated — Yerry Rellum "Human" Advanced rowspan="3" Stephan Bouwman "Stitches" Eliminated Nikki Nola "Super Duper Love" Eliminated Dilana Smith "It Must Have Been Love" Eliminated Stephan Bouwman Pleun Bierbooms "Don't Be So Shy" Advanced Nikki Nola Jordan Roy "The Edge of Heaven" Eliminated Dilana Smith Romy Weevers "Skinny Love" Advanced Jordan Roy
The Live Shows
The final phase of the competition, the Live Shows, began on 13 January 2017 and lasted until 17 February 2017. A new feature of the Live Shows is the judging of each performance by all four coaches with a number from one to ten. This number will then be averaged and combined with the public vote, ultimately giving a score to each artist. The six artists with the highest scores will be immediately saved, while the six artists with the lowest scores will be at risk of elimination. The public vote then determines which two artists among the six at risk will be eliminated.
Color key – 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 six lowest scores
Week 1: Top 12 (13 January)