The ninth season of the Dutch reality singing competition The Voice of Holland premiered on 2 November 2018 on RTL 4. Hosts Martijn Krabbé, Wendy van Dijk, and Jamai Loman as well as three season 8 coaches, Waylon, and Ali B and Anouk all returned, while Sanne Hans was replaced with Lil Kleine.
Dennis Van Aarssen won the competition from team Waylon and Waylon became the winning mentor for the second time.
Coaches and hosts
During the Grand Finale of season 8 broadcast on February 16, 2018, it was announced that Sanne Hans would not be returning to the show for the ninth season and would be replaced by rapper Lil Kleine. Waylon, Ali B and Anouk returned as coaches while Martijn Krabbé, Wendy van Dijk, and Jamai Loman all returned as hosts.
Teams Color key
Coaches Top 59 Artists Lil' Kleine Quido Van de Graaf Kimberly Fransens Talita Blijd Nika Pantovic Sophie van der Stok Mentissa Aziza Collin Hoeve Veerle Barbé Natascha Bessez Norah Gaanderse LAURA Ginger Mariëlle Flens Luigiano Paals Chevelly Cooman Raffie van Maren Anouk Navarone Mikki van Wijk Irene Dings Cleo Vlogman Mannus ter Avest Sanne Veltman Jelle Glasbergen Jackie Lou Sanne de Winter Iris Noëlle Ruben Anthony Jet Van Der Steen Billy Maluw Sterre Tuijl Lyall Silié Ali B Menno Aben Sarah-Jane Debrah Jade Zoë Livay Béla Becht Niels Hereijgers Owen Playfair Evelien van Buren Hard2Get Maya Shanti Kevin Storm Walter De Kok Wytse Visser Amy Mielatz JoHaLee Olorun Earl Scott Waylon Dennis Van Aarssen Patricia Van Haastrecht Bryan B Sanne De Winter Sascha van den Kerckhove Raigny Jozephia Jade PraiZe Luminize Talita Blijd Hard2Get Jackie Lou Xerxes Naseri Yentl Pool M'lissa Nate James
Blind auditions
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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 (November 2) OrderArtistAgeSongCoaches' and contestants' choicesLil' KleineAnoukAli BWaylon1Dennis van Aarssen24"That's Life" 2Jade PraiZe28"Love Runs Out"— 3 Ewald Gomes 27"Ain't Nobody"————4Navarone N/A"Whole Lotta Love" 5Chevelly Cooman17"Ben" 6Ginger25"Papa" (original song)/ "Treur Niet" ——7 Anniek Lassche 29"Jerusalem"————8Maya Shanti21"Friends"— 9Evelien van Buren17"Dear Future Husband"— 10Talita Blijd27"Rise"—— 11Menno Aben18"Make It Rain"
Episode 2 (November 9) OrderArtistAgeSongCoaches' and contestants' choicesLil' KleineAnoukAli BWaylon1Sarah-Jane32"Nothing Compares 2 U" 2Ruben Anthony40"Another Day" 3Sanne Veltman16"Happier"— ——4 Robert Lissone 34"I'm Still Standing"————5Natascha Bessez30"Finesse" ———6Sanne de Winter34"All I Ask" 7Hard2GetN/A"Treat You Better"—— 8 Bo Neeleman 27"Dance With Somebody"————9Quido van de Graaf27"Wat Is Dan Liefde" —10 Nikki Wennekes 27"How Come You Don't Call Me"————11Xerxes Naseri24"Margherita"—— 12Patricia van Haastrecht29"Rise Up"
Episode 3 (November 16) OrderArtistAgeSongCoaches' and contestants' choicesLil' KleineAnoukAli BWaylon1M'lissa21"Feel It Still" 2JoHaLee35"Leef"— —3Sascha van den Kerckhove19"She's Out of My Life"— 4 James Stefano 32"When You Love Someone"————5Amy Mielatz23"Thinking of You"— —6 Imgracia Nunnely 31"Betekenis"————7Cleo Vlogman22"Fine China— —8Kimberly Fransens26"My Heart Will Go On" 9 Moor Park N/A"Use Somebody"————10Mariëlle Flens24"Ik Voel Me Zo Verdomd Alleen" —11Sophie van der Stok25"At Last"
Episode 4 (November 23) OrderArtistAgeSongCoaches' and contestants' choicesLil' KleineAnoukAli BWaylon1Yentl Pool31"The Winner Takes It All"— 2Béla Becht25"How Will I Know"— 3Nika Pantovic27"Yesterday" —4 Romy de Proost 19"Havana"————5LuminizeN/A"Lady Marmalade"—— 6Earl Scott34"Versace on the Floor" 7 Nathalie Blue 18"Friends"————8Raigny Jozephia23"Parijs"—— 9 Keje 23"Kid K"————10Billy Maluw34"A Change Is Gonna Come" —11Iris Noëlle22"Piece By Piece"
Episode 5 (November 30) OrderArtistAgeSongCoaches' and contestants' choicesLil' KleineAnoukAli BWaylon1Jet van der Steen16"Turning Tables" 2LAURA23"Komt Wel Goed Schatje" (original song) ——3Niels Hereijgers35"Leave a Light On"— 4 Kim Sandee 26"Wolves"————5Owen Playfair20"Human Nature"— —6 Victoria Nicol 33"Licence to Kill"————7Zoë Livay18"Hometown Glory"—— —8Jackie Lou21"Imagine"— 9Debrah Jade27"If I Ain't Got You" 10 Mattanja Joy Bradley 37"Wake Me Up!"————11Sterre Tuijl21"Jessie"— —12Lyall Silié19"Lay Me Down"
Episode 6 (December 7) OrderArtistAgeSongCoaches' and contestants' choicesLil' KleineAnoukAli BWaylon1Bryan B50"When a Man Loves a Woman" 2Mikki van Wijk16"In The Name Of Love"— 3 Henri Groenewold 50"Terug Naar Jou" (original song)/"Back to Black"————4OlorunN/A"Leun Op Mij"—— —5Raffie van Maren19"This Town" —6 Romy Lammerts 16 "Too Good at Goodbyes"————7Collin Hoeve34"#Addicted" (original song) ———8Luigiano Paals25"Scared to Be Lonely" ——9 Gabriëlle van den Broek 24"Ciao Adios"————10Walter de Kok29"Viva La Vida"—— —11Irene Dings16"Wings"
Episode 7 (December 14) OrderArtistAgeSongCoaches' and contestants' choicesLil' KleineAnoukAli BWaylon1Veerle Barbé23"Unchain My Heart" ———2Nate James38"Issues" 3Megan Roele 22"Big Yellow Taxi"————4Mentissa Aziza19"Perfect" ———5Mannus ter Avest18 "Sorry"— —6Goldie Kedde 22"Altijd Wel Iemand"————7Wytse Visser25"Stuck in the Middle with You"—— —8Jelle Glasbergen 22"Dancing On My Own" 9 Sharon Buitenhuis 22"Love You More"————10Norah Gaanderse25"A Woman's Worth" ———11Kevin Storm26"Unknown (To You)"—
The Battle Rounds
The non-stop steal is implemented again in this season. For this round, Anouk, Ali B, and Lil' Kleine switched chair positions to Lil' Kleine, Anouk, and Ali B, respectively.
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 Episode 8 Ali B 1 Sarah-Jane"Crazy"Kevin Storm Lil Kleine 2 Kimberly Fransens"God is a Woman"Natascha Bessez — — Anouk 3 Mannus ter Avest"Seven Nation Army" Ruben Anthony — — Waylon 4Sascha van den Kerckhove"Too Good at Goodbyes" M'lissa Ali B 5 Zoë Livay"The Middle"Maya Shanti — — Lil Kleine 6 Nika Pantovic "Skin" Raffie van Maren — — — Waylon 7 Patricia van Haastrecht"It's All Coming Back To Me Now"Talita Blijd — Episode 9 Anouk 1 Mikki Van Wijk "One" Lyall Silié — — — Waylon 2 Jade PraiZe "Blank Space"Yentl Pool — — Lil Kleine 3 Sophie Van der Stok "When I Was Your Man" Luigiano Paals—— — Ali B 4 Owen Playfair "Am I Wrong" Olorun——— Anouk 5 Jelle Glasbergen "Eenzaam Zonder Jou"Iris Noëlle — — Lil Kleine 6 Mentissa Aziza"Stuck"Chevelly Cooman——— Waylon 7Raigny Jozephia "Never Nooit Meer" Xerxes Naseri — —Ali B 8Menno Aben"What About Us" Earl Scott——— Episode 10 Waylon 1Luminize"Runaway Baby" Hard2Get—— Anouk 2Sanne Veltman"Can't Fight the Moonlight" Sterre Tuijl——— Ali B 3 Debrah Jade "No Tears Left To Cry" Amy Mielatz——— Anouk 4 Cleo Vlogman "Attention" Billy Maluw——— Lil Kleine 5 Quido Van De Graaf "Kleine Jongen" Ginger — — — Mariëlle Flens — — — Ali B 6 Evelien van Buren "Wat Zou Je Doen" JoHaLee — — — Waylon 7 Bryan B"I Knew You Were Waiting For Me" Nate James — — — Episode 11Waylon1 Dennis van Aarssen"The Lady Is a Tramp"Jackie Lou — —Lil Kleine2 Veerle Barbé"Fighter" Norah Gaanderse———Ali B3 Niels Hereijgers"Youngblood" Wytse Visser———Anouk4 Irene Dings"You Know I'm No Good" Jet van der Steen———Lil Kleine5 Collin Hoeve"Hurt Somebody" LAURA—— —Ali B6 Béla Becht"Kiss From A Rose" Walter De Kok———Anouk7 Navarone "Respect"Sanne de Winter
The Knockouts
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 ArtistSongResultSwitched with Episode 12 Irene Dings "My Immortal" Advancedrowspan="3" Mannus Ter Avest "Be Alright" Elimiminated Mikki Van Wijk "Lief Zoals Je Bent" Advanced Sanne Veltman "Valerie" Eliminated— Jelle Glasbergen "Make It Rain" EliminatedMannus Ter Avest Jackie Lou "Proud Mary" Eliminated— Cleo Vlogman "Strong" Eliminated— Navarone "Chandelier" AdvancedJelle Glasbergen Hard2Get "Shape of You" / "Energie" Eliminatedrowspan="3" Debrah Jade "Clown" Advanced Niels Hereijgers "Counting Stars" Eliminated Béla Becht "Time After Time" EliminatedNiels Hereijgers Zoë Livay "Verleden Tijd" Eliminated —Ali B decided to give Zoë Livay two options: choose one of the chairs or choose for a contract at Ali's label. She chose the second Sarah-Jane"Say Something"AdvancedBéla Becht Owen Playfair"Treasure" Eliminated— Menno Aben"All My Friends"AdvancedHard2Get Evelien Van Buren "Hero"Eliminated— Episode 13 Kimberly Fransens "Without You"Advancedrowspan="3" Collin Hoeve "Butterfly" Eliminated Talita Blijd"Like I'm Gonna Lose You"Advanced Veerle Barbé "I Would Stay" Eliminated— Nika Pantovic "Shotgun" EliminatedCollin Hoeve Mentissa Aziza "Beneath Your Beautiful" Eliminated— Sophie Van Der Stok"Let's Hear It for the Boy"Eliminated— Quido Van De Graaf "Het Is Over" AdvancedNika Pantovic Luminize"Hotter than Hell"Eliminatedrowspan="3" Sascha Van Der Kerckhove"Altijd Wel Iemand"Eliminated Dennis Van Aarsen"Mr. Bojangles"Advanced Jade PraiZe"In My Blood"Eliminated— Sanne De Winter "Leave the Light On"EliminatedSascha Van Den Kerckhove Raigny Jozephia"Liever Dan Lief"EliminatedLuminize Patricia Van Haastrecht"Bleeding Love"AdvancedRaigny Jozephia Bryan B "Wake Me Up!" AdvancedSanne De Winter
The Live Shows
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 lowest scores
Week 1: Top 12 (February 1)
Order Coach Artist Song Coaches' scores Public vote score Total score ResultAnoukAli BLil KleineWaylon Average score 1 Ali B Menno Aben "It Will Rain" 8.0 7.5 7.0 7.5 7.50 6.69 14.19Advanced 2 WaylonBryan B"Relight My Fire"7.57.07.07.57.256.2413.49Eliminated 3 Anouk Irene Dings "Another Love" 7.5 7.0 8.0 8.0 7.63 6.39 14.02Advanced 4 Lil KleineTalita Blijd"Like I Can"6.57.58.08.07.506.6614.16Eliminated 5 Waylon Dennis Van Aarsen "Lost" 8.0 8.0 8.0 8.5 8.13 8.64 16.77Advanced 6 Ali BDebrah Jade"Say My Name"8.58.57.08.58.135.6713.80Eliminated 7 Lil Kleine Quido Van De Graaf "Ik Meen 'T" 8.5 7.0 10.0 7.5 8.25 8.02 16.27Advanced 8 Anouk Navarone "Somebody To Love" 9.0 9.0 8.5 8.0 8.63 8.51 17.14Advanced 9 Lil Kleine Kimberly Fransens "Afscheid" 9.0 8.0 8.5 9.0 8.63 8.26 16.89Advanced 10 Anouk Mikki Van Wijk "I Kissed A Girl" 8.0 7.5 7.0 8.5 7.75 7.03 14.78Advanced 11 Ali B Sarah-Jane "Don't Let Go (Love)" 8.5 9.5 8.5 7.5 8.50 8.34 16.84Advanced 12 Waylon Patricia Van Haastrecht "This Is Me" 8.0 10.0 8.5 10.0 9.13 8.93 18.06Advanced
+ Non-competition performances Order Performer Song 1 Little Mix, Debrah Jade & Kimberly "Woman Like Me" 2 Little Mix "Think About Us" 3 Sanne De Winter "I'll Never Love Again"
Week 2: Top 9 (February 8)