The twelfth season of the Dutch reality singing competition The Voice of Holland premiered on 7 January 2022 on RTL 4. Host Martijn Krabbé, Chantal Janzen, as well as backstage host Geraldine Kemper, as well as the three coaches from the previous season, Waylon, Ali B and Anouk all returned, while Jan Smit was replaced by Glennis Grace. Jamai Loman returned as backstage host after a two-season hiatus.
This season marks the first time in the show's history to feature a fifth coach, Typhoon and season 6 winner Maan de Steenwinkel, who selected participants to participate in the Comeback stage. Also, this season marks the introduction of the block button, as first introduced in the fourteenth season of the American version. In addition to the familiar button for his chair, each coach gets three smaller buttons with the names of the other coaches on it. If someone presses the block button, the coach who has been pressed can no longer claim the talent. However, the blocked coach only sees this when he tries to turn around himself. To ensure that the coaches cannot block each other indefinitely, they can only use their block button once in the entire blind audition.
On 15 January 2022, after two episodes aired, the season was put on hold due to power abuse and sexual misconduct allegations against crew members of the show. Jeroen Rietbergen, band leader of The Voice, made a statement acknowledging sexual misconduct, apologised and resigned. The following day, one of the four coaches, Anouk, announced that after reading Rietbergen's statement, as well as several telephone calls, she had made up her mind and would not return to the show. Days later, coach Ali B was suspended from RTL due to the investigations. On 31 March 2025, a new thirteenth season was announced to premiere in January 2026, effectively ending the twelfth season prematurely.
Teams Color key
Coaches Top Artists Ali B Niene Malon Stacey Saturnino Muriel Blijd Jules Avery Anouk Danniel Drullard Hernandez Pascale Julia Kuiper David DamCheyenne LatulWouter Vos Glennis Grace Stevie Stunner Francien van der Burg Jefferson MansonSharon de Bos Waylon Simon Roberts Ray Benjamin Gonçalo SantosJeffrey Schenk Typhoon & Maan Pam Osher
Blind Auditions
The blind auditions premiered on 7 January 2022. A new feature within the Blind Auditions this season is the Block, which each coach can use once to prevent one of the other coaches from getting a contestant.
Color key Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button Artist defaulted to a coach's team Artist elected a coach's team Artist was eliminated, but got a second chance to compete in "Comeback Stage" Artist was eliminated and was not invited back for "Comeback Stage" ✘ Coach pressed "I WANT YOU" button, but was blocked by another coach from getting the artist Blocked by Ali B Blocked by Anouk Blocked by Glennis Blocked by Waylon
Episode 1 (7 January) OrderArtistAgeSongCoaches' and contestants' choicesAnoukGlennisWaylon 1Danniel Drullard Hernandez25"Never Enough" 2Stevie Stunner33"Diamonds" — — 3Ferry Doldersum35”Come As You Are” — — — — 4Ray Benjamin23"Jij Bent Het Leven Voor Mij" — — 5Stacey Saturnino30"All I Could Do Was Cry" — ✘ — 6Pam Osher40”Signed, Sealed, Delivered I'm Yours” — — — — 7Pascale Julia Kuiper17"Voilà" 8Niene Malon23"Dangerous Woman" — — — 9Francien van der Burg27"Zeg Me Wie Je Ziet" — 10Jeannine La Rose41"Honesty" — — — — 11Simon Roberts35"Tennessee Whiskey"
Episode 2 (14 January) OrderArtistAgeSongCoaches' and contestants' choicesAnoukGlennisWaylon 1David Dam27"Iris" 2Muriel Blijd56"Run To You" — — — 3Cheyenne Latul21"Hallucinate" — — 4Jules Avery25"Creep" — — — 5Wouter Vos28"Power Over Me" 6Sharon de Bos28"When I Was Your Man" — — 7Gonçalo Santos26"Nervous" — 8Femcy35"Get Here" — — — — 9Jeffrey Schenk39"Hart Van Mijn Gevoel" — 10Tina Iliria21"Elastic Heart" — — — — 11Jefferson Manson22"Officer Don't Let Go (original song)" ✘
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