The Voice Kids (Dutch TV series)

The Voice Kids
GenreReality television
Created by
Developed byTalpa Content
Presented by
Judges
Voices ofMartijn Krabbé
Country of originNetherlands
Original languageDutch
No. of seasons10
No. of episodes96
Production
ProducerTalpa Productions
Production locationsStudio 1, Aalsmeer (seasons 1)
Studio 24, Hilversum (seasons 2–10)
Running time120 minutes (inc. adverts)
Original release
NetworkRTL 4 (2012–2021)
ReleaseJanuary 27, 2012 (2012-01-27) –
June 4, 2021 (2021-06-04)
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The Voice Kids is a Dutch talent show produced by Talpa[1] and broadcast on RTL 4[2] since January 27, 2012. It was hosted by Martijn Krabbé and Wendy van Dijk in seasons 1 to 8. From season 9 to 10, it was hosted by Martijn Krabbé and Jamai Loman. Since season 11, it has been hosted by Buddy Vedder and Jamai Loman.

The show, developed after the success of The Voice of Holland, was made for children aged six to fourteen in the first season, and for those eight to fourteen in later seasons. The program was created by John de Mol,[3] and after achieving success in the Netherlands, the concept was marketed worldwide.

Seasons 1, 2, and 3 all began one week after the last episode of The Voice of Holland of each year. Season 4 was broadcast eight weeks after the finale of The Voice of Holland and aired on Saturday evenings.[4] Seasons 5, 6, 7, 8, 9 and 10 aired directly after The Voice of Holland on Friday evenings.

Fabiënne Bergmans was the winner of the first season. Laura van Kaamwas was the second season's winner and Ayoub Maach won the third. Each received a record deal with 8ball Music, a music video, €10,000 scholarship and a trip to Disneyland Paris. Lucas Van Roekel won the fourth season, receiving a €10,000 scholarship and record deal. Esmée Schreurs won the fifth season and received a €25,000 scholarship, as did Iris Verhoek in the sixth season. Yosina Roemajauw won the seventh season and received a €25,000 scholarship and a single of her own. When she was 11, Silver Metz won the eighth season and received a €25,000 scholarship.[5] Dax Hovius won the Voice Kids in the ninth season, earning a total of 25,000 euros. Emma Kok was the winner of season 10.

  1. ^ "Talpa Media". Talpa Media. Retrieved 2019-07-01.
  2. ^ "The Voice Kids - RTL4". www.thevoicekids.nl (in Dutch). Archived from the original on 2016-12-04. Retrieved 2019-07-01.
  3. ^ "John de Mol". Forbes. Retrieved 2019-07-01.
  4. ^ "Nieuwe onderdelen in The Voice in concurrentiestrijd". AD.nl, 24. August 2014.
  5. ^ "Dit is de winnaar van The Voice Kids 2019". AD.NL. April 2019. Retrieved June 30, 2019.