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The Voice Kids | |
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Genre | Reality television |
Created by | |
Developed by | Talpa Content |
Presented by | |
Judges | |
Voices of | Martijn Krabbé |
Country of origin | Netherlands |
Original language | Dutch |
No. of seasons | 10 |
No. of episodes | 96 |
Production | |
Producer | Talpa Productions |
Production locations | Studio 1, Aalsmeer (seasons 1) Studio 24, Hilversum (seasons 2–10) |
Running time | 120 minutes (inc. adverts) |
Original release | |
Network | RTL 4 (2012–2021) |
Release | January 27, 2012 June 4, 2021 | –
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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.