The Voice of Holland (season 6)
The sixth season of the Dutch reality singing competition The Voice of Holland premiered on September 25, 2015 on RTL4. Martijn Krabbé, Wendy van Dijk, and Jamai Loman all returned, as did Marco Borsato and Ali B as coaches. However, the sixth season saw Trijntje Oosterhuis and Ilse DeLange replaced by Dutch singer-songwriters Anouk and Sanne Hans from the band Miss Montreal. This is the last season that Marco Borsato appeared as a coach on the show, as he announced on November 13, 2015 that he will not be returning for the next season. In his place, singer Waylon will serve as coach for Season 7. The season was won by Maan de Steenwinkel of Team Borsato, and this is Borsato's fourth time as winning coach.
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.
Coaches
Marco Borsato and Ali B have returned for season 6, while Anouk Teeuwe and Sanne Hans replace former judges Ilse DeLange and Trijntje Oosterhuis.Teams
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;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 (September 25)
Episode 2 (October 2)
Episode 3 (October 9)
Episode 4 (October 16)
Episode 5 (October 23)
;Notes- After singing her blind audition song, contestant Fabiënne Mucuk was requested, by coach Ali B, to sing a second song. She sang "I'm Gonna Find Another You" by John Mayer.
The Battle Rounds
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| Artist won the Battle and advanced to the Knockout Rounds | |
| Artist lost the Battle but was stolen by another coach and advanced to the Knockout Rounds | |
| Artist lost the Battle and was eliminated |
The Knockouts
New to this season is the introduction of the Knockout Round, which functions to replace the Clash Rounds of Season 5. During this round, coaches Sanne and Marco will advance three artists to the next stage of the competition, the Live Shows, while Anouk and Ali B will advance two and four artists, respectively. This is done to eliminate an equal number of artists across each team, ultimately sending twelve artists through to the Live Shows. In this round, in a format similar to The X Factor's Six-Seat Challenge, there will be three seats. After a contestant performs a song of his or her choice, he or she will sit in one of these seats; this will occur for the first three artists performing on a team. However, after these first contestants perform, the fate of the fourth artist will be decided based on whether his or her coach would like to switch out an artist already seated in favor of this performer. In the case of a switch-out, the artist that was switched out will be eliminated, and this performer will sit down. If the coach would instead like to keep the performers already seated and thus not give a seat to this performer, he or she will be immediately eliminated. After all artists have performed, those who end up seated will advance to the Live Shows.;Color key
Live Shows
The final phase of the competition, the Live Shows, started on December 4, 2015. Unlike previous seasons, in which an equal number of contestants on each team were eliminated every week, results will apply to the contestants regardless of their teams.Color key:
| Artist was saved by the public's votes | |
| Artist was eliminated |
Week 1: Top 12 (December 4)
| Order | Performer | Song |
| 1 | Jess Glynne and Team Anouk | "Rather Be" / "Don't Be So Hard on Yourself" / "Hold My Hand" |
| 2 | Jess Glynne | "Take Me Home" |
Week 2: Top 10 (December 11)
This week, the one artist with the lowest number of public votes will be eliminated, leaving nine artists to compete the following week.| Order | Coach | Artist | Song | Result |
| 1 | Marco Borsato | Melissa Janssen | "Rolling in the Deep" | Public's vote |
| 2 | Sanne Hans | Daniël Kist | "Sorry" | Eliminated |
| 3 | Ali B | Ivar Vermeulen | "Nothing Really Matters" | Public's vote |
| 4 | Anouk | Neda Boin | "Stitches" | Public's vote |
| 5 | Marco Borsato | Jared Grant | "The Way You Make Me Feel" | Public's vote |
| 6 | Sanne Hans | Ivan Peroti | "Not Over You" | Public's vote |
| 7 | Marco Borsato | Maan de Steenwinkel | "Halo" | Public's vote |
| 8 | Anouk | Jennie Lena | "I Just Want to Make Love to You" | Public's vote |
| 9 | Sanne Hans | Dave Vermeulen | "Radar Love" | Public's vote |
| 10 | Ali B | Brace | "Margherita" | Public's vote |
| Order | Performer | Song |
| 1 | Gavin James | "The Book of Love" |
| 2 | Romy Monteiro | "I Will Always Love You" |
Week 3: Top 9 (December 18)
;Notes- This is a reworked Dutch version of James Morrison's "You Give Me Something".
| Order | Performer | Song |
| 1 | Ellie Goulding | "Love Me Like You Do" |
| 2 | Ellie Goulding | "On My Mind" |
Week 4: Top 8 (January 8)
| Order | Performer | Song |
| 1 | Hardwell and the Top 8 | "Mad World" |
| 2 | Sanne Hans and her team | "Always on the Run" |
| 3 | Zara Larsson | "Never Forget You" |
Week 5: Top 7 (January 15)
| Order | Performer | Song |
| 1 | The Top 7 | "With a Little Help from My Friends" |
| 2 | Jennie Lena and Ivan Peroti | "Let's Dance" / "This is Not America" |
| 3 | Matt Simons | "Catch & Release" |
;Notes
- To commemorate singer David Bowie after his death, Jennie Lena and Ivan Peroti, accompanied on piano by Jamai Loman, performed "Let's Dance" and "This is Not America" respectively backstage.
Week 6: Semi-Final - Top 6 (January 22)
Due to the eliminations of Jared Grant and Melissa Janssen, this is the first time in two seasons that each coach will have equal representation in the finale.
| Order | Performer | Song |
| 1 | Charlie Puth | "Marvin Gaye" |
| 2 | Ali B and Brace | "Fun" |
| 3 | Charlie Puth | "One Call Away" |
Week 7: Final (January 29)
| Order | Coach | Artist | First song | Order | Second song | Order | Original song | Result |
| 1 | Sanne Hans | Dave Vermeulen | "Call Me the Breeze" | 6 | "" | 10 | "Found Myself a Home" | Runner-up |
| 2 | Ali B | Brace | "Mi Rowsu" | 5 | "Flink Zijn" | 9 | "Alleen" | Third place |
| 3 | Marco Borsato | Maan de Steenwinkel | "Halo" | 7 | "" | 11 | "Perfect World" | Winner |
| 4 | Anouk | Jennie Lena | "I Got You Babe" | 8 | "I Want You Back" | N/A | N/A | Fourth place |
| Order | Performer | Song |
| 1 | Top 40 contestants | "You're The Voice" |
| 2 | Fleur East | "Sax" |
| 3 | Mike Posner | "I Took a Pill in Ibiza" |
;Notes
- The 4 Finalists sang "You're the Voice", while all of the previously eliminated artists accompanied them with background vocals.
Elimination Chart
Overall
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Team
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Artists' appearances in other media
- Danjil Tuhumena and Babette van Vugt turned chairs in Seasons 2 and 3 respectively, with the former competing on Team Nick en Simon and the latter on Team Borsato. Both were later eliminated in the Live Shows.
- Melissa Meewisse participated in the inaugural season of The Voice Kids on Team Borsato in 2011. She was eliminated in the final round.
- Kelvin Muïs placed third in the third season of the Dutch version of the reality singing competition, The X Factor, in 2010 as part of the "Boys" category.
- Gaia Aikman and Dali Philippo participated in the Dutch singing competition Junior Songfestival in 2007 and 2013, respectively.
- Melissa Janssen won the first season of the Dutch reality singing competition The Next Pop Talent in 2013.
Episodes