The Voice of Holland (season 7)
The seventh season of the Dutch reality singing competition The Voice of Holland premiered on October 21, 2016 on RTL4. Martijn Krabbé, Wendy van Dijk, and Jamai Loman all returned, as did Sanne Hans and Ali B as coaches. For this season, however, coaches Marco Borsato and Anouk were replaced by singers Guus Meeuwis and Waylon, respectively.
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.
Pleun Bierbooms won the competition and Waylon became the winning coach.
Coaches
Sanne Hans and Ali B have returned for season 7. Dutch singers Waylon and Guus Meeuwis replace former judges Marco Borsato and Anouk.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 (October 21)
Episode 2 (October 28)
Episode 3 (November 4)
Episode 4 (November 11)
Episode 5 (November 18)
Episode 6 (November 25)
The Battle Rounds
The Battle Rounds determine which artists from each team will advance to the Knockout Rounds. Two artists from within a team will sing in a vocal battle against one other, and ultimately, six artists from each team will advance. New to this season, however, is the introduction of the Steal Room. While steals have returned, each artist that is stolen this season will sit in a designated seat in the Steal Room as they watch the other performances. If a coach has stolen one artist but later decides to steal another, the first artist will be replaced and eliminated by the newly-stolen artist.;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 |
The Knockouts
Continuing from season 6, the Knockout Round determines which three artists from each team will advance to the final round of competition, the Live Shows. In this round, after an artist performs, he or she will sit in one of three seats above the stage. The first three artists performing from each team will sit down, but once the fourth artist performs, a coach has the choice of replacing the fourth artist with any artist sitting down or eliminating them immediately. Once all artists have performed, those who remain seated will advance to the Live Shows.;Color key
The Live Shows
The final phase of the competition, the Live Shows, began on January 13, 2017 and lasted until February 17, 2017. A new feature of the Live Shows is the judging of each performance by all four coaches with a number from one to ten. This number will then be averaged and combined with the public vote, ultimately giving a score to each artist. The six artists with the highest scores will be immediately saved, while the six artists with the lowest scores will be at risk of elimination. The public vote then determines which two artists among the six at risk will be eliminated.;Color key
Week 1: Top 12 (January 13)
| Order | Performer | Song |
| 1 | Kensington and Leon and Dwight | "Do I Ever" |
| 2 | Jamai and the Top 12 | "Freedom" |
| 3 | Kensington | "Sorry" |
;Notes
- Backstage performance
Week 2: Top 10 (January 20)
| Order | Performer | Song |
| 1 | Emeli Sandé and Isabel, Pleun, Romy, Kirsten and Katell | "Clown / Read All About It" |
| 2 | Emeli Sandé and all talents | "Next To Me " |
| 3 | Emeli Sandé | "Breathing Underwater" |
;Notes
- Backstage performance
Week 3: Top 8 (January 27)
| Order | Performer | Song |
| 1 | Ali B and Vinchenzo and Dwight | "Let's Go" |
| 2 | Jamai and Pleun, Vinchenzo, Thijs and Isabel | "One Dance" |
| 3 | Cast 'The Lion King' | "Circle of Life" |
;Notes
- Backstage performance
Week 4: Top 7 (February 3)
| Order | Performer | Song |
| 1 | Waylon with Pleun and Yerry | "Our Song" |
| 2 | Gavin James and Pleun and Isabel | "The Book of Love" |
| 3 | Gavin James and Thijs and Leon | "Nervous" |
| 4 | Maan de Steenwinkel | "Someone That I Never Knew" |
;Notes
- Backstage performance
Week 5: Semi-Final - Top 6 (February 10)
| Order | Performer | Song |
| 1 | Bebe Rexha with Isabel, Pleun, Leon and Vinchenzo | "In The Name Of Love"/"Hey Mama" |
| 2 | JP Cooper | "Perfect Strangers" |
| 3 | JP Cooper | "September Song" |
| 4 | Bebe Rexha | "I Got You" |
;Notes
- Backstage performance
Week 6: Final (February 17)
| Order | Coach | Artist | First song | Order | Second song | Order | Single | Result |
| 1 | Waylon | Pleun Bierbooms | "Writing's on the Wall" | 5 | "From This Moment" | 9 | "What Hurts The Most" | Winner |
| 2 | Sanne Hans | Isabel Provoost | "Big Girls Don't Cry" | 6 | "Omarm Me" | 11 | "Nothing" | Runner-up |
| 3 | Ali B | Vinchenzo Tahapary | "Say You Won't Let Go" | 7 | "Energie" | 10 | "Steady Love" | Third place |
| 4 | Guus Meeuwis | Thijs Pot | "Let Me Love You" | 8 | "Dat Komt Door Jou" | N/A | N/A | Fourth place |
| Order | Performer | Song |
| 1 | Armin Van Buuren with the finalists | "Heading Up High" |
| 2 | Lukas Graham with Pleun and Isabel | "7 Years" |
| 3 | Jamai with the finalists | "The Greatest Love of All" |
| 4 | Armin Van Buuren with Vinchenzo and Thijs | "I Need You" |
| 5 | Lukas Graham | "You're Not There" |
| 6 | Pleun Bierbooms | "What Hurts The Most" |
;Notes
- Backstage performance
Elimination Chart
Overall
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Team
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Ratings
| Episode | Airdate | Viewers |
| The Blind Auditions 1 | October 21, 2016 | 2.761.000 |
| The Blind Auditions 2 | October 28, 2016 | 2.895.000 |
| The Blind Auditions 3 | November 4, 2016 | 2.921.000 |
| The Blind Auditions 4 | November 11, 2016 | 2.777.000 |
| The Blind Auditions 5 | November 18, 2016 | 2.766.000 |
| The Blind Auditions 6 | November 25, 2016 | 2.521.000 |
| The Battles 1 | December 2, 2016 | 2.724.000 |
| The Battles 2 | December 9, 2016 | 2.404.000 |
| The Battles 3 | December 16, 2016 | 2.264.000 |
| The Knockouts 1 | December 23, 2016 | 2.294.000 |
| The Knockouts 2 | January 6, 2017 | 2.125.000 |
| The Live Show 1 | January 13, 2017 | 2.231.000 |
| The Live Show 2 | January 20, 2017 | 2.000.000 |
| The Live Show 3 | January 27, 2017 | 2.179.000 |
| The Live Show 4 | February 3, 2017 | 2.050.000 |
| The Live Show 5 | February 10, 2017 | 2.148.000 |
| The Finals | February 17, 2017 | 2.531.000 |