The Voice of Holland (season 8)
The eighth season of the Dutch reality singing competition The Voice of Holland premiered on 20 October 2017 on RTL4. Hosts Martijn Krabbé, Wendy van Dijk, and Jamai Loman all returned, as did Sanne Hans, Waylon, and Ali B as coaches, while season 7 coach Guus Meeuwis was replaced with Anouk, who served as a coach on season 6.
New this season was that in the Redroom-app the contestant with the highest percentage of turns could release its blind audition song on iTunes.
Jim van der Zee won the competition from team Anouk and Anouk became the winning mentor for the first time and Jim became the second male to win the show.
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 20)
The winners of seasons 5, 6, and 7, O'G3NE, Maan de Steenwinkel, and Pleun Bierbooms respectively, performed "Don't You Worry 'bout a Thing" at the start of the show.Episode 2 (October 27)
Episode 3 (November 3)
Episode 4 (November 10)
Episode 5 (November 17)
Episode 6 (November 24)
Episode 7 (December 1)
The Battle Rounds
;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
;Color keyThe Live Shows
;Color keyWeek 1: Top 12 (January 26)
| Order | Performer | Song |
| 1 | Top 12 | "Perfect" |
| 2 | The Script, Aïrto en Ronald | "Rain" |
| 3 | The Script | "Arms Open" |
Week 2: Top 9 (February 2)
| Order | Performer | Song |
| 1 | Top 9 | "I Wish" |
| 2 | Maan, Kimberly and Tjindjara | "24K Magic" |
| 3 | Nothing But Thieves, Ronald and Silayio | "Sorry" |
| 4 | Ronnie Flex and Maan | ‘Blijf bij mij’ |
Week 3: Semi-Final - Top 6 (February 9)
Just like previous seasons, this week, after all six artists have performed their first songs, one was eliminated based on the ongoing public vote. A second artist was then be eliminated after the top 5's second performances regardless of their teams, leaving four artists advanced to the finale. With the elimination of Kimberly, Waylon had no more act left on his team to compete. Also, Samantha Steenwijk was the first stolen artist to have ever made it to the finals in the show's history.| Order | Performer | Song |
| 1 | On Your Feet and Top 6 | Dr. Beat & Conga Mashup |
| 2 | Top 6 | “I Just Called To Say I Love You” |
Week 4: Final (February 16)
| Order | Coach | Artist | First song | Order | Second song | Order | Single | Result |
| 1 | Ali B | Demi van Wijngaarden | "Still Got the Blues " | 6 | "Finesse" | N/A | N/A | Fourth place |
| 2 | Anouk | Nienke Wijnhoven | "Somebody That I Used To Know" | 5 | "The Power of Love" | 9 | "Ex's & Oh's" | Third place |
| 3 | Anouk | Jim van der Zee | "Vincent" | 8 | "Bridge Over Troubled Water" | 11 | "I'm on Fire" | Winner |
| 4 | Sanne Hans | Samantha Steenwijk | "Ik ben zo eenzaam zonder jou" | 7 | "" | 10 | "" | Runner-up |
| Order | Performer | Song |
| 1 | Anne-Marie | "Ciao Adios" |
| 2 | Kimberly Maasdamme and Ladies of Soul | "River Deep – Mountain High" |
| 3 | Lil Kleine | "Loterij" |
;Notes
- Backstage performance
Elimination Chart
Overall
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Team
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Artists' appearances in other media
- Nikita Pellencau turned three chairs in season 6, opting to be part of Sanne Hans' team. She won her battle against fellow Team Sanne member Chris Link, but was eliminated in the Knockouts.
- Aïcha Gill participated with the girlband Sway X Factor 2011
- Aïrto participated with the Best Singer Songwriter 2015.
- Lara Mallo also participated with season 2 and sat in Team Angela. She was in the battle against Rodney Elzer and then lost against him
- Gin Dutch participated X Factor 2013
- Katharina Wildenbeest participated Holland's Got Talent 2017.
- Samantha Steenwijk participated with Bloed, zweet en tranen 2013.
- Kira Dekker participated with the Best Singer Songwriter 2014.
- Julia van Bergen came 8th in the Junior Eurovision Song Contest 2014 representing the Netherlands..
- Gideon Luciana first auditioned in season 6, but did not turn any chairs.
- Demi van Wijngaarden participated in the third season of the Netherlands version of The Voice Kids as part of Team Marco Borsato and made it to the finals, eventually losing to fellow Team Borsato member Ayoub Maach.
- Silke van de Klundert participated in the fourth season of The Voice Kids as a member of Team Borsato, but did not make it past the Battles.
- Simon van Rooij participated in the fourth season of The Voice Kids as a member of Team Borsato, but did not make it past the Battles.
- Tjindjara participated in the annual preselection for the Junior Eurovision Song Contest,, in 2005. She made it to the finale, but lost to Tess Gaerthé, Tjindjara participated in X Factor in 2013..
- Jennifer Terwel competed on the second season of the Dutch version of the reality singing competition X Factor in 2009, making it to the finals and placing 11th.
- Jaclyn Bradley Palmer was a regular cast member on Vh1's Breaking Bonaduce and was also featured on MTV's Date my Mom and HGTV's House Hunters International.
- Roemillo Baumgard, with his family, is a part of the series "A House full of Baumgard."
- Karlyn participated in X Factor in 2013.
- Milan Velberg appeared on Holland's Got Talent and The Next Boy / Girl Band.
- Toon Mentink participated in The Next Girl / Boyband where is group: "boyband 4U" won the competition.
Ratings
| Episode | Airdate | Total | Total with late watching |
| The Blind Auditions 1 | October 20, 2017 | 2.059.000 | 2.211.000 |
| The Blind Auditions 2 | October 27, 2017 | 2.211.000 | 2.375.000 |
| The Blind Auditions 3 | November 3, 2017 | 2.331.000 | 2.573.000 |
| The Blind Auditions 4 | November 10, 2017 | 2.291.000 | 2.519.000 |
| The Blind Auditions 5 | November 17, 2017 | 2.352.000 | 2.568.000 |
| The Blind Auditions 6 | November 24, 2017 | 2.310.000 | 2.503.000 |
| The Blind Auditions 7 | December 1, 2017 | 2.049.000 | 2.301.000 |
| The Battles 1 | December 8, 2017 | 2.167.000 | 2.377.000 |
| The Battles 2 | December 15, 2017 | 2.190.000 | 2.376.000 |
| The Battles 3 | December 22, 2017 | 2.081.000 | 2.263.000 |
| The Battles 4 | January 5, 2018 | 2.109.000 | 2.261.000 |
| The Knockouts 1 | January 12, 2018 | 2.132.000 | 2.282.000 |
| The Knockouts 2 | January 19, 2018 | 2.134.000 | 2.298.000 |
| The Live Show 1 | January 26, 2018 | 2.023.000 | 2.241.000 |
| The Live Show 2 | February 2, 2018 | 1.915.000 | 2.085.000 |
| The Live Show 3 | February 9, 2018 | 2.194.000 | 2.307.000 |
| The Finals | February 16, 2018 | 2.368.000 | 2.492.000 |