The Voice Senior (Dutch TV series)

The Voice Senior
Genre	Reality television
Created by	John de Mol
Developed by	Talpa Content
Directed by	Martijn Nieman Jeroen van Zalk Sander Vahle
Presented by	Martijn Krabbé Wendy van Dijk
Starring	The Voice of Holland Band
Judges	Angela Groothuizen Gerard Joling Gordon Heuckeroth Ilse DeLange Marco Borsato
Voices of	Martijn Krabbé
Theme music composer	Martijn Schimmer
Country of origin	Netherlands
Original language	Dutch
No. of seasons	1
Production
Producer	Talpa Productions
Production location	Studio 24, Hilversum
Running time	120 minutes (inc. adverts)
Original release
Network	RTL4
Release	August 24, 2018 (2018-08-24) – Present
Related
The Voice of Holland The Voice Kids

The Voice Senior is a Dutch talent-search television program produced by Talpa Productions which is broadcast on RTL 4. The show is based on the concept of The Voice of Holland and The Voice Kids, both of which were also created by John de Mol. However, participation is only open to elders of more than sixty years old.

Format

The show consists of four different phases: production audition, Blind Audition, The Knockouts and the Live Finale. The production auditions are not filmed, here only the good singers are selected by the program to go to the Blind Auditions.

The Blind Auditions

The blind auditions are similar to The voice of Holland and The Voice Kids. The contestants sing during the blind auditions while the chairs of the four judges/coaches are turned over. Each candidate has the chance to sing a song of their choice for about a minute and a half. The coaches can only choose the contestant on the basis of musicality and voice by pressing the button, causing their chairs turn around and facing the artist. If two or more coaches want the same artist, the artist can choose which coach he or she wants to continue in the program. The Blind Auditions will end when all teams are full.

The Knockouts

Each coach pairs two or three singers from his team who have to compete against each other by performing a song chosen by the coach. After the Knockouts, the coach chooses one contestant from each pairto to advance the next round. In the end, every coach retains two contestants.

The Live Finale

The remaining two contestants from each team will be in the final. The Live finale will be broadcast live on RTL 4. The contestants are mentored by their coach and choose a song that they want to sing in the final. The coach then decides one act to remain, the other act will then be eliminated. The final winner is chosen by the public at home by televoting.

Coaches and hosts

On December 1, 2017, three coaches from the adult as well as the kids version: Ali B, Ilse DeLange and Marco Borsato, were announced as coaches for the senior version, but Ali B eventually didn't become a coach for the show. On May 7, 2018 it was announced in a radio show that Angela Groothuizen, who previously also appeared as a coach in The Voice of Holland and The Voice Kids, would become the third coach. A month later, it was revealed that Gerard Joling and Gordon Heuckeroth would be joining the show as a duo coach and would sit in a double chair.

Martijn Krabbé and Wendy van Dijk, who both host the adult and the kids version, also became hosts for The Voice Senior. Later it was announced that Patrick Martens would serve as the backstage presenter.

• Coaches gallery
• 
  Angela Groothuizen (2018–)
• 
  Gerard Joling (2018–)
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  Gordon Heuckeroth (2018–)
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  Ilse DeLange (2018–)
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  Marco Borsato (2018–)

Timeline of coaches and hosts

Coaches	Seasons
	1
Angela
Gerard & Gordon
Ilse
Marco

Hosts	Seasons
	1
Wendy van Dijk
Martijn Krabbé

Season summary

  Team Angela

  Team Gerard & Gordon

  Team Ilse

  Team Marco

Season	First aired	Last aired	Winner	Runner-up	Third Place	Fourth Place	Winning coach	Presenters		Coaches (chair's order)
										1	2	3	4
1	August 24, 2018	September 14, 2018	Jimi Bellmartin	Marianne Noble	Annet Hesterman	Georges Lotze	Gerard & Gordon	Martijn Krabbé	Wendy van Dijk	Angela	Gerard & Gordon	Ilse	Marco

Coaches and their finalists

•   Winner
•   Runner-up
•   Third place
•   Fourth place

Winners are in bold, the finalists in the finale are in italicized font, and the eliminated artists are in small font.

Season	Coaches and their finalists
1	Angela Groothuizen	Gerard & Gordon	Ilse DeLange	Marco Borsato
	Marianne Noble Lain Barbier Lou Prince Cees Geluk	Jimi Bellmartin Mick and Henk Marcel Selier Marjolein Gabel Peter Joosten	Annet Hesterman Wil Nelemans Louis Windzak René Bishop	Georges Lotze Bob Bullee Guido Lamm Eddy Grovell

International franchises

Since its creation in 2017, it was announced that the format had been sold to Belgium and the Belgian-Flemish version will be airing in the autumn of 2018. Up to now, four countries have acquired the right to produce their own version of The Voice Senior:

• Channel One — The Russian version of the show, Голос 60+ began airing on September 14, 2018, with Leonid Agutin, Pelageya, Lev Leshchenko, and Valery Meladze as coaches.
• Sat.1 — The German version of the show will be airing at the end 2018, with Mark Forster, Yvonne Catterfeld, Sascha Schmitz and The BossHoss as coaches.
• vtm — The Flemish part of Belgium have announced their version of The Voice Senior with Walter Grootaers, Dana Winner, Natalia Druyts and Helmut Lotti as coaches.
• Atresmedia — After Antena 3 acquired the show, they announced that the Spanish version of The Voice Senior would be produced in the future.
• PPTV — APJ & Co, licensee in Thailand has announced audition of "The Voice Senior Thailand" that will be on air in 2019.