The Voice of Holland (season 3)
# The Voice of Holland (season 3)

The Voice of Holland (season 3) was the third season of the Dutch reality singing competition, created by media tycoon John de Mol and the first sophomore season ever of the show's format. It was aired from August to December 2012 on RTL4.

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.

Martijn Krabbé and Wendy van Dijk, who was co-hosting season two, remained as co-hosts. Winston Gerschtanowitz was interviewing the contestants and their inmates backstage.

Nick & Simon and Roel van Velzen returned for their third and final season as coaches, while Marco Borsato returned for his second season. Angela Groothuizen was replaced by singer Trijntje Oosterhuis. She won in her first season through her team contestant Leona Philippo in the final held on 14 December 2012 against over Johannes Rypma for Team Nick & Simon who came runner-up. Leona Philippo's win came with 56% of the votes in her favor. The ratings for the last show where the highest ratings The Voice of Holland ever had. 4.6 million people watched the show.

## Summary of competitors

### Competitors' table

    – Winner
    – Runner-up
    – Third
    – Fourth
    – Eliminated after semi-finals
    – Eliminated after quarter finals
    – Eliminated during first or second live round
    – Eliminated during the Battle rounds

| Team | Top 64 Artists | Top 64 Artists | Top 64 Artists | Top 64 Artists |
| - | - | - | - | - |
| Marco Borsato | | | | |
| Marco Borsato | Ivar Oosterloo | Barbara Straathof | Anja Dalhuisen | Babette van Vugt |
| Marco Borsato | Omri Tindal | Niña van Dijk | Pomme van de Ven | Jared Hiwat |
| Marco Borsato | Jayms | Mindy Broeren-Martosoedjono | Inge McGee | Maaike Hagar |
| Marco Borsato | Petra Creutzberg | Linda Smeets | Claudia van den Anker | Kelita Gallant |
| Trijntje Oosterhuis | | | | |
| Trijntje Oosterhuis | Leona Philippo | Sandra van Nieuwland | Tessa Belinfante | Laurrhie Brouns |
| Trijntje Oosterhuis | Velorisa Yorks | Ron Link | Patt Riley | Denzel Dongen |
| Trijntje Oosterhuis | Paula Pielanen | Pip Whien | Loes van de Mars | Hagar Daoudi |
| Trijntje Oosterhuis | Marco Gerits | Hilde Vos | Gerrie van Dijk-Dantuma | Sotiri Antonakoudis |
| Nick & Simon | | | | |
| Nick & Simon | Johannes Rypma | Maame Joses | Salóme Pieris | Claudia de Graaf |
| Nick & Simon | Nicola Ebbink | Marx Margono | Mathijs Rumping | Janine Heines |
| Nick & Simon | Koert Witteman | Kristel Roulaux | Liza Vermeer | Marco Oostra |
| Nick & Simon | Claire Melchiot | Natascha Vergeer | Natalja Majoor | Jean-Louis Finta |
| VanVelzen | | | | |
| VanVelzen | Floortje Smit | Eyelar Mirzazadeh | Marjet van den Brand | Sam Holden |
| VanVelzen | Sifra Geessink | Randy Soewarno | Katty Heath | David Gonçalves |
| VanVelzen | Paul van Commenee | Ginger Kleinee | Vernice Marques | Charlotte Fisser |
| VanVelzen | Bart Reinders | Sebastiano Zafarana | Anneloes Wigboldus | Desi van Doeveren |
