The eighth season of The Voice van Vlaanderen premiered on September 30, 2022 on the VTM television network. It was announced in March 2022 that the show's eighth season would be returning in the second half of the year. Natalia Druyts and Koen Wauters returned for their seventh and eighth season, respectively. Jan Paternoster and Mathieu Terryn, who both founded a band of their own where they serve as a vocalist, joined the show as coaches for the first time, replacing Tourist LeMC and Niels Destadsbader. Meanwhile, Laura Tesoro returned for her second season as a coach of the Comeback Stage.
Louise Goedefroy was announced the winner of this season, marking Natalia Druyts' second consecutive win as a coach.
Coaches & Hosts
Natalia Druyts, the winning coach of last season, and Koen Wauters returned for their seventh and eighth season, respectively. Jan Paternoster and Mathieu Terryn, who both founded a band of their own where they serve as a vocalist, joined the show as coaches for the first time, replacing Tourist LeMC and Niels Destadsbader. Meanwhile, Laura Tesoro returned for her second season as a coach of the Comeback Stage.
An Lemmens returned for her eighth consecutive season as the host, while Aaron Blommaert replaced Sean Dhondt as the backstage coach of the show. However, Gloria Monserez was the host for a couple of episodes while An Lemmens took a temporary break from the show to take care of her children. Lemmens returned when the Live Shows started airing.
Teams
Main competition color key
Winner
Runner-up
Third Place
Fourth Place
Fifth Place
Artist was Eliminated in the Lives
Artist was Eliminated, but was selected to participate in the Comeback Stage
Artist was Eliminated in the Battles
Artist was Eliminated in the Knockouts, but was stolen by another coach
Artist was Eliminated in Knockouts
Comeback Stage color key
Eliminated in the Third round
Eliminated in the Second round
Eliminated in the First round
Blind Auditions
Introduction
The Blind Auditions premiered on September 30, 2022. Same as last season, artists who did not get any coach turned around would have the chance to compete in "The Comeback Stage" if selected by the fifth coach Laura Tesoro.
The Blind Auditions this season consist of 10 episodes, with two being broadcast each week.
In total, 83 contestants auditioned this season and 56 of them managed to turn at least one chair. Particularly, a total of 10 artists got a 'four-chair-turn' in this round. 11 artists were selected by the fifth coach Laura Tesoro to compete in "The Comeback Stage". Unfortunately, 23 contestants got eliminated straight away after no coaches turned for them.
Notes & Color Keys
Néhémi (age 23) in the first episode and Ruben (age 19) in the second episode are brothers. In the ninth episode, the contestant Robbe auditioned with the English version of "Denk Maar Niet Aan Morgen", which is a song by Bazart, the band founded by coach Mattieu. Right after Robbe chose to become a member of Team Mattieu, the coach performed the song with him. Joost Zwegers performed the single "Wrong" as a surprise for the coaches, wrapping up the tenth episode as well as the entire round of the Blind Auditions.
Blind Auditions Results
Knockouts
This season, the show continued its twist on the original rules, switching the Knockouts and the Battles. During the Knockouts and the Battles, host An Lemmens took a break for maternity while Gloria Monserez joined Aaron Blommaert to host the show.
In the Knockouts, the artists in each team choose their own song to sing. After their performance, the coaches will have to decide whether to eliminate the artist straight away or put the artist in the 'Redzone' for further results, or to advance immediately.
The show introduced the 'Redzone' where contestants not guaranteed to advance to the next round wait for their coach's final decision. A maximum of three artists can end up in the 'Redzone' and the coach can choose only one of them to advance to the Battles. However, before an artist ends up in the 'Redzone', the other coaches first get the chance to use the one and only 'Steal' to secure the artist a spot on their team. If more than one coach presses their button to steal the artist, the artist in turn has the chance to choose a coach's team to advance.
Artists who were not chosen at the end of this round will have the chance to compete in "The Comeback Stage" if selected by the fifth coach Laura Tesoro.