The Voice of Holland

The Naklets

We were ready for it again, you know. Wine, cheese (I'm not doing anything that has to do with healthy in January, just a case of not feeling like it) and my little notebook. And it was worth it again. Let's catch up.

1. That promo

Just waking up in the final direction. This is not the first, but the second live show of The Voice of Holland. Or are they sleeping again in Luxembourg? Anyway. Two million people probably know that we already saw a live show last week.

2. Wendy's look

It was just perfect. And I'm not saying that because I've suddenly become digital pen pals with Manon Meijers. It had stage allure, it was sexy and it was hip. A shirt for coolness, shiny red shorts for the better showbiz factor and a stunning jacket that is covered in stones, but asymmetrically. And shoes that close high, also a calm idea. By the way, Martijn was wearing his funny pants. Or joker. “Do you have your Trumpet with you?” Don't hang out too much with Ali, making puns is extremely contagious.

3. Against Sanne

Sanne, last week you said ‘bitchezzz’, today you gave a pointer disguised as a middle finger, will you throw in a ‘lekker goingz’ next week? Or a ‘drop the mic‘-je? I'm possibly willing to tip my piggy bank for it.

4. The playback show

If everything is just not quite going well like with Isabel, then The Voice suddenly resembles a bit of a playback show. I need to feel a bit of pain.

5. Ali, Ali, Ali

Honestly, you are sweet and original and your jokes range from very funny to almost brilliant. Just about Yerry's hat. Wendy asked what we all thought: “Did you borrow Waylon's hat?” To which you replied: “He comes from the hood.” Look, that was fun. Then there was talk about Barry White and you said to Waylon: “You like a mountain of white, right?” That was in the category quite brilliant. But sometimes, sometimes, sometimes I think you behave a bit like the class elder. You might have been in that chair the longest, but are you also the best singer of the four? Did I say that? Did I really say that?

6. That's nice too

Ali addresses Thijs and says that because he gave Thijs a 5.5 last week, Thijs has now delivered an incredibly good performance. Ali is certainly not burdened by a major inferiority complex. That's nice too.

7. Pleun and Waylon

I would love for Pleun to be a bit older and then the little Pleun would really come to Waylon's pole and they would bake all little Adeletjes and Elvisjes together. And if I were the boss of Colgate, I would book Pleun for a campaign right now. She not only has a voice, but also an amazing mouth. Full of teeth.

8. Brabant

And now I want to play Brabant. While I'm driving to Paris. Right away. And how clever of Katell that she wrote the lyrics herself. Je pense à Paris. Release that trade, and quickly a bit.

9. Da f*ck. What was Efteling doing there all of a sudden?

I understood absolutely nothing of it. Let's hope they paid Emeli Sandé for that. And that Dwight had a nice day, of course.

10. ‘Spot’ on is the word

‘Spot on’ is at The Voice what ‘lekker goingz’ is for us. Everyone says ‘spot on’, ‘is spot on’ or ‘wears spot on’. Hoiii Guus. Nice suit, by the way.

11. Kirsten's glasses

Kirsten brought Waylon and Ali back together, but I didn't feel this at all. For me, the song was sung too perfectly. No edge, no crack. And as style police, I naturally had something to complain about the glasses and the dress and the earring, but I brushed that off. Until my daughter said: “She sings beautifully, but that dress and those glasses, I just find that a bit weird.” Okay. Sorry. Don’t hate me.

12. No carrot, Guus, a sausage

Guus is definitely the wisest of the bunch. How lovely that you subtly pointed out Ali with his 7.5 and your request for a bit more consistency in the race and you gave a 9.5 so Leon would perform even better next week. That 10 was the symbolic carrot that Guus held out to him. But Guus, for a carrot I would say: I'll just skip that. A sausage works better. Or a Chanel bag, that’s fine too.

13. Then there's this

Do you also think that those edited photos of the warzone types look a bit like courtroom sketches? Or do cheese and wine have a hallucinogenic effect on me?

Anyway. That was it. Until next week.