‘The Voice’ returns to television, with many measures to prevent misconduct

Three years after the fall of The Voice Due to sexual cross -border behavior, the talent show returns to television. Omroep RTL and producer ITV announced the new jury and presenters on Monday. The first broadcast will take place early next year. Also the children’s variant The Voice Kids returns. Striking was the presentation of a thick package with measures that should prevent candidates from becoming a victim of sexual misconduct or abuse of power.

Chantal Janzen and Edson da Graça present The Voice of Holland. The new coaches are Ilse de Lange, Willie Wartaal, Dinand Woesthoff, Suzan & Freek. The Voice Kids Also returns. That is presented by Jamai Loman and Quinty Misiedjan. The children’s coaches are Claude, Ilse de Lange, Flemming and Emma Heesters.

From them, Janzen, De Lange and Loman sat earlier The Voice. The rest is new. RTL and ITV emphasize that the management behind the scenes is also new. The new editor, production leader, director and producer must guarantee ‘a fresh start’.

Special app

To prevent recurrence, ITV and RTL present « additional measures for a safe working environment ». The talents are never physically and online with coaches or employees. All contacts take place in the presence of others, or via a special app. Messages can be viewed and cannot be deleted. The coaches are screened in advance. Coaches and presenters receive a mandatory « awareness traning ». The duty of confidentiality in the contracts of the participants no longer applies to cross -border behavior. So -called ‘program coaches’ will monitor the safety of the talents. Talents can report cross -border behavior to confidential counselors and with additional reporting points.

At the beginning of 2022 brought the program ANGRY Multiple cases of cross -border behavior in light At the talent show. This had major consequences. The Public Prosecution Service made an investigation against the musical leader, the director, and the jury members Marco Borsato and Ali B .. of them only became the last condemnedfor rapes that also came to light because of the scandal, but that nothing with The Voice had to do.

In Hilversum, the issue in the long term led to a landslide, certainly since the report of the Van Rijn committee on cross-border behavior at the public broadcaster. Various other scandals came to light, different leaders had to leave. Also in the rest of society, cross -border behavior, whether or not sexually, was high on the agenda. In 2022, Mariëtte Hamer was appointed as government commissioner sexual cross -border behavior and sexual violence. In June 2024, the new Sexual Crimes Act was adopted, with wider definitions.

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