Departures of note

Ben Saunders was a Dutch singer and tattoo artist who came to national prominence in January 2011 when he won the first season of the Dutch television talent show The Voice of Holland. Born in London to English parents, he grew up in Hoorn in the Netherlands, where he had also worked as a tattoo artist before his music career took off.

His debut album, You Thought You Knew Me By Now, reached number one on the Dutch charts, and his single "Kill for a Broken Heart" topped the Single Top 100, cementing his status as one of the most recognizable figures of the show's first wave of contestants.

In 2016 he was convicted of assault. After years out of the spotlight he was living in a caravan at a campsite near Arnhem when he disappeared; his body was recovered from a pond near the city on 15 September 2026, aged 43. Police said they did not suspect a crime, and the exact cause of death was not released.