"A
Dutch diva with international allure; but no record deal…"
"Amazing Grace" has certainly risen to the occasion since her
triumph in the Dutch finals of the National Song Contest 2005 with her
energetic power ballad 'My Impossible Dream'. (Her song scored a unanimous
12 points from all jury members and the televoting audience).
In the press, she has become known as 'Amazing Grace'! At 26 years old,
Amsterdam-born Glennis took the audience and the jury by storm with her
powerful voice and emotional performance. She got a standing ovation during
the Dutch finals and the Netherlands hope that the international audience
in Kiev feels the same way. It's been a long time since a Dutch Eurovision
contestant received so many compliments from other countries. A lot of
people are comparing her song and performance to the Eurovision days of
Céline Dion and Corinne Hermes, who both won the contest by the
sheer power of their voices".
The secret of her success? Well, it's 'seeing is believing'. Kiev here
she comes!! As Glennis says, "I come alive on stage, the audience
gives me energy."
Ever since Glennis was six years old, singing has been her life - she
just loves the stage. Coming from a musical family and raised in a well-known
musical area of Amsterdam, she entered many talent contests and won most
of them. When she was 12 she performed with Audrey Hepburn at a Unicef
gala and, at the age of 13, she was invited by the Spanish singer Julio
Iglesias, to join him in a duet, during his concert tour in Holland.
When she was 15 she won a prestigious talent show on national Dutch television
and she made her first records. For years to come she was considered one
of the best singers in Holland. She appeared in an endless stream of radio
and TV shows and was often chosen to be a 'special guest' in big arena
shows of leading Dutch superstars like Frans Bauer and Rene Froger. A
Dutch diva with international allure; but no record deal…
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