What I love about Floor’s version is the emotion she puts into it. She does that with all songs she sings on of course. She tears me up regularly I’m not afraid to admit
Every 'beste zangers' performance of Floor will blow your socks of. That is a given. Do check them out. Phanthom of the opera with Henk Poort is an obvious favorite. Que se siente is one of my favorites.
Very true, no other vocalist on the planet touches me more than Floor. When she opens her mouth to sing I listen, with tears in my eyes from pure joy and beautiful emotions that touch every cell in my body.
The crazy thing is, all of the singers in this show are quite known/established in the Netherlands, except for Floor. Only two of the singers had even heard of her. But every single one of these singers was nervous as hell when it was their turn to perform for her. That's how high Floor set the bar for everyone.
Very true. quite a few of them actually did not do a song of hers, simply because they did not dare to (or were not capable of doing it). In that regard, I had respect for Samantha. I am not a fan of Samantha's genre but she dared to do the heavy stuff, both when Floor, and later Tim sat on the couch.
Mostly, she was not the only one. Rolf Sanchez was also pretty unknown, he is like Floor, a very succesful abroad, in his case in South America and the US, bu wasn't very well known here. But it's still a crazy thing I agree. Both singers are from very different genres, but what they have in common is that their genres aren't played much on dutch radio (Floor's moreso than Rolf, cause his genre gets played, but not that commonly, whereas any kind of metal metal is unfortunately mostly out of radio's eye. I don't think Floor's appaerance on Beste Zangers changed that much, but at least she got the recognition and many new fans here which is so super well deserved.
@@Sense008 You are very right, unfortunately we still don't hear any metal on the radio, 2 years after the fact. But for me personally the show Beste Zangers was a huge gift because I did not know Floor before that. I caught up quickly though. I went to her concert in January 2020 and bought all the CD's and blu-rays from Nightwish I could get my hands on. By the way, many are talking here about the Phantom of the Opera with Henk Poort. It was indeed more than amazing, but believe me, when you sit in that theater and you hear here do that last belt just in front of you, that is an experience I'll never forget. I can't find the words to describe it. A lot of people cried, and I am not afraid to admit that I was one of them.
These performances from Floor in this show were so good, it made a single language, English speaking guy download and watch a show, I had to watch reading the subtitles, it was so worth it. The interactions from the singers was just amazing.
She does another version of Shallow on this same program as a duet with Tim Akkerman (the guy on the couch with the curly beard). That version they do a bit harder. Toward the end she stands up from the stool, towering over Tim, and we all thought OMG she's about to go full Nightwish on him and hurt the poor guy! But the Goddess spared his mortal life, and no actual Tims were harmed in the filming of the video! You will most certainly fall head-over-tincups in love with all her solo performances on this Dutch TV show "Beste Zangers." Of special note regarding these, you should know that the other famous singers on the show (except for Tim) did not know who Floor Jansen was before the show, as metal is not a popular genre in the Netherlands. So this show was their first introduction, they were, like, "Floor who?" "Oh look how cute, a metal chick. What's she gonna do, growl for us?" And then she opened her mouth! They were floored, floorgasm'd, hearts melted... the whole nine yards. Therefore it is a whole lotta fun to watch those episodes in the exact order they aired so you can appreciate the evolving reactions of the other singers! Here is a list I put together for reactors in your position that gives the best links in the order they aired: "Vilja Lied" (a metal-infused adaptation of the 19th Century operetta The Merry Widow, sung for Henk Poort, the old guy on the couch because his mother sang it to him when he was a child, and it chokes him up.) Sung in German. th-cam.com/video/lcLG5X1i2QM/w-d-xo.html "Mama" (a Dutch folk song sung for Samantha Steenwijk, the older blonde woman on the couch. It was her own hit song and is a sad cry out for help from one's mother when life seems confusing and too much to handle.) Sung in Dutch. th-cam.com/video/sj1ibZrjQTs/w-d-xo.html "Que Se Siente" (a Caribbean salsa rendered with a metal flare like only Floor can bring. Sung for Rolf Sanchez, the Latino guy on the couch. It was on of his own Number One hit songs about a letter he wrote to an ex after he recovered from the breakup.) Sung in Spanish. th-cam.com/video/DfYeLUoqw0E/w-d-xo.html "Shallow" (solo, the one you just saw) th-cam.com/video/M68pe4a_9zk/w-d-xo.html "About Love, I Don't Know A Thing" (sung for Reuben Annink, the young guy on the couch; It is a very sad tear jerker, with a kind of a Country flavor to it, about the divorce of his parents when he was younger. He wrote it in Dutch but Floor and her sister Irene Jansen translated it to English. Reuben is brought to tears.) th-cam.com/video/ahykaAPHhs8/w-d-xo.html "Winner" (sung for Tim Akkerman, the guy with the curly beard. It is his song that he wrote as a tribute to his brother who was born with spina bifida and has been in a wheel chair his whole life. Before the song Tim famously said that no way would Floor make him cry because he is "The Lion Who Never Cries," a reference to his latest album. By the time Floor finishes...guess what? He's crying. And you can just barely hear him say under his breath, "Dammit Floor!" because she made him cry. th-cam.com/video/ttfQqnskTO8/w-d-xo.html "Shallow" duet with Tim Akkerman th-cam.com/video/3Pf7Xd3IVtU/w-d-xo.html "Phantom of the Opera" duet with Henk Poort who played the original Phantom in the Dutch version of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical. th-cam.com/video/plCScjvDOJM/w-d-xo.html And, yes, Floor can slay the competition in any genre and she can do it in 8 languages at current count.
If you like this side of Floor, then check out the acoustic versions from Nightwish songs 'How's the heart' and 'Nemo', both will just leave you speechless again. The Valkyrtie Queen at her Best. Any other song from this Beste Zangers Show is brilliant too :-)
Talking about emotions. She is one of the few singers who can convey any emotion what so ever. Seen her solo show last year where she did all the songs of Beste Zangers (best or dearest singers), did some Nightwish, After Forever and Revamp. Killing and sometimes even tearing up with this one, I don't know a thing of love and Winner. Stunning, exceptional, superb. Closed the show with Phantom of the Opera (with Henk Poort), and blew the roof off.
Or the phantom of the opera, where she sings with Henk Poort (he played the phantom many years ago in the musical in the Netherlands, Andrew loyd webber stated that Henk was the best phantom ever). She had been a fan of Henk since she was a little girl and had seen this musical.
Tom, you sitting in front of Floor listening her singing this for you... You humming with closed eyes and opening and seeing next couch your wife... Dream on!
Beste Zangers has even more appearances from her. She even sings songs in 5 different languages, if I counted correctly. And if I am correctly informed, she can total 8. All of her songs are in a playlist on her youtube site. One better than the other. Check this out and respond to it please. 😁
@@kimfabritiusdetengnagel2038 Hoi Kim, ik ben er zeker van dat Floor ok nog in een 9de taal gezongen heeft, alleen kan ik er momenteel gewoon niet meer opkomen welke dat is. :)
Go to Floor's TH-cam channel. Every song that she sang to the other 6 singers on Beste Zangers was perfection. And in her show they all sang to her which is the premice of the show. Most of the other Dutch singers hadn't heard of her so what a shock they got !!
Haven't seen this info on her yet, so. This is a show format that most in the states won't consider appealing, it isn't a competition in any way. They get a collection of singers from various genres and then each week one is the focus and all the others choose a song of that person's or one that means something special to that person and then perform it there live in front of just them. On this season only 2 other guests actually knew who Floor was. Metal is not very popular in the Netherlands. After this season aired, Floor sold out a short concert tour of the country. She performed 6 solos (in 4 languages) and 2 duets and at one point or other had EVERYONE in tears. She was the first performance of the season and everyone was in total shock from that moment onward with her talent.
You should see her first performance in this TV show. She sang Vilja Lied. But one of the singer knew her, the others didn't. The Dutchies didn't know her either. So strange, so much talent, nobody knew her...
have i told you yet that she can sing everything to the next level, the first time i heard of Floor was at this show like most dutchies with the show opening vilja lied th-cam.com/video/lcLG5X1i2QM/w-d-xo.html i was blown away like all the other singers on the show and that's how i find Nightwish and it's became a bit like an obsession for me but who cares.....the outdoor sounds are from eehhhh outdoor because this show is recorded outdoor in Ibiza great reaction again thnx
At the same time a Episode of this Show is broadcastet on dutch TV they also release the Songs wich the Singers have performed in this particular aired episode, so you can buy and download your favorites on Apple Music or Amazon after hearing And the beste thing was back then that Floors' version of "shallow" jumped overnight , in just 8 hours, on Top of the Dutch single charts and stayed there for a couple of weeks! And wat makes this particular so impressive and exciting is the fact that Floor (even with her lang music career and raw talent and with a huge worldwide fanbase ) was never really well known in the Netherlands until the first episodes Operetta performance wich let everyone (more or less) speechless in front of the Tv (The music market in the Netherlands have been REALLY determined (since the early 90s) only to EDM, following only by Dutch hip-hop, so that other types of music like metal, or folk being almost not existent for the majority
She decided to keep this song small. It hit #1 on the Netherland's iTunes chart. She does a Shallow duet with Tim on this same show and steps it up a notch. 😀
OK NOW it's time for you to see her and Henk Poort (the phantom in the Dutch national production) do Phantom of the Opera. Same show-- Beste Zangers. It'll blow your doors off.
The concept of the show is, that on one day all singers sing a song for one of them. It's a song that is by that singer or a song that means a lot for him / her. Floor is singing there in German, Dutch, Spanis and English. Her "Phanom of the Opera" duet with Henk Poort is legendary. This song was for Emma Heesters, the woman with the red glitter dress. She's a fantastic singer as well and doing lots of cover versions. Shallow is one of her very popular covers. So Floor sang this one for her. But instead of making it loud,big and heavy she kept it small and calm. Greets from a German-Dutch concert photographer
And for a contrast - Floor with her own band Revamp before she joined Nightwish: ReVamp - Disdain Live at Graspop (2010) th-cam.com/video/iNSf64M9uA0/w-d-xo.html Totally as mind blowing as Shallow - but for totally different reasons.
Can't we just say this woman is a vocal genius? Everyone always keeps talking about Tuomas being a genius (which he totally is), but Floor knows exactly how to use her voice. She can change the vocals of a song in a way that is technically genius, but also emotionally. She can pull you in and make you feel every note and every word. She herself made some changes to Nightwish songs that were originally written for one of the other singers and she makes it her own. Like adding operatic parts that were usually sung by a choir for instance. She hears what would make a song even more epic, theatrical and beautiful. And then she does it like it's the same as brushing your teeth. GENIUS!
Another reactor (Symply Tracie Reacts), said it well and succinctly: "When Floor enters a song it’s for your heart. She comes for your spirit and soul."
That season of Beste Zangers 2019 will never be matched again. Floor started to sing an opera " Vilja Lied" to Henk Port (the old gentleman, famous European Phantom of the Opera) - and everybody got a shock. Floor was considered to be a metal head (which she is) - she even dressed like a metal head that night..... she was the first singer - and the faces of the others were priceless. Floor set the barr so high, that the others knew that they had to perform the best that they had ever done. They did - those episodes are some of the greatest shown in Dutch TV. Henk Port does a mind blowing version of "Sound of Silence" for Floor - equal or better than the Disturb version!!!! And Floor crushes the studio a cuople of times because the others burst into tears or just goes crazy. Super reaction from you - and sorry to tell you - but you are addicted for life now 🤷♂️
Check out her versions of Winner and Que Se Siente from that show! The reactions of the other guys are pretty much the same every time... 😅 Also Emma Heesters (the pretty women in the red dress) delivers a beautiful rendition of a song Floor wrote herself in that show. Very personal, very emotional, very beautiful. 😊
Floor showcases her unmatched skills and versatility on this show , its almost comical ( i mean that in the best way) what she does and how good she is at it , on this show .
I knew you'd be reassessing your original "one of the best" comment. :) Thre are better opera singers, there are equal belters but there's nobody that has Floor's range and depth of talent and ability to cut right to the heart. We're blessed to be living in this era.
Tom, if you want to be shocked , check out her singing in spanish on Beste Zangers. The song is called ´Que se siente`. You really don´t need to understand the words to feel the song when floor sings. She is so incredible.
@@chriskwakernaat2328 So true!!! Honestly, I don't understand that Rolf still dares to sing his own song after he has heard Floor's version. She improved it so much that if I were him I would never ever perform that song again.
Floor normally sings in rock, metal and classical singing styles. For this TV Show, she had to learn a new way, that is, pop singing. You just heard a great example of what happens when this woman is studying some new style and what it sounds like! In his interviews, Floor has said how Tuomas Holopainen "challenges" her singing skills on Nightwish albums. For both of his last Nightwish albums, she had to learn more about how to sing a song to make it sound like Tuomas wants the song to go. Now that there has been a mandatory break for bands, the songwriting process has opened up. In an interview this week, Tuomas said he already has song ideas for his next Nightwish album. Which will probably come after the next tour.
Another lovely, genuine, emotional reaction. Try listening to the Lady Gaga and Floor versions next to one another - the contrast is crazy and the quality of Floor's voice is just mind-blowing. Now..., for a bit more contrast try either 'Yours is an Empty Hope' or 'Romanticide' next!
Everyone loves Floor Jansen but she is really good at other language to! She also sings in Finnish and probably Swedish to and she is married (i think) to the drummer of the Swedish metalband SABATON. But here is link to a song she do with Marko Hietala from Nightwish and a few others in Finnish. Raskasta Joulua (Heavy Christmas) th-cam.com/video/XcbbDR2oxgI/w-d-xo.html and if you serch you will find more videos from that show. But Marko had his own solo project that´s also great with a record both in English and Finnish th-cam.com/video/dwvqpRRCDdE/w-d-xo.html . But unfortunately Marko have left Nightwish in January 2021 for a while we hope!
Everytime I hear this song on the radio I can’t stop thinking that they made a mistake and put the wrong version on.... yep when Floor is not singing it. Fun fact. On advice of the band she did a verry withhold version of it. She easily could easily belt the hell out of it but instead made this wonderfull cover.
Yep.... now you're ready. Check out Phantom of the Opera from same show with Henk Poort (who actually was a Phantom).... then you need to move on to Epica Retrospect Concert for two tracks featuring Floor - Stabat Mater Delarosa & Sancta Terra. Loving the reactions... keep em coming!!!
The blonde lady, in red, watching, Emma Heesters, also sang a "Shallow" cover and it was very good but she managed to bring Floor to tears with her cover of "Strong". th-cam.com/video/lGYtFfgQoSQ/w-d-xo.html
This was so popular it went to #1 on Dutch music charts when it came out. Needless to say, everyone was Floored! If you do another one from her Beste Zangers episodes, I recommend "About Love I Dont Know A Thing". It will make you tear up.
Valkyrie Goddess, she confirmed it on her channel..😎 Goddess of Empathy A famous American vocal coach said, Floor beats Lady Gaga. really!!! Hail Floor
Same song from same show. The duet with Tim Ackerman. Floor doesn't hold back like she did in this version. Lady Gaga is still looking for this song. Floor stole it.🤣😄🤣
Now, just for the hell of it, you should watch the other side of the Goddess - "Disdain" with her previous band Revamp at the Graspop festival. A much younger, blond, foul-mouthed, growling Floor at her best. This woman can indeed do it all. Just you wait. th-cam.com/video/tIqzPXzhEuw/w-d-xo.html
Speaking of "Best Covers I've Ever Heard™" that are related to Floor (second hand), give a listen to the Nightwish cover/homage to Pink Floyd's "High Hopes." If you're not familiar with the PF original (no assumptions), listen to that first, and then the NW live version ( th-cam.com/video/4oEDnVeYYyM/w-d-xo.html ). This was captured at the End of An Era concert tour. Tarja was the lead singer at that time, but she is absent from this performance. Just the guys (Tuomas (keyboards), Marco (bass & vocals), Emppu (guitar) and Jukka (drums). The boys slay it. This, for me, is one of the "Best Covers I've Ever Heard™".
She can do it all, you say? Keep doing her Beste Zangers performances. You'll hear her sing rock, pop, ballad and opera. You'll hear her sing in Dutch, German, English and Spanish. And she can do so much more. "With Gaga you get more power, I guess - " Floor specifically kept this version small.
Great reaction. Do yourself and us a favor and do all of her songs from this show. A nice one to start with is her duet with the older guy. The Phantom of the opera
This Dutch TV show (Not a competition) will show you just how many different styles this amazing woman can sing with perfection. floor sings this song one key higher than Gaga. Floor did not want to imitate or copy Lady Gaga. She respect Gaga and has covered "Bad Romance" in a previous band. Floor decided with the suggestion from the band that she do it very small and delicate. Loved it my friend. ✌
Indeed. Gaga belts the final chorus and it's all about the build up to that moment. Floor chooses to bring it back and plays against expectations. If she wanted to, Floor could have used the remarkable power she has to make Gaga's version sound as if sung by a church mouse with laryngitis, but she chose not to, all to the betterment of this version.
I love the mouse with laryngitis analogy, really made me laugh!! But it is true, Floor has more power and quality than any other vocalist on the planet.
You can't basically do no wrong with any of her performances from Beste Zangers. But make sure to also check out her covers from "Alone" from 80's band Heart and also "Oblivion" from the movie soundtrack.
some other links ( not always the some requests: all of this songs a 100% banger): Shuder before the Beautiful Live in Wembley th-cam.com/video/7oQ8sNSYXmQ/w-d-xo.html 7 Days to the Wolves Live in Wembley th-cam.com/video/XvsfwAPbWXc/w-d-xo.html I want my Tears Back Live in Bueons Aires th-cam.com/video/TBOdgxjb0kM/w-d-xo.html Devil and te Deep Dark Ocean Live in Buenos Aires th-cam.com/video/t26r_vAYQ0Q/w-d-xo.html Weak Fantasy Life in Tampere th-cam.com/video/AN239Pbqbjo/w-d-xo.html Slaying the Dreamer th-cam.com/video/wA44tjaP5n0/w-d-xo.html Songs with Troy and Special ones: Stargazers Live in Tampere th-cam.com/video/NhEuAPYm_Ug/w-d-xo.html My Walden Live in Wembley th-cam.com/video/knqeI807ZlY/w-d-xo.html Kinslayer Live in Buenos Aires th-cam.com/video/E1C6oOyyaZg/w-d-xo.html
how about double reaction for M83 - Oblivion th-cam.com/video/05GPiKPylHY/w-d-xo.html and Floor's cover of that song th-cam.com/video/zG-ptrlJ4pM/w-d-xo.html. Nightwish Shadow Unit.
Obviously Floor has way more vocal power than Lady Gaga, who I also love, however just because you CAN belt out a song to show emotion doesn't mean you HAVE to! She took advice from her accompanying musicians to keep the song small and the result transformed this song and took it to another level. One of those rare occaisions where the cover version transcends the original IMHO.
![[Reaction] Nightwish - How's The Heart Acoustic](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/bt8FTQAhpkM/mqdefault.jpg)
![[Reaction] Floor Jansen - Euphoria , Beste Zangers (The Goddess has Spoken)](http://i.ytimg.com/vi/CowHeFdLpIY/mqdefault.jpg)
Best female singer on this planet ❤️
Yes, ever👊
Maybe on another planets too.
Absolutely true, other singers sing what they can. Floor sings what she wants because she can do it all.
By far !!!!
She is🤩
What I love about Floor’s version is the emotion she puts into it. She does that with all songs she sings on of course. She tears me up regularly I’m not afraid to admit
Same here, she can sing the contents of a phone book and I'll cry.
She can do it all, you say? Friend, you ain't seen _nothing_ yet! 😁😁
No, indeed. Like 20% of what she is capable of ....:)
Absolutely
From this same Beste Zangers show, watch her and Henk Poort perform The Phantom of the Opera…amazing!
Yes amazing
It just about broke the internet when it came out, lol.
This!!!
Every 'beste zangers' performance of Floor will blow your socks of. That is a given. Do check them out. Phanthom of the opera with Henk Poort is an obvious favorite. Que se siente is one of my favorites.
she can sing the phonebook and we listen. check out "how's the heart" acoustic with troy. brrrrrr. chills all over.greets from the netherlands
Very true, no other vocalist on the planet touches me more than Floor. When she opens her mouth to sing I listen, with tears in my eyes from pure joy and beautiful emotions that touch every cell in my body.
The crazy thing is, all of the singers in this show are quite known/established in the Netherlands, except for Floor. Only two of the singers had even heard of her. But every single one of these singers was nervous as hell when it was their turn to perform for her. That's how high Floor set the bar for everyone.
Very true. quite a few of them actually did not do a song of hers, simply because they did not dare to (or were not capable of doing it). In that regard, I had respect for Samantha. I am not a fan of Samantha's genre but she dared to do the heavy stuff, both when Floor, and later Tim sat on the couch.
Mostly, she was not the only one. Rolf Sanchez was also pretty unknown, he is like Floor, a very succesful abroad, in his case in South America and the US, bu wasn't very well known here. But it's still a crazy thing I agree. Both singers are from very different genres, but what they have in common is that their genres aren't played much on dutch radio (Floor's moreso than Rolf, cause his genre gets played, but not that commonly, whereas any kind of metal metal is unfortunately mostly out of radio's eye. I don't think Floor's appaerance on Beste Zangers changed that much, but at least she got the recognition and many new fans here which is so super well deserved.
@@Sense008 You are very right, unfortunately we still don't hear any metal on the radio, 2 years after the fact.
But for me personally the show Beste Zangers was a huge gift because I did not know Floor before that. I caught up quickly though. I went to her concert in January 2020 and bought all the CD's and blu-rays from Nightwish I could get my hands on.
By the way, many are talking here about the Phantom of the Opera with Henk Poort. It was indeed more than amazing, but believe me, when you sit in that theater and you hear here do that last belt just in front of you, that is an experience I'll never forget. I can't find the words to describe it. A lot of people cried, and I am not afraid to admit that I was one of them.
Someone said on YT comments: "Song may be your's dear artist. Till Floor sings it."
These performances from Floor in this show were so good, it made a single language, English speaking guy download and watch a show, I had to watch reading the subtitles, it was so worth it. The interactions from the singers was just amazing.
She does another version of Shallow on this same program as a duet with Tim Akkerman (the guy on the couch with the curly beard). That version they do a bit harder. Toward the end she stands up from the stool, towering over Tim, and we all thought OMG she's about to go full Nightwish on him and hurt the poor guy! But the Goddess spared his mortal life, and no actual Tims were harmed in the filming of the video! You will most certainly fall head-over-tincups in love with all her solo performances on this Dutch TV show "Beste Zangers." Of special note regarding these, you should know that the other famous singers on the show (except for Tim) did not know who Floor Jansen was before the show, as metal is not a popular genre in the Netherlands. So this show was their first introduction, they were, like, "Floor who?" "Oh look how cute, a metal chick. What's she gonna do, growl for us?" And then she opened her mouth! They were floored, floorgasm'd, hearts melted... the whole nine yards. Therefore it is a whole lotta fun to watch those episodes in the exact order they aired so you can appreciate the evolving reactions of the other singers! Here is a list I put together for reactors in your position that gives the best links in the order they aired:
"Vilja Lied" (a metal-infused adaptation of the 19th Century operetta The Merry Widow, sung for Henk Poort, the old guy on the couch because his mother sang it to him when he was a child, and it chokes him up.) Sung in German.
th-cam.com/video/lcLG5X1i2QM/w-d-xo.html
"Mama" (a Dutch folk song sung for Samantha Steenwijk, the older blonde woman on the couch. It was her own hit song and is a sad cry out for help from one's mother when life seems confusing and too much to handle.) Sung in Dutch.
th-cam.com/video/sj1ibZrjQTs/w-d-xo.html
"Que Se Siente" (a Caribbean salsa rendered with a metal flare like only Floor can bring. Sung for Rolf Sanchez, the Latino guy on the couch. It was on of his own Number One hit songs about a letter he wrote to an ex after he recovered from the breakup.) Sung in Spanish.
th-cam.com/video/DfYeLUoqw0E/w-d-xo.html
"Shallow" (solo, the one you just saw)
th-cam.com/video/M68pe4a_9zk/w-d-xo.html
"About Love, I Don't Know A Thing" (sung for Reuben Annink, the young guy on the couch; It is a very sad tear jerker, with a kind of a Country flavor to it, about the divorce of his parents when he was younger. He wrote it in Dutch but Floor and her sister Irene Jansen translated it to English. Reuben is brought to tears.)
th-cam.com/video/ahykaAPHhs8/w-d-xo.html
"Winner" (sung for Tim Akkerman, the guy with the curly beard. It is his song that he wrote as a tribute to his brother who was born with spina bifida and has been in a wheel chair his whole life. Before the song Tim famously said that no way would Floor make him cry because he is "The Lion Who Never Cries," a reference to his latest album. By the time Floor finishes...guess what? He's crying. And you can just barely hear him say under his breath, "Dammit Floor!" because she made him cry.
th-cam.com/video/ttfQqnskTO8/w-d-xo.html
"Shallow" duet with Tim Akkerman
th-cam.com/video/3Pf7Xd3IVtU/w-d-xo.html
"Phantom of the Opera" duet with Henk Poort who played the original Phantom in the Dutch version of the Andrew Lloyd Webber musical.
th-cam.com/video/plCScjvDOJM/w-d-xo.html
And, yes, Floor can slay the competition in any genre and she can do it in 8 languages at current count.
I'm probably not the first, nor will I be the last... Same show... Phantom of the opera... Please listen to this, you'll be blown away.
Imo the most epic duet since Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé. Well Andrea Bocelli and Sarah Brightman was damn good too.
How many times can i listen to this song, and still get surprised!!
watch Floor Jansen How's the heart (acoustic) plannet rock
Every song she did on this show was just incredible and she literally made grown men cry (including me). Beyond magical. I adore this lady.
True, she brings even the toughest men down to their knees, just by her phenomenal voice and stage presence.
If you like this side of Floor, then check out the acoustic versions from Nightwish songs 'How's the heart' and 'Nemo', both will just leave you speechless again. The Valkyrtie Queen at her Best.
Any other song from this Beste Zangers Show is brilliant too :-)
Floor Jansen the Queen of metal, awesome.😎
Talking about emotions.
She is one of the few singers who can convey any emotion what so ever.
Seen her solo show last year where she did all the songs of Beste Zangers (best or dearest singers), did some Nightwish, After Forever and Revamp.
Killing and sometimes even tearing up with this one, I don't know a thing of love and Winner.
Stunning, exceptional, superb.
Closed the show with Phantom of the Opera (with Henk Poort), and blew the roof off.
Those crickets are real. The program was filmed under a tent outdoors in Ibiza.
Only few words. QUEEN FLOOR JANSEN..
Hello bro 🤗
@@Duskwind_ hello friend, how are you.i hope, good. Greetings from northern Germany 🤗
floor can touch souls.
Or the phantom of the opera, where she sings with Henk Poort (he played the phantom many years ago in the musical in the Netherlands, Andrew loyd webber stated that Henk was the best phantom ever). She had been a fan of Henk since she was a little girl and had seen this musical.
Tom, you sitting in front of Floor listening her singing this for you... You humming with closed eyes and opening and seeing next couch your wife... Dream on!
Beste Zangers has even more appearances from her. She even sings songs in 5 different languages, if I counted correctly. And if I am correctly informed, she can total 8. All of her songs are in a playlist on her youtube site. One better than the other. Check this out and respond to it please. 😁
Best to watch the versions uploaded by jenniezelf, which give a little context from the program, with subtitles.
Yes, at least 8: Dutch, English, Finnish, German, Italian, Latin, Spanish, Swedish; I think she sang once in Danish too.
@@wimg.2377 Ahh I don't think she has done anything in Danish - yet...
@@kimfabritiusdetengnagel2038 Hoi Kim, ik ben er zeker van dat Floor ok nog in een 9de taal gezongen heeft, alleen kan ik er momenteel gewoon niet meer opkomen welke dat is. :)
Apart from that show, she has also sung in Swedisch, Finish and Latin.
Great reaction. I do agree with you. And: She. Is. Absolutely. Fabulous.
Go to Floor's TH-cam channel. Every song that she sang to the other 6 singers on Beste Zangers was perfection. And in her show they all sang to her which is the premice of the show. Most of the other Dutch singers hadn't heard of her so what a shock they got !!
Haven't seen this info on her yet, so. This is a show format that most in the states won't consider appealing, it isn't a competition in any way. They get a collection of singers from various genres and then each week one is the focus and all the others choose a song of that person's or one that means something special to that person and then perform it there live in front of just them. On this season only 2 other guests actually knew who Floor was. Metal is not very popular in the Netherlands. After this season aired, Floor sold out a short concert tour of the country. She performed 6 solos (in 4 languages) and 2 duets and at one point or other had EVERYONE in tears. She was the first performance of the season and everyone was in total shock from that moment onward with her talent.
You should see her first performance in this TV show. She sang Vilja Lied. But one of the singer knew her, the others didn't. The Dutchies didn't know her either. So strange, so much talent, nobody knew her...
That is because of our shitty narrow minded media. If it's not poppy they don't play it. They don't realize what they are missing...
have i told you yet that she can sing everything to the next level, the first time i heard of Floor was at this show like most dutchies with the show opening vilja lied th-cam.com/video/lcLG5X1i2QM/w-d-xo.html i was blown away like all the other singers on the show and that's how i find Nightwish and it's became a bit like an obsession for me but who cares.....the outdoor sounds are from eehhhh outdoor because this show is recorded outdoor in Ibiza great reaction again thnx
At the same time a Episode of this Show is broadcastet on dutch TV
they also release the Songs wich the Singers have performed in this particular aired episode,
so you can buy and download your favorites on Apple Music or Amazon after hearing
And the beste thing was back then that Floors' version of "shallow" jumped overnight , in just 8 hours, on Top of the Dutch single charts and stayed there for a couple of weeks! And wat makes this particular so impressive and exciting is the fact that Floor (even with her lang music career and raw talent and with a huge worldwide fanbase ) was never really well known in the Netherlands until the first episodes Operetta performance wich let everyone (more or less) speechless in front of the Tv (The music market in the Netherlands have been REALLY determined (since the early 90s) only to EDM, following only by Dutch hip-hop, so that other types of music like metal, or folk being almost not existent for the majority
To think you’ve only heard Floor sing in English, get ready for the rest of the Beste Zangers songs, they come in Dutch, Spanish and German!
She decided to keep this song small. It hit #1 on the Netherland's iTunes chart. She does a Shallow duet with Tim on this same show and steps it up a notch. 😀
OK NOW it's time for you to see her and Henk Poort (the phantom in the Dutch national production) do Phantom of the Opera. Same show-- Beste Zangers.
It'll blow your doors off.
The concept of the show is, that on one day all singers sing a song for one of them.
It's a song that is by that singer or a song that means a lot for him / her. Floor is singing there in German, Dutch, Spanis and English. Her "Phanom of the Opera" duet with Henk Poort is legendary.
This song was for Emma Heesters, the woman with the red glitter dress. She's a fantastic singer as well and doing lots of cover versions. Shallow is one of her very popular covers. So Floor sang this one for her. But instead of making it loud,big and heavy she kept it small and calm.
Greets from a German-Dutch concert photographer
Hey, you should definitely check out all of the beste zangers with Floor Jansen, awesome awesome thanks 😎😄
All hail Queen Floor! I can't wait until the Virtual Concerts!
you must watch : Floor Jansen Bridle Passion LIVE muziekcafé (acoustic)
Did you hear that thud in the background? That was Lady Gaga passing out from a Floorgasm.
Haha, so true!
And for a contrast - Floor with her own band Revamp before she joined Nightwish:
ReVamp - Disdain Live at Graspop (2010)
th-cam.com/video/iNSf64M9uA0/w-d-xo.html
Totally as mind blowing as Shallow - but for totally different reasons.
Can't we just say this woman is a vocal genius? Everyone always keeps talking about Tuomas being a genius (which he totally is), but Floor knows exactly how to use her voice. She can change the vocals of a song in a way that is technically genius, but also emotionally. She can pull you in and make you feel every note and every word. She herself made some changes to Nightwish songs that were originally written for one of the other singers and she makes it her own. Like adding operatic parts that were usually sung by a choir for instance. She hears what would make a song even more epic, theatrical and beautiful. And then she does it like it's the same as brushing your teeth. GENIUS!
Another reactor (Symply Tracie Reacts), said it well and succinctly: "When Floor enters a song it’s for your heart. She comes for your spirit and soul."
@@gsparkman Yeah, but instead of sucking your soul dry, she gives it more life. Floor, the human battery charger. lol
You need to show your wife all her performances from this show. They are all superb.
That season of Beste Zangers 2019 will never be matched again. Floor started to sing an opera " Vilja Lied" to Henk Port (the old gentleman, famous European Phantom of the Opera) - and everybody got a shock. Floor was considered to be a metal head (which she is) - she even dressed like a metal head that night..... she was the first singer - and the faces of the others were priceless. Floor set the barr so high, that the others knew that they had to perform the best that they had ever done.
They did - those episodes are some of the greatest shown in Dutch TV.
Henk Port does a mind blowing version of "Sound of Silence" for Floor - equal or better than the Disturb version!!!!
And Floor crushes the studio a cuople of times because the others burst into tears or just goes crazy.
Super reaction from you - and sorry to tell you - but you are addicted for life now 🤷♂️
Her cover of Oblivion is insane!
Check out her versions of Winner and Que Se Siente from that show!
The reactions of the other guys are pretty much the same every time... 😅
Also Emma Heesters (the pretty women in the red dress) delivers a beautiful rendition of a song Floor wrote herself in that show. Very personal, very emotional, very beautiful. 😊
Floor showcases her unmatched skills and versatility on this show , its almost comical ( i mean that in the best way) what she does and how good she is at it , on this show .
I chopped onions watching this!! 🥺
Seriously think this is the best version of the song by far.
First ? That'll be a first for me ever !
Accomplished and versatile, Floor is quite incredible.
Thank you Tom.
And now her other seven songs at Beste Zangers I would say.
Maybe your wife is interested in "vieljalied" from the same show "beste zangers"... operatic, so great.
I knew you'd be reassessing your original "one of the best" comment. :)
Thre are better opera singers, there are equal belters but there's nobody that has Floor's range and depth of talent and ability to cut right to the heart.
We're blessed to be living in this era.
Tom, if you want to be shocked , check out her singing in spanish on Beste Zangers. The song is called ´Que se siente`. You really don´t need to understand the words to feel the song when floor sings. She is so incredible.
I agree , BUT he has to hear the original first :)
@@chriskwakernaat2328 Thats true Chris.
@@chriskwakernaat2328 So true!!! Honestly, I don't understand that Rolf still dares to sing his own song after he has heard Floor's version. She improved it so much that if I were him I would never ever perform that song again.
@@laudatosiadastra1218 True, and he will never listen to that original again after he heard Floor's version.
Lol....it is outdoors,it’s filmed on Ibiza during the summer😎
Her latest cove called Oblivion by M83 , it’s her best to date IMO
You have to hear her sing Winner from the same show
Floor normally sings in rock, metal and classical singing styles. For this TV Show, she had to learn a new way, that is, pop singing. You just heard a great example of what happens when this woman is studying some new style and what it sounds like!
In his interviews, Floor has said how Tuomas Holopainen "challenges" her singing skills on Nightwish albums. For both of his last Nightwish albums, she had to learn more about how to sing a song to make it sound like Tuomas wants the song to go.
Now that there has been a mandatory break for bands, the songwriting process has opened up. In an interview this week, Tuomas said he already has song ideas for his next Nightwish album. Which will probably come after the next tour.
Lady Gaga killed that song, bur Floor Jansen brought it back to life
Every performance on this show was awesome. She sang in multiple different languages and some of her versions went viral after. So good.
hey we have also dutch zingers toppers in concert 213 and dutch whitney housten and davine michelle
Another lovely, genuine, emotional reaction. Try listening to the Lady Gaga and Floor versions next to one another - the contrast is crazy and the quality of Floor's voice is just mind-blowing. Now..., for a bit more contrast try either 'Yours is an Empty Hope' or 'Romanticide' next!
Everyone loves Floor Jansen but she is really good at other language to! She also sings in Finnish and probably Swedish to and she is married (i think) to the drummer of the Swedish metalband SABATON.
But here is link to a song she do with Marko Hietala from Nightwish and a few others in Finnish. Raskasta Joulua (Heavy Christmas) th-cam.com/video/XcbbDR2oxgI/w-d-xo.html and if you serch you will find more videos from that show.
But Marko had his own solo project that´s also great with a record both in English and Finnish th-cam.com/video/dwvqpRRCDdE/w-d-xo.html . But unfortunately Marko have left Nightwish in January 2021 for a while we hope!
Everytime I hear this song on the radio I can’t stop thinking that they made a mistake and put the wrong version on.... yep when Floor is not singing it. Fun fact. On advice of the band she did a verry withhold version of it. She easily could easily belt the hell out of it but instead made this wonderfull cover.
Yep.... now you're ready. Check out Phantom of the Opera from same show with Henk Poort (who actually was a Phantom).... then you need to move on to Epica Retrospect Concert for two tracks featuring Floor - Stabat Mater Delarosa & Sancta Terra. Loving the reactions... keep em coming!!!
Queen Floor Is A Goddess!!!
The Best Singer All The Time!!
Nobody Like Her!!!
Do the Phantom of the Opera with her and Henk Poort from the same show 😁 "Que se siempre" is also great
Try episode 4. They all singing to floor. With her songs. You really get to know her. Wonderfull women
She is amazing, thank you! "Weak fantasy" live from Tampere, Nightwish, please! 🇫🇮
WOW
The blonde lady, in red, watching, Emma Heesters, also sang a "Shallow" cover and it was very good but she managed to bring Floor to tears with her cover of "Strong". th-cam.com/video/lGYtFfgQoSQ/w-d-xo.html
You'll like "Winner" from that same show Beste Zangers
This was so popular it went to #1 on Dutch music charts when it came out. Needless to say, everyone was Floored! If you do another one from her Beste Zangers episodes, I recommend "About Love I Dont Know A Thing". It will make you tear up.
Poet and the Pendulum and Greatest Show on Earth, BUT FIRST- SONG OF MYSELF!!
Yes, she can do it all, and that means you have an interesting path in front of you, with quite a bunch of surprises still to come 😁
Valkyrie Goddess, she confirmed it on her channel..😎
Goddess of Empathy
A famous American vocal coach said, Floor beats Lady Gaga. really!!!
Hail Floor
Same song from same show. The duet with Tim Ackerman. Floor doesn't hold back like she did in this version.
Lady Gaga is still looking for this song. Floor stole it.🤣😄🤣
Floor did it better then Lady Gaga, and Tim is a singer not an actor.
No contest.
Lady who?
I told you that you would love this! Keep it up.
Now, just for the hell of it, you should watch the other side of the Goddess - "Disdain" with her previous band Revamp at the Graspop festival. A much younger, blond, foul-mouthed, growling Floor at her best. This woman can indeed do it all. Just you wait. th-cam.com/video/tIqzPXzhEuw/w-d-xo.html
Speaking of "Best Covers I've Ever Heard™" that are related to Floor (second hand), give a listen to the Nightwish cover/homage to Pink Floyd's "High Hopes." If you're not familiar with the PF original (no assumptions), listen to that first, and then the NW live version ( th-cam.com/video/4oEDnVeYYyM/w-d-xo.html ). This was captured at the End of An Era concert tour. Tarja was the lead singer at that time, but she is absent from this performance. Just the guys (Tuomas (keyboards), Marco (bass & vocals), Emppu (guitar) and Jukka (drums). The boys slay it. This, for me, is one of the "Best Covers I've Ever Heard™".
To think she was relatively unknown in her own country until this show?
Very true. The Dutch media should be ashamed of themselves that they never play her music. I am not afraid to say that, although I am Dutch myself.
Floor did keep it low and small on purpose. And you know by now she could easily go harder on the song.
She can do it all, you say? Keep doing her Beste Zangers performances. You'll hear her sing rock, pop, ballad and opera. You'll hear her sing in Dutch, German, English and Spanish. And she can do so much more.
"With Gaga you get more power, I guess - " Floor specifically kept this version small.
Oh I know Floor could match Gaga easily. I like that she made it her own
Great reaction.
Do yourself and us a favor and do all of her songs from this show.
A nice one to start with is her duet with the older guy.
The Phantom of the opera
From Beste Zangers you should also go for: Que Se Siente and Winner....
Now if we can only talk her into doing Bad Romance 😊 I'm still trying to convince her to do Heart Barracuda though...
you should try her version of Phantom of the Opera, still at Beste Zangers. its epic
This Dutch TV show (Not a competition) will show you just how many different styles this amazing woman can sing with perfection. floor sings this song one key higher than Gaga. Floor did not want to imitate or copy Lady Gaga. She respect Gaga and has covered "Bad Romance" in a previous band. Floor decided with the suggestion from the band that she do it very small and delicate. Loved it my friend. ✌
Hi Tom , Those were very nice words ,Tom , Marijke Delwel , The Netherlands
"how's the heart" acoustic version with troy (planet rock) like some other ppl have suggested here. CHECK IT OUT! :D You wont regret!
Also check out Floor Jansen cover of Oblivion by M83, awesome 😎on her TH-cam channel. Thanks.also her cover of Alone by Heart. Thanks.
indeed more greatness!
Indeed. Gaga belts the final chorus and it's all about the build up to that moment. Floor chooses to bring it back and plays against expectations. If she wanted to, Floor could have used the remarkable power she has to make Gaga's version sound as if sung by a church mouse with laryngitis, but she chose not to, all to the betterment of this version.
Agree 100% Im glad Floor made it her own
@@TomTuffnuts Floor's cover of Alone - is Amazing !
I love the mouse with laryngitis analogy, really made me laugh!! But it is true, Floor has more power and quality than any other vocalist on the planet.
You can't basically do no wrong with any of her performances from Beste Zangers.
But make sure to also check out her covers from "Alone" from 80's band Heart and also "Oblivion" from the movie soundtrack.
Tarja had a great operatic voice But there’s something about Floor that just makes you fall in love with her
You should also check other songs from her in this show. Vllja Lied or the Phantom of the Opera, for example
If you want to know more about Floor watch her TH-cam Channel and she has 222 subs.
You have got to see her version of the Phatom of the Opera. Same tv show
Also look at the duet version Floor sings together with Tim Akkerman
some other links ( not always the some requests: all of this songs a 100% banger):
Shuder before the Beautiful Live in Wembley th-cam.com/video/7oQ8sNSYXmQ/w-d-xo.html
7 Days to the Wolves Live in Wembley th-cam.com/video/XvsfwAPbWXc/w-d-xo.html
I want my Tears Back Live in Bueons Aires th-cam.com/video/TBOdgxjb0kM/w-d-xo.html
Devil and te Deep Dark Ocean Live in Buenos Aires th-cam.com/video/t26r_vAYQ0Q/w-d-xo.html
Weak Fantasy Life in Tampere th-cam.com/video/AN239Pbqbjo/w-d-xo.html
Slaying the Dreamer th-cam.com/video/wA44tjaP5n0/w-d-xo.html
Songs with Troy and Special ones:
Stargazers Live in Tampere th-cam.com/video/NhEuAPYm_Ug/w-d-xo.html
My Walden Live in Wembley th-cam.com/video/knqeI807ZlY/w-d-xo.html
Kinslayer Live in Buenos Aires th-cam.com/video/E1C6oOyyaZg/w-d-xo.html
Great reaction check out the cover she did of hearts song alone
Tom, this is just your beginning.....
how about double reaction for M83 - Oblivion th-cam.com/video/05GPiKPylHY/w-d-xo.html and Floor's cover of that song th-cam.com/video/zG-ptrlJ4pM/w-d-xo.html. Nightwish Shadow Unit.
try....oh mio babino Caro by FLOOR......if you want her fullblown opera 💪🏻💪🏻
Obviously Floor has way more vocal power than Lady Gaga, who I also love, however just because you CAN belt out a song to show emotion doesn't mean you HAVE to! She took advice from her accompanying musicians to keep the song small and the result transformed this song and took it to another level. One of those rare occaisions where the cover version transcends the original IMHO.