One of Floor Jansen’s gifts is her ability to channel so many different kinds of singing. This post focuses on some of her performances on “Beste Zangers”. It's a Dutch musical reality show in which established artists take turns performing for each other, often going out of their normal comfort zone to try their hand at styles they don't normally sing. The show was unknown outside Holland until it was announced that Jansen would be appearing in the 2019 season--upon which it went viral. Nightwish fans all over the world descended on the show, week after week, to see what she would do, and brought others with them. What they got was a mind-blowing demonstration of vocal prowess and versatility.
Jansen was tapped to perform the opening song of the season. This was the first time most of the other artists had heard her sing. She had been introduced to them simply as the singer in a metal band, so it’s amusing to watch them trying to process what they are witnessing. Here she does her own arrangement of the German opera aria, “Vilja Lied”.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lcLG5X1i2QM
Jansen singing salsa/reggaeton: “Que se Siente”. She already speaks and performs in Dutch, English, Swedish, German and Finnish. She had to learn a little Spanish to do this one:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DfYeLUoqw0E
Here is Jansen channeling Patsy Cline, with “I Don’t Know a Thing about Love”, sung in English: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ahykaAPHhs8
Charles, you are beginning to convince me. I really like Que se Siente and I Don't Know a Thing About Love. The pure clarity of her voice on the latter is special, but i had to hid the video because the goofy, fake expressions of the jokers on the sofa were ruining the experience.
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