FLOOR JANSEN, BESTE ZANGERS - "MAMA" - REACTION VIDEO

[@athlonen]

Hey, Ms. Debbie! Mama is a Samantha Steenwijk song. She is the older blonde lady in red on the center couch, next to the host. She is what they call a folk singer in the Netherlands. Her main influences are those like Celine Dion, Irene Cara, Laura Fabian, and others of that genre, so she is very well set in the female Adult Contemporary genre of music. The song is totally in Dutch, but it is about a woman asking her mother what it is like to be a woman and how to be a better woman than she already is. Floor is singing that song to her, but as you can see, she adds a lot more emotion to her voice than Samantha ever had, which is why she's shocked by it. So from Adult Contemporary, to singer/songwriter, to opera, to Latin Power Ballad, to a phone book, you can now see that there isn't anything Floor can't sing.

[@LuvtheJEm]

Samantha grew up listening to Motown.

[@scottanderson7302]

This was one of the best seasons this show ever had and Floor really stole the show. When she came on almost nobody knew who she was or how good she is. By the end of the show some of her performances were charting and being played on the radio. Her solo career was launched from this.

[@FromG2eminor]

She really is the best. If I saw her 10 feet away and she was only humming I would die...

[@mirjamvond1731]

I love hearing Floor sing in Dutch because we have the same "soft G" that is typical for the region we are from, and that makes me proud ❤

[@2727rogers]

The song was a hit in The Netherlands for Samantha Steenwijk the blonde woman sitting on the middle couch facing Floor. She was a contestant on the Dutch version of the voice finishing second that season and yes she did say Holy Shit.

[@debbiejarvis5764]

She's one of a kind. Her voice is spectacular. Love Floor.

[@majbrat]

She blew away the German singers on Sing Meinen Song too last year. It was awesome.

[@jasonmarshall7572]

Floor puts passion and Flair into any song she sings. Thank fun reactor.

[@denniseldridge2936]

Floor's voice is like a beautiful, magic bird that, at first, flies like a normal bird, just above the trees, but then simply takes to the stratusphere, seeming without limits. And she manages to convey all of the emotion of the songs she sings as if she wrote the lyrics herself. I think that's her greatest talent, besides her incredible voice 🙂 Cheers 🙂

[@alejandromoya7]

Floor feel the music in your soul... Your voice is a GIFT for humanity!!!

[@ChrisEchoes]

This was by far the best season of Beste Zangers. Interesting fact: IIRC either the episode before this one or maybe even earlier Samantha sang her version (with Dutch lyrics) of the Nightwish song Our Decades In The Sun which is basically also a song about mothers (and fathers) .... so after this song Floor says how cool is it that we both sang songs about mothers.

[@kimfabritiusdetengnagel2038]

And because of that TV-show, The Nightwish Army had to share Floor with the Netherlands!!! No not true 😊. The show actually kick-started her solo career and Floor has become even more versatile. Sadly enough, the German version of the show from last year, is more difficult to find because it needs another app than YT. But that show were phenomenal too, and the other contenders were completely blown away - and so were the German TV-watchers that didn't know her before (but she was quite well-known in Germany already)

[@rientsdijkstra4266]

There is a compilation on YT.

[@sivsjolander8644]

Thanks Debbie, for your reaction.❤. Floor is beautiful.😊

[@tillypattiasina9206]

Yes that is the program best singers, there are many good artists to hear that really give you the shivers and the tears in your eyes and so does Trijntje Ooterhui with, Come to me and The first time ever I saw your face must you really look .

[@pietkeizer5279]

Nice reaction Debbie. On her new album My Paragon is the song The Calme. I like that song so much. Maybes reaction in the future. And….Floor with Revamp with the songs Disdain and the cover of Bad Romance. Enough to listen by Floor. Greetings from the Netherlands

[@pamz1778]

love me some floor and beste zangers- this is Samantha's song- the one in red- the guest of honor is the one in the middle couch with the host- yes, this series was awesome! keep em coming.

[@brianstoops4394]

You ought to check out Floor's new single (Paragon). The video and song Is awesome!

[@Kri13395]

Floor scrambles my brain and I love it. How she does it I do not know but... She's the best. No doubt. Her voice is my favorite thing to listen to.

[@keessturm2804]

This performance of Floor was broadcasted a few weeks after my Mother had suddenly past away. I listened it over and over again, and every year I listen it again.

[@thequestionqueens]

A big hug to you and I am so sorry for your loss, my friend. ❤️

[@jonathanlocke6404]

The part beginning @2:02 and running through about @2:20 is simply one of the greatest phrases of vocal performance I have ever heard. This is where she goes through that part where her voice takes on a tone of frustration (and I think the pronunciation of some of the Dutch words is just perfect for it), then does that majestic glissando up to that belted "Mama"...Jesus Christ...I love this song. To me, it has a really cool old school vibe, something you might have seen a nightclub singer do in the 50's, or a big pop star do as a guest on a television variety series in the 70's. I like to think of an important and well-connected gangster in Las Vegas in the early 60's sending a special request for this to be sung in one of his lounges, and he'd sit in the back and just weep, because he loved and missed his mother...

[@tsiouparoglou4493]

Totally agree

[@sebastienwaslet9440]

This song has a special place in my heart Great song from Samantha And well deserved by Fl💖💖r

[@frankmerris8821]

i dont know why but everytime i here FLOOR sing im so proud of her like she is my child. weird i know

[@silverblack5475]

Rolf Sanchez was Floors biggest fan , hes blown away by her......look at him @ 2:14 & 3:00

[@NickBR57]

Agree with all you sat here. Oh and I have a notification from Royal Mail - my Deluxe box of My Paragon is due to be delivered today. Can't wait!

[@Mars-is4un]

🤗🍒🤘🏻😘that was Samantha and that was her song!

[@stpfs9281]

For Samantha, in red, on the center sofa, in Dutch. Being that close, having Floor sing directly at you! Also "Holy Moly!"

[@70yroldgit]

To think, before this show Floor was unknown in her own country? Well, that's been rectified BIG TIME

[@Andy_U]

Hiya. Now, to make things even more difficult, you have to watch/listen to Floor in the GERMAN TV version, "Sing Meinen Song". Luckily, it's all over KZbin. Stay safe. All the best to you.

[@paullucas7460]

I just watched it again and still cried lol........😂🤣

[@kentk2215]

This was Samantha Steenwijk’s song, the blond they kept showing. It was a fairly new song when they did this.

[@Bolo2028]

Thanks!

[@thequestionqueens]

Thank you so much. You’re the best 💙

[@nicod1361]

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[@Thorgrim247]

Samantha said "Holy Shit". Floor was singing her own song for her. This show started the climb of Floor's popularity in her native country. It is what convinced her to strive to create a solo career on the side from Nightwish.

[@hollandduck79]

my mother has been going through a very tough time for some time now, after several partial amputations, she was finally amputated above her knee, and then Floor sings this in that way, I already broke in 2019 when she sang it, but now I'm breaking in completely cry 😭😭 out when she sings it . thanks for the video Debbie ❤

[@thequestionqueens]

I’m sending you an enormous teddy bear {{{{{Hug}}}}

[@hollandduck79]

@@thequestionqueens thanks Debbie 💋❤

[@Ireksojkowski]

Beautiful reaction 🥰🥰🥰

[@thequestionqueens]

Thank you!! 😊

[@Populiervogel]

Best song of season 2019!

[@donaldhodges2804]

Samantha is wonderful too.

[@paullucas7460]

I cried and not ashamed to say it ............

[@rscossu69]

WoW, Floor is best.❤❤

[@janjager2906]

Oh…. Oooh. Tear Jerkers, the Dutch are good in Tear Jerkers! Nice reaction! I laughed too 🤣

[@markclements7767]

Hi Debbie, greetings from UK 😊 I just love your reactions To get all of the songs with English Intro and Outro I typed "beste zangers english floor" into KZbin and it worked

[@thequestionqueens]

Thank you and I am so happy to have you here with me. ❤️

[@Smilies-hb3mr]

i miss beste zangers Phantom of the opera. a must see :)

[@thequestionqueens]

I did that one, I hope you can find it on my channel. It was unbelievably amazing!

[@Smilies-hb3mr]

@@thequestionqueens great, il look it up. ty for responding :)

[@henryvandenbrand]

I love her accent in this song. Not Dutch but Brabants❤😂

[@Populiervogel]

Brabantian🤟

[@randymarple9830]

I heard Holy Moly.

[@arnaldotanta3630]

Samantha said " holly shit" twice, the first one is at 1:52 in your video , the second is at the end.3:27

[@nagaho1967]

Are you going to do more of Marcelito songs? I hope so I am a huge fan of his singing!

[@thequestionqueens]

Yes, I am and will. Promise :)

[@richardh1467]

That's why it's so nice to see the documentary of Floor in the reuinion TV show with, among others, her parents kzbin.info/www/bejne/sIPUoqCXadCKf8k

[@tarmotyyri6733]

🇫🇮❤ I have a question: Where are the other queens? Or do you have multiple personalities?

[@thequestionqueens]

The other queen is Poppe and we go live every Tuesday together. I just have a lot more time to make videos than she does so you see more of me lol

[@tarmotyyri6733]

@@thequestionqueens Thank you for explaining that to me. Since i live in Finland, I must have missed all the live streams. Do you have them among all your videos so that I can watch them after they have been streamed live?

[@APMM58]

Debbie,really you should listen to her new album "Paragon"

[@thequestionqueens]

I will. I promise ❤️

[@Mike_Judas_Priest_Kalsek]

Floor sounded awesome as always, but I think she may have belted the vocals more than necessary on this one. Being an emotional song, I think a little more restraint would have suited the song better IMO. A minor complaint really because, like I said, she sounded awesome. Cheers!

[@duncanwyer2460]

🇬🇧 Norfolk with you .sung to and for Samantha 😊