...more Emma Kok performances: Andre Rieu invited Emma to join his World Tour after her Voila performance, this past July she performed on the same stage, this time with an original song *DANCING ON THE STARS* ruclips.net/video/Ll1uR_HUOP8/видео.html Here's a Live Performance of *LAAT MIJ EEN VLINDER ZIJN (LET ME BE A BUTTERFLY)* ruclips.net/video/Vq__3YiPemM/видео.html This is a live performance from a music festival, Emma is singing her original song, it's upbeat and even has backup dancers! (The video has English subtitles). The song is about her wish to be free from her condition and live like everyone else, even if only for a few minutes. HALLELUJAH ( MAX KERSTCONCERT) ruclips.net/video/9qVHQuPQud0/видео.html YOU RAISE ME UP (Live): ruclips.net/video/NIXB7TbeMvw/видео.html ...from André Rieu's Holiday Concert, these are both short videos, you could easily do both in one reaction: WHITE CHRISTMAS: ruclips.net/video/ZZEyhG2bEeM/видео.html ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU: ruclips.net/video/xCBOVw7PErU/видео.html ....from Emma's channel: THE CLIMB (Miley Cyrus) ruclips.net/video/dOhzlDEuCBg/видео.html ANYONE (Demi Lovato) (partial) ruclips.net/video/WuveefqiNhk/видео.html COME BACK HOME (Sofia Carson) ruclips.net/video/Z_FZ14DFppA/видео.html THE CLIMB (Miley Cyrus) ruclips.net/video/dOhzlDEuCBg/видео.html
Considered by many to be the most famous orchestra in the world, “The Johann Strauss Orchestra.” They were founded many years ago by the maestro Andre Rieu himself.
I'm sure you will get many more suggestions to see her performance one year later of a spectacular English language song, "Dancing On the Stars," along with the same orchestra.
You are right more people have called Emma Kok a young Lara Fabian. Emma was asked by Andre Rieu to go on world tour with him when she was 15 years old. She left school at 15 to do this. They do 90 concerts a year in many countries around the world. She just finished these 90 concerts and is now 16 years old. She was asked by Andre Rieu to do a second year of 90 concerts around the world. She does world school online at the same time. Andre Rieu is the 6th best seliing artist in the world in a line up of Rolling Stones, Taylor Swift. P.s. Emma had a paralysed stomach since she was 9 months old. She has to be on feeding tubes and feeding pumps 22 hours a day. She runs out of energy quickly and has to be in a wheelchair sometimes. Her mother is always back stage to disconnect or connect her to the feeding tubes. She was bullied in school as a child because she had a stroller to wheel the feeding pumps around in school. There is little research being done by experts to heal this condition. That is why Emma took her winning money of of The Voice Kids and set up a foundation to research condition. Emma is now 16 and has a new song with Andre Rieu you could react to. A music producer wrote this song 20 years ago before Emma was born anf and never published it. He waited 20 years for the right singer to come a long. The song is about someone living their dream life which Emma is doing right now. So it seems the song was written for her but it wasn't. The song was written before Emma was born. RUclips search is "Emma Kok Dancing On The Stars". P.s. It is important to listen to the intro by Andre Rieu because Emma will tell something about herself on stage.
Emma does not have "temporary " problems with her paralysed stomach, sadly, at present there is no cure for this debilitating condition which means this wonderful young lady has to be connected to her feeding tubes for 22 hours of every day 😢
Here's a link to the same performance with English subtitles: ruclips.net/video/telyzClalVs/видео.html Emma does not actually speak French, she had a French tutor teach her the song phonetically. Emma chooses songs that she has a connection with. Her condition requires her to be connected to two small pumps 22 hours a day, one tube goes to her stomach and the other to her intestine. Her condition also affects her growth rate, she is much more petite than other 16 year-olds. When she was younger she could not carry the pumps around in school so she used a child-sized walker to hold them. Other children teased her, calling her names. VOILA, by Barbara Pravi from France, was written for the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 (it placed second). Ms. Pravi is a victim of domestic abuse. The song is about vulnerability, strength, and self-acceptance, saying "This is me. Here I am. Accept me for what I am, voilà.". Emma does not speak French, she had someone teach her the song phonetically. Listen to me Me, the wannabe singer Talk about me To your loves, to your friends Tell them about this girl with black eyes and her crazy dream Me, what I want is to write stories that reach you That’s all Here, here, here, here I am, Here I am even if stripped naked I am afraid, yes Here I am in the noise and in the silence Look at me, or at least what’s left Look at me, before I hate myself What to tell you, that another’s lips won’t tell you It’s not much but all that I have I drop it there, that’s it Here, here, here, here is who I am, Here I am even if stripped bare it’s over It’s my mouth, it’s my cry, here I am too bad Here, here, here, here I am my dream, my desire, like I’m dying, like I laugh at it Here I am in the noise and in the silence Don’t go, I’m begging you stay a long time It may not save me, no But to do without you I don’t know how Love me as we love a friend who goes away forever I want us to love me because I don’t know how to like my outlines Here, there, here, here I am, Here I am even if exposed it is finished Here I am in the noise and in the fury too Look at me, finally, and my eyes and my hands All that I have is here, it’s my mouth, it’s my cry Here I am, here I am, here I am Here we are, here we are, here we are Here
She has had this disease since she was 9 months old. As of now, there is no cure. I hope God does help her. She is great. And your reaction was great also. 😎🇺🇲👍🌟💯
Voila is not a song by andre Rieu. As always, he puts his name forward, forgetting to give credit where it is due. This is a song written and originally sung by the fantastic Barbara Pravi. She was 2nd at Eurovision for France in 2021. Barbara has delivered many other gems since then, worth to discover. Emma is fantastic in her cover and she is also a great talent for sure.
Emma performances Thanks for playing Viola. Love it! Check out Emma‘s new song “Dancing on the Stars “. New song specifically for Emma. Released july 2024. She has been on a world tour with Andre since the first week of January. Back now. Such a beautiful song. I loved Voila . “Dancing on the Stars“ is as great and will reck you with tears. Released August few weeks ago Disney in Concert Emma looks like a princess sings like an angel .
Welcome to the wonderful and inspirational world of Emma Kok. I can sum up several superlatives about her, but they all don't do justice to her. Since I found out about her last year I've got to know her as one of the most wonderful persons I've ever known. And she's only 16y old! I'm sure others will tell you a lot about Emma and her incredible backstory in the comments. By the way, 'Voila' is pronounced 'V-wà-la' and not 'Viola'. Back to Emma: One year later and the same stage: she performed a new song (not released or recorded before): 'Dancing On The Stars', Emma gives a lovely short speech before the song. Make sure to watch it! ruclips.net/video/Ll1uR_HUOP8/видео.htmlsi=783hp9L10FVDN7g3 Also a wonderful rendition: 'Hallelujah': ruclips.net/video/9qVHQuPQud0/видео.htmlsi=qfot6HhAz8OyE9Av A very heartfelt performance and courageous cover: 'Father' (A Demi Lovato song): ruclips.net/video/y554GsqMHj8/видео.htmlsi=XTcJTAyMPurkM37E A very young Emma (13 or 14y old) at home in own room: 'Out Here On My Own' (Irene Cara) from the movie 'Fame': ruclips.net/video/-8K9i3N7xO4/видео.htmlfeature=shared A few weeks ago she announced her first solo concert next year in the renowned and prestigious Royal Concert Hall in Amsterdam. She did this during a talkshow where she also performed 'Imagine', a very beautiful rendition: ruclips.net/video/xpAIqyDybhk/видео.htmlsi=wcWh3IDhma42UaBg I think you'll have enough suggestions with these for now😉. Greeting from The Netherlands
Happy you found Emma! Truly an angel sent from God to bless the world with her voice. She's so nice and kind offstage as well as in interviews. Loved your reaction with a Christian perspective. Keep doing what your doing! This video was from a year ago. She went on tour with Andre and he invited her to tour with him again in 2025! She returned to the same stage a few months ago, now 16, to perform her original "Dancing On the Stars." What can I say about that performance? No words! Also, she recently announced that she will be doing her own concert in October 2025 and when tickets went on sale, they were sold out in under three hours! She has teamed up with Disney and will be singing in a Disney concert as well sometime after the first of the year. Here's a sneak peek of that: ruclips.net/video/rhALa-baZGA/видео.html
You must watch Emma sing “Dancing on the Stars.” It was this past summer 2024, at age 16, one year after the “Voila” performance, at this same venue in Maastricht, Netherlands. In my opinion, it’s even better than this one which, itself, is unbelievably beautiful! Thank you, my brother in Christ!
Given that Christmas is coming up, you might want to listen to her interpretation of 'Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen: ruclips.net/video/9qVHQuPQud0/видео.htmlsi=D6pxJlYsaS3Z5whC And of course like others mentioned: 'Dancing on the stars' by Tjeerd Oosterhuis: ruclips.net/video/Ll1uR_HUOP8/видео.htmlsi=hiW03hTjV4wBJn2H Her storytelling is amazing right? It's quite a compliment to compare her to Lara Fabian. I does seem that she has the potential to grow to that level. Thanks for this reaction.
Please before you post it, please delve into the lyrics of this song and background information about Emma what she has been through with her illness and loss of her friend. She deserves a lot of respect.
I love the Christian perspective. Thank you. Emma is a great person and I believe she is saved although I have not heard indicate that. Read up on her condition, it’s very rare and almost half the people that get it winds up committing suicidal. On another note 😊 you can try another artist from the Netherlands and Andre Rieu “Amira Willghagen “. Won Hollands got talent in 2013 at the ripe old age of nine and she hasn’t looked back. Christ has made her beautiful all the way through. Huge following.
What on earth has all this "saved " nonsense got to do with this wonderful performance 😢 Plus, why would your loving fairy tale man give this wonderful young lady such a debilitating condition?
@@barrymay3672 Because he did not. Or who said that she was did get this desease from youre called fairy tale man? He could gave her the talent that she haves. The enemy can give bad things to challence. Just blame it at the one you do not even believe in. But for possitive things than you say nothing than mwaa i do not believe in him. But for negative things you Blame him. We all are victims of the evil one. One more than the other. But god can bless whenever he wants to proof a point. All the things that ar happening now in the world are predicted and foretold in the scriptures that also tells about this fairy tale man of you speak off.
@ The comment was meant for the reactor (game changer) and you obviously can’t understand it. That said this is not the venue to discuss this. We both however do enjoy the efforts of Emma and her talents.
Of course Emma is no 'Baby Lara Fabian' . This disrespectful expression reduces Emma to a childish copy of Lara Fabian. Emma is often compared to other female singers. The new Celine Dion, the next Edith Piaf, the reborn Whitney Houston and, and, and.... . You can understand this as a distinction, but these comparisons don't do her justice. She is neither a successor nor a copy of another singer. Emma is unique, an independent singer who will go her own way.
He clearly did not intend to be disrespectful with the comparison. I’m sure Emma, as sweetly humble as she is, would consider a comparison with Ms. Fabian an honor. I’ve noticed that reactors, due to being overwhelmed by the greatness of a first-time listen as well as the time constraints of their video production, will not or cannot fully weigh what they say. So it may come out oddly, and I try to give them the benefit of the doubt, as I would hope someone would do for me. Having said that, I do agree 100% with everything else you stated, which was spot on! Emma is EMMA - unique, beautiful, talented EMMA - and there is no other. 👍
@@gametchangerNo worries, my comment does not refer to your statement. You said 'she reminds me of the young Lara Fabian'. Hey, yeah, why not. This is your impression, your opinion. I have no problem with it. My comment refers to the comment where someone writes 'she's a baby Lara Fabian' That's a clear difference. Many people say she's the next or the new Lara Fabian, overlooking (or not knowing) that Emma doesn't speak any French at all. She has 'Voilà' memorized. I don't think she'll be singing many songs in French in the future. Btw, besides her mother tongue Dutch, Emma speaks English (like many Dutch people) and German. Even if it takes another three weeks: Merry Christmas and all the best.
Where to start? You're new to Emma, and that gives me a huge area to play with, but the limit is the RUclips limit on comment length, and while Voila was deemed by many, including me, as perfection when it was first released, Emma's most recent song has redefined perfection, and as it's in English, I will suggest you need to listen to this one next, to get the sense of how much her ability has improved in the last 12 months, I think she will very likely blow you out of the water with this stunning performance The song is not new, it was penned 20 years ago, before Emma was born, but it's never been performed until now, the writer has written two other songs in recent years for Emma, LAAT MIJ EEN VLINDER ZIJN , let me be a butterfly ruclips.net/video/jAsjpnpGY2M/видео.html Strijder ruclips.net/video/rL0GLdnWEKk/видео.html the new song, Dancing on the stars was released in July, and the video is already over 11 Million views on just the RUclips channel. ruclips.net/video/Ll1uR_HUOP8/видео.html Voila was Emma's first ever appearance with Andre, the stage is set up on the main town square in Andre's home town of Maastricht each summer, and as a result of his increasing popularity, there are a number of performances during the month of July, both 2023 and 2024 have seen 12 concerts, each to capacity audiences of 12,500 people. 12 months on, Andre presented her a Diamond disc that confirms 50 Million streams since the original release, it's actually massively more than that when other social media sites are added, and the RUclips figure is now in excess of 76 Million views, with other social media streaming sites, it's now over 150 Million. While Emma had significant stage experience, this was her first appearance with Andre, and the first performance of this version of the song, Emma had learned it (phonetically, it was the French entry to Eurovision 2021, sung by Barbara Pravi) because the words so express her life experience, she was born with Gastroparesis, to keep her alive, she was put on tube feeding at 9 MONTHS, for 22 hours a day, so she's never had the experience of eating normally, she can only eat very small pieces of rice cracker, with slivers of other foods on them to let her experience the flavours, so effectively, she cannot share in any of the normal experience of meals shared with other family members, and she also has problems with some drinks, milk doesn't agree with her, and to make it worse, as the medical profession struggled to diagnose her, they didn't fully diagnose her till she was 10, during those intervening years, things like her gag reflex was damaged, so she can't vomit, which is a serious issue for her condition, as her stomach doesn't properly process and pass food through, and vomiting would be a regular issue for most sufferers of this disease. At present, it's incurable, but that may change as a result of her setting up a foundation to research this awful disease, the money she won from Ministars in early 2023 was used to start the foundation. In addition, her growth was significantly delayed, even now, at 16, she's still only 1 Mtr 50, and weighs around 50 Kg, so still tiny, and as a result, her stamina is significantly reduced compared to most, she struggles to climb more than 2 flights of stairs, even long walking such as through a large airport is a challenge, made worse by carrying 2 feeding pumps in a shoulder bag or similar for 22 hours a day, but she absolutely refuses to allow her disease to define her, and is determined to live as normal a life as possible, but on a bad day, she does sometimes resort to using a wheelchair. Her first ever appearance in a show, during Covid, so there was no audience, was in 2020, she was 12 at the time, the concert was arranged by her brother, Enzo, and among other things, she sang a powerful version of 'Opportunity', ruclips.net/video/oMyqCs6zZP4/видео.html I love the way she ends it with a spoken, 'I guarantee', and that beautiful smile that says she absolutely meant it, and at the same time knew she'd just nailed that performance, it happens a lot, that cute smile at the end of a significant performance, it was the same with Voila, she turned to Andre, arms wide, with a smile, no words, but it was clear what she meant, 'How was that?', and Andre's response said it all, one word, 'Fantastic', the embrace and bringing her back for more of the standing ovation, a wonderful moment. Her next major appearance was the Voice Kids contest in 2021, which she won, and the video of that progression shows so clearly that even then, she had incredible presence on a stage, and was very much able to shine as a performer, ruclips.net/video/20gXikNRjbo/видео.html A very different event, not a professional recording, but it is acceptably good, she performed with the Maastricht Star Male Voice choir, singing 'Hallelujah', ruclips.net/video/o3uskk3objU/видео.html She's also sung this last Christmas, part of a Christmas concert on Dutch TV, with a full orchestra, and it's another indication of how she's developed as a performer, ruclips.net/video/9qVHQuPQud0/видео.html A beautiful gentle performance of Hallelujah is with Rob Mennen at his home, no audience, just Emma and a piano accompaniment, it was very powerful. ruclips.net/video/CS4ZCwjpkbw/видео.html Earlier this year, in May, Emma was honoured to be asked to perform as part of the annual commemoration events in May of this year to remember the huge number of lives lost liberating the Netherlands from German occupation in WWII, she sang at several events across the country, the most prominent being a duet with April Darby, singing ' When you believe', ruclips.net/video/YG8WV1GFt_c/видео.html This concert was in Amsterdam, in the presence of the Dutch Royal family, and a significant number of high ranking politicians, and she absolutely nailed the performance. For me, her strongest performance of this series was in the Hague, a Demi Levato cover of a technically challenging song, 'Father', and she absolutely excelled in this one, an incredible performance. ruclips.net/video/zXWBj7-edWU/видео.html From the same concert, another cover, 'Hero', ruclips.net/video/rohP0V3ECRY/видео.html From the same series of concerts, 'You raise me up', ruclips.net/video/NIXB7TbeMvw/видео.html A beautiful home video recorded several years ago during Covid, A Disney film cover, 'Part Of Your World' - @halle (The little mermaid) ruclips.net/video/itxs-aNyRJY/видео.html Emma's been invited to be a guest star in a Disney concert in Amsterdam in January, she did a preview of the songs she'll be singing, and they are powerful, a superb performance ruclips.net/video/rhALa-baZGA/видео.html Another song that is special to Emma because of her health situation, a Miley Cyrus cover, 'The Climb', recorded for Tube feeding week. ruclips.net/video/dOhzlDEuCBg/видео.html When I Get There - @PinkVideoVault, unaccompanied, a song about the passing of a very close friend, given Emma's own situation, so incredibly deep and moving, just incredible. Translation of the note in Dutch, Last night my dear friend Angela became a star! I'm going to miss you incredibly much, but every time I look at the starry sky I know you're looking back ruclips.net/video/0nIpN86mw6E/видео.html There are also a significant number of good videos that have had English subtitles put on them from another RUclips channel, @RogerC-2024 I hope this gives you a feel for where Emma has come from, and more importantly, where she's going, there is no doubt that as long as her health situation doesn't change, she will be making bigger and better waves for a long time to come, and it's more than clear that she is very happy and comfortable working with Andre and his orchestra at the moment, she's recently been booked to join Andre for his 2025 world tour, during 2024, she's appeared in front of over 1 million people at the Andre concerts around the world. I will close with my normal appeal to everyone reading or listening to this channel, Emma still deserves and needs as much support as possible, her situation hasn't changed since that first appearance with Andre in July 2023, she is still tied to her two external feeding pumps for 22 hours a day, and I know from recent social media posts, she finds that hard to cope with at times, despite that she's loving the singing with Andre, she regards it as her therapy. Emma deserves all the support she can be given, as her foundation works to help find better treatments, or even possibly a cure for this awful disease, her foundation is almost unique in terms of the work they are doing, there's been very little research into a devastating illness, the effects on the sufferers are huge. Emma's foundation can be found at gastrostars.nl Please, if at all possible, join me in making a (regular) contribution to her foundation, to enable them to help patients like Emma, and research this awful disease that has affected her from birth, and requires her to be tied to the pumps and feeding tubes since she was 9 MONTHS old, for 22 hours a day, hopefully, the work of her foundation will find a cure. One of the main people in Gastrostars is a surgeon who has a lot of experience in dealing with gastroparesis, and she is not only a surgeon, but also suffers from the same disease herself, to the extent that as a result of her condition worsening, she's had to leave her role in the hospital, and she is now dedicated to the foundation, and working to help find possible new treatments, or even better the cure that will free people like Emma to live a more normal life, rather than be tied to the feeding pumps for so many hours every day. It will be so good if the work of Emma's foundation can lead to a better treatment, or even a cure, which will free her to do more singing, and it may be people here who make that possible.
Listen how andre told about her brother enzo kok. It sounds like rock. In dutch it sound short without an a sound in it what is in englesh different. Andre said the name kok perfect.
@@jeffkidder5282They are wrong. Her name is Kok, pronounced like sock, lock, dock, rock etc etc. The translation would be cook, not the pronunciation😊!
JUST GREAT ! ARE SO MANY OF HER GREATNESS ON YOU TUBE NOW ! LIE HALLELUIA , BUTERFLY -- , DISNEY ---, FATHER , BUT JUST FOUND NEW ONE OF HER ON ---EMMA KOK / MINISTARS-- 3 YEARS AGO ! YOU MUST CHECK THAT OUT ! AM SURE WILL BE A HUGE HIT HERE IN U.S.A. SOON ! NICE REVIEW !
VOILA is pronounced as you write it and as she sings it. I don't really understand why sometimes I hear it pronounced as VIOLA. Emma her problem is unfortunatly not a temporary problem. She suffers from it since she was a baby and unil now there isn't a cure for it. Her performance from this year with André Rieu where she brings 'Dancing on the stars' is also very good.
I've heard of her. She is amazing. What a treat
...more Emma Kok performances:
Andre Rieu invited Emma to join his World Tour after her Voila performance, this past July she performed on the same stage, this time with an original song *DANCING ON THE STARS* ruclips.net/video/Ll1uR_HUOP8/видео.html
Here's a Live Performance of *LAAT MIJ EEN VLINDER ZIJN (LET ME BE A BUTTERFLY)* ruclips.net/video/Vq__3YiPemM/видео.html This is a live performance from a music festival, Emma is singing her original song, it's upbeat and even has backup dancers! (The video has English subtitles). The song is about her wish to be free from her condition and live like everyone else, even if only for a few minutes.
HALLELUJAH ( MAX KERSTCONCERT) ruclips.net/video/9qVHQuPQud0/видео.html
YOU RAISE ME UP (Live): ruclips.net/video/NIXB7TbeMvw/видео.html
...from André Rieu's Holiday Concert, these are both short videos, you could easily do both in one reaction:
WHITE CHRISTMAS: ruclips.net/video/ZZEyhG2bEeM/видео.html
ALL I WANT FOR CHRISTMAS IS YOU: ruclips.net/video/xCBOVw7PErU/видео.html
....from Emma's channel:
THE CLIMB (Miley Cyrus) ruclips.net/video/dOhzlDEuCBg/видео.html
ANYONE (Demi Lovato) (partial) ruclips.net/video/WuveefqiNhk/видео.html
COME BACK HOME (Sofia Carson) ruclips.net/video/Z_FZ14DFppA/видео.html
THE CLIMB (Miley Cyrus) ruclips.net/video/dOhzlDEuCBg/видео.html
What a performance if you didnt feel this youre already dead it was a performace from a angel truely magnificent.
And what an amazing backing band and soaring vocals. Bravo, all!
Considered by many to be the most famous orchestra in the world, “The Johann Strauss Orchestra.” They were founded many years ago by the maestro Andre Rieu himself.
I'm sure you will get many more suggestions to see her performance one year later of a spectacular English language song, "Dancing On the Stars," along with the same orchestra.
THANKS FOR YOU REACTION EMMA IS AMAZING.
❤️GREETINGS FROM THE NETHERLANDS 🇳🇱🇳🇱
You are right more people have called Emma Kok a young Lara Fabian. Emma was asked by Andre Rieu to go on world tour with him when she was 15 years old. She left school at 15 to do this. They do 90 concerts a year in many countries around the world. She just finished these 90 concerts and is now 16 years old. She was asked by Andre Rieu to do a second year of 90 concerts around the world. She does world school online at the same time. Andre Rieu is the 6th best seliing artist in the world in a line up of Rolling Stones, Taylor Swift. P.s. Emma had a paralysed stomach since she was 9 months old. She has to be on feeding tubes and feeding pumps 22 hours a day. She runs out of energy quickly and has to be in a wheelchair sometimes. Her mother is always back stage to disconnect or connect her to the feeding tubes. She was bullied in school as a child because she had a stroller to wheel the feeding pumps around in school. There is little research being done by experts to heal this condition. That is why Emma took her winning money of of The Voice Kids and set up a foundation to research condition. Emma is now 16 and has a new song with Andre Rieu you could react to. A music producer wrote this song 20 years ago before Emma was born anf and never published it. He waited 20 years for the right singer to come a long. The song is about someone living their dream life which Emma is doing right now. So it seems the song was written for her but it wasn't. The song was written before Emma was born. RUclips search is "Emma Kok Dancing On The Stars". P.s. It is important to listen to the intro by Andre Rieu because Emma will tell something about herself on stage.
Emma is amazing.
Sometimes sadness can be so so beautiful.
Also watch her sing dancing on the stars
🤗🍒🌹 well done and listen also to Emma's Hallelujah and dancing with the stars !!
Such a wonderful and powerful talent.she has a new video “Dancing On The Stars”.
Ihr neues Lied ist auch wieder ein Knaller, Tränen garantiert! In den Kommentaren wurde es ja schon genannt. Grüße aus Germany
Emma does not have "temporary " problems with her paralysed stomach, sadly, at present there is no cure for this debilitating condition which means this wonderful young lady has to be connected to her feeding tubes for 22 hours of every day 😢
Thanks for the video…Emma is amazing, she is an angel from heaven❤
Here's a link to the same performance with English subtitles: ruclips.net/video/telyzClalVs/видео.html
Emma does not actually speak French, she had a French tutor teach her the song phonetically.
Emma chooses songs that she has a connection with. Her condition requires her to be connected to two small pumps 22 hours a day, one tube goes to her stomach and the other to her intestine. Her condition also affects her growth rate, she is much more petite than other 16 year-olds. When she was younger she could not carry the pumps around in school so she used a child-sized walker to hold them. Other children teased her, calling her names.
VOILA, by Barbara Pravi from France, was written for the Eurovision Song Contest 2021 (it placed second). Ms. Pravi is a victim of domestic abuse. The song is about vulnerability, strength, and self-acceptance, saying "This is me. Here I am. Accept me for what I am, voilà.". Emma does not speak French, she had someone teach her the song phonetically.
Listen to me
Me, the wannabe singer
Talk about me
To your loves, to your friends
Tell them about this girl with black eyes and her crazy dream
Me, what I want is to write stories that reach you
That’s all
Here, here, here, here I am, Here I am
even if stripped naked I am afraid, yes
Here I am in the noise and in the silence
Look at me, or at least what’s left
Look at me, before I hate myself
What to tell you, that another’s lips won’t tell you
It’s not much but all that I have I drop it there, that’s it
Here, here, here, here is who I am, Here I am
even if stripped bare it’s over
It’s my mouth, it’s my cry, here I am too bad
Here, here, here, here
I am my dream, my desire, like I’m dying, like I laugh at it
Here I am in the noise and in the silence
Don’t go, I’m begging you stay a long time It may not save me, no
But to do without you I don’t know how
Love me as we love a friend who goes away forever
I want us to love me because I don’t know how to like my outlines
Here, there, here, here I am, Here I am
even if exposed it is finished
Here I am in the noise and in the fury too
Look at me, finally, and my eyes and my hands
All that I have is here, it’s my mouth, it’s my cry
Here I am, here I am, here I am
Here we are, here we are, here we are
Here
She has had this disease since she was 9 months old. As of now, there is no cure. I hope God does help her. She is great. And your reaction was great also. 😎🇺🇲👍🌟💯
It was from birth, and 9 months later they found out and indicate she haves gastroparese
Hear and see Emma Kok with the song "Dancing on the stars " from this year in Maastricht... Amazing...
Voila is not a song by andre Rieu. As always, he puts his name forward, forgetting to give credit where it is due.
This is a song written and originally sung by the fantastic Barbara Pravi. She was 2nd at Eurovision for France in 2021.
Barbara has delivered many other gems since then, worth to discover.
Emma is fantastic in her cover and she is also a great talent for sure.
You're not right. Read the video description. Right in the first sentence it is mentioned that this song is a Barbara Pravi cover.
@@MockelTENTEE, thank you for your comment in defense of Andre. Now I don’t have to do it! 👍😊
She just sang that word for you over and over. The title. You say it like Vwa-La.
Do her "Dancing on the Stars", and it's in English... She's an awesome young lady!
Emma performances
Thanks for playing Viola. Love it!
Check out Emma‘s new song “Dancing on the Stars “. New song specifically for Emma. Released july 2024.
She has been on a world tour with Andre since the first week of January. Back now.
Such a beautiful song. I loved Voila . “Dancing on the Stars“ is as great and will reck you with tears.
Released August few weeks ago Disney in Concert Emma looks like a princess sings like an angel .
Emma just did "Imagine" by John Lennon. It's beautiful !
Emma is a true gift to the world. She is the next Lara Fabian. A beautiful soul
Welcome to the wonderful and inspirational world of Emma Kok. I can sum up several superlatives about her, but they all don't do justice to her. Since I found out about her last year I've got to know her as one of the most wonderful persons I've ever known. And she's only 16y old! I'm sure others will tell you a lot about Emma and her incredible backstory in the comments. By the way, 'Voila' is pronounced 'V-wà-la' and not 'Viola'. Back to Emma:
One year later and the same stage: she performed a new song (not released or recorded before): 'Dancing On The Stars', Emma gives a lovely short speech before the song. Make sure to watch it! ruclips.net/video/Ll1uR_HUOP8/видео.htmlsi=783hp9L10FVDN7g3
Also a wonderful rendition: 'Hallelujah': ruclips.net/video/9qVHQuPQud0/видео.htmlsi=qfot6HhAz8OyE9Av
A very heartfelt performance and courageous cover: 'Father' (A Demi Lovato song): ruclips.net/video/y554GsqMHj8/видео.htmlsi=XTcJTAyMPurkM37E
A very young Emma (13 or 14y old) at home in own room: 'Out Here On My Own' (Irene Cara) from the movie 'Fame': ruclips.net/video/-8K9i3N7xO4/видео.htmlfeature=shared
A few weeks ago she announced her first solo concert next year in the renowned and prestigious Royal Concert Hall in Amsterdam. She did this during a talkshow where she also performed 'Imagine', a very beautiful rendition: ruclips.net/video/xpAIqyDybhk/видео.htmlsi=wcWh3IDhma42UaBg
I think you'll have enough suggestions with these for now😉.
Greeting from The Netherlands
Hallelujah and Disney medley.
Happy you found Emma! Truly an angel sent from God to bless the world with her voice. She's so nice and kind offstage as well as in interviews. Loved your reaction with a Christian perspective. Keep doing what your doing! This video was from a year ago. She went on tour with Andre and he invited her to tour with him again in 2025! She returned to the same stage a few months ago, now 16, to perform her original "Dancing On the Stars." What can I say about that performance? No words! Also, she recently announced that she will be doing her own concert in October 2025 and when tickets went on sale, they were sold out in under three hours! She has teamed up with Disney and will be singing in a Disney concert as well sometime after the first of the year. Here's a sneak peek of that: ruclips.net/video/rhALa-baZGA/видео.html
You must watch Emma sing “Dancing on the Stars.” It was this past summer 2024, at age 16, one year after the “Voila” performance, at this same venue in Maastricht, Netherlands. In my opinion, it’s even better than this one which, itself, is unbelievably beautiful! Thank you, my brother in Christ!
Réaction Emma cok dancing in the star
Given that Christmas is coming up, you might want to listen to her interpretation of 'Hallelujah" by Leonard Cohen: ruclips.net/video/9qVHQuPQud0/видео.htmlsi=D6pxJlYsaS3Z5whC
And of course like others mentioned: 'Dancing on the stars' by Tjeerd Oosterhuis: ruclips.net/video/Ll1uR_HUOP8/видео.htmlsi=hiW03hTjV4wBJn2H
Her storytelling is amazing right? It's quite a compliment to compare her to Lara Fabian. I does seem that she has the potential to grow to that level.
Thanks for this reaction.
Please before you post it, please delve into the lyrics of this song and background information about Emma what she has been through with her illness and loss of her friend. She deserves a lot of respect.
This is not her personal song... it was originally written by Barbara Pravi
Please listen "Dancing on the stars " .......!!!❤❤
I love the Christian perspective. Thank you. Emma is a great person and I believe she is saved although I have not heard indicate that. Read up on her condition, it’s very rare and almost half the people that get it winds up committing suicidal.
On another note 😊 you can try another artist from the Netherlands and Andre Rieu “Amira Willghagen “. Won Hollands got talent in 2013 at the ripe old age of nine and she hasn’t looked back. Christ has made her beautiful all the way through. Huge following.
What on earth has all this "saved " nonsense got to do with this wonderful performance 😢
Plus, why would your loving fairy tale man give this wonderful young lady such a debilitating condition?
@@barrymay3672
Because he did not.
Or who said that she was did get this desease from youre called fairy tale man?
He could gave her the talent that she haves.
The enemy can give bad things to challence.
Just blame it at the one you do not even believe in.
But for possitive things than you say nothing than mwaa i do not believe in him.
But for negative things you Blame him.
We all are victims of the evil one.
One more than the other.
But god can bless whenever he wants to proof a point.
All the things that ar happening now in the world are predicted and foretold in the scriptures that also tells about this fairy tale man of you speak off.
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The comment was meant for the reactor (game changer) and you obviously can’t understand it. That said this is not the venue to discuss this. We both however do enjoy the efforts of Emma and her talents.
Yes Amira has no voice rival and is a unabashed faithful Christian. You need to get back to her!
Yes "she is a baby Lara fabian 😉
Of course Emma is no 'Baby Lara Fabian' . This disrespectful expression reduces Emma to a childish copy of Lara Fabian. Emma is often compared to other female singers. The new Celine Dion, the next Edith Piaf, the reborn Whitney Houston and, and, and.... . You can understand this as a distinction, but these comparisons don't do her justice. She is neither a successor nor a copy of another singer. Emma is unique, an independent singer who will go her own way.
He clearly did not intend to be disrespectful with the comparison. I’m sure Emma, as sweetly humble as she is, would consider a comparison with Ms. Fabian an honor.
I’ve noticed that reactors, due to being overwhelmed by the greatness of a first-time listen as well as the time constraints of their video production, will not or cannot fully weigh what they say. So it may come out oddly, and I try to give them the benefit of the doubt, as I would hope someone would do for me.
Having said that, I do agree 100% with everything else you stated, which was spot on! Emma is EMMA - unique, beautiful, talented EMMA - and there is no other. 👍
Perfectly put and thank you for this comment. There was no disrespect meant with what I said. God Bless
@@gametchanger , I don’t believe you could be disrespectful even if you tried! You always reflect the mind of Christ (Philippians 2:5 & 4:8). 👍🙏☝️
@@gametchangerNo worries, my comment does not refer to your statement. You said 'she reminds me of the young Lara Fabian'. Hey, yeah, why not. This is your impression, your opinion. I have no problem with it.
My comment refers to the comment where someone writes 'she's a baby Lara Fabian' That's a clear difference.
Many people say she's the next or the new Lara Fabian, overlooking (or not knowing) that Emma doesn't speak any French at all. She has 'Voilà' memorized. I don't think she'll be singing many songs in French in the future. Btw, besides her mother tongue Dutch, Emma speaks English (like many Dutch people) and German.
Even if it takes another three weeks: Merry Christmas and all the best.
Emma also made me think of Lara. She has the same ability telling a story through her songs. It's more of a compliment for Emma.
Where to start? You're new to Emma, and that gives me a huge area to play with, but the limit is the RUclips limit on comment length, and while Voila was deemed by many, including me, as perfection when it was first released, Emma's most recent song has redefined perfection, and as it's in English, I will suggest you need to listen to this one next, to get the sense of how much her ability has improved in the last 12 months, I think she will very likely blow you out of the water with this stunning performance The song is not new, it was penned 20 years ago, before Emma was born, but it's never been performed until now, the writer has written two other songs in recent years for Emma,
LAAT MIJ EEN VLINDER ZIJN , let me be a butterfly
ruclips.net/video/jAsjpnpGY2M/видео.html
Strijder
ruclips.net/video/rL0GLdnWEKk/видео.html
the new song, Dancing on the stars was released in July, and the video is already over 11 Million views on just the RUclips channel.
ruclips.net/video/Ll1uR_HUOP8/видео.html
Voila was Emma's first ever appearance with Andre, the stage is set up on the main town square in Andre's home town of Maastricht each summer, and as a result of his increasing popularity, there are a number of performances during the month of July, both 2023 and 2024 have seen 12 concerts, each to capacity audiences of 12,500 people.
12 months on, Andre presented her a Diamond disc that confirms 50 Million streams since the original release, it's actually massively more than that when other social media sites are added, and the RUclips figure is now in excess of 76 Million views, with other social media streaming sites, it's now over 150 Million.
While Emma had significant stage experience, this was her first appearance with Andre, and the first performance of this version of the song, Emma had learned it (phonetically, it was the French entry to Eurovision 2021, sung by Barbara Pravi) because the words so express her life experience, she was born with Gastroparesis, to keep her alive, she was put on tube feeding at 9 MONTHS, for 22 hours a day, so she's never had the experience of eating normally, she can only eat very small pieces of rice cracker, with slivers of other foods on them to let her experience the flavours, so effectively, she cannot share in any of the normal experience of meals shared with other family members, and she also has problems with some drinks, milk doesn't agree with her, and to make it worse, as the medical profession struggled to diagnose her, they didn't fully diagnose her till she was 10, during those intervening years, things like her gag reflex was damaged, so she can't vomit, which is a serious issue for her condition, as her stomach doesn't properly process and pass food through, and vomiting would be a regular issue for most sufferers of this disease. At present, it's incurable, but that may change as a result of her setting up a foundation to research this awful disease, the money she won from Ministars in early 2023 was used to start the foundation.
In addition, her growth was significantly delayed, even now, at 16, she's still only 1 Mtr 50, and weighs around 50 Kg, so still tiny, and as a result, her stamina is significantly reduced compared to most, she struggles to climb more than 2 flights of stairs, even long walking such as through a large airport is a challenge, made worse by carrying 2 feeding pumps in a shoulder bag or similar for 22 hours a day, but she absolutely refuses to allow her disease to define her, and is determined to live as normal a life as possible, but on a bad day, she does sometimes resort to using a wheelchair.
Her first ever appearance in a show, during Covid, so there was no audience, was in 2020, she was 12 at the time, the concert was arranged by her brother, Enzo, and among other things, she sang a powerful version of 'Opportunity',
ruclips.net/video/oMyqCs6zZP4/видео.html
I love the way she ends it with a spoken, 'I guarantee', and that beautiful smile that says she absolutely meant it, and at the same time knew she'd just nailed that performance, it happens a lot, that cute smile at the end of a significant performance, it was the same with Voila, she turned to Andre, arms wide, with a smile, no words, but it was clear what she meant, 'How was that?', and Andre's response said it all, one word, 'Fantastic', the embrace and bringing her back for more of the standing ovation, a wonderful moment.
Her next major appearance was the Voice Kids contest in 2021, which she won, and the video of that progression shows so clearly that even then, she had incredible presence on a stage, and was very much able to shine as a performer,
ruclips.net/video/20gXikNRjbo/видео.html
A very different event, not a professional recording, but it is acceptably good, she performed with the Maastricht Star Male Voice choir, singing 'Hallelujah',
ruclips.net/video/o3uskk3objU/видео.html
She's also sung this last Christmas, part of a Christmas concert on Dutch TV, with a full orchestra, and it's another indication of how she's developed as a performer,
ruclips.net/video/9qVHQuPQud0/видео.html
A beautiful gentle performance of Hallelujah is with Rob Mennen at his home, no audience, just Emma and a piano accompaniment, it was very powerful.
ruclips.net/video/CS4ZCwjpkbw/видео.html
Earlier this year, in May, Emma was honoured to be asked to perform as part of the annual commemoration events in May of this year to remember the huge number of lives lost liberating the Netherlands from German occupation in WWII, she sang at several events across the country, the most prominent being a duet with April Darby, singing ' When you believe',
ruclips.net/video/YG8WV1GFt_c/видео.html
This concert was in Amsterdam, in the presence of the Dutch Royal family, and a significant number of high ranking politicians, and she absolutely nailed the performance.
For me, her strongest performance of this series was in the Hague, a Demi Levato cover of a technically challenging song, 'Father', and she absolutely excelled in this one, an incredible performance.
ruclips.net/video/zXWBj7-edWU/видео.html
From the same concert, another cover, 'Hero',
ruclips.net/video/rohP0V3ECRY/видео.html
From the same series of concerts, 'You raise me up',
ruclips.net/video/NIXB7TbeMvw/видео.html
A beautiful home video recorded several years ago during Covid, A Disney film cover, 'Part Of Your World' - @halle (The little mermaid)
ruclips.net/video/itxs-aNyRJY/видео.html
Emma's been invited to be a guest star in a Disney concert in Amsterdam in January, she did a preview of the songs she'll be singing, and they are powerful, a superb performance
ruclips.net/video/rhALa-baZGA/видео.html
Another song that is special to Emma because of her health situation, a Miley Cyrus cover, 'The Climb', recorded for Tube feeding week.
ruclips.net/video/dOhzlDEuCBg/видео.html
When I Get There - @PinkVideoVault, unaccompanied, a song about the passing of a very close friend, given Emma's own situation, so incredibly deep and moving, just incredible.
Translation of the note in Dutch,
Last night my dear friend Angela became a star!
I'm going to miss you incredibly much, but every time I look at the starry sky I know you're looking back
ruclips.net/video/0nIpN86mw6E/видео.html
There are also a significant number of good videos that have had English subtitles put on them from another RUclips channel, @RogerC-2024
I hope this gives you a feel for where Emma has come from, and more importantly, where she's going, there is no doubt that as long as her health situation doesn't change, she will be making bigger and better waves for a long time to come, and it's more than clear that she is very happy and comfortable working with Andre and his orchestra at the moment, she's recently been booked to join Andre for his 2025 world tour, during 2024, she's appeared in front of over 1 million people at the Andre concerts around the world.
I will close with my normal appeal to everyone reading or listening to this channel, Emma still deserves and needs as much support as possible, her situation hasn't changed since that first appearance with Andre in July 2023, she is still tied to her two external feeding pumps for 22 hours a day, and I know from recent social media posts, she finds that hard to cope with at times, despite that she's loving the singing with Andre, she regards it as her therapy.
Emma deserves all the support she can be given, as her foundation works to help find better treatments, or even possibly a cure for this awful disease, her foundation is almost unique in terms of the work they are doing, there's been very little research into a devastating illness, the effects on the sufferers are huge.
Emma's foundation can be found at gastrostars.nl
Please, if at all possible, join me in making a (regular) contribution to her foundation, to enable them to help patients like Emma, and research this awful disease that has affected her from birth, and requires her to be tied to the pumps and feeding tubes since she was 9 MONTHS old, for 22 hours a day, hopefully, the work of her foundation will find a cure.
One of the main people in Gastrostars is a surgeon who has a lot of experience in dealing with gastroparesis, and she is not only a surgeon, but also suffers from the same disease herself, to the extent that as a result of her condition worsening, she's had to leave her role in the hospital, and she is now dedicated to the foundation, and working to help find possible new treatments, or even better the cure that will free people like Emma to live a more normal life, rather than be tied to the feeding pumps for so many hours every day.
It will be so good if the work of Emma's foundation can lead to a better treatment, or even a cure, which will free her to do more singing, and it may be people here who make that possible.
This is amazing thank you so much for this information and for supporting Emma. My prayers are with her and God Bless!
Her name is pronounced like KOKE.
No not so, it is pronounced "cock", the fact that a Dutch name is pronounced the same as a Male member in English does not change that fact.
Listen how andre told about her brother enzo kok.
It sounds like rock.
In dutch it sound short without an a sound in it what is in englesh different.
Andre said the name kok perfect.
Some pronounce Emma's name sounding like Cook in English.
@@jeffkidder5282They are wrong. Her name is Kok, pronounced like sock, lock, dock, rock etc etc. The translation would be cook, not the pronunciation😊!
If you listen to maestro Rieu pronounce "Kok", you'll see. Andre Rieu is Dutch from Holland.
Please react to Dancing on the Stars; even more powerful and an original, never sung before by anyone. Composed by Tjeerd Oosterhuis.
JUST GREAT ! ARE SO MANY OF HER GREATNESS ON YOU TUBE NOW ! LIE HALLELUIA , BUTERFLY -- , DISNEY ---, FATHER , BUT JUST FOUND NEW ONE OF HER ON ---EMMA KOK / MINISTARS-- 3 YEARS AGO ! YOU MUST CHECK THAT OUT ! AM SURE WILL BE A HUGE HIT HERE IN U.S.A. SOON ! NICE REVIEW !
Why do Americans want to say Viola when it is clearly Voila
Not all Americans! Lol! 😄
Some people are not familiar with the expression or the pronunciation of "Voila," which sounds like "Wula", meaning like, suddenly - "Here it is."
Bingo. God bless!
Not many Americans don't pronounce viola incorrectly
VOILA is pronounced as you write it and as she sings it. I don't really understand why sometimes I hear it pronounced as VIOLA.
Emma her problem is unfortunatly not a temporary problem. She suffers from it since she was a baby and unil now there isn't a cure for it.
Her performance from this year with André Rieu where she brings 'Dancing on the stars' is also very good.
Dude, how many times she sang 'voila' and you still don't know how to pronounce it???
Nope... God bless
It is Voila! Not viola, but VOILA! Please pronounce it well because else it means a girls name
If God can heal why did he let it happen in the first place? Fairy tales are NOT going to fix this world!