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  • Beste. Idols liveoptreden. Ooit!

  • I have to sing this at school. well.. yeah.. fuck.

  • @foralwaysinheaven Me too!

    Haha, tot morgen;)

  • @th0mas14 lol. xP

  • Heel mooi gezongen en ook leuk om na bijna 4 jaar nog eens terug te zien.

  • Absolutely BRILLIANT. Wow....!!!!!

  • wauw, respect ❤

  • She wailed... Not sure what the question could even be on this performance other than someone who has no clue being negative...

  • Ze heeft echt iets weg van Ananda van Hollands NeXT top model 4

  • its totally other than the original.... I dunno... not bad... its another climb every mountain XD

  • I can't hear this song without seeing that fat nun in front of me.

  • me cierra la garganta y me oprime el corazon, gracias Nikki desde Bogota (colombia)

  • 3:04 arme Nikki en dan gaat Martijn aan haar arm trekken omdat ze even moet huilen arme Nikki. echt super mooi! en super knap dat je je in bedwang kunt houden met je tranen echt super.

  • Wow. Her breathing technique is stunningly bad. Her diction is a little off as well. Her pitch is all over the place. Don't get what the fuss is over. Karaoke-bar quality.

  • @ctseiter You suck with your comment...a 0;-)

  • @ctseiter

    uhm okay...so you you are what? Barbra Streisands voice coach, or from some big opera singer? You soooo don't have a clue if you say this was karaoke-bar quality.

  • I Like Christina Better but then this is also GOOD. Very Good.. :)

  • wow! i really love it...proud that I've been to the Netherlands!

  • Ik heb met haar op een festival een bakkie koffie gedronken en ik kan uit eigen ervaring zeggen ze is erg erg erge erg lekker van dichtbij

  • My cousin is nikki my last name is kerkhof

  • i love Christina's version/.....>>period

  • good grief. this piece of crap has 871,000 views, while the definitive shirley bassey version has only 20,000. beam me up scotty!

  • @donkiddick08

    That simply has to do with the fact that nowadays youngsters (who mostly watch these shows) don't know who Shirley Bassey is. Nevertheless, calling this version a piece of crap underlines the fact that you dont recognise a good performance done by a starting singer. Its not perfect but very good, considering the fact she sung this for someone special (deceased person I believe). Basseys is better, but that doesnt mean this version isn't good.

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  • @sas9023055 this is a good idea. i noticed that streisand's version of people had a link to bassey's version and it seems to have dramatically increased the views. if i could make a suggestion, i would add the maybe this time medley at the end of the second audience with to versions of maybe by minnelli etc.

  • @donkiddick08 - great idea! thks

  • Sorry, you haven't got the the voice for this song, too much air, go back to your singing coach ane learn to pace your breathing, no offence

  • @lillebror07 you must go to the doctor

  • so good!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • waarom hoor ik ergens nigel huilen? 2:47

  • @ilsevanaalst

    Dat zegt de regisseur. De cameraman (Nigel dus) moet filmen op het gezicht van Nikki omdat ze aan het huilen is. 

  • @ilsevanaalst Is het niet ''Meid joh..huilen'' ?

  • @Ilseekiss Yep, agree...

  • No goosebumps here either. She's obviously got a good voice, but it isn't a great voice and I felt this was quite weak compared to many great singers who have covered it. Sorry, just being honest.

  • Nope. No goosebumps. Sorry

  • beautiful

  • Way to butcher a true classic.

  • love this song i always think of my past

  • Very Good but I disagree with llseekiss , Guys Sebastian was better with his version, cleaner higher register which is where the song is at it's most inspirational, this one was too raspy like her throat was irritated.

  • waaauww! zooo mooi

  • She sung such a magically awesome rendition.

    Sux2b the person who sung after that performance.

  • She's fantastic.

  • Personally, her voice is amazing, but there's just a magic about the original version that just cant be competed with.

  • @MrSandreschi I agree. The original really pulls on those heart strings in a way that hasn't yet been equalled. However, she modernized it but did so with good taste.  Except for the lower key, she kept pretty true to the original arrangement, modulation and everything.

  • @horowizard I also love how she is older and gives a more mature flavour to the music, rather than having Avril Lavigne or Katy Perry do it. This song is for someone who has already experienced the endeavours of striving for one's dreams and fulfilling them successfully :)

  • She did well. But this song needs an older voice. There's a sense of wisdom to it that a young voice just can't carry.

  • @Ilseekiss Well to me this performance is quite boring...

  • @Cdb6es

    well if you think that's boring...the song is being judged at the end, and obviously it is in Dutch so you can't understand, but the thing is, she was singing this for and with the memory of her old music teacher, who had passed away and meant a lot to her, she is singing this with so much compassion and emotion, it gives me chills everytime! The judges were blown away by it!

  • The parent from Nikki live's behind me!

  • I love your song !

  • Not natural as usual with those fake singers, they try to make too much. They has great voices but bad feeling.

  • kinda makes me cry, i like the original version better. cause no matter how good anyone sings it, the original is always best.

  • she can sing to be sure, but this sounds like a 1998 christmas special cover version of this incredible song.

  • makes me cry :-( wow xxx

  • wow.

  • ew she made it all popish

  • good song choice, very poor execution

    this was nothing special and pales compared with the original

  • good song choice, very poor execution

    this was nothing special and pales compared to the original

  • pfffffffffffffffffffff

  • beautiful voice, watch putri ayu - sound of music

  • Bravo!

  • 2:45 Nigel huilen?

  • @xsigridd Ik denk dat het is "meid toch, huilen."

  • This song means so much being from Europe, it symbolizes hope, peace, and the faith to never stop following your heart. I perish the thought of what my own life would not have been like had Allied forces liberated Europe. Myself and many many others would be in very different circumstances right now.

    Nikki did an amazing job with this song, very heartfelt and true. Being a German makes it hard to say a Dutchman does it better...but she nailed it!

  • doesn't have the same inspirational feeling from the movie... :sadface:

    nonetheless :D

  • This song is great, and needs so much emotion and strenght.... but this performance, to me, was mostly weak and boring, i didn't like it at all. Sorry Nikki.

  • 105 people don't want to climb the mountain.

  • I always have to cry, when I hear this song.

  • Bit boring. Kiri and Leontyne are definitely better. Sorry.

  • @SugarTomAppleRoger ....and bassey is the best

  • @donkiddick08 Can't disagree. Dame Shirley is what youtubers would call a "beast". Dame Kiri and Dame Shi;ey have different styles, and both really work. I listened to Dame Shirley's version and was "blown away". Great stuff! 

  • @SugarTomAppleRoger i know! she had a uk no1 with it in '61. bassey has such a great voice that when she does an original version of a song, she sets the standard by which other versions will be judged and, when she covers a song, she very often improves on the original. eg her cover of 'something' outsold the beatles version- the only artist to achieve this.

  • @donkiddick08 Couldn't agree more. Shirley Bassey is definitely underrated. One thing people like Nikki do achieve though is to introduce a song to young people that they might not know. She seems a nice enough little girl.

  • For some reason I keep looking at the bottom of the screen expecting subtitles to come up... fail. I wish I speak Deutsch.

  • @rediceIV how can i help...? i am dutch

  • @rediceIV or Dutch perhaps

  • @rediceIV She dedicated this song to her grandma, her grandma passed away. Thats why she cries on the end of the song.

  • @angenita1990 its was not her grandma but a dear friend of hers!!

  • This artist has a very distinctive style for this great uplifting classic.

  • 2:48 nigel huilen wth?

  • Telkens in tranen als ik dit weer zie!!! Best ever in Hollands idols!

  • het blijft zo geweldig <3

  • 8th graduation song I knew by heart once.

  • warum heuelst du???

  • CLIMB EVERY MOUNTAIN. I love this song. I used to sing it as a boy in the village where I was born, in Lanat, San Manuel, Tarlac. - Norberto L. Mercado

  • beautiful voiceeee.

    i think she did this beauitfullly

  • Very ordinary. You owe me some f***ing goosebumps.

  • @meanwiddlekid yeah right... how stupid can a reaction be, maybe you need some therapy to start feeling something again in general... she sang this beautifully and if you can't feel this you must be a broom or a fridge who can write :-(

  • Geweldig gedaan, Nikki!

  • Doesn't compare to Guy Sebastian's version from Australian Idol

  • waaa ik kan dit echt niet kijken zonder te huilen, zo mooi!

  • @Kyrtyee Dito!

  • Lol Holland has better Idols than US...? didn't this "Idol" thing start out in America? I might be wrong though

  • @cathechung hmmm, i need agree that THE VOICE OF HOLLAND is fabulous. and I'm not from there...hehe

  • @cathechung hmmm, i need agree that THE VOICE OF HOLLAND is fabulous. and I'm not from there...hehe...better than the Idol from Holland

  • She is HOT and is a great singer.

  • Brilliant performance

  • now i love this song you did great

  • erm... WOW

  • Hate Nikki!

    Nathalie moest winne :(

  • @linniesleepy Je hebt er echt een trauma aan over gehouden, na drie jaar nog steed erover zeiken, get a life zeg! En waar is Nathalie nu? Niks meer van vernomen!

  • @thescorpionisteasing

    Haha je bent grappig man -.-

    Enne als je een beetje slim was, wist je dat Nathalie laatst nog een clip had!

  • @linniesleepy Zal ik nog grappiger worden? Wel een clip, geen hit maar Nikki ook niet.... ;-) No offence sweetie!

  • @thescorpionisteasing

    Hehe :p

    Eigenlijk nu ik het liedje helemaal hoor is ze best wel goed xd

    xx<3333

  • @linniesleepy hèhè, gelukkig, iemand die mijn humor begrijpt! Ik vond Nathalie een geweldig entertainer maar vind het zo jammer dat er weinig aandacht aan haar besteed wordt. Het nummer van proud mary in de finale is natuurlijk een van de beste optredens ooit gegeven in een talentenjacht. Ik denk dat Nathalie naar de VS... Nederland is niet klaar voor een artieste van dit formaat, helaas!

  • @thescorpionisteasing

    Haha ja dat vond ik ook!

    Je kan mijn gedachten lezen ;p

  • @linniesleepy Nikki was in dat jaar de betere zangeres, Nathalie de betere entertainer! Wat is dan de idol? Toch moet ik zeggen dat ik dit een geweldig optreden vond, dit was echt goed! Maar ik blijf erbij, Lisa is en blijft mijn favoriet! Vooral omdat zij gewoon lekker haarzelf is, niet een type rolemodel, geen graatmagere lat maar eindelijk eens iemand die een voorbeeld kan zijn die een voorbeeld kan zijn voor zoveel meisjes!!!

  • that is sooo amazing cause she sings it out of her heart!!! i love you girl !! she is soo real"!!

  • i dont know what theyre saying at the end but she is awesome

  • wow wow wow

  • She did this wonderfully..... but that host is a bit creepy with all his touchy feely stuff.

  • @abbeylings

    That was because he knew what was going on with her. He was just comforting her for she sang this for someone she knew and has passed away.

  • @abbeylings -That is a big deal only in the U.S.A.!

  • @abbeylings Yeah, he's always that way. In this kinda shows, :p

  • moooii

  • My favorite song in the whole wide world. She amazes me.

  • wat zingt zij dit mooi zeg! echt geweldig !!

  • @fechacabalistica - I just think that the melodrama is unnecessary. If you have problems with that THAT is your problem. But you can't stop from coming here and making objective comments. I think you should be flagged for making provocative and subjective comments to other viewers.

  • @GARRYLLOYD she sung this song for someone who had recently passed away, so that´s why she gets all emotional. wether you like melodrama or not, you can´t say that she didn´t put her feelings in it =)

  • wat een rottig accent heeft ze! Echt Hollands!

  • did she win ??

  • @honeylipsTS yes she had won this program

  • wauw, heel gevoelig (llllllllllll)

  • I heard a lot of sharps even on her 2nd line. Excusable but a trained ear would hear them. I noticed her voice is very tired here. She might have performed better if she has had about a 2-week vocal rest. Fabulous but nor perfect, I say. And the melodrama was very unnecessary.

  • @GARRYLLOYD Melodrama? Do you know who was she thinking of in that moment??? Don't come here if you didn't watch the show......

  • if this is in Netherlands why is she singing in English?

  • En weer moet ik huilen.....

  • Ik heb echt serieus weer mee zitten huilen... Het is en blijft prachtig op de manier hoe Nikki het zingt, en met al die emotie maakt dat het nog mooier !

  • sie kann gut singen aber echt, michael jackson hatt das besser gesungen... ;D

  • i really love the version ,, keep it up girl!!!!

  • she's amazing <3

  • Não gostei!!!Essa nova geração de cantoras tem esses vicios de "gritar".Coisa de dar volume achando que tá abafando.0

  • @Marcelosopro Respeito vc não ter gostado, mas que a "nega" arrebentou ela arrebentou!

  • Wauw!!!

  • She is a great singer, but I am kind of fed up of always hearing another imitation of Whitney Huston.... Come on, let's innovate ladies.... This song was and still is Julie Andrews... so if you are going to copy, might as well be like her!!! My two cents!! §:c)

  • @pamibeau FYI.. Climb every mountain has never been Julie Andrews.. She never sang it in the movie. :) It was the convent mother.

  • @qwakcookie I stand corrected, the Superior Mother indeed! Which is more to my point... a Nun would never sing like Whitney Houston!!!  lol! §:c)

  • Whitney Houston meets Sound of Music!

  • I prefer the woman who sang it in the movie. She was amazing.

  • lovely performance!

    and I like this version of the melody

    I wish I could sing like this

  • i don't like the christina version..that annoying switching in singing levels ..

  • dutch, not german

  • @lookingfortalent2007 Incredible idiot.

  • so refreshing to hear this sung cleanly and beautifully without the vocal acrobatics (hello Christina Agggguuulllleeerrraaaa). thoroughly enjoyed this performance - THANK YOU NIKKI

  • Zo mooooi!

    Niet normaaal.

  • @reccasheena Skinny Aguilera put´s this American sause on it, wich is disgusting.

  • Gelukkig mag ieder zijn eigen mening hebben, want god wat ben ik het totaal niet met jou eens. Nikki heeft dit zó enorm perfect gezongen. Kippevel en tranen in m'n ogen, telkens weer. En als jouw moeder dit beter zong dan zij heeft gedaan, dan mag je in je handjes knijpen. En had ze een gouden keeltje.

  • well done the notes are perfect i have been to see this being prformed 20 times as a critic and i never get bored

  • awsome performance of this song. (:

    i still prefer christina aguilera's though

  • beautiful song choice!!!!! i love this song!

  • im singing this song for a beauty and the beast audition

  • I agree with most all the posts. She IS good!! This song has always brought goose "pimplees" to me.

  • I love this film and this song soo much rings me memories

  • I believe anyone who can sing and can sing this song, it does not matter who it is singing it---when one is down, it sure helps to pick up the spirit.

  • Não gosto desse novo "jeito" que essas supostas cantoras cantam...Muita gritaria,e parace que todas são umas "Marias C..." da vida

  • prachtig!

  • Wat een geweldige mooi nummer, de tranen staan in mijn ogen.

  • The free spirit of the song is perfectly exposed by the way Nikki sings it. I like it even better than the well known film version and I made the effort to listen to all the rest of the singers mentioned in the comments below and I'm pretty sure I like this one the best. Some of the others have too much "decorations" but here they are very well balanced. To say that it is out of tune is just the same as to say that "gruppeto" or "vibrato" is out of tune ;-)

  • wonderful!

  • good but if you wont to see that song done right look up guy sebastion australians first idol winner there is a reson he won!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

  • Kippenvel. toch maar mooi een nederlander he!!

  • where can I buy her Cd ?

  • So much emotion. She did pretty good though.

  • @HVNOR Who cares if it's not always on key as long as the emotions come across! In that she certainly succeeded as far as I'm concerned, especially since she sang it for her former singing coach who died. Even more surprising she could sing at all... But she can definitely sing. Check her other vids on YT, especially Bring me Down!

  • uh, hvnor--where's YOUR CD? You're so much better, or just a bitter nasty recluse?