1. Glennis Grace has received online attention due to the similarity between her voice and that of Whitney Houston.
24 Facts About Glennis Grace
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Glennis Grace was discovered in 1994, at the age of 15, after she won the Dutch TV talent show called Soundmixshow, where she performed the Whitney Houston song "One Moment in Time".
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In 2005, Glennis Grace accepted the offer to participate in the Nationaal Songfestival, the national selection in the Netherlands for the Eurovision Song Contest 2005.
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Glennis Grace performed the ballad "My Impossible Dream" and won the final with this song.
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Glennis Grace then represented the Netherlands in Kyiv, but ultimately did not qualify for the final.
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In 2012, Glennis Grace founded the Dutch supergroup Ladies of Soul, together with fellow Dutch artists Candy Dulfer, Berget Lewis, Edsilia Rombley and Trijntje Oosterhuis.
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Glennis Grace was set to perform during the Eurovision Song Contest 2020 in Rotterdam, Netherlands, as an interval act alongside DJ and music producer Afrojack.
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The performance eventually took place during the rescheduled Eurovision Song Contest 2021, where Grace performed "Titanium", which was co-produced by Afrojack.
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Glennis Grace appeared on the 13th season of America's Got Talent in 2018.
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Glennis Grace received 'Yes' votes from all four judges and went on to the next round, where she performed "Nothing Compares 2 U" from Prince.
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Glennis Grace received rave reviews from the judges and earned a place in the quarterfinals.
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Glennis Grace eventually did not make it into the top five finalists.
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In July 2021, it was announced that Glennis Grace would replace Jan Smit as a Coach on the twelfth series of The Voice of Holland.
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On February 12,2022, Glennis Grace was arrested along with two other persons, on suspicion of a fight with barely adult supermarket employees in the Jumbo supermarket at the Westerstraat in Amsterdam.
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Glennis Grace's son had misbehaved and he refused to stop vaping inside.
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Glennis Grace went to the store with her boyfriend at that time and the 2 boys.
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Glennis Grace had told her son's friend to call his father, because he claimed he got hit too.
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Glennis Grace's father was at the store with 2 others.
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Glennis Grace was kept in custody for three days, after which she was released on February 15,2022.
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Glennis Grace was sentenced to 200 hours of community service on November 9,2022, for the group fight, but she was acquitted of assault.
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Glennis Grace was shown on security cameras giving a push or slap with an open hand to the manager who she thought had asked her son to leave the supermarket.
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Glennis Grace had decided to go to go the supermarket and start the incident and first denied it but later had to admit she was responsible for the incident.
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Glennis Grace gave her side of the story in a talk show.
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Glennis Grace has publicly apologised and offered to talk to the victims after the trial.