Reaction to Amira Willighagen - In The Stars | BRITS REACTION 

She was 13 when this was recorded.

@@dafyddllewellyn6636 Well, it was posted 6 months after her 14th birthday, and that's all I have to make the judgment about her age. If you have inside information, then so be it. I corrected my comment.

@@wajj1842 Thanks - Yes, I do have inside information. You may be interested to know that Coleske Artists recorded her third album in about August 2017, but their copyright only covered South Africa, so they sought Universal Music Group (UMG) to provide international cover, and that took about eight months - hence the delay in release of the album. One needs to understand that the way International copyright works, is by each sovereign country becoming a signatory to the Berne copyright convention (1886); copyright can only be enforced under the laws of the country in which a breach occurs. So there are a number of international companies who maintain offices in as many countries as possible, and the applicant for copyright has to come to a licencing agreement with one such company, so it can claim ownership in whatever country a breach occurs. Thus Coleske had to establish a licencing agreement with UMG (who have an agreement with RU-vid whereby any monies YT may be prepared to pass on to the owner of a video, go to UMG instead), and UMG had to then claim ownership in each and every country in which it has a registered office, and the government of that country has to accept that claim - hence the delay. If you look under "See More" in the heading of a video, you will often come across reference to UMG. This also has the by-product that RU-vid take its cut on any video, and pays tax on its earnings to the U.S. Government, and then passes the remainder on to UMG - who take their cut, and pay tax on it to the U.S. Government, and pass the now much smaller remainder on to Coleske Artists, who again take their cut and pay tax to the South African government, and then distribute the smell of what is left to their artists, the owner of the venue, their orchestra, their sound crew - so Amira gets about the price of a milkshake from her Coleske Artists videos - they are really only of advertising value to her. That's why she is now putting out her singing under her own label, and why she is her own manager.

@@dafyddllewellyn6636 Thanks for that, Dafydd.

You are correct about both Angelina and Amira on all points!

Her/their rendition of Little Drummer Boy could easily be taken for something other than a Christmas song. 😉

YES! It's soooo good!

@Luigi Manzoni Hi Luigi and thank you for the comment, we do appreciate how great an opera singer Amira is and we have reacted to a few of her more Operatic songs, we were interested to see if she sang anything other than opera and have been impressed by that also,. We will of course return with more from Amira and more opera. Thanks for watching

@@BritPopsReact its ok!! Just jerking your chains a bit. I think you guys do a great job. I agree with your point that only Angelina and Amira reach that level through remarkable talent and hard work.

Thank you for this information! I have always been under the impression that Amira wrote it herself. So, now I know that it was written especially for her. I have also heard or read that she dedicated the song to her Grandmother who passed away shortly after Amira's HGT audition, and that it's about their relationship and Amira's missing her. Do you know if that is true? Also, I have a little five year old granddaughter. Facially, she and Amira look like twins in this video! This is one of my top favorites of Amira!

@@johnbattles1002 ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-iCQrTcVzLU4.html Have a look at the description below this video!

@@johnbattles1002 yes,it is true

I agree!

@@chueysmama2622 did you see the community post? The BP's are going live tomorrow. Not sure what time zone you're in, but it's 8.30am EST if that helps. It'll be 1.30pm for me which is perfect as my little one will still be at school. Hope you can pop by!

@@tundiel Shit NO! I didn't see it. Thank you, I will see if I can watch the live show. Sometimes my old laptop doesn't let me. ?? No idea why??

@@chueysmama2622 no clue why that is. I use my phone for everything as me and laptops have a terrible history. I went through 5 in as many years, so now I don't bother. They hate me lmao 🤣

@@tundiel I have my old ass flip phone still! My husband has a brick! LMAO, American dinosaurs, you can tell everyone you know an American dinosaur! I don't trust technology too much, plus I am totally a dumb ass with techno crap.

Joe, i couldn't find her singing at her grandma's funeral - does anyone know a link?

It was written especially for Amira, and she sang it in memory of her Grandmother who was able to watch Amira's audition on Holland's Got Talent, but sadly passed away shortly thereafter, before she was able to see Amira's second HGT performance. That's a tough burden for anyone, especially a 9-year old girl, to carry through a competition, but she did it like a professional.

@@johnbattles1002 Thank you for that. I suspected that was the time line but didn’t know for sure. She truly is a special person and a good singer. I am blessed to have found her on RU-vid.

@@waynemeredith4287 , you're welcome! Have a blessed day!

Unfortunate very few of Amira fans knows anything about real opera. They more are day dreaming. Her Vergine Degli is sung with her MUSICAL voice which she predominantly uses. If you want hear her closest to a true opera voice there are very few videos where she does so. One of them is her tribute to Morricone and as you can hear her voice then changes to quite a typical not so pleasant opera sound. Because of her more wobbly opera voice does not attract the common listener she rarely sings in that style. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-qnz5Teivvqc.html

@@johnojvind7641 "Wobbly" ?? Ever heard of "Vibrato"?

@@dafyddllewellyn6636 Her true operatic vibrato in the tribute is wobbly,-wavering slow and not balanced and therefore not likeable like most other trained opera singers, just because when you shout to be heard over the orchestra the unattractive wobbling is the natural result. When she uses her natural and musical voice her vibrato is balanced and mostly beautiful, especially her spinning vibrato is fantastic.

Well, it's not; it was written by two South African songwriters. See the comment by Sabine aus MG.

@@dafyddllewellyn6636 I said it "sounds" like that. I knew it wasn't Irish.

Her Dutch song Zoals Vrienden Doen sounds very Irish to me. It's the flutes that come in at the middle eight that gives that impression.