Vocal Coach Reacts to Henk Poort 'Sound of Silence' 

Henk is singing this song for Floor. It was one of the songs she said her father liked to listen to when she was young. Did you notice the little eyebrow raise at the end. His way of saying, "just for you Floor". He had never used distortion before. Henk made the statement that if he ever auditioned for a part and they heard any distortion they would show him the door. He is a great singer. I loved it! So did Floor!

Chills, chills and more chills! Floor has been a fan of Henk since he played the Phantom. She explained that when she heard that he was going to be on the show with her she "fan-girled." In this episode everyone sang to/for Floor. He chose the song because it was a favorite of hers. Everyone on the show just loved "Uncle Henk."

*Henk's distortion* : before he and the other singers flew down (in Spring) to resort Atzaró on Ibiza Island for tv show BesteZangers, Henk Poort learned the distortion vocal technique in Amsterdam within 2 hours with his vocal coaches Alberto ter Doest and Daan Smits. They are certified UVS voice coaches at the Universal Voice Institute in Amsterdam. UVS (Universal Voice system) is a simple and clear system to get the most out of your voice. Quote by Poort: ”If I'd use distortion in my opera repertoire I'd be fired immediately...”

He is one of the most experienced Dutch tenors. Played the lead in Les Miserables, Fiddler on the roof and the Phantom 30 years ago. His wife is also a famous musical actress an actress in a long running soap opera.

This Henk performance still got me chills for everytime I listened to it.

One thing that no one seems to mention or notice is that he is not using any in ears, he knows his voice inside and out and has amazing control... its facinating

Henk has a realy thick amsterdam dialect , when speaking dutch ,he also had only 2 hrs to practice this version of the song and learn distortion but he can sing in a multitude of languages and mimick most of english dialects, in the course of this show he sings several songs in different languages and styles.

By the time this performance happend they had spent a lot of time together and he was their "Uncle Henk", so they were proud of him. I think they were focussed on Floor's reaction because it was her week to be sung to, it was his song for her, in the style of a cover by a rock band. The older blond lady is Samantha Steenwijk. Floor covered one of her songs when it was her week to sing to.

Thank you Georgina. This performance always gives me goosebumps. Henk was very very nervous to do this song. It was Floor's turn in the spotlight so everyone sang a song that's important to her. Floor didn't help Henk with this song, he went to his vocal coach and learned distortion in just 2 hours. Floor is proud because she's been a fan of Henk since she was 12, and he's learned to sing with distortion especially for her. No wonder she's delighted! The other blond singer is Samantha Steenwijk. Maybe you can do a reaction to her singing too. She's had no training, just a lady who was a finalist in The Voice of Holland. Thanks for your honest and professional reaction!

Floor has always been a big fan of Henk Poort. She looked up to him. When she heared he was also invited to Beste Zangers she was delighted.

Great reaction! I was fortunate enough to see Henk as the Phantom twice and he was phenomenal. Happy to see the rest of the world is discovering his wonderful voice 😊

*To be able to sing like this at that age is just crazy and amazing !!*

When Henk start singing I was got chills and listening while experiencing goosebumps. You know how great that he is as a singer when he able to do that to your body and mind.

That eyebrow rise in the end was so lovely! He wanted to nail the song and distortion for Floor and there he knows he did it! He had decades and decades of career behind him and on this show right before this song was the first time we saw him look a bit nervous.

When Henk sings, he takes you on a journey of story telling, emotions and utter bliss, this man is a force of (musical) nature. I love how the jaws drop, of pretty much each and every reactor on RU-vid, who hears this the first time. While i love the version Disturbed did, i did not have that jaw drop, the first time i heard their version, not like i had with Henk, Henk had me almost break my jaw... so to speak hehehe. Henk grabs you in a split second, he has you the moment he opens his mouth and starts to sing, if there was ever a male equivalent to the Mythological Siren of folklore stories, then it has to be Henk. Ty for the lovely reaction to one of our most beloved singers :)

Floor has been a big fan of Henk from when she was a little girl. That is why she was so amazed and happy

Henk was very nervous about doing this song. And Floor went in a fangirl mode with this song she is al fan of henk from Age 11 a 12

First!! Henk sang this for Floor and learned distortion for her.

OMG that gave me goose-bumps and a lump in the throat, the best cover of this beautiful song!

Just incredible he made me cry just with his pure talent and the actual song itself. I just lost my sister 6 months ago so this really brought all the emotions up. He's amazing!!

Excellent. Maybe if the people constantly begging for more Mariah or Ariana videos opened their eyes they'd see theirs a whole world of superior talent out there. Well done Georgina for keeping it varied.

Ha so glad you reacted to this one!!! It is indeed very Beautiful done...and to learn distortion in just 2 hours from a operah singer i think its great he took that step outside the box...i think you might like the other duet from Henk Poort and Emma Heesters 🎵 Vivo Per Lei 🎵 thank you for this reaction!!!

I really enjoyed Henk voice with this Sound Of Silence version. Thank you for this 👌

Super! Thanks for this review, Henk is simply amazing. Goosebumps! Please, also consider a review of his second duet in the last show "Vivo per lei" with Emma Heesters.

The blonde lady is Samantha , she's a finalist of The voice of Holland Season 8 !!

More information about the singers in (allready the 12th season of) this show: -Samatha Steenwijk: Sings Dutch folklore since 2009 and runner up in the Voice of Holland 2018, which made her more famous in the Netherlands. Like Floor she has a very strong and powerfull voice. - Ruben Annink. Won the Dutch TV show Singer/Songwriter and in the spring of his career. Writes his own songs. - Rolf Sanchez : Latin/Salsa/Reggaeton singer with 3 no 1 hits in the American Billboard Tropical Songs Chart, including the song Que Se Siente that Floor sang for him in the previous episode. He works with Guianko Gómez, producer of Marc Anthony. Like Floor better known outside than inside The Netherlands, especially in Latin America. - Henk Poort :. Very well known Opera/Operette/Musical singer in the Netherlands for whom Floor sang the Vilja song. Sang the dutch version of The Phantom of the Opera (spoiler: He and Floor will sing that duet in the last episode) - Tim Akkerman Former : member of the Dutch rockband Di-Rect (1999-2009) and now having a career of his own. His latest album contains American Rock influenced by Bruce Springsteen, Pearl Jam and Brian Adams. - Emma Heesters: Has her own RU-vid Cover channel with more than 1 million followers. Working on her first album in the USA at Universal Republic Records with multi-platinum and Grammy Award winning record producers and writers -And of course Floor jansen The front woman of NightWish she is now the center of this episode. Note: Floor is considering singing Spanish for the Nightwish fans in Latin America and Rolf has pledged his cooperation to help her with the Spanish pronunciation.

Stunning performance from Henk. This version was got me goosebumps to all over my body.

Henk is just such a masterful singer. I also love the fan girl moment over Floor.

Yeah... ready to buy/listen any lp/cd about whatever Henk is singing... He is just so good...

Thanks for this reaction to this beautiful Henk Poort's Sound of Silence version, I really enjoyed the song 👍

For another amazing Henk Poort performance, try Vincent, a Dutch translation / interpretation of the Don McLean song about Vincent van Gogh. The Dutch lyrics by Martine Bijl really brings out the beauty and tragedy in Vincent's life and fate.

This was a powerful performance for this powerful song! Loved it.

Wow, he is breathtaking. Thank you for reacting. I felt also drawn in. :)

Thank you Georgina for reacting to this one. I've heard it for a couple of times now and it still gives me goosebumps. What a voice❣ By far the best cover of this beautiful song 💓

Thank you for finding these. Excellent!! X

Samantha said after the song that Henk made the couches shudder with the low notes in the beginning.

That was beautiful! I definitely got chills. It sounds like he was doing the Disturbed version of this song. Wonderful singing!

Total goosebumps! Amazing clip.

Thanks for your reaction. Nice to see you enjoying it as well. I'll hope you have some spare time to react to Henk poort again as he sings Noelia (by Nino Bravo) in this same show.

Great song and great cover version from amazing Henk Poort. Thanks

Just wanted to say thank you very much. Your reactions are very enjoyable.

Chills! I didn't want it to end!

I know that I am 10 months late to the party, but I don't see anybody commenting that Henk is singing the Disturbed version of this song. And he does acquit himself well. But Disturbed didn't just do a cover of the Simon and Garfunkel version, the completely reimagined the song and made it completely their own (very much like when Gary Jules took the Tears for Fears song "Mad World" and reimagined it so much that it became much more than the original and everybody started doing covers of Gary's version). So if you like this cover of the Disturbed's version, you owe it to yourself to watch Disturbed do it themselves. I like their official music video version, but much better, IMHO, is their live version on Late Night with Conan O'Brien. ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-Bk7RVw3I8eg.html

I like how Henk acknowledged Floors reaction, kinda like this is for you.

To be honest ,I could better understand the text with his 'accent' than in many other versions.

He's the favorite Phantom of the composer

Floor didn't knew that Henk did that song. It was a surprise.

Thanks georgina, I very rarely get my attention immediately held, but, this brought real emotion , tone, feelings, and many shivers and tears. .brilliant version. I also like gerard joling, same programme, he's what they call an high tenor.

To see how effortless the start if the song was for him, and how much he had to focus when adding the distortion was amazing. The result is phenomenal! Thank you for another wonderful react video

Henk had asked Floor to teach him how to do the distortion mere hours prior before the performance.

We love you in the Netherlands!

Henk's live Disturbed version of this classic is by far the best. No need for auto-tuning his live voice like they did with David Draiman on Conan, although David claims it was done against his will.

Henk is amazing 👍👏

You look so beautiful! Love the hair.

Actually he was singing to Floor. This performancd is from her episode, where she didn't sing but she was sung to. One blond lady is Samantha Steenwijk you might know her because in the second episode Floor sang her song 'Mama' the other blond lady is Emma Heesters, she sang Floor's song 'Strong' you should analize it, it was also from Floor's episode

Cup of tea Georgina, check out Henk and Emma too!

That “written on” was a bit different, but overall extremely amazing!! I love dynamics!!❤️

The blond lady is samantha steenwijk (stainwyke pronounced) she is a dutch folk singer( finalist last years tvoh and winner of dutch dancing with the stars-> with a broken toe!) im not into dutch music but she is a lovely character ..floor rightly sayd she lights up the room...funny to see the more than an houre livechat the two friends had back in august.....if you wanna see or comment on samantha i recommend the song way i do she performed for tim akkerman( former singer of direct)... Funny to see her do a rocky song in english and i must say she did pretty good( also always nice to see the faces of the other singers who were amazed!)

Disturbed version will blow you away

In regard to his accent.. Ever tried speaking Dutch? And if so, did you recover? Don't blame him for being from Amsterdam.

So good

Omg, so good!! I believe this version is from my fav band ever, Disturbed. They are a major rock band that branched out and reimagined simon and garfunkel same song.

YES! Finally

The blond girl is Samantha Steenwijk. The song Mama that Floor was singing at Beste Zangers is from Samantha. Stil getting chills from this version of Sound of silence.

This was the best singers, a Dutch programm so maybe he was not even trying to hide his accent not knowing it would go global. He is a real pro!

Yes!, Henk did an amazing version of this song.

The other blonde lady is Samantha Steenwijk..... We know her from The Voice of Holland.....

The other blond lady is Samantha Steenwijk 😇. And if you like this show so much you should do Barcelona from Tommie and Tania.. 🍀 Its a powerful combination!

The other lady is Samantha Steenwijk, she did a Dutch version of the Nightwish song 'Our Decades in The Sun' she was incredible, drop this into youtube search: Samantha Steenwijk - Ik ben altijd dicht bij jou | Beste Zangers 2019

Great! I love it! BTW The point of the show is in part the reactions of the artists being sung to. So the singers don't know what is going to happen. So Floor didn't help Henk Poort with his false vocal fold distortion, he got a lesson for that. The singers choose and prepare the songs months in advance for everything to be recorded in 4 nights in Ibiza.

Floor doesn't get to know what songs the other artists are singing for her until they're stepping up onto the stage.

Your great at sound and beautyfull!

The other blonde is Samantha Steenwijk, the Dutch folk singer, who surprised many fans of Nightwish with her versatility. She mostly sang in Dutch, so I'll suggest cover of Nightwish - Our decades in the sun (Nightwish never played it live because it is too emotional for them) and Believe in yourself, from the musical Wizard of Oz. Nightwish cover: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-6kxocWr0YHI.html Wizard cover: ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-QGTEBWZD0Bs.html

The subtile beginning of this song actually reminded me of Johnny Cash... Anyone else?

I think Floor had a Henkgasm! :)

Henk is actually performing this song for Floor

People have already said it, but Floor is a big fan of Henk, and during the whole season, each time he went to sing, of course she was in fangirl mode. She really looks up to him. It is really cute. I would hope you could maybe react to Emma Heersters with her rendition of Strong (a song written by Floor in her first band, After Forever) for Floor in the same episode, and her duet with Henk in the last episode, Vivo Per Lei. I really love her voice and tone.

I was this years old when I realised Georgina edits her background on and I’m so shocked 😂

the blonde lady is indeed samantha steenwijk ,she sings predomently a dutch sort of typical dutch folk style/tearjerking songs we call levenslied(songs of real life happenings) mostly song by people of the lower working class. she is also really good at rock ,she has got that traditional raw type of rock voice

Floor was on the couch that week, the songs they all sang (sung? idk my English sucks sometimes) were aimed towards her.

WOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I’d like Georgina to sing a Dutch song without any noticeable accent...

Impressive, to say the least!

Yes George this is a great preformens of Henk , he is 63 and has a young sounding voice , the blond Lady is Samantha Steenwijk ,a lady with a strong voice only her reportaire is not my cup of thee , but her voice is a ok!!! Greetings from Benjamin from Holland 👋

The blond lady is samatha steenwijk, she singa mostly dutch songs.

henk is a opera singer for floor, he goes first time in distortion. floor is a great fan from her youth. she was fangirling at she knew THE Henk Poort is in the same Show with her.

After the end it was visible how sypatic and humble man he is. At least for me.

Where are my Dutchies!? Ik hou van Nederland. ❤️

The blonde lady is Samantha Steenwijk, she was a finalist in the voice.

As a student of several languages, I noticed the slight accent almost immediately, but I feel it added to the beauty of the performance. As for comparisons to other artists, I think both Disturbed and Simon & Garfunkel's renditions have great merit, but which of the three versions is "better"? It's unimportant and and irrelevant; they are all moving in their own way.

the blond lady is a dutch singer her name is samanta steenwijk she sings in it dutch

The other blond lady you asked is Samantha Steenwijk.

About his accent: for most people who have English as their 2nd language, it is hard to switch. I'm fluent in English, but my accent gets worse when I need to switch. The talking in-between the songs is in Dutch; that makes it harder. When Seth Meyers interviewed Arjen Lubach in English (ru-vid.com/video/%D0%B2%D0%B8%D0%B4%D0%B5%D0%BE-8DwWH_QiOVo.html), all went well until Arjen named the Dutch city Enschede (around 3:33). He continued the interview in Dutch without being aware of it.

Damais !!!❤️👌🏻

Georgina, some more music from Holland I am sure you'll love is by the Ladies of Soul. Best female singers and sax player teamed up to bring the best soul music from across the decades. Check it out! No need for a compilation, just any of the medleys will work for a reaction.

Henk did the diustortion especialy for floor as he knew she liked the disturbed version. And he learned this only 2 weeks before the performance.

Another Disney cover this time bij Simone Simons from Epica..Part of your World - The Little Mermaid.

He's basically just doing the version of the song by the band Disturbed, distortion and all...

He was probably more worried about hitting the distortion right. They didn't expect a Dutch show to blow up internationally.

The other woman is Samantha Steenwijk