Floortje Smit

{{short description|Dutch singer}} [[Image:Floortje-smit.jpg |thumb|right |220px |Floortje Smit (2010)]] '''Floortje Smit''' (born 16 July 1983, in [[Amsterdam]]) is a Dutch singer.

==Career==

===In ''Idols''=== Smit's career started in season three of the Dutch TV talent show ''Idols'', the Dutch spin-off of [[Pop Idol]]. In a twist, Smit, a audience favorite with her girl-nextdoor image and very popular<ref name="dronken">{{cite website|last=Raatgever |first=Stefan |title='Ik sta heus wel eens dronken op de bar' |publisher=AD.nl |date=2007-03-29 |url=http://www.ad.nl/cultuurenshow/article1230172.ece |access-date=2009-01-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070402072359/http://www.ad.nl/cultuurenshow/article1230172.ece |archive-date=April 2, 2007}}</ref>, Even performed on [[Koninginnedag]] for [[Beatrix of the Netherlands|the Dutch queen]]<ref>{{cite web|title=Floortje zingt koningin toe |publisher=Nieuws.nl |date=2006-04-29 |url=http://www.nieuws.nl/218181/Floortje_zingt_koningin_toe |access-date=2009-01-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110716192321/http://www.nieuws.nl/218181/Floortje_zingt_koningin_toe |archive-date=July 16, 2011}}</ref>, lost in the final to [[Raffaëla Paton]]. She was an early favorite and that her name was already trademarked before the competition started led to allegations that the show's outcome was predetermined.<ref>{{cite AV media|title=Deponeren merknamen Idols is dom en ondoordacht |publisher=Radio.nl |date=2006-02-27 |url=http://www.radio.nl/2003/home/medianieuws/010.archief/2006/02/104407.html |access-date=2009-01-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080407211406/http://www.radio.nl/2003/home/medianieuws/010.archief/2006/02/104407.html |archive-date=April 7, 2008}}</ref>

===Solo career=== Despite losing the competition, she went on to start a music career; her first single, "Wake Up," was performed live for the first time in the municipality of [[Wijchen]] where, according to the local paper, she transformed herself from a run-off-the-mill singer into a diva, who gave the audience and the reviewer goosebumps.<ref>{{cite web|last=Hoeven |first=Bas van der |title=Floortje Smit bezorgt Wijchen een primeur |publisher=De Gelderlander |date=2006-09-18 |url=http://www.gelderlander.nl/voorpagina/maasenwaal/article661450.ece |access-date=2009-01-10 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110524004837/http://www.gelderlander.nl/voorpagina/maasenwaal/article661450.ece |archive-date=May 24, 2011}}</ref>

She signed with the label The Entertainment Group in May 2006 after being turned down by [[Bertelsmann Music Group|BMG/Sony]], which had an option to sign the runner-up in the competition.<ref>{{cite web | title = Floortje tekent platencontract bij haar management | publisher = [[Trouw]] | date = 2006-05-05 | url = http://www.trouw.nl/novum/article1279791.ece | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130222181752/http://www.trouw.nl/novum/article1279791.ece | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2013-02-22 | access-date = 2009-01-10}}</ref> Her debut album, ''Fearless'', was released in 2007 and peaked at #43 and stayed on the charts for six weeks. A single from the album, "Starts With Goodbye," was a modest success; another song on the album, "All Over Again," is a duet with boyband singer [[Ronan Keating]].<ref name="dronken"/>{{Dead link|date=April 2016}}

===In ''The Voice''=== She had a comeback in 2012 taking part in [[The Voice of Holland (season 3)|season 3]] of ''[[The Voice of Holland]]'' as part of team [[VanVelzen]] reaching the Final 4 as the contestant representing him in the finals where she sang [[Alone (Heart song)|Alone]] and as a duet with her coach mentor VanVelzen the "Sing Sing Sing". She finished third overall in the contest behind winner [[Leona Philippo]] (Team [[Trijntje Oosterhuis]]) and Johannes Rypma (Team [[Nick & Simon]]).

==In popular culture== *A multi-talented artist, Smit took part in an [[ice dancing]] show on TV, "Sterren Dansen op het IJs",<ref>{{cite web | title = Ex-Idol Floortje Smit gaat ijsdansen | publisher = AD.nl | date = 2007-09-07 | url = http://www.ad.nl/cultuurenshow/article1645179.ece | archive-url = https://archive.today/20070629145212/http://www.ad.nl/cultuurenshow/article1645179.ece | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2007-06-29 | access-date = 2009-01-10}}</ref><ref>{{cite web | title = Nieuwe deelnemers SBS6-ijsdansshow bekend | publisher = [[Trouw]] | date = 2007-09-27 | url = http://www.trouw.nl/novum/article1692173.ece | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130222211615/http://www.trouw.nl/novum/article1692173.ece | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2013-02-22 | access-date = 2009-01-10}}</ref> in which she reached the final,<ref>{{cite web | title = Floortje in finale 'Sterren dansen op het ijs' | publisher = [[Trouw]] | date = 2007-12-16 | url = http://www.trouw.nl/nieuws/laatstenieuws/article1528206.ece | access-date = 2009-01-10}}{{Dead link|date=April 2016}}</ref> but again failed to win.<ref>{{cite web | title = Sander Foppele wint 'Sterren dansen op het ijs' | publisher = [[Trouw]] | date = 2007-12-22 | url = http://www.trouw.nl/nieuws/laatstenieuws/article1532414.ece | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130222171240/http://www.trouw.nl/nieuws/laatstenieuws/article1532414.ece | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2013-02-22 | access-date = 2009-01-10}}</ref> *She sang and danced in front of 1700 people, at an emotional ceremony where "De Kindercompagnie", a baby store, received the 2008 ING Retail Award. *She also posed nude for the English men's magazine [[FHM]] in 2008.<ref>{{cite web | title = Floortje houdt pikante foto's verborgen | publisher = [[Trouw]] | date = 2008-03-30 | url = http://www.trouw.nl/novum/article1805385.ece | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130223045823/http://www.trouw.nl/novum/article1805385.ece | url-status = dead | archive-date = 2013-02-23 | access-date = 2009-01-10 }}</ref>

==References== {{Reflist}}

==External links== *[https://web.archive.org/web/20081207052656/http://www.floortje.tv/www/ Official homepage of Floortje Smit]

[[Category:1983 births]] [[Category:Living people]] [[Category:Dutch pop singers]] [[Category:Dutch women pop singers]] [[Category:Idols (franchise) participants]] [[Category:Singers from Amsterdam]] [[Category:21st-century Dutch singers]] [[Category:21st-century Dutch women singers]] [[Category:English-language Dutch singers]] [[Category:The Voice of Holland contestants]]