On Season 12 of America’s Got Talent, nine-year-old singer Celine Tam from Hong Kong made it far in the competition. Named after singer Celine Dion, young Celine first wowed the audience with a cover of “My Heart Will Go On.” On Season 13, Glennis Grace of the Netherlands graces the America’s Got Talent. This isn’t her first time on TV. She’s already a star in the Netherlands. In 2005, Grace won the national selection for the legendary Eurovision Song Contest. (Each participating country – there are now 40 – selects just one singer to represent.) ABBA from Sweden won in 1974, Celine Dion represented Switzerland and won in 1988. On Eurovision Song Contest, Grace sang “My Impossible Dream” (see video below), but didn’t make it to the final.
Since her appearance on Eurovision Song Contest, Grace has released seven albums including her last one, Bitterzoet – Live & Studio Sessions in 2015. She’s currently performing Whitney Houston Tributes in the Netherlands and has just released a new single “Walk on Water” (see link above). On social media, Grace revealed that in March she met one of Whitney Houston’s dearest friends and collaborators, American producer and songwriter Kenny “Babyface” Edmonds. She and Babyface posed together in a studio. Grace included in the caption “Beautiful things coming up.” (See photo below.) Babyface wrote several songs for Houston including “I’m Your Baby Tonight” and “Exhale (Shoop Shoop),” among others. On America’s Got Talent, Glennis Grace sings the Whitney Houston song “Run To You” which was released on The Bodyguard soundtrack. New episodes of America’s Got Talent air Tuesdays at 8pm on NBC, right after World of Dance.
Glennis Grace’s stage presence on Eurovision Song Contest has been compared to Whitney Houston’s
