Eleven-year-old Fay from Leiderdorp reduced coach Emma Heesters to tears during her blind audition on The Voice Kids after performing Heesters’ hit track “Alles Wordt Beter” following a childhood shaped by severe intestinal damage from a hospital bacteria.
- Fay selected Emma Heesters’ track “Alles Wordt Beter” for her blind audition on The Voice Kids.
- Flemming pressed his button first, followed by Ilse, while Emma Heesters did not turn her chair.
- Fay ultimately chose to join Team Flemming for the next round of the competition.
As a young child, she contracted a hospital bacterium that severely damaged a portion of her bowel, leaving her with difficulties eating and requiring nightly tube feeding. She entered the competition with a clear message for viewers facing similar hurdles. “I hope that other people who have something will also not let it stop them and will go do what they like,” she told RTL Boulevard.
The moment Fay launched into the opening notes of “Alles Wordt Beter,” the performance triggered an immediate emotional response from Heesters. The pop artist co-wrote the track about her own diagnosis and remission from cervical cancer. As Heesters wiped away tears, fellow coach Flemming reached over to hold her hand.
Flemming was the first coach to turn his red chair, explaining his decision by pointing to the raw emotion in the room. “Music and singing is a lot of emotion for me,” Flemming said, according to LINDA..
“I wanted to know who the girl was behind that voice.” “Technical things, like keeping calm, I would very much like to coach.” Ilse DeLange followed with her own button press, urging the young singer not to keep them in suspense.
Faced with a choice between the two turning coaches, Fay made her decision on stage. “I think you are both super nice,” Fay said. “But I am still going for Flemming.”
