Ben Saunders is The Voice of Holland 2011.
This first show,conceived and produced by John de Mol has exceeded all expectations and made the finals for a very high audience share of 20%.
Probably the duet with Duffy for Ben Saunders was the final slam to competition. Although the singers Kim and Leonie gave a perfect performance during the final of the Voice of Holland Ben Saunders is an outstanding natural talent. His seemingly effortless acting performances faded Leonie Meijer’s an in the mirror and Kim Meijer with Marco Borsato’s version of “I no longer live for you”.
Since the beginning of the finale, Ben Saunders, the crowd favorite with more dan30% of the votes.
After voting Leonie was the first to leave the stage. Athough in tears because she had just heard she had to leave the finals Leonie blew everybody away with her fresh recorded single.
halfway the finals Ben even reached 40%. Kim de Boer had to leave the stage to Ben Saunders and Pearl Jozefszoon.
Pearl and Ben were the last remaining candidates and tent for an steaming final in TVOH.
Ben Saunders reached the first place in the Dutch top40 with 3 singles even before the finals.
Ben Saunders has made headlines because of his overwhelming live performance in the TV show The Voice of Holland. Saunders surprised the jury, and the rest of the Netherlands, with “If you dont’t know me by now”.
The 27-year-old Ben Saunders who was born in England and on his second moved to Hoorn (North of the Netherlands) is reaching Dutch stardom in record time.
With his live performance in Studio22 Ben Saunders increased his chances to be the first winner of TVOH.