Floortje Smit

Floortje Smit (born 16 July 1983, in Amsterdam) is a Dutch singer.

In a surprising twist, Smit, a big audience favorite with her girl-nextdoor image and very popular[1] (she even performed on Koninginnedag for the Dutch queen[2]) lost in the final to Raffaëla Paton.

That 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[3].

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.

[5] Her debut album, Fearless, was released in 2007 and peaked at #43 and stayed on the charts for six weeks.