Davina Michelle in Bloemendaal

About the artist

Michelle Davina Hoogendoorn (born 12 November 1995), known by her stage name Davina Michelle, is a Dutch singer and YouTuber. She lives in Zwijndrecht. Her song "Duurt Te Lang" reached the number 1 spot in the Dutch Top 40, the Mega Top 50 and the Dutch Single Top 100. In 2016, Hoogendoorn participated in the fifth season of Idols. During her audition, she sang Jessie J's song "Nobody's Perfect", after which she went on to the theater round and the duet round, where she was eliminated. In February 2017, Hoogendoorn started her own YouTube-channel under her pseudonym Davina Michelle, where she would upload her cover version of an English-language song every week. On August 21, 2017, she posted her cover of "What About Us" by the American singer Pink. In October, Glamour posted a video review by Pink where she called the cover amazing and said "That's better than I will ever sound". Hoogendoorns video went viral, after which she performed multiple times in TV programs like RTL Late Night and De Wereld Draait Door and in various venues in the United States. As of December 2018, the video has over 11 million views and her channel has over 500,000 subscribers. In 2018, Hoogendoorn participated in the eleventh season of the AVROTROS-show Beste Zangers. In the fifth episode, she performed a cover of the song '"Duurt Te Lang" by rapper Glen Faria (also known as MC Fit). Two days after broadcasting, this song reached the first place of most downloaded songs on iTunes. Later in 2018 it reached the number 1 spot in the Dutch Top 40, the Mega Top 50 and the Dutch Single Top 100. In November 2018, the single was certified gold. In December 2017, Hoogendoorn published the single Ga in cooperation with the Efteling and Sterre (played by Lilo van den Bosch). It served as the official soundtrack for the musical Sprookjessprokkelaar, created by the Efteling.