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  • Ladies and gentlemen, when she stood on stage here last year for the first time, she was 15 years old.

  • A little girl with a terrible disease and a golden voice.

  • With this golden voice, she touched all the hearts of the people here on the square.

  • Everybody was in tears.

  • Before the first rehearsal, I asked her, do you want to go on tour with us around the world?

  • Yes, of course, she said.

  • And now we are touring the world.

  • She sang in Berlin, in London, in Paris, in Vienna, in Mexico, everywhere.

  • She's touching the hearts of the people.

  • Tonight, she's here.

  • Give her an enormous applause, Emma Cooke.

  • The song that I'm going to sing is about my dream and the person who helped me making my dream come true.

  • André asked me who the person is.

  • Well, of course, it's you, André.

  • But not only André, of course, his amazing orchestra.

  • And Sjeerd Oosterhuis, the composer of this beautiful song, and he's here tonight.

  • And all of you, the audience, all of you have made my dream come true.

  • Because of you, I can feel free.

  • Right now, I feel free.

  • When I finish singing my song, I will go backstage and I will be the girl who has a paralyzed stomach.

  • But right now, I want to be the girl who is dancing on the stars.

  • I've been listening to the radio.

  • I sing along to every song I know.

  • It makes me want to get to you faster.

  • Because ever since the day we've met, you've been as good as anything can get.

  • Yeah, you're the one I want to look after.

  • Got me flying higher than the sun.

  • Because you know me more than anyone.

  • And you were always there to lift me up.

  • It's like everything is going right.

  • And I don't want to leave your side.

  • It didn't take me long to realize.

  • We are the never-ending dream that can't be broken.

  • We are the shining stars that light up in the sky.

  • We take the chances when the words are left unspoken.

  • It's good to be alive.

  • We are, we are.

  • Dancing on the stars.

  • We are, we are.

  • Dancing on the stars.

  • I really want the world to know.

  • With you is where I have to go.

  • As long as we can be together.

  • It's like everything is going right.

  • And I don't want to leave your side.

  • It didn't take me long to realize.

  • We are the never-ending dream that can't be broken.

  • We are the shining stars that light up in the sky.

  • We take the chances when the words are left unspoken.

  • It's good to be alive.

  • We are, we are.

  • Dancing on the stars.

  • We are, we are.

  • We are the never-ending dream that can't be broken.

  • We are the shining stars that light up in the sky.

  • We take the chances when the words are left unspoken.

  • It's good to be alive.

  • We are, we are.

  • Dancing on the stars.

  • We are, we are.

  • We take the chances when the words are left unspoken.

  • It's good to be alive.

  • We are, we are.

  • Dancing on the stars.

  • We are, we are.

  • Dancing on the stars.

  • Thank you.

  • Come on.

  • Bye-bye.

Ladies and gentlemen, when she stood on stage here last year for the first time, she was 15 years old.

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