In April 2011, she reached the top of the Dutch singles chart with a rendition of "Afscheid", a 1998 hit song of the Dutch band Volumia!, which she sang in the Dutch television program Beste Zangers.
Glennis Grace appeared on the 13th season of America's Got Talent in 2018.[9] During the audition rounds (episode: June 27, 2018) Glennis Grace sang Whitney Houston's "Run to You".[10][11] Glennis Grace received 'Yes' votes from all four judges and went on to the next round, where she performed "Nothing Compares 2 U" from Prince. She received rave reviews from the judges and earned a place in the quarterfinals.[12] In the quarterfinals Glennis Grace sang "Never Enough" from the film The Greatest Showman to reach the semifinals.[13] In the second semifinal, she performed the Kate Bush song "This Woman's Work".[14][15] This resulted in a spot in the finals together with nine other finalists.[16] In the final she sang the song "Run" from Snow Patrol and got a standing ovation from the judges and the audience.[17][18]
A day later in a separate final broadcast Glennis Grace performed the song "Meant To Be" with American singer Bebe Rexha. She eventually did not make it into the top five finalists.[19][20]
The Voice of Holland
In July 2021, it was announced that Glennis Grace would replace Jan Smit as a Coach on the twelfth series of The Voice of Holland. After two audition episodes aired, the series was suspended indefinitely, due to sexual misconduct claims by (former) participants, allegedly going on for years, and aimed at the show's band leader, but also implying lax behavior of some (ex-)coaches.[21][22]
Arrested for supermarket fight
On February 12, 2022, Glennis Grace was arrested along with two other persons, on suspicion of a fight with barely adult supermarket employees in the Jumbo supermarket at the Westerstraat in Amsterdam. Her 15-year-old son had told her a supermarkt employee had pushed him. His 15-year-old friend confirmed this, but unfortunately, they had not told the truth. Her son had misbehaved he refused to stop vaping inside and was asked to leave. Glennis went to the store with her boyfriend at that time and the 2 boys. She had told the friend of her son to call his father, because he claimed he got hit too. His father was at the store with 2 others. The court found no communication on her phone, apart from with her boyfriend at that time. Without talking to each other, they went into the store and started a fight. She was kept in custody for three days, after which she was released on February 15, 2022. [23] She was formally charged on February 22, 2022.[24] The same day, two new suspects were arrested.[25]
She was sentenced to 200 hours of community service on November 9, 2022, for the group fight, but she was acquitted of assault. The whole incident was captured on security cameras, which were thoroughly investigated by the court. She was shown on security camera giving a push or slap with an open hand to the manager who she thought had asked her son to leave the supermarket. The victims claimed in February she had caused no pain or harm, in April and October they wanted to change that statement, but the judges didn't allow that. The money claims of the victims were also denied. She had decided to go to go the supermarket and start the incident and first denied it but later had to admit she was responsible for the incident.[26]
During the 9 months between the incident and the court case, she could not talk about the incident, because of the ongoing investigation. The media during after talked a lot about the story and other incidents where she displayed alleged bad or 'diva' behaviour. The victims in the supermarket incident were 21, 26 and 28 years old. A week before the trial, she broke the silence, after the prosecution had confirmed to the media they had added Threat to the charges, without mentioning they were going to ask for acquittal. She gave her side of the story in a talk show.[27] A week later the security camera footage and court case confirmed what she said in that interview.
She has publicly apologised and offered to talk to the victims after the trial. They agreed to that.[28]
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