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简介：Iris Kroes (born 11 November 1992 in Drachten, The Netherlands) is a Dutch singer and harp player. She gained fame as a contestant and eventual winner of the second season of the television program The Voice of Holland on January 20, 2012. Prior to her participation, she had played harp for more than ten years and sang in a Drachten-based rock duo band, many times singing while playing the harp simultaneously. Meanwhile she continued studying between 2005 and 2010 at the Drachtster Lyceum obtaining her high school diploma and following with a Communications Bachelor. In May 2009 she sang a big band. In The Voice of Holland (2011-2012)Kroes was a favourite from the beginning. Many of her renditions during the show became chart entries in Holland's Single Top 100, like "Foolish Games" (#76), "Listen to Your Heart" (#83), "When Love Takes Over" (#100). Her rendition of Metallica's "Nothing Else Matters reached #16 on Single Top 100. Her winning song and official debut single was Bonnie Raitt's "I Can't Make You Love Me" that entered the official Dutch Top 40 at #6, in its first week of release, also making it to #3 of the Single Top 100.