The Newest Pinoy Superstar!
Wow! This three-letter word is an understatement in describing the most amazing talent I've seen in quite some time. What's even better is that this talent is actually a full-fledged Filipino (or Filipina in this case).
Her name is Charice Pempengco. She's only 14 years old, but her voice could easily be mistaken for that of Beyonce's or Whitney Houston's. In fact, she attracted attention through a YouTube video which showed her Little Big Star (a local singing competition to which she placed 2nd) performance of Houston's hit, "I Will Always Love You." Because of her unbelievable vocals, many viewers first thought her singing was fake and that she was only lip synching. Another popular video was a face-off between Charice and America's Got Talent winner, Bianca Ryan, showing them singing the same song. And it was not even close. Charice was clearly the better singer.
Another video showed Charice singing the Dreamgirls song, "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going." This earned her an invitation from a South Korean talent show called Star King. The Koreans were wowed by her performance. It was amusing to see their reactions.
This performance led her into American television. TV network E!'s The Daily Ten featured her with the headline, "A Star Is Born" and a few days later, on its Hollywood Royalty segment with the headline "A Queen Is Born".
Her performance on Star King was then featured on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on its, in which Ellen showed videos of different people she would like to have as guests on the show. After showing the video, Ellen personally invited Charice to perform on the show, which she eventually did a few days ago. Her performance was given a standing ovation and both Ellen and the audience were highly impressed. Just like what Ellen, I had goosebumps. It's hard to put it into words. You just have to see the videos yourself.
Charice Pempengco will make it big time in the near future. From what I've read, renowned talent manager David Foster has already shown interest in signing the young star. However, I think she still has a current contract with ABS-CBN. I just hope ABS-CBN wouldn't destroy her career. I sure hope they'd give way.
Charice is another reason I'm proud to be Pinoy!
Her name is Charice Pempengco. She's only 14 years old, but her voice could easily be mistaken for that of Beyonce's or Whitney Houston's. In fact, she attracted attention through a YouTube video which showed her Little Big Star (a local singing competition to which she placed 2nd) performance of Houston's hit, "I Will Always Love You." Because of her unbelievable vocals, many viewers first thought her singing was fake and that she was only lip synching. Another popular video was a face-off between Charice and America's Got Talent winner, Bianca Ryan, showing them singing the same song. And it was not even close. Charice was clearly the better singer.
Another video showed Charice singing the Dreamgirls song, "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going." This earned her an invitation from a South Korean talent show called Star King. The Koreans were wowed by her performance. It was amusing to see their reactions.
This performance led her into American television. TV network E!'s The Daily Ten featured her with the headline, "A Star Is Born" and a few days later, on its Hollywood Royalty segment with the headline "A Queen Is Born".
Her performance on Star King was then featured on The Ellen DeGeneres Show on its, in which Ellen showed videos of different people she would like to have as guests on the show. After showing the video, Ellen personally invited Charice to perform on the show, which she eventually did a few days ago. Her performance was given a standing ovation and both Ellen and the audience were highly impressed. Just like what Ellen, I had goosebumps. It's hard to put it into words. You just have to see the videos yourself.
Charice Pempengco will make it big time in the near future. From what I've read, renowned talent manager David Foster has already shown interest in signing the young star. However, I think she still has a current contract with ABS-CBN. I just hope ABS-CBN wouldn't destroy her career. I sure hope they'd give way.
Charice is another reason I'm proud to be Pinoy!
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