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Hello,
Let me take this opportunity to introduce everybody to David Foster's newest baby, Charice Pempengco. She will be performing with Kat Mcphee, Josh Groban, Andrea Bocelli, Michael Bubble and others this Saturday, May 23rd in the David Foster & Friends concert. For those who have tickets to that concert, let me show you what you can expect from this fast rising young diva.
Charice started joining singing contests at a very young age. When she was 12 years old, she joined a kiddie singing contest called Little Big Star. Unfortunately, she only placed 3rd and she was so depressed that she nearly gave up on her singing career. As fate would have it, a fan (FalseVoice) who had a youtube account, posted this video of hers singing I Will Always Love You comparing her with America's Got Talent winner Bianca Ryan:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gpDP8kP65mI
The video generated more than a million hits before it was pulled out but not before a Swedish recording company got interested in Charice. They got her to record 7 songs but for some reason the album was never released.
STARKING, a top variety show in Korea invited Charice to go to Korea to perform in their show. She sang the Dreamgirls song, AND I AM TELLING YOU and she amazed everybody with her strong vocals and superb showmanship. This video now has more than 3.4 million hits:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WZccz5cy3ks
Ellen Degeneres then invited her to her show last December. Here is a very clear, HQ video of her performance:
http://www.charicepempengco.com/videos/Charice-Ellen-DeGeneres-Show.php
The first STARKING appearance was so successful, they invited her again to Korea:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HUXMvJtRjZk - hey she can do the 'moonwalk' dance by Michael Jackson too
Last April, a popular show in London, the Paul O'Grady show guested Charice and she got 2 standing ovations.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wP6DG1iIkSk
Then it was Oprah's turn. Last May 12, she rendered a powerful version of I HAVE NOTHING and once again got 2 standing ovations, one was done even before she finished singing!!! Here is a HQ video. This is a must see video so you can witness the power of her voice with the excellent audio:
http://www.charicepempengco.com/videos/Oprah-Winfrey-Show.php
She has impressed Ellen, Paul O'Grady & Oprah so much that they all reportedly want her to return to their respective shows.
Last May 17, she was the surprise performer in a concert organized by David Foster. She prepared and was only supposed to sing one song (WHITNEY HOUSTON MEDLEY) but the audience kept asking for more. Then David Foster went up the stage and they performed (unrehearsed) her favourite song, AND I AM TELLING YOU. Needless to say the audience gave her a second standinig ovation. Per a news article that came out, she was the ONLY peformer who got a standing ovation (and 2 at that) even though Josh Groban, Alicia Keys and John Mayer also peformed.
Next stop for her is Las Vegas on May 23rd wherein she has been invited again by David Foster to peform in his concert.
Charice's contract with abs-cbn's Star Records (Philippines) expired this month. She is now free to sign any recording contract in the US. There is no update yet if she already has an offer but from the way David Foster has been guiding her, it is becoming apparent that he is interested in developing her talent. Not bad for a girl who grew up in poverty and who was abandoned by her father when she was only 3 years old. Before becoming famous in youtube, her mom even had to beg the tv executives in her home studio for guestings in their shows but she received only minimum exposure which dwindled to nothing at all until she started getting noticed abroad.
If you go to youtube.com and type in her name, you will see hundreds of videos of her various performances and home videos. However, these are my favourites:
I BELIEVE -- her first performance with a live orchestra - one of, if not her best peformance http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2LOaE-mIJN0 CHARICE SINGING MCARTHUR PARK - using a low quality karaoke in front of her house
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ddg6KZcpCi0 ONE MOMENT IN TIME http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nXWMJ6D3a_4 I HAVE NOTHING (while seating down-) she was dared by the hosts to sing this vocally challenging song without standing and she delivered!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9uZCN8YL0JE
I HAVE NOTHING - she was invited to Los Angeles recently for a Filipino event - some people are saying that this was an even better version of the song she sang in OPRAH
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JXBGGWpMA8k STAND UP FOR LOVE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3K0a9BiaiD4 WHEN YOU BELIEVE / I WILL ALWAYS LOVE YOU http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FBykGza6Mt8 CHARICE - BARRY MANILOW MEDLEY http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hT21C2OA3MY&feature=related CHARICE SINGING VARIOUS SONGS AT A MORNING SHOW - she sings songs of Beyonce, Whitney and Mariah Carey http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qsr3C-3MliI
CHARICE SINGING 'ALONE' - her mom and her were invited to dinner by one of her sponsors
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vG63W8Oqbu0 YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0_1cxplN ... re=related CHARICE SINGING 'SOMEWHERE' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-HsnFiCtcuY CHARICE WITH 2 OTHER DIVAS FROM THE PHILIPPINES SINGING A MEDLEY OF 'THIS IS MY LIFE', 'I WHO HAVE NOTHING' AND 'WHAT KIND OF FOOL AM I?" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Z35zx4onJ6I THE EARLY YEARS - FROM 9 TO 12 YEARS OLD CHARICE WAS ONLY 12 YRS OLD HERE WHEN SHE JOINED A KIDDIE SINGING CONTEST WHEREIN SHE ......LOST. SHE ONLY PLACED 3rd. HERE ARE SOME OF THE SONGS SHE SANG. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=q7RtpMwmud0 SINGING BEYONCE'S 'LISTEN' http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eAjsMFmvijY CHARICE AT 9 YRS OLD BELTING OUT CELINE DION'S TO LOVE YOU MORE - THE microphone is even larger than her arms!!! http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=87YPG6ZJ91g --------------------------------------------- TO HEAR STUDIO RECORDINGS OF 'I HAVE NOTHING', and 'A SONG FOR MAMA', CLICK ON THIS LINK: http://www.myspace.com/charicepempengco
How does Charice compare to more established & famous singers? Click on these links and judge for yourself if she is now ready to conquer the international market:
STAND UP FOR LOVE (with Destiny's Child) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dAQyGA6Kmw8 I BELIEVE (with Fantasia) http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cXzo03Jme5A
YOU'LL NEVER WALK ALONE (with Jordin Sparks)