who is charice pempengco?
I have been hearing a lot of hype about a certain Filipina teenager whom Ellen De Generes would like to guest in her show.
Which brings me to search on who Charice Pempengco is.
Charice is a 14 year old (from Laguna, according to my mom who knows a number of Pempengcos) who placed 3rd in ABS-CBN’s Little Big Star. Her popularity started when Youtuber FalseVoice posted a video of Charice singing Whitney Houston’s I Will Always Love You which she performed in Little Big Star. Many Youtubers thought it was fake and that she was lip synching. Not long after, videos of her and Bianca Ryan of America’s Got Talent were faced off. These videos paved the way for Ten Songs Productions in Sweden to recognize her and record a number of songs.
Then, a few months later, after False Voice posted a video of Charice singing Dreamgirls’ And I’m Telling You I’m Not Going, one of the biggest TV networks in Korea invited her over to perform the same song on Star King. Her jaw dropping performance in October made a lot of buzz there, and a lot of You tubers have posted her performance on Youtube. This made her even more popular, that E! has featured her with the headline "A Star is Born" On November 14, 2007.
The same video from Korea was featured in the Ellen De Generes show on November 28, 2007 where she featured people who she would want to guest in her show. It has been confirmed that Charice will be guesting this month.
I have seen a number of Charice’s videos on Youtube. Her vocals are outstanding, but it’s not something new… at least in this country. When comparing her performance with Bianca Ryan’s, I have noticed that both girls are equally talented, each having their strengths. However, Charice has a slight edge and I have come to agree with what Cameron Macintosh said when he first discovered Filipino talent; that while others sing from the skin, Filipinos sing from the heart.
This is one of the face off videos with Bianca Ryan. Both girls singing And I’m Telling You. Charice seen singing from Korean TV. I never thought I’d say this, but I think she did upstage Jennifer Hudson, only because Jennifer has a tendency to over sing this song, and that Charice made it effortless.
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