In April 2008, she wowed the UK audience as she guested in London's The Paul O'Grady Show where she performed two songs and earned standing ovations, the first to happen since the show started. Right after she came back from Ellen, she became an instant celebrity in the Philippines becoming one of the most sought-after young singers in the country. She performed Whitney Houston's I Will Always Love You and her popular cover of And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going. In December 2007, she flew to the US for the first time after being personally invited by Ellen DeGeneres to come and guest on her show.
She later appeared on another episode of Star King and performed I Will Survive and did another duet with Korean female singer, Lena Park, singing Whitney Houston's I Will Always Love You. She also sang a short rendition of 'U' by Super Junior. On the show, she also performed a duet with popular Korean group, Super Junior's member, Kyuhyun, with the song, 'A Whole New World' from Aladdin. This particular video became a hit in UCC, Korean's version of YouTube, which gained her an invite to perform on StarKing, a famous talent show in South Korea on October 2007. On June 2007, she flew to Stockholm, Sweden and recorded seven songs for them.Īnother video performance influential in her internet stardom was her cover of the Dreamgirls' anthem And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going.
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In 2007, a series of YouTube videos of Charice's performances posted by an avid fan called FalseVoice brought her to the attention of Ten Songs/Productions based in Sweden. Her favorite singers include Whitney Houston, Celine Dion, Mariah Carey and Regine Velasquez. To date, one of her highest belted note is a G#5 in her live performance of "One Moment In Time". In many of her interviews, she has referred these divas to be her musical influences. Her vocal power and tone has always been compared to Whitney Houston, her vocal timbre and quality to Celine Dion, her R&B influence to Mariah Carey, and her belting style to Regine Velasquez. Her voice is said to be in the mezzo-soprano vocal range, though her upper register can also be categorized as a dramatic soprano. Moreover, Josh Groban said that Charice's voice is one of the most beautiful voices he has heard in a long time. The New York Post once called her a vocal prodigy for being able to sing 'big songs' even in her tender age.ĭavid Foster once mentioned in his interviews that Charice has the capability of mimicking others voices which he said, is a good characteristic of a better singer. She placed 2nd Runner Up with Sam Concepcion winning the grand prize.Ĭharice was vocally trained by her mother and was said to have never received any formal training. But she was later called back as a wildcard contender and eventually worked her way up until the finale show. She was eliminated right away after her very first performance.
In 2005, she joined Little Big Star, a reality-talent show in the Philippines that is being hosted by the Asia's Pop Princess Sarah Geronimo, loosely patterned from American Idol. She had joined over 80 contests in total.
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She also had joined several competitions on TV thus making her a veteran in this field at a young age. She started singing at age 4 with Racquel acting as her primary voice coach.Īt age 7, she started joining amateur singing contests mostly in town fiestas in their province of Laguna.
Her parents separated when she was only a toddler and she stayed with her mother since then. Charice is the eldest of two children of Ricky and Racquel Pempengco.
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