BY RICARDO F. LO, Funfare
Charice’s performance (I Will Always Love You, etc.) was described as “jaw-dropping,” after which Foster told the audience which gave Charice a standing ovation, “Tonight, a star is born!”
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Curtain-raiser: Arnel Pineda (featured in this corner yesterday) and the Journey are guesting on Ellen DeGeneres’ show, airing tonight in the US and in the Philippines tomorrow (May 29) night at 7 o’clock on 2nd Avenue (Cable TV). They will sing two songs, Separate Ways and After All These Years (the carrier single from the new Revelations CD). Watch it.
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Two Mondays ago, Funfare reported the exclusive story about Charice’s guesting in a show famous songwriter David Foster put up for the opening of MGM Grand Casino Hotel in Foxwood, Connecticut, accompanied by exclusive photos (Charice with Foster, and fellow performers Alicia Keys and Josh Groban; not in photo was John Mayer) you see only in The STAR.
A few days later, Funfare published another "scoop," this time about another show Foster was mounting in Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas last May 23, called David Foster and Friends. Here’s what happened in that star-studded event in which Charice got another standing ovation, showered with praise by her co-performers:
Charice’s performance (I Will Always Love You, etc.) was described as "jaw-dropping," after which Foster told the audience which gave Charice a standing ovation, "Tonight, a star is born!"
Charice T.V. Patrol Watch here
Charice Las Vegas – Part 1 Watch here
Charice Las Vegas – Part 2 Watch here
***Special thanks to scubajoe12 for uploading these videos on YouTube.
The other performers included Andrea Bocelli, Michael Bublé, Kenny G, Babyface, Groban, Katharine McPhee, Brian McKnight, Boz Scaggs, Peter Cetera and many others.
As soon as Charice appeared onstage, she asked (in Tagalog): "Marami po bang mga Filipino dito?", adding mesmerized by the magnitude of the event, "Sobrang masaya po ako. Parang nananaginip pa po ako hanggang ngayon. Proud po ako at nire-represent ko po ang Pilipinas dito sa ibang bansa. Proud po ako at Filipino po ako. Sana po proud din po sila sa akin."
"Never perhaps in the history of Philippine entertainment has a Filipino artist shared the stage with some of the world’s greatest performers," gushed immigration lawyer and STAR columnist Michael Gurfinkel and his wife Millie who were in the audience. (It was the Gurfinkel couple who helped "expedite" the issuance of Charice and her mom Raquel’s US visa, after they lost their passports to a bukas-kotse gang in their native Laguna).
Said a Funfare contributor who was also there, "Charice had the audience on their feet as she received a standing ovation after each of her songs. The only other performers who received standing ovations were Andrea Bocelli and Josh Groban (for his finale). After the show, Charice was showered with praise by both her co-performers and the audience.
"Bocelli had already finished his performance and was in his dressing room when he heard Charice singing onstage through the monitor. He insisted that his handlers take him backstage, so that he could be among the first to congratulate Charice. He told Charice, after her performance, ‘You have a beautiful voice; I was moved!’ "Asked how he felt having performed twice with Charice, Groban said, ‘I was backstage, getting ready to go on, and not really paying attention to the act onstage, when all of a sudden I heard the voice of a beautiful siren, and my jaw dropped. I had to stop everything and just watch her from the wings. It was marvelous!’"
An excerpt from a Vegas newspaper:
If Groban is one of Foster’s most renowned discoveries, this night truly belonged to a newer one, doe-eyed 16-year-old Filipino belter Charice, whose voice is like a jetliner taking off from her sternum.
She turned in a stunning rendition of the Whitney Houston-by-way-of-Dolly Parton hit I Will Always Love You, singing with such power and poise, it was hard to believe that she wasn’t even yet alive when the song originally became a hit on The Bodyguard soundtrack in 1992.
"Tonight, a star is born," Foster gushed after her brief set, another grand sentiment from a man defined by them.
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ano na ngaun lahat tau magkamali…pinay ka pa naman pahiyain ba natin c charice?mga pinoy talaga pagkakamali ang nakikita…..kung tayoy may pusong pinoy pwede natin ituwid kung ano man pagkakamali ni charice…wag idakdak para mabasa ng iba
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Charice’s Debut Album “CHARICE” is now available to order. For Charice Fans who live outside the Philippines, you can order online from Titik Pilipino Direct link to order Charice CD
http://www.titikpilipino.com/estore/index.php?itemid=1146
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FYI – After appearing on ‘Oprah, in November 2007, Josh Groban’s CD sales went up more than 80%. ‘Noel,” the album Oprah calls “the one Christmas CD every family should have.” The good Lord knows that when Oprah speaks, people listen. An Oprah endorsement would certainly boost Charice’s popularity/CD sales. It’s a blessing to have both Oprah and Ellen jump-starting Charice’s young career.
For your reading pleasure:
http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1575820/20071205/groban_josh.jhtml
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i agree dropping ones name is the best strategies ..
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***message from the chat room
haven’t you wonder why david said it was oprah. call him and introduce charice ..
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David Foster clearly said that it was Oprah who called him and asked if he would mind including Charice on his show, tonight, here!, sabi pa niya. Foster was just honoring that request of Oprah, as she was sitting in the front row with her producer Liz.
Ellen is still the person behind the launching of Charice’s career in the U.S., setting her up with Foster, and hooking her up with Shapiro.
Ellen and Oprah altogether are big influences in Charice’s career. Let’s be glad for her.
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David Foster on Charice:
“Ok, you’ve seen a lot tonight…you’ve never seen this. I promise you, you’ve never ever seen this in you life.”
—David Foster
“I…I…I can’t even describe where she… where she gets this talent from. And I really couldn’t find a better future star, to sing this music that is..really as I said, such an important part of my musical past”
—David Foster
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hi..charice in one of her interview she said that, she owe a big grattitude to ellen d…maybe. sometimes she cant mention evrybody on air to thank for, but im sure in her heart in mind this people who help her in one way or another will stay in her life forever.
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Good idea…from now on I will do exactly that–to be gracious and to always thank ellen.
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all we can do now is just thank ellen for the Big help.. .every time cha appears in a show i always leave ellen a thank u note to her site. thats the only thing i can do though
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and i remember, david foster was the one who introduce cha to oprah NOT oprah to foster.. try to review oprah show vid to charice..
as oprah saiD “i ve never watched her to sing before and bla blah.. well doesnt matter now. cha is getting attention now internationally, thats the main concern.. diffenetly, i LOVE ELLEN most..
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jen26, same here and take note harpo company triend to delete all cha’s vid from oprah show in youtube. maybe foster is close to oprah.. kinda bias i think
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How come there’s no mention of Ellen DeGeneres??? Ellen is the one who first discovered Charice and gave her the opportunity to showcase her talent in the US. Let’s give credit when its due–Ellen should get full credit! Prior to Charice’s guesting on Ellen last December, a bunch of us Charice hardcore fans consistently emailed Oprah’s producer to have Charice perform on her show. With no immediate luck, we zeroed-in on Ellen. To Ellen’s credit, her producers acted swiftly and got Charice on the Plane to L.A.
The intermission dialogue between Foster and Charice was definitely scripted. Perhaps, Oprah’s name carries more weight than Ellen’s???
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