Mau Marcelo, who was known as the "Soul Idol" during the competition, was clearly excited about the pre-Valentine's Day concert of the Philippine Idol finalists, which will be held on February 9 at the huge Araneta Coliseum.
"Ito yung last na magkakasama kaming 12. Parang hindi na namin alam ulit kung kailan ulit kami magkakasama," said Mau in a press conference held yesterday, January 17, at Annabel's Fine Dining on Tomas Morato, Quezon City.
Mau's fellow top three finalists, Jan Nieto and Gian Magdangal, will also be performing live with her in the concert dubbed Valentine's Final 12.
Other finalists who will be joining the top three Philippine Idols are Miguel Mendoza, Pow Chavez, Ken Dingle, Apples Chiu, Arms Cruz, Jeli Mateo, Reymond Sajor, Drae Ybañez, and Stef Lazaro.
Meanwhile, Mau has also released her very first album recently. It's a CD-Lite album entitled Mau Marcelo: On My Own, which contains three singles.
The album, released under Sony-BMG Music Entertainment, features the Soul Idol's winning piece "On My Own," a Whitney Houston original. It also includes her rendition of Mariah Carey's "Love Takes Time" (her song choice during the finals), Ariel Rivera's hit song "Minsan Lang Kita Iibigin," and the minus ones of these singles.
Aside from the CD-Lite album, there are also plans to release Mau's debut album soon. Although she did not reveal the title of the album yet, Mau said the album may contain both original and revival songs.