Earlier today, June 11, 17-year-old Charice Pempengco had an intimate press conference for her upcoming concert, Charice: The Journey Begins. It will be held at the SMX Convention Center on June 27.
It will also serve as a reunion for the batchmates of Charice in Little Big Star, which was aired on ABS-CBN a few years ago.
After the press conference, PEP (Philippine Entertainment Portal) asked Mommy Raquel why this venue was chosen, not the Araneta Coliseum.
"Ang original talaga Araneta 'yan, pero kulang ang preparation. Kaya hindi ako pumayag na mag-Araneta muna. Una sa lahat, maraming araw ang ipa-practice mo sa Araneta, hindi namin kakayanin, dahil sa schedule ni Charice sa America," she explained.
Two days after the concert, they will be leaving for the United States to work on the international album of Charice being supervised and produced by David Foster. The Filipina singer stay there for two months to record her songs.
With all her dreams fast coming true, does Charice still have any thing more to ask? "Sana maka-duet ko si Justin Timberlake," she smiled.
Just last May, Charice told the press that among her idols, she had yet to perform a duet with Regine Velasquez. Little did Charice know that a few weeks later, she would be performing in an upcoming concert with Asia's Songbird.
IS SHE REALLY 22 YEARS OLD? There have been rumors going around that Charice is 22 years old, not 17.
A day before the press conference, PEP verified the birth date of Charmaine Clarice Relucio Pempengco (Charice's real name) with the local civil registrar of San Pedro, Laguna. Records indicate that Charice was born on May 10, 1992, thereby debunking the rumors.
When PEP sat down with Charice earlier today, we asked her to react to these malicious rumors.
"Hindi ko pa naririnig 'yon," she said. "Pero siguro ina-ano nila na masyadong akong mature kumilos. Hindi n'yo lang alam, isip-bata ako sa bahay. Seventeen po ako! Kung gusto n'yo, ipakita ko pa yung birth certificate ko.
"Gumagawa lang ng issue 'yan siguro kasi sa makeup ko," she smiled."Minsan, pag ini-interview ako, tinatanong nila kung bakit ganun yung mga sagot ko, pang-mature na talaga.
She declared with a laugh: "Hindi ako 22. At hindi man lang ginawang 20 ha!"
Does she get offended when people question her actual age?
"Naku! Sanay na po ako sa ganyan kasi sa singing contest pa lang dati... Nung twelve years ako, sabi nila 16 naman daw ako. Tapos nung nine years old ako, twelve na raw ako. Ina-adjust nila."
CHARICE ignored mo na lang itong mga ungas na low-breed na ito..!!
KEEP IT UP CHARICEEE..!!!
This was under the bridge now, I know. I hope the organizer of the concert would reconsider. I believe CHARICE should conquer Araneta Coliseum first before she goes to the bigger SMX Convention Center venue.
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Recently we reported that Charice made a splash in China when her video of Note to God became a hit in that countrys version of Youtube, Youko. Actually, besides China and Koreawhere she made her pan-Asian debut in StarKingshes slowly developing a sizable following in another Asian country, Thailand.
Her video of Note to God was recently featured on Thai TV news. While you can say that thats good that shes getting some media exposure in the Land of Smiles, that wouldnt be impressive if it werent for the fact that its the third time shes been featured in the same news show. And consider that, as was the case also in China, there have been no promotions or advertisements about her of any kind in that country. It was simply through word-of-mouth and Internet buzz.
The first time she was featured was late last year when a full segment was devoted to her, introducing her to Thai audi
I really admire Charice and her mom by ignoring those silly issues coz they know that the more they hate charicethose who are jealous to her the more charice will get stronger and stronger
To Charice, pls dont be affected to the non sense issues and stay humble always coz thats what your good fans like you to be .
Always remember Oprahs advice to you in the interview portion after you sang Note To Godquot; which was to keep your feet on the ground always, even if youre wearing beautiful shoes and even mentioned Celine as an example, who was also one of your idols
Keep on soaring high with your dreams Your multitude of fans always support y
Charice Note to God now available on itunes and amazon music. Don't forget to get your copies.
HIndi mo siguro ma gets no ang ibig kong sabihin. No Doubt maganda boses niya pag live siya kumanta like sa variety shows or talks shows. pero naiisip ko lang dapat lalong gumanda ang boses niya sa mga albums kasi di ba pag recording maraming mga adjustments na ginawa diya para gumanda lalo boses ng isang singer. Pero ang nangyari nong pinakinggan ko ang cd niya eh para sounds like kumakanta lang sa sa videokay or singing contest. di ba sila juda and ara mina may album din sila pero iba boses nila sa doon, compare sa live performances nila na halata talaga na hindi maganda ang boses nila. so ang expectation ko ay dapat lalong gumanda ang boses niya during recording kaso hindi eh, para pang guesting lang ang boses niya.