Celebrated talk show host Oprah Winfrey reportedly leads Charice Pempengco's star-studded godparents list for her upcoming confirmation scheduled this Saturday, May 22
Charice's younger brother, Carl, will also be baptized on the same date, making the event a double celebration.
Oprah is not the only high-profile personality invited by Charice as one of her sponsors. Popular songwriter and producer David Foster is also included, as well as famed U.S. entertainment lawyer Ed Shapiro; ABS-CBN bigwigs Gabby Lopez, Charo Santos-Concio, Malou Santos; talent manager and TV host Boy Abunda; talk show host Kris Aquino-Yap; entertainment columnist Ricky Lo; broadcaster Karen Davila; news anchor Julius Babao and wife Cristine Bersola; and cosmetic surgeon Vicki Belo.
Charice cites Oprah as one of the main reasons she was able to break into the international music scene. Oprah is very vocal in expressing her admiration for the Filipino singing sensation, who only finished third in the local singing competition Little Big Star back in 2005.
She made her debut in The Oprah Winfrey Show on May 12, 2008 and has since then returned to the show three more times: September 9, 2008, May 18, 2009, and May 11, 2010.
Charice's latest appearance in Oprah coincides with the launching of her self-titled international debut album under Warner Records.




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145 misskopinas
144 lynn_q8
Charice, small but terrible!
143 kapamilya247
idontknowmuch
May 20, 2010
13:36 PM
120
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isang napalaking sampal sa abs!
tapos ang kapal pa ng mukha dahil nakisakay pa kasikatan ni charice!
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basta si charice proud na proud siya sabihing KAPAMILYA siya. hehehe
bakit proud din naman si katrina halili na kapuso siya ah. hindi ka ba masaya? hahaha
142 misskopinas
141 misskopinas
140 misskopinas
139 misskopinas
138 the_hunk
137 tili_2death
136 idontknowmuch
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isang napalaking sampal sa abs!
tapos ang kapal pa ng mukha dahil nakisakay pa kasikatan ni charice!
135 agi07
Oprah would just raise her eyebrows if boy and ricky call her kumare, she would prob. Really???? what's is that. In the Philippines if ur a common ninong to some1 big deal na un pero sa mga europeans and americans WALA LANG.
134 aaronick
Korek ka diyan. Inii-speculate ninyo na hindi pinasalamatan ni Charice si ELLEN. Pero sinubukan niyo ba bilhin yung album niya at basahin ang THANK YOU section ng album niya? Para matigil ang speculation, mas mabuti pa na bumili na lang kayo ng album, basahin ang THANK YOU section, and then matitigil itong haka-haka na ito.
Si ELLEN pa! Eh siya ang naging daan para makilala si Charice sa Amerika.
133 aaronick
At advise ko lang po sa ibang fans ng iba't ibang artists/singers. Wag po natin sila idamay. Lahat po ng mga Pilipinong artista at mang-aawit ay magagaling. Mas mabuti pang tulungan na lang natin iangat ang ating kababayang si Charice kaysa i-compare siya sa ibang Filipino singers gaya nila Sarah at Regine kasi kung magko-comment din kayo ng negative, anong pinagkaiba ninyo sa mga utak-talangka? Ang ipagdasal natin, mabigyan din sila ng pagkakataon na makilala sa intenational scene. Binuksan ni Charice ang pintuan, bakit kaya hindi natin buksan ng todo-todo para lahat sila eh makapasok?
132 aaronick
131 aaronick
Tama ka! Binigyan tayo ng Diyos ng time para kilalanin si Charice as an artist dito sa bayan natin. Binigyan niyo ba yung tao ng pagkakataon? Tapos, ngayon sa ibang bansa siya gumagawa ng pangalan at nagtagumpay naman, saka kayo ko-comment-comment ng negative? Aba, eh isang tunay na TALANGKA nga lang ang mag-iisip ng ganun!
Basta ako, gaya ng sinabi ko. Halimbawang mangyari na si Sheryn Regis ang nasa katayuan ni Charice. Kahit hindi ko siya gusto, I will become an instant fan kasi for someone to bring recognition to our country is something that we can truly be proud of. At kahit sino pa man yan, dapat laging positive ang attitude natin at ipagmalaki natin 100, no ifs, no buts.
Hindi ba kayo nahihiya sa ibang lahi na sila pa mismo ang nag-aangat kay Charice sa pedestal, tapos kayo namang mga utak-talangka ang hila ng hila pababa? Shame on you!!!
130 veggies
129 MTBALDY
Charice:The next Celine Dion?
By Shanon Cook, Special to CNN
May 19, 2010 2:09 p.m. EDT
with video interview
Charice - a pint-sized teen singer from the Philippines - may become America's next top pop star
BY Jim Farber
NY DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITER
Sunday, May 16th 2010, 4:00 AM
128 electronic
May 20, 2010
08:30 Am
So what? Ang tunay na sikat na singer at tested na sikat kung dito nagclick sa pilipinas, sad to say pero hindi kinagat ng masa si charice
enumerate ko kung bakit sobra ung pagka-bitter mo ha??? kasi yong idol mo na hindi marunong mag-english kaya bitter ka pa sa amplaya ay dahil:
1. di siya nakapagperform sa star king at naka-duet si kyu hun ng super junior
2. di siya naimbitahan sa ellen de generes show
3. di siya naimbitahan sa oprah
4. di siya nakapagperform na ang pianist ay si david foster
5. di siya nakapgperform kasama si celine dion
6. di niya nakaduet si andrea bocelli
7. di niya nakaduet si IYAZ
8. di siya friend ni david archuleta, josh groban
9. wala siyang photograph kasama si miley cyrus, demi moore, denzel washington, nicole richie, mariah carey, bo derek, alicia keys etc
10. hindi niya ninong at ninang si ms. oprah at sir david foster,
127 inks
126 inks
Hello? di kaya isang napakalaking sampal sa pagmumukha sa phil entertainment industry ung nangyari kay charice?
we can kill each other in this comment section but the fact remains our local artists can only dream of what charice had achieved internationally.
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