Charice Pempengco raises bar for all female singers with incredible vocal range

September 5, 2009 by vongsundara · 46 Comments 

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Sometimes in life, I witness someone so talented and driven that it inspires me to work harder on my own craft. Charice Pempengco is the most recent example of this.

I recently stumbled upon videos of a fantastic young singer from the Philippines named Charice Pempengco on YouTube. It seems as though I’m a little behind the times, as Ellen Degeneres and Oprah Winfrey discovered Charice Pempengco a few months back, and Charice has since gone on to widespread fame after appearing on Oprah three times now.

I am a huge fan of talented vocalists; I won’t listen to any musicians or bands whose vocals aren’t at least up to par (which is why I can’t stand punk music and a lot of pop rock). I’ve recently taken my obsession to YouTube, as it’s the perfect venue to compare vocalists in live performances. In fact, there are many videos that splice separate performances of the same song by different artists together, which makes my life easier when I’m trying to compare different vocalists.

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Tatiana del Toro – Performance Profile, American Idol 2009 Season 8

March 4, 2009 by vongsundara · Leave a Comment 

Oh Tatiana del Toro, I will never, ever forget you.

Tatiana del Toro got the chance to prove that she has a real voice, perhaps one of the top voices in the entire competition. Unfortunately for her, she was unable to gain enough fans to continue in the competition due to her somewhat crazy behaviour. For me, I absolutely love the drama that she brought, but she definitely rubbed other people the wrong way.

Tatiana del Toro’s first performance of Saving All My Love For You is still one of the top performances of the entire season, and I hope that’s what people remember her for. I think that Tatiana fell victim to the format changes this year, as she would have stuck around much longer if the show went with last season’s format of allowing viewers to vote for the Top 24. Oh well, that’s life I suppose.

Tatiana del Toro performs Saving All My Love for You (Whitney Houston), American Idol 2009 Season 8, (March 5) Wild Card Round: Billboard Top 100 Hits

Tatiana del Toro performs Saving All My Love for You (Whitney Houston), American Idol 2009 Season 8, (March 5) Wild Card Round: Billboard Top 100 Hits

Tatiana del Toro performs Saving All My Love for You (Whitney Houston), American Idol 2009 Season 8, (March 5) Wild Card Round: Billboard Top 100 Hits

Tatiana del Toro chose to perform the same song again for some strange reason. She struggled through the entire first verse, but the second half of the song is absolutely brilliant and better than almost everyone else tonight. It’s really too bad that she didn’t choose a different song.

Tatiana del Toro chose a very Las Vegas-style look tonight. Her dress was very shiny, and I don’t think I enjoy this look as much as what she was wearing last time.

Tatiana’s performance was a little more aggressive than last time. I like how she matched her performance with her look. Even the arrangement of the vocals tonight was more aggressive. It’s nice to see that Tatiana is able to perform the same song multiple ways.

Review Score: ★★★★☆ 

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