Jal Joshua

Jal Joshua Lebumfacil (12 years old) was originally from Cebu, Philippines and immigrated to Australia just last year.
He placed second to the grand prize winner Mark Vincent in Australia’s Got Talent 2009.

Jal sang Barry Manilow’s One Voice in the finals night, which earned him praises from the judges:

Dannii Minogue: “The purity of your voice is so, so beautiful. I actually watch the show back again just to see you sing and if there was young talent time, you’ll be on it so we could hear you singing every week”

Grant Denyer: “He continues to blow us ever since. There is no doubt we discovered an incredible young talent with a very broad future ahead. You are an unbelievable talent. Well done. Extraordinary talent. A great discovery.”

Opera singer Mark Vincent on the other hand won the $250,000 first prize.

Shaheen Jafargholi

12 Year Old Shaheen Jafargholi auditions for Britain's Got Talent 2009, singing Micheal Jackson's Who's Loving You.

Yang Peiyi

Yang Peiyi was chosen to perform the anthem "Hymn to the Motherland" at the opening 2008 Olympic ceremony in Beijing. However, because of Peiyi's buck teeth, another girl, Lin Miaoke, appeared at the ceremony and lip-synced to Peiyi's voice. A member of the Chinese politburo influenced the decision after watching a rehearsal.

Fast Facts

1. Yang Peiyi was chosen to perform the anthem after she won a competition
2. Peiyi was not allowed to perform the song in person at the ceremony because of her looks
3. Lin Miaoke was chosen to stand in Peiyi's place and lip-sync the song to Peiyi's voice
4. Lin Miaoke is nine years old
5. Yang Peiyi is seven years old

Charice Pempengco

Charmaine Clarice Relucio Pempengco, better known by her screen name Charice (born May 10, 1993), is a Filipina singer who became a singing sensation throughout the world through YouTube. She started joining singing contests at the age of seven but became widely known in her native Philippines when she placed third in Little Big Star.

Early Years

Charice's mother, Raquel Relucio, had and still has a very musical ear, on May 10th 1993; she gave birth to a beautiful baby girl, Charmaine Clarice Relucio Pempengco in Cabuyao, Laguna, in the Philippines, not expecting the works to follow in this baby girl’s future.

Raquel noticed Charice could sing very high when she sang “Happy Birthday” at the age of 2; so taking her music experience into an account, she started teaching and training Charice at the tender age of 4, along with Raquel’s sister. With a lot of hard work and perseverance, Charice began singing in local contests in the Philippines when she was only 7 years old. Charice began her journey with one priority in mind, to help her mother through the hardships they went through, especially with living and finances. It was when she was 8 or 9 years old that she got onto a table and sang “My Heart Will Go On”, originally sung by the famous Celine Dion, that people realized that she is a natural performer.

Thia Megia

Thia 12 year old has started singing at the early age of six with the passion for writing and singing, and composed her very first song “I Will Always Love You”. She was trained at the Derryl Leffler’s Music Academy by Greg Farbizio, and her acting by Kids On Camera. She never expected big things to happen, but she hoped for something good out of her career.

Thia joined the West Model Talent Convention in Woodland Hills, Los Angeles. There, she met many different talent agents and more during her auditions. She also had the chance to show her talent by singing on stage in front of different agencies and managers, winning the title for “Singer of the Year” and “Female Child Actress of the Year”. She then developed more confidence and charisma said by the viewers. At the age of ten, Thia auditioned for the 49ers National Anthem Auditions and was selected as one of the five finalists to sing the National Anthem for one of the 49ers home games. Before the game, she appeared on the front page of the Daily Review by staff writer Michelle Beaver, and after the game, she then appeared once again on the Local & Business page of the Daily Review title “Oh Say Can She Sing”. Thia also sung a second time for the 49ers at age 11.

Being heard from the 49ers, she was also invited to sing the National Anthem and some half time performances for the Stanford University Men’s Basketball and started singing for many other different sport venues including the opening night for the new Stanford Football Stadium in front of 50,000. Thia was then invited to sing the National Anthem for many different occasions and other sports teams such as the San Jose Minor League Giants, and also the San Francisco Major League Giants twice. It was then the song she was known for, and the way she sung it by belting it out with her heart for the flag.

Thia’s voice grew more mature, and she also had the chance to learn many more new songs that she made her very own official CD called “Believe in Magic”. She used her CD’s for promoting herself as much as she could, she even wrote to Gary Radnich, sport’s anchor. They viewed her video of her singing for the 49ers , and then invited her to sing live on KRON 4 on “The World According to Gary”

Carmina Topacio

The Next Youtube Star from the Philippines

Eva

I found her channel (kiddiva07) on youtube. She is an amazing singer and a very talented 8yr old kid.

Her mother wrote this on her channel:

We noticed at a very early age, around 2, that she loved to sing when she began singing from her stroller to anyone that would listen. At the age of 4, she was given a guitar for christmas from her grandmother. We were amazed that with some help from her Dad she was able to learn a few chords. By the age of 5, she began performing at nursing homes and retirement communities.

This past year, she was invited to several schools to sing the National Anthem which she loves doing.

Eva loves all music. She is inspired by Taylor Swift, Celine Dion, and many others. Her goal is to be a country pop singer or maybe in a band with other kids in a few years as a singer, guitar player, or both.

Eva is also a songwriter. We are currently working on a demo CD of Eva's original songs that she has written. Eva's style of music is "Country Pop". She is very excited for people to hear her music ! We hope to have it done by this summer (2009).

Gabi Wilson

Gabriella "Gabi" Wilson is a promising young singer who is both a natural musician and a poet. Her parents have always encouraged her towards music and poetry. Her father Kenny is a professional musician whose backgrounds are in blues and jazz, while her mother Agnes has encouraged her in every form of expression. Growing up in a house where music plays all the time, Gabi felt that she could become good at it herself. She used to listen to Earth, Wind and Fire, Prince, Sly and the Family Stone, and Aretha Franklin even as a little kid.

Back in December 2006, she was discovered at Listen & Be Heard Poetry Café, sitting in with guitarist Alvon, where her rendition of Donny Hathaway's "A Song for You" on both piano and vocals left the audience in awe. By that time, she had already made some appearances around the Bay Area with her father's band The Urban Bushmen. Aside from the piano, she also plays bass, drums and guitar, and would like to learn the saxophone or trumpet as well.

Within a year, the 10-year-old already got offers from the Ellen de Generes Show and the Golden State Warriors, who wanted her to make appearances after seeing her on The Today Show. Following that, Martha Mims together with Gabi's parents organized a concert for her.

Gabi performed at:

* The world-famous Apollo Theater in Harlem, New York.
* The festivals and outdoor concerts around the Bay Area
* The Maury Povich show in September 2007

and has opened for acts like Tony Toni Tony, Keyshia Cole and The Ohio Players.

Gabi's talents lie not only in music, but also in poetry. She already has a self-published book of poetry "Anything On Earth Poems," and read some pieces from her book at the 5th Annual Listen & Be Heard Poetry Marathon held on April 28, 2007. This skill may work hand in hand with her music in the future, when she may someday write her own lyrics.

On a typical day, the young Fil-Am practices her instruments at home in the living room. She also sometimes listens to CDs so she can learn songs that she can play next time she performs. Of her instruments, her favorite is the piano, and in fact, she's already been called "Little Alicia Keys," which is apt because the musician is one of the girl's idols. Others she likes listening to are Etta James, Hannah Montana and the Cheetah Girls.

Jamia Simone Nash

Jamia Simone Nash (born August 21, 1996) is an American child singer, rapper, and actress. She has sometimes been billed as just Jamia. She was in the movie August Rush.

Nash was born in Virginia Beach, Virginia. She began singing at the age of two; her first national appearance was on Showtime at the Apollo in 2002, where she sang the Alicia Keys song "Fallin'". She performed at the 2003 Essence Awards, singing Michael Jackson's "Who's Lovin' You" honoring Mary J. Blige. She and her younger sister Olivia sing the hook in the song "Black Girl Pain" on Talib Kweli's 2004 album The Beautiful Struggle; she also sings in the hook for "U, Black, Maybe" on Common's 2007 album Finding Forever.

She played a ten-year-old Fantasia Barrino in the 2006 Lifetime Original Movie Life Is Not a Fairytale: The Fantasia Barrino Story, a biopic about the 2004 American Idol winner.

In the 2007 film August Rush, Nash's character Hope is the lead vocalist on the song "Raise It Up", which was nominated for the Academy Award for Best Original Song.

Amy Libot

Ana Mae ‘Amy’ Libot is 6 years old little dreamer of Pinoy Dream Academy Season 2 from Las Piñas City, Philippines. She sings like an adult and a birit queen at the age of 6. On the 7^th Gala Night of PDA Little Dreamers she sang the classic song of Tina Turner ‘What’s Love Got To Do with It” and became the Most Outstanding Scholars of the Week. It is her 2^nd time to became the Most Outstanding Scholars.

Angelo Garcia

Allen Angelo Garcia is little dreamer of Pinoy Dream Academy Season 2. He is just 6 years old from Oriental Mindoro. This young guy rocks singing the song ‘Hotlegs’ by Rod Stewart during his first performance of their mini-party (July 6) with the scholars inside the academy. In the 1st Gala Night Angelo became the most outstanding little dreamer scholar. He is a 3-Time Most Outstanding Little Dreamer Scholar for the whole season and placed 2nd.

Philip Nolasco

Philip Ceasar Nadela with screen name Philip Nolasco is 9 years old little dreamer of Pinoy Dream Academy Season 2 from General Santos City, Philippines. He initially auditioned for ABS CBN’s Little Big Star and he was one of the remaining contestants to be introduced when the show opens later this year. However, when his family learned that there is a search for little dreamers for PDA, they let Philip audition for the show. He is again lucky to get in. This young boy said he is cute in personal. He has a high pitch vocals and cool to watch with stage presence. He became a 4 time Most Outstanding Scholar in the academy. He is the first Little Grand Star Dreamer of Pinoy Dream Academy Season 2 garnered 191,060 text votes or 40.47% to win as Little Grand Star Dreamer. He won a House and Lot at St. Monique Valais, 1 Million Pesos and a home theater with 32 LCD Bravia from Sony.

Taylor Ware

Taylor Ware is a 13 year old kid. She loves school and her favorite subjects are math and social studies. She is surrounded by friends, family, church, and community. She enjoys girl scouts, slumber parties, horseback riding, reading, spending time with friends and family, singing at church, fairs and festivals, and nursing homes. She likes to do crafts with Grandma and climb trees.

When Taylor was 4, a family friend visited the house and overheard her singing. The friend talked Taylor's parents into letting Taylor perform at the local county fair. She hit the county fair stage at age 4 singing and playing her violin for 1,000+ people and loved every minute of it. Taylor loves a crowd, the bigger the crowd the better.

At age 6, she started singing at nursing homes and began her Adopt-a-Grandparent program that continues today. "My adopt-a-grandparent friends are very nice, have great stories and are very wise", she says.

At age 7 she got a yodeling instruction book and tape while attending a music convention with a friend. She fell in love with yodeling. Taylor had never even heard of yodeling, and would not have ever tried it if not for this yodeling seminar given by Margo Smith. Taylor taught herself how to yodel using the instructional book and tape. She was surprised to win a talent contest in Branson, Missouri. Taylor then won a county fair talent competition singing Cowboy Sweetheart which sent her to the Illinois State Fair Talent competition where she placed second....all with her self taught yodeling. Later, after meeting Margo in Illinois, Taylor took yodeling lessons from her and still admires and respects her. She has also gotten pointers from some of her other yodeling mentors to fine tune her yodeling over the years. Ranger Doug, Wylie Gustafson, Kenny Roberts, Carolina Cotton, Jewel and Janet McBride.

Taylor won the Yahoo! Yodel Challenge National Championship at age 9 in New York City. She has performed on the world famous Grand Ole Opry several times.

A top finalist on NBC's big hit last summer, "America's Got Talent" , she performed on the MDA Jerry Lewis Telethon last fall in Las Vegas, and also sang the National Anthem at Liberty Bowl Football Game in December on ESPN.

David Militello

David Militello is an autistic boy who has been singing since he started talking at three years old. He appeared in the 2008 reality show, America's Got Talent.
He was born on February 4, 1999 at Austell, Georgia.

David was tested at two and a half years old for autism. He did not talk until age three and began singing on the bus ride to and from school.

Militello auditioned for the show in Atlanta, Georgia. He was the final performer of the audition. For his performance he sang the song Ben, from The Jackson Five. He was given the final ticket to Las Vegas to participate in the competition.

Mimmi Sanden

Mimmi Marianne Sanden (born December 25, 1995) won 2nd place in Talang 2007

Zara Larsson

Zara Larsson (born December 16, 1997) is a Swedish kid singer. She competed in the TV4 talent show called Talang 2008, which is the Swedish version of Britain's Got Talent. She sang three songs, "The greatest love of all" in her audition, "One moment in time" by Whitney Houston in Semi-Finals, and "My heart will go on" by Celine Dion in the finals. She won the entire contest and the prize of 500,000 kronas.

Celina Hristov

Celina Hristov gets emotional singing this beautiful classic. She is only 7 but that does not stop her singing like the big girl. She was Europe's Got Talent contestant. Unfortunately she didn't won but she really is a very talented 7 year old kid.