The following is a video of Charice Pempengco, a 15-year-old singer from the Philippines, performing on a South Korean talent show.

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This really and truly blows my mind. A singer who looks like a member of Morning Musume and sounds like Vesta Williams.

A triumph of globalization? Proof of reincarnation? It’s hard for me to imagine this isn’t some sort of manifestation of the black arts.

UPDATE: Check out this clip of Charice demolishing Beyonce’s “Listen,” courtesy of CSJ:

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Something about this story is genuinely thrilling to me.

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here’s the rest of the segment:
part 1:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=uFZdm8eqEuE

In this part she sings a duet with a SuJu member of the song from Alladin “A Whole New World”
part 2:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=KGN04×7xnMU

ANd in this Part she OUTSINGS Beyonce in her own OUTSTANDING version of “LISTEN” from the Dream Girls SOundtrack
part 3:
http://youtube.com/watch?v=k5chbnY8Vr0

November 3, 2007 1:31 PM

CSJ said on Nov 03 07 at 13:32

Visit Charice very first OFFICIAL FANSITE @ http://www.ChariceDiva.com

Anonymous said on Dec 09 07 at 11:56

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