The 17-year-old Filipino singing sensation learned that she topped an online poll of thousands of followers of TV host\/entertainment mogul Oprah Winfrey, via the website oprah.com.<\/p>\n
Pempengco\u2019s rendition of \u201cNote to God\u201d was voted Best Oprah Show Musical Performance, beating seven other big-name nominees: The rock band Journey (with another Filipino, Arnel Pineda, as front man), the Black-Eyed Peas (with a Fil-Am member, apl.de.ap), Michael Bubl\u00e9, Rascal Flatts, Whitney Houston, Jennifer Hudson and James Taylor.<\/p>\n
The website launched the Best of 2009 poll that asked viewers to choose their favorites in 13 categories spanning the lifestyle and entertainment fields.<\/p>\n
Charice Pempengco garnered 70 percent of total votes, according to the website, with The Black Eyed Peas a far second, collecting 9 percent.<\/p>\n
\u201cIt\u2019s a very big deal for me,\u201d Pempengco said during the Christmas party she hosted for the media for the first time at the Shangri-La Plaza mall in Mandaluyong City.<\/p>\n
Holiday in Tagaytay<\/p>\n
She said she would spend the holidays in her new home in Tagaytay City.
\nAfter Christmas, she is scheduled to fly to Singapore as a guest performer at the launch of \u201cSingapore Idol\u201d\u2014 that country\u2019s version of the widely popular reality singing competition \u201cAmerican Idol.\u201d<\/p>\n
Pempengco said she was looking forward to a Filipino Christmas as she had spent a good part of the year in the United States recording an album with sought-after music industry figure, David Foster, as producer.<\/p>\n
While picking songs for the album, Foster brought Pempengco along as special guest on a 10-city tour in the US and Canada.<\/p>\n
Overwhelming<\/p>\n
\u201cThe experience was overwhelming,\u201d she said of the tour. \u201cThere were venues where I didn\u2019t expect Americans to be cheering loudly just as my name was being announced.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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