Charice's Battle Called 'KZ'

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The X-Factor Philippines recently named their first grand winner, KZ Tandingan--a 20-year-old band vocalist from Davao City. Her raspy voice and unique singing style made a significant impact to the audience which allowed her to be an early favorite in the competition and easily distinguished her from the other contenders. 

However, it was not only KZ's pure talent that made her reach the top. A huge part of her journey was played by her X-Factor mentor--Charice Pempengco. 

KZ stunned the viewers week after week with her one-of-a-kind renditions of songs like Linkin Park's "In the End," Fugee's "Killing Me Softly," and Amy Whinehouse's "Rehab."But no single person in the audience looked at KZ with the same amusement that her mentor gave. In many of Charice's interviews, she was quoted saying that she feels proud of KZ because she is not only an ordinary singer; "she is a smart performer."

When KZ was named the first X-Factor grand winner, her mentor noticeably shared the same pride and enthusiasm. In fact, Charice intuitively exclaimed something like "for the first time, parang nanalo din ako."

Personally, it was a touching moment. Charice was vocal as to how she had lost into many amateur singing contests and how others tried to content her always as second best. With the way I see it, I think KZ Tandingan's journey is also Charice's way to achieve another victory. 

It was not her trophy. It was not her prize money. But Charice was genuinely happy to see KZ win her battle against all singing contest conformity. Truly, there is a place on top for singing geniuses who excel without becoming "biriteros and biriteras."  

Source: http://www.starmometer.com/