2016 03/30-04/05
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13-year old Filipino-Austrian Lukas Janisch wins The Voice Kids Germany. Photo grabs from The Voice
The Voice Kids Philippines Top 2 Winner, Fil-Canadian Darren Espanto with Piolo Pascual, Sam Milby and Pokwang in the sold-out Heartthrobs, Reloaded (for both nights - March 26 & 27, 2016) at the Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula, CA. Photo grabbed from Darren's Instagram
Pokwang (rightmost) during Heartthrobs, Realoaded rehearsals at Pechanga Casino with boyfriend Lee O'Brian from Sa Jose and San Diego Realtor Shonee Henry (leftmost).
San Diego's Karmen Smiley with the Ultimate Heartthrob, Piolo Pascual after Saturday's sold-out Pechanga Casino show, Heartthrobs, Reloaded.
Philippine Airlines (represented in this photo by Jemma Saranillo, front center, Maricel Wall, 3rd right front, among others) celebrated their 75th Anniversary by bringing in a group of media writers, bloggers and vloggers (participants include Valerie Wilson of www.TrustedTravelGirl.com, Esther Chavez of Inquirer.net, Bradford Adkins of Manila Mail and 'Scenes in the City,' Irwin Chee of Kalesa Traveler Magazine, Susan delos Santos of San Diego's The Filipino Press, Joy Marino of USA Asian Post, Andrew Kamphey, Roger Oriel of Asian Journal, TV Personality and Travel Vlogger James Wallington (not in this photo) and ANTM Cycle 21 top 2 Winner James Jardell of Los Angeles - not pictured here) to a PAL Familiarization Tour to experience their inaugural LAX/CEB flight last March 15-21, 2016 where they stayed and experienced local treats at Shangri-La Hotels (represented by Eldridge Mayor-Parry, 3rd left front row) in Mactan, Cebu and The Fort, BGC Manila (newly-opened). Photo by Irwin Chee | Kalesa Traveler Magazine
MEET AND GREET. City of Milpitas Mayor Jose Esteves gives British Boxer Amir Khan a ceremonial key to the City of Milpitas as Roga "Tony" Gabucan, Head Coach of Milpitas Boxing and Fitness, looks on last Sunday, March 27, 2016. Amir 'King' Khan will be fighting Saúl "Canelo" Álvarez on May 7, 2016 @ the newest T-Mobile Arena in Las vegas, NV. Photo by Irwin Chee / Kalesa Traveler Magazine
Bantay Bata 163 recently awarded a Certificate of Appreciation to Bytes And Notes, Inc., (BNN) for their participation in the fund raising projects of ABS-CBN Foundation International last year. Lewis and Ann Marie Tecson, owners of BNN are seen receiving the certificate from Noriel P. Adricula,Community Ambassador for ABS-CBN Foundation International.
FILIPINO-AUSTRIAN
WINS THE VOICE KIDS
GERMANY
SEEN IN THE CITY:
(SAN FRANCISCO) – Thirteen-year-old Filipino-Austrian Lukas Janisch was declared the grand winner of “The Voice Kids Germany” last Friday, March 25, 2016, who got the judges’ votes (and standing ovation!) with his husky yet soulful voice and performance of Alicia Keys’ “If I Aint Got You” and Adele’s “When We Were Young” while he was playing the piano and wearing a Bruno Mars signature hat.
The Voice prides itself as a singing contest where judges turn around to contestants they deem to have the voice, not the looks primarily. During his blind auditions, the confident teenager already got the judges fighting over him after performing Alicia Keys’ “Fallin” while also playing the piano. Lukas chose Mark Forster to be his coach over Lena Meyer-Landrut (she pushed her button only after hearing the first bars of his song!) and Sasha Alexander.
Lukas, in his YouTube interviews, narrated to growing up singing karaoke with his mother. He has a younger sister, as shown in his interviews (reminds me of Filipino-Canadian Darren Espanto, The Voice Kids Philippines Top 2 Winner who had 2 nights of very successful concert at Pechanga Casino last March 26-27, 2016 with Piolo Pascual, Sam Milby and Pokwang). He defeated remaining finalists Shanice and Ridon.
After the finals, his coach, Mark Foster, posted this message on his Instagram account: "Öööhhhhhhhhhh!!!!!!! Völlig verdienter Gewinner Lukas!!!! #teammark #gewinnerteam," Translation: Well-deserved winner Lukas!!
Lukas’ prizes include 15,000 euros worth of training and recording contract. His family lives in Fürstenfeld, Austria but her mother hails from Palompon town in Southern Leyte, according to a published Manila Bulletin article.
It will be just a matter of time before Lukas hits the local TV shows in the Philippines, as with the past winners of international singing contests customarily did.
Congratulations, Lukas!
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