Charice and Celine Dion duet at the Madison Square Garden
Charice (formerly Charice Pempengco) guested on Oprah for the second time and this time the 15-year-old singing sensation got the surprise of her life.

Her idol Celine Dion also appeared on the show to talk to her via video conference from Washington, D.C. “Hi Charice. Hi sweetheart. I have to tell you that I am speechless, to start with–and it’s not a good way to start–I have, hmm, I have heard you sing. I have seen some, a little bit of your life story. And I am extremely ecstatic like the rest of the world who is watching right now. I can tell you that we have lots of things in common. And I also had a mother, still have a mother, who is my strength. My passion I carry in my heart. And so my beauty. And David Foster, you cannot even think of finding somebody even better than that to bring the best out of you. You have more talent than most people.” said the Canadian superstar who popularized the hit song “My Heart Will Go On” among other tracks.
Then Celine went on inviting Charice for her show in New York, “And if I may I would love to propose something. I would love to do something very special with you. Next week, I’m gonna be singing at Madison Square Garden and I would love to ask you to come and sing a duet with me. And we can sing together. Maybe we can sing “Because You Loved Me”, and maybe we can dedicate this song to your mother. So I hope you can travel and come in New York to meet with me,” Dion told Charice.
The good news made Charice burst into tears of joy.
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September 10th, 2008 at 9:01 pm
ang swerte talaga ng batang ito. sana mas marami pa siyang makuhang offers kagaya nito.
September 10th, 2008 at 10:20 pm
ahehehe
oo nga the mere fact na makaduet mo si celine naku napakalaking opportunity na nito
kahit walang talent fee ok na yun
exposure na masyado un…ang swerte nga naman ni charice… bagay sa kanya ung adge na “when it rains it pours” tsk tsk tsk…
September 10th, 2008 at 10:47 pm
oh ano sara geronimo..pang ASAP ka na lang talaga….ano kaya nag masasabi ng nahaderang nanay mo dito
September 10th, 2008 at 11:18 pm
ok lng yan …. basta KAPAMILYA ok na ^_^
anu kapuso.. san na kayu wahahaha……… tsk tsk
September 10th, 2008 at 11:35 pm
Congratulations!
September 10th, 2008 at 11:49 pm
SWERTE LANG SI CHARICE DI NIYA PINALAMPAS ANG OPPURTUNITY.
PERO ALAM KONG MAS MARAMI PANG TAO O BATANG NAGKALAT DYAN NA DI PA LANG NADI-DISCOVER ANG TALENT NA MAS HIHIGIT PA SA MGA NAKIKILALA NATIN NGAYON.
September 11th, 2008 at 1:40 am
batang nagkalat jan? oo madami nga batang nagkalat jan, pero hindi naman sila naghahanap ng opportunity, gusto nila isubo sa kanila ang opportunity tulad ng mga juan tamad ng bansa! si Charice sumali sali sa mga singing competitions kaya siya nakilala at dahil dun yung mas malalaking opportunites ang dumarating sa kanya! problema kase sa mga iba dada ng dada na mas magaling sila pero ayaw nila patunayan! hindi naman maiilalagay si charice sa youtube kung hindi siya sumali sali sa mga contests, kaya sa mga haters jan, eh kung alam nyo mas magaling kayo, patunayan nyo, sumali din kayo sa mga contests, at magsimula sa ilalim! mga bwisit!
September 11th, 2008 at 6:34 am
I second the motion!
September 11th, 2008 at 6:34 am
Ouch!
September 11th, 2008 at 8:28 am
Congrats Charice. Sana lang kahit na abot kamay mo na ang tagumpay internationally wag ka gumaya sa ibang artist natin na pinasok na ng hangin ang ulo. Manatili sanang nakatungtong sa lupa ang iyong mga paa.
September 11th, 2008 at 8:42 am
ABS-CBN NUMBER ONE
TEAM KAPAMILYA TAYO
ABS-CBN LOVE KO TOH
ONE KAPAMILYA GO
ABS-CBN NUMBER ONE
TEAM KAPAMILYA TAYO
ABS-CBN LOVE KO TOH
ONE KAPAMILYA GO
ABS-CBN NUMBER ONE
TEAM KAPAMILYA TAYO
ABS-CBN LOVE KO TOH
ONE KAPAMILYA GO
September 11th, 2008 at 8:42 am
ABS - CBN
ONE WORLD,
ONE NETWORK,
ONE FAMILY.
Maraming Maraming Salamat Po,
KAPAMILYA
ABS - CBN
ONE WORLD,
ONE NETWORK,
ONE FAMILY.
Maraming Maraming Salamat Po,
KAPAMILYA
ABS - CBN
ONE WORLD,
ONE NETWORK,
ONE FAMILY.
Maraming Maraming Salamat Po,
KAPAMILYA
September 11th, 2008 at 8:43 am
ABS - CBN
SABAY MAGSISIKAP SA IISANG PANGARAP,
MAGKARAMAY SA LUMBAY, MAGKASAMA SA LAHAT NG TAGUMPAY!
Maraming Maraming Salamat Po,
KAPAMILYA
In The Service of the Filipino, WORLDWIDE
ABS - CBN
SABAY MAGSISIKAP SA IISANG PANGARAP,
MAGKARAMAY SA LUMBAY, MAGKASAMA SA LAHAT NG TAGUMPAY!
Maraming Maraming Salamat Po,
KAPAMILYA
In The Service of the Filipino, WORLDWIDE
ABS - CBN
SABAY MAGSISIKAP SA IISANG PANGARAP,
MAGKARAMAY SA LUMBAY, MAGKASAMA SA LAHAT NG TAGUMPAY!
Maraming Maraming Salamat Po,
KAPAMILYA
In The Service of the Filipino, WORLDWIDE
September 11th, 2008 at 8:44 am
ABS - CBN
Alto Broadcasting System - Chronicle Broadcasting Network
ANG NANGUNGUNA AT PANGUNAHING ISTASYON SA PILIPINAS
AT SA BUONG MUNDO (TFC)
Maraming Maraming Salamat Po, Kapamilya!
ABS - CBN
Alto Broadcasting System - Chronicle Broadcasting Network
ANG NANGUNGUNA AT PANGUNAHING ISTASYON SA PILIPINAS
AT SA BUONG MUNDO (TFC)
Maraming Maraming Salamat Po, Kapamilya!
ABS - CBN
Alto Broadcasting System - Chronicle Broadcasting Network
ANG NANGUNGUNA AT PANGUNAHING ISTASYON SA PILIPINAS
AT SA BUONG MUNDO (TFC)
Maraming Maraming Salamat Po, Kapamilya!
September 11th, 2008 at 11:14 am
Sarah Pempengco/ Charice Geronimo - isang tao ka lang ata. Ba’t ka galit? Bubugbugin kita jan!
September 11th, 2008 at 2:14 pm
Charice…..Charice bukod kang pinagpala. Idol na idol ko si Celine Dion, ngaun makakasama mo na sya. EEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEE!
September 11th, 2008 at 2:24 pm
hirap talaga sa ating mga pilipino di maalis and inggit, imbes na suportahan at ipagbunyi natin marami pa ang nakukuha na pumuna at manira ng kapwa, pero ano ba ang narating ng mga taong mahilig pumuna at manira? malamang wala kasi naiingit sila sa narating o kung ano man estado ng isang tao na higit na nakakaangat sa iba….
keep it up charice, we are proud of you!
September 11th, 2008 at 3:37 pm
nasan na ang mga taga gma dito.. nasan ang pinagmamalaki ninyo gma.. hanggang jaya lang naman at hanggang manny pacquioa kayo.. wahahahaahah ano wala kayo masabi na singer ninyo.
September 11th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
SARAH GERONIMO
isang batikang
LAOS
September 11th, 2008 at 8:31 pm
kyra says:
September 11th, 2008 at 6:08 pm
SARAH GERONIMO
isang batikang
LAOS
——-
me LAOS bang HAWAK ang all Time Box Office Gross ng CINE FILIPINO.
ahhh baka you’re pertaining to REGINE VELASQUEZ.
ang daming rin kasi nyang pelikula diba..
pero LAOS na LAOS na sya ngaun… as in LITERALLY “LAOS”!
hmm SAD to SAY!
haaaayyy Buhay daming talaga INGETERA!
PEACE! :)
September 11th, 2008 at 8:46 pm
sinong nagsabing laos si sarah? hello! record holder yata yan sa takilya. it happened just recently. so, sino ang laos?
September 11th, 2008 at 8:59 pm
relax lang mga tol…
September 11th, 2008 at 9:09 pm
magaling! magaling! magaling! at mabuti ka kasing anak kaya ka pinagpapala! that’s all I can say. no need to name names or to compare. may ibang galing din naman si sarah G. anu ba kayo.
September 11th, 2008 at 11:32 pm
Sana ilabas ulit nila yung station ID na ‘to
SABAY MAGSISIKAP SA IISANG PANGARAP,
MAGKARAMAY SA LUMBAY, MAGKASAMA SA LAHAT NG TAGUMPAY!
Napapanahon na station ID!
September 12th, 2008 at 2:03 am
ABS CBN proved that they picked a lousy juror during those days when Charice joined a singing competition in the said TV station…They chose an “image personality with the looks and money” to buy their product rather than real “talent”. That’s the case then.
and now they are saying that Charice is their own.
Sarah G. is just purely local “only” for “Philippine Use”. Sino boyfriend niya? si Jollibee? hehehe
Even if Sarah went to the USA she can’t make a Charice wonder…
Look at Kuh Ledesma…She went to America but failed…
September 12th, 2008 at 10:12 am
TAGLINE:
“Ang kay PEDRO ay kay PEDRO, at ang kay JUAN ay kay JUAN…”
SI CHARICE NAKAKA-PAG-GUEST SA IBAT IBANG SHOWS NG AMERICA…
SI SARAH GERONIMO NAMAN HAWAK NA ANG ALL TIME BOX GROSS NG CINE FILIPINO.
maaaring di nagawa ni sarah makapag-show sa OPRAH, ELLEN DEGENERES…
pero di din naman nagawa ni charice ang makapag - box office…
PAREHONG SINGER - pero magkaiba ang ibinigay na tadhana sa kanila…
at least - me ACHIEVEMENTS ang dalawang ito…
sinong BOYFRIEND ni SARAH.. Si Jollibee
hmmm naku, at least si SARAH me endorsement..
yun ibang KAPUSO starlet!
WALA!!! WALA!!!
si REGINE na pinakamalaking pambato ng KAPUSO WALA na rin…
pro okei lang yun.. at least me HOTDOG sya ni OGIE… hehehe.
eh sina JAYA, KARYLLE, JOLINA, JONALYN, KYLA, MARICRIS, GRETCHEN…
MERON BA?!? NAGTATANUNG LANG PO..
“SARAH GERONIMO AT CHARICE”
Certified KAPAMILYA.
September 12th, 2008 at 1:22 pm
Ayan we should learn from these lessons, dapat panalunin ang mga deserving sa competitions gaya sa Little Big Star kung saan 3rd place si Charice! She deserved to win pero mga pinoy na nag text vote wanted Sam Concepcion to win kase tisoy yung mokong! To stress my point, kung may Youtube rin sa panahon ni Nora Aunor, tiyak makikilala din siya sa buong mundo at mas papansinin kaysa kay Pilita Corales!
September 13th, 2008 at 9:03 am
si regine lang naman ang pambato ng kabila, wala na sila magaling na singer, pero tinatamad na din si regine kasi puro hotdog na lang ang inaasikaso niya.. kawawa naman sina jolina saka yun mga taga sop.. di na sila masyado kilala lalo na yun kyla saka yun jaya.. teka nga pala, nasan na si viray at si espina.. yun mga bago daw nila mga singer na wala naman sinabi kay charice at kay sarah.. wahahahahaa
September 13th, 2008 at 8:32 pm
grabe si charice! maswerteng maswerte talaga sya, sana ipagpatuloy lang nya yung pagpeperform
bihira lamang ang mga katulad nya na 15 pa lang ay kapantay na nya ang boses ni Celine Dion.
September 13th, 2008 at 10:48 pm
ang galing ng pinoy!
September 17th, 2008 at 8:14 pm
dati di nyo pinapansin si charice. ngayon inaangkin nyo na kapamilya sya. matapos ang contest at syay nabigo, ano b ginawa sa kanya na kapamilya nyo? Ano ha? meron ba? Ano nga baaaaaaaaaaaaaa???????????
September 22nd, 2008 at 3:28 pm
hello…
ano pki nyo f s asap lng c sarah nkkta………
at least si sara nd n kylngan png pmnta ng ibng bnsa pra lng sumikat kc d2 plng….
SIKAAAAAT NA XA!!
……..
September 28th, 2008 at 5:16 pm
Way back sa Little Big Star, runner up lang si Charice, Sad to sa y palakasan talaga sa Pilipinas… Kung sino ang may pera at suporta… siya ang mananalo at makikilala… Just like what happened kay Samuel Lawrence Lopez Concepcion…obviously since Little big star is a Kapamilya talent show… Sam is the winner because he has the blood of Lopez which runs the Kapamilya network.. And the deserving one like Charice are left behind… Ganito na ba talaga kalala sa Pinas…… And one thing Sarah its time for you to retire singing… Laos ka na….Pang ASAP ka lang noh! Cheers!
September 28th, 2008 at 5:18 pm
Isang Malupit na Sampal kay Sarah Geronimo ang pag-duet ni Charice kay Celine Dion…..Ito na ba ang wakas sa karera ni Sarah? Sarah Certfied Laos (soon to be) na kapamilya……
October 3rd, 2008 at 3:09 am
zzzzzzzzzzzzzz…
October 13th, 2008 at 8:48 am
hndi laos si sarah.. bkit nyu ba xa tnitira?? pre2ho lang taung pilipino hindi tau ang mgk2laban dito… dpat proud tau sa mga recognitions ng mga kba2yan ntin..