Los Angeles, California—Four
Filipina singers have a chance to become the next Grand Champion Performer of
the World, the title bagged by Aria Clemente during last year's "Hollywood
Olympics."
Picked from hundreds of solo
vocalists competing at this year's World Championships of Performing Arts
(WCOPA), Filipina junior contestants Tippy dos Santos, Catherine
Loria, Rachel Razon (all 13 years old), and senior contestant
Marielle Corpuz, 22, made it to the final round that will be recorded
for U.S. and international television release on July 25, Friday, 7:30 p.m. at
the Westin Bonaventure Hotel.
Contestants come from
the U.S., Canada, Caribbean, Central and South America, Europe, Asia, and South
Africa.
The Philippines' junior
finalists will compete among each other, and with Courtney Mary Janssen of
New Zealand, and Oleksandr Chernenko of Ukraine in the junior solo vocal
category.
Meanwhile, the
Philippines' sole senior finalist will compete with Noryn Aziz of Malaysia, and
Andrew Clarke of Jamaica in the senior solo vocal category.
All vocal finalists
will vie for WCOPA's major titles: the
Grand Champion Vocalist of the World, and the Grand Champion Performer of
the World (previously won by Jed Madela in 2005 and Aria in 2007).
Included in the
competition categories are dance, vocal, modeling, acting, instrumental, and
variety acts.
Team Philippines'
Panky Trinidad, Dex De Rosa, Abegail Dorado, Glee Nette Gaddi, and the Sison
brothers (Marek, Enzo, Ruiz) made it to the semi-final round. They will receive semi-final round medals.
The rest of Team
Philippines' contestants this year failed to get ahead of the preliminary
round. Contestants in this round will receive gold, silver, and bronze medals,
etc. as special awards, depending on the scores given by the judges.
The other
representatives of the Philippines in the WCOPA were junior contestant Cherry
Palad as well as senior contestants CJ Concepcion, Paolo Ledesma, and Star
Records artist King.
The finals night of the 12th
WCOPA will take place at the Grand Ballroom of the Westin Bonaventure, downtown
Los Angeles on July 25.
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