{"id":26311,"date":"2014-09-18T21:09:13","date_gmt":"2014-09-18T13:09:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/?p=26311"},"modified":"2014-09-18T21:12:24","modified_gmt":"2014-09-18T13:12:24","slug":"pinay-teener-is-ottawa-idol-winner","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/canadianinquirer.net\/v1\/2014\/09\/18\/pinay-teener-is-ottawa-idol-winner\/","title":{"rendered":"Pinay teener is Ottawa Idol winner"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Bernice Reyes (From the Ottawa Idol Facebook page)<\/a><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

CANADA \u2013 Filipinos in Ottawa were jubilant as a young \u201ckababayan\u201d \u2013 who moved to Canada only two years ago \u2013 bagged this year\u2019s Ottawa Idol competition.<\/p>\n

Fifteen-year-old Bernice Reyes wowed the people of Ottawa, besting youth from across the nation’s capital, from the auditions to the finals of the talent search.<\/p>\n

The competition saw a total of 120 young people audition for a spot in the Top 25. This was further narrowed down to 13 coveted slots during the show\u2019s finals.<\/p>\n

Reyes and her brother Marc both got into the Top 25, and subsequently into the Top 13.<\/p>\n

Judges were rendered speechless \u2013 with one moved to tears \u2013 over the young Filipina\u2019s rendition of Whitney Houston’s love ballad \u201cI Will Always Love You\u201d as she entered the finals.<\/p>\n

Her performance of Celine Dion\u2019s \u201cAll By Myself\u201d floored them yet again as entered the Top 6.<\/p>\n

But it was her rendition of \u201cLet it Go\u201d form Disney\u2019s \u201cFrozen\u201d movie that catapulted her to the top of the final three.<\/p>\n

Eldon Fox, contest founder had this to say of Reyes: “She’s probably the best voice that we’ve ever had. And especially at 15, imagine what she’s going to be like at 25. Celine Dion started there, too. She’s fantastic, that’s all I can say. I’m not a music person per se, but I know talent when I see it.”<\/p>\n

Fox added that kids like Reyes are the reason he founded the competition eleven years ago; to give young people the opportunity to showcase their talents and be discovered.<\/p>\n

The Filipina teener admits to always having big dreams of making it on the music scene.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that I will continue singing and use that as an advantage and probably, hopefully, be known internationally someday,” Reyes said.<\/p>\n

Reyes has no formal training in music, and her talent comes naturally. She started singing at the age of five, with her dad acting as her voice coach.<\/p>\n

As top winner of Ottawa Idol, Reyes will be given a chance to meet with Universal Music Canada, an original song for her to sing and record, $2,000 worth of recording time, an audition for a chance to sing the national anthem at an NHL Ottawa Senators game, and numerous appearances on television and radio shows.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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