Charice Pempengco on Sharon Cuneta

Charice Pempengco on Sharon Cuneta's weekly show.

Charice has also appeared on Ellen Degeneres, Oprah Winfrey, and Paul O' Grady.

Charice Pempengco on Oprah Winfrey May 12

Charice Pempengco was on Oprah with her performance of Whitney Houston's 'I Have Nothing' on May 12, 2008 in Chicago, USA. The picture above was Oprah's reaction to Charice's performance.

If you live in the US, and you missed the live broadcast and would like to record it, the magic of my TiVo says that this episode of Oprah will be re-airing this Saturday, May 17 at 11:35 pm on ABC.

After her stirring rendition of the Whitney Houston song I Have Nothing, an emotional Charice told Oprah, “I’m always dreaming that someday I can be a part of your show. I can’t believe I’m here standing with you. This is my dream come true.”

The 15-year-old singing wonderkind has been a very busy girl making her rounds of the top international talk shows, from Sweden, Korea, the United States and England.

She is now a sought-after guest on TV shows after being discovered by Ellen DeGeneres on Youtube and guesting Charice on her top rated show. Ellen admires Charice for her amazing vocal skills.

Charice Pempengco debut album Star Records

Charice Pempengco, the 15-year-old Filipina singing sensation who has enchanted the world through Ellen Degeneres, Paul O' Grady, and through Youtube, will release her self-titled debut album under Star Records. The six-track CD entitled 'Charice' will be available at all record stores and National Bookstores by the end of the month.

Through the help of Nixon Sy, audio marketing unit head of Star Records, PEP (Philippine Entertainment Portal) was able to speak with Charice on the phone. The young singer, who will turn 15 on May 10, was then having her album pictorial with celebrated photographer Ronnie Salvacion.

How does she feel about having her first album?

"Hindi ko po ine-expect kasi matagal ko na pong gustong magka-album. Masaya po ako na nabigyan ako ng chance na makagawa ng album under Star Records," says Charice gratefully.

Charice was the third placer in the ABS-CBN talent search Little Big Star aired in 2006. Since then, she has become popular for her YouTube videos that paved the way for her to guest in Ellen as well as the British talk show Paul O'Grady Show.

This time, she joins nine other kids in showcasing their unique talents for the May 12 episode of the American TV show Oprah, hosted by popular personality Oprah Winfrey, of course.

Canadian record producer-songwriter David Foster was the one who told Oprah Winfrey about Charice, prompting the TV host to book the Filipina singer as a guest in her show. Charice performed the Whitney Houston song "I Have Nothing" for the episode titled "World's Smartest Kids."

What did Oprah tell Charice after performing her song?

"Hindi raw siya makapaniwala na ganun ang boses kasi maliit raw ako," narrates Charice. "Si David Foster po ang nagsabi kay Oprah tungkol sa akin. Sabi po niya, ‘She's a show stopper.' Naiyak nga po ako nang sinabi niya yun."

She adds: "Hindi rin po ako makapaniwala...niyakap niya [Oprah] ako...sina Mommy, lahat sila po sila umiiyak."

Charice was in Chicago, U.S.A., during the first week of April to shoot the episode, which took two hours to tape.

"I Have Nothing" is one of the songs included in her debut album. The other songs are "Mama" by Smokey Mountain plus the two songs she sang in Ellen—"I Will Always Love You" and "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going."

Two original songs, penned by Swedish songwriters, titled "Born to Love You Forever" and "It Can Only Get Better" are also included in the six-track album Charice. PEP

Ellen Degeneres praises Filipino singers

Ellen DeGeneres recently featured Journey lead singer Arnel Pineda on her program, "The Ellen DeGeneres Show". The popular American comedienne and TV host shared some details on how Pineda turned out to be the newest vocalist of the band.

Charice Pempengco guest starred on the Paul O'Grady Show in Britain on April 8 and blew the audience away.

DeGeneres said: "This guy, this is not lipsinging he's actually singing. His name is Arnel Pineda, (shows clip of Pineda while singing) anyways he is incredible! So the guitarist from journey Neal Schon saw this video and he sent email to Arnel and Arnel emailed back and now Arnel is in the studio recording the Journey album. He is gonna be the lead singer of "Journey" how cool is that. Let that be a lesson to you don't stop believing. And i think i want him on the show I think we were talking to him about he maybe on the show -- I think the whole band."

Ellen also said that there are lots of talented singers from the Philippines and mentioned Charice Pempengco, who guested on her show and drew a lot of attention from viewers around the world. Ellen said she would like Arnel and Journey to guest star on her show.

I've been a fan of Ellen Degeneres practically my entire life, since I was a little kid and used to watch her great and funny TV sitcom, all the way til her talk show, and it's just so wonderful to have the support from someone that you grew up with and looked up to since you were a kid. God bless Ellen, we love you!