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liveleak.com — Singing probably the most over done, badly done, "omg please tell me they're done" song ever mutilated in front of a live audience, a 12 year old South Korean girl enters stage center and stuns a television audience with the first five words of the song. I thought they were dubbing her voice at first..You'll find yourself wondering too.

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  • AmazingAaron, on 11/01/2007, -13/+25WOW! Crazy Good!
    • Dokument, on 10/28/2007, -3/+17this girl is 11 http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ozDh4NQveJs

      which is oddly enough the same song..and very similar voice...
      • weeeezzll, on 10/28/2007, -4/+7She has an amazing voice. However that Korean girl is much better..
      • bebop717, on 10/28/2007, -0/+8It's the same song but this Korean girl has much better stage presence and sounds like a woman, their voices are not similar.
        • sexyjannah, on 10/29/2007, -3/+0shes not korean shes a filipina from Philippines :) check some of her awesome performance at youtube type in her name.. :)
        • jjesusfreak01, on 10/29/2007, -3/+2And by stage presence you mean flailing her arms around like a lunatic, squatting every two seconds, and walking back and forth across the stage so often it makes me dizzy.

          I dont have to mention the american girl is cuter...
      • LouisC, on 11/03/2007, -0/+18I bet it was photoshopped.

        wait...
        • SniperZero, on 10/28/2007, -8/+1Don't you mean audioshopped lol!
        • sexyjannah, on 10/29/2007, -5/+0nope! its real voice a pure talent. shes not korean shes a filipina from Philippines :) her website chariceonline.com
    • euro22, on 12/17/2008, -27/+1Pics or it didn't happen.
      • AllenS, on 10/29/2007, -1/+12Feel free and go play in traffic right now.
      • Konstantino, on 10/28/2007, -0/+2If a picture is worth 1000 words, how about a video?
    • rolosworld, on 10/28/2007, -7/+1I know about Bianca Ryan... but the koren girl doesn't look real to me..
      • orbitingdreams, on 10/29/2007, -1/+5Actually she is not a korean girl. Please do your research. She is from the Philippines.
        • expatcatalyst, on 10/28/2007, -1/+8Yeah, it said it on the screen that she was a Filipina and that her mom and dad are singers, but exactly how many digg folks do you expect to read it in Korean?
          바보
    • MakinBacon, on 11/06/2007, -1/+14Okay, 12 year old Charice was great... 11 year old Bianca was fantastic... but hands down, you just HAVE to be blown away by 6-year-old Connie Talbot from Britain's Got Talent:
      http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2cnRXmMn2Ag

      (And she still has 5-6 years to catch up to the other girls).
      • hottyson, on 10/29/2007, -3/+1Damn it MakinBacon! Why did you put up that link!
        WARNING! don't click on the above link! It will make you tear.
        WARNING! Too adorable.
    • AirWind, on 10/28/2007, -1/+7Part 2 of video: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGN04x7xnMU
      SHE IS REAL. and shes NOT Korean, shes FILIPINO.
    • firebhaal, on 10/29/2007, -0/+8DID ANYONE WATCH THE SECOND PART

      SHE IS 15.

      "Hello I am Charice Pempengco and I'm 15 (that is 10+5) years old"
    • ianfranklin1, on 10/28/2007, -0/+0photoshopped...
  • heepajunk, on 10/30/2007, -8/+60Nice diaphragm control.
  • iepurilah, on 11/05/2007, -7/+333That's a real great voice...still, i'm wondering if it's for real
    • AgentKPB, on 11/06/2007, -21/+69It won't matter, in a couple years she'll be in rehab or lose her voice doing Japanese poo porn.
      • lazersailer, on 10/29/2007, -12/+2lol.
        together we can digg this to the front page.
        Just what digg needs: more useless crap.
      • Ory303, on 10/29/2007, -1/+11In a couple of years?
      • DemiRonin, on 10/29/2007, -7/+7...what.... y would u say something like that....u realize thisis korean right?
      • TheJokerV, on 10/28/2007, -0/+1Or because of the fact that she is going to hit puberty and her voice is going to change anyway.
    • ursername180, on 10/28/2007, -11/+6Yeah... Her L's actually sounded like L's instead or R's... *giggle*
    • Kanidia, on 11/04/2007, -6/+75Photoshopped.
      • zweben, on 11/04/2007, -2/+46I can tell by the sound pixels.
        • weeeee, on 11/05/2007, -0/+0nah! its not fake.. hehe funny to read comments like this! sh'es a great singer in the philippines and you can even key in her name in youtube for you to know that she's for real! ok!
      • weeeee, on 11/05/2007, -0/+0nah! its not fake.. hehe funny to read comments like this! sh'es a great singer in the philippines and you can even key in her name in youtube for you to know that she's for real! ok!
    • blackjack75, on 10/30/2007, -0/+26It's perfectly credible since:
      a) She's 15, not 12 (could have that voice)
      b) She's Filipina, not Korean (could have that accent)

      http://www.asianbite.com/default.asp?Display=1167
  • Insanitation, on 11/08/2007, -44/+215Damn....misleading title.
    • Guy4, on 11/08/2007, -5/+96Ok... let's just leave it at that and not add on to that sentence.
    • Jibberwalk, on 11/01/2007, -5/+29Man... you're getting dugg down... but that was awesome.
    • warkro, on 11/04/2007, -5/+11Filipino not Korean. The show was in Korea, but she was a guest in that show.
      • CCoe, on 10/29/2007, -1/+2Filipina. Filipino is the male version. Believe me, I lived in the Philippines for 17 years.
    • solidsnake1298, on 11/01/2007, -11/+3@Insanitation
      Except a visit from the 4chan party van.
    • badassninja, on 11/05/2007, -0/+63Why don't you take a seat. Yeah, take a seat .. right over here.
    • Gnasche, on 11/04/2007, -0/+15I think he meant that it was actually video taped.
    • EvilYoshi89, on 11/01/2007, -7/+4AHAHHAHAH
    • theblt, on 11/01/2007, -7/+6Giggity
    • civdis24, on 11/04/2007, -4/+10You're a sick *****, aren't you?
    • Ramble, on 11/01/2007, -9/+3Please no-one else digg this down or up, we need to keep it at 69 diggs..
      • SuperCUBE, on 10/29/2007, -1/+2Ironically it's at 96 diggs right now.
    • KrayzieKyd, on 11/01/2007, -1/+2"Dude, I was totally thinking about something else."

      ~Tucker from RvB
  • dampcloth, on 10/29/2007, -31/+12Not the best ever
  • chaosmachine, on 10/31/2007, -6/+53this is surreal.
  • AriaStar, on 11/06/2007, -105/+7I think the audience was stunned than a Korean can sing. Not meaning to sound racist, but people from countries such as Korea, China, and Japan aren't known for being able to sing on key. David Hasselhoff and Jackie Chan, neither who can sing for ***** by American standards, are singing sensations over there for a reason.
    • anewname, on 10/31/2007, -0/+14What? Dude, Boa has some pipes on her. So does Yuki from Bennie K.
    • Mononuclear, on 10/31/2007, -2/+32Just because there is a "bad karaoke" stereotype doesn't mean they can't sing. There are many Korean, Chinese, and Japanese singers that are amazing. The same is true for any country. Get a brain and stop believing in stereotypes.
    • xstarsprinklesx, on 11/06/2007, -2/+50"Not to sound racist, but.." [insert racist comment] LAME
      • Mononuclear, on 10/28/2007, -1/+5If you pretext things with "Not to sound rude" etc then you can say whatever you want
        • capiCrimm, on 10/28/2007, -7/+2Not to sound round, BUT IZ IN URZ COMMENTZ MAKIN DEM RACIST

          Wow. It even works with LOLcat!
        • acdcfanbill, on 10/29/2007, -1/+8"I don't wanna sound like a queer or nothin, but I'd really like to have sex with you tonight!"
        • Mrlncognito, on 10/28/2007, -0/+1HAHA!
    • RunnyBabbit, on 10/28/2007, -1/+6I'm not sure what you mean. The languages (especially the tonal ones) don't allow for the same kind of singing your western ears are used to.
    • spootmonkey, on 10/31/2007, -1/+10Utada Hikaru!.....I rest my case.
      • Fiyerstorm, on 10/28/2007, -0/+3Yeah, Utada is amazing. She's the one of the only Japanese singers to break into the American market with moderate success. Gackt is pretty good too cept he's creepy.
      • Zalyster, on 10/28/2007, -0/+1Hitomi. Nuff said.
    • rootsthatruin, on 10/28/2007, -0/+5Popular American musical artists are usually pretty great too, aren't they?
    • jimmy87lee, on 10/31/2007, -1/+14you're racist
    • jellygraph, on 10/28/2007, -0/+2what the ***** are you talking about.... seriously, get a head check... _w_t_f_
    • KanchoBukkakeku, on 10/28/2007, -0/+4Aki hoshino:
      http://ciberchix.smartvideochannel.com/media/playv ...

      See!? She's talented!
    • MaceSoul, on 10/31/2007, -5/+7You don't know what the ***** you're talking about. 9 out of 10 Asians have perfect pitch, compared to about 1 out of 100 of Americans.
      Here: http://short-schrift.blogspot.com/2007/09/bigger-t ... Go ***** learn something you racist bastard.
      • Cowmin, on 10/28/2007, -0/+4since when does having perfect pitch make you sing well?
    • Mrlncognito, on 10/31/2007, -1/+6What the hell are you talking about Jackie Chan is an accomplished singer...I live in Hong Kong, his home town...And I have never heard once about him singing, seen a Jackie Chan CD / Poster or an advertisement for a poster once in the 16 years I have lived here..People would take Jackie Singing as a joke over here... Don't take everything your 13 year old friends say in the playground at face value...Dick! I am half Chinese and my sister has an amazing voice! Asia is littered with karaoke bars! they are ***** everywhere...You think people go there to look like idiots?
      You are just talking *****...***** racist bitch. Have you ever left the United States (Going to Mexico to get ***** up doesn't count!) ? Do you even have a passport? *****!
      "Not meaning to sound like a racist"?
      How can you put that before your ***** comments on half of the worlds population...
      You know how many bars I have walked into in the states and heard people singing along to the jukebox...Funny would be a vast ***** understatement
      Dick!
    • FongoBongo, on 10/28/2007, -0/+2"Not meaning to sound racist" - a ***** prelude to something which is racist - what a dumb *****

      I'm not going to accuse this bitch for being racist, we already know she is. What I am going to say is, what the ***** is with her cherry cola dyed hair. She looks but ugly. If only digg had an "send message" feature.
    • MaruLono, on 10/29/2007, -0/+1first off, don't you read the comments posted before you? secondly, she's filipina, not korean. and thirdly... thirdly asians are just as awesome singers as anyone else in the world.
    • s0nicfreak, on 10/29/2007, -0/+1It's not that asian singers don't sing on key... it's just that asian listeners mostly enjoy different keys than american listeners (I think)...

      As spootmonkey said, Utada Hikaru is good "by american standards"... I think it's because she's from New York.

      I'm more used to Japanese singing, and I can't stand Japanese bands/singers that try to sing all american-like... if that makes sense...

      And let's not get into the fact that most american singers don't actually sing...
    • qber, on 10/29/2007, -0/+1William Hung isn't representative of all Asian singers. Get some culture, you racist bitch. Besides, plenty of westerners are tone deaf too.
  • JohnDavis730, on 11/06/2007, -86/+95not real, you can tell. the voice is far to mature for her age. the vibrato in her voice wouldn't be able to be achieved until after puberty.
    • giveer, on 11/06/2007, -6/+111Bianca Ryan - Sang the very same song almost 2 years ago on Britain's got talent - and has an equally powerful voice - when she was 11 - not 12. Youtube it. But hey, you're the vocal expert I guess.
    • 0zzy, on 10/30/2007, -3/+45Maybe she already achieved puberty?
      • mkameli, on 11/06/2007, -0/+30Yeah, it's not too hard to unlock that achievement.
        • wesd, on 10/29/2007, -2/+0Thanks, I just squirted milky cereal out of my nose! :D
    • euro22, on 12/17/2008, -2/+68and alot of girls hit puberty by 12..
    • cactus476, on 10/28/2007, -20/+6And the voice over award goes to....

      It's fake people.
    • schniff, on 10/28/2007, -1/+18ummm... females on average have their first period around age 12. But some (less than 10%) can have theirs earlier. Not impossible, just an anomaly.
      • Mononuclear, on 10/28/2007, -6/+4Average age is 12 but less than 10% have it younger? I don't think you know what the word average means...
        • Firehed, on 10/28/2007, -3/+4No, you don't. Think: 80% at 12, 10% before 12, 10% after 12, or something vaguely resembling that. That's an average of 12 with 10% before that. Twit.
          • Mononuclear, on 10/29/2007, -5/+4You really think 80% have it at 12? Do you have any daughters or sisters?
        • Lobstertacular, on 10/29/2007, -1/+4yeah, see, it wouldn't make any sense if the median age was twelve. go statistic power!
      • natastna2, on 10/28/2007, -0/+2I heard their periods attract bears!
    • xstarsprinklesx, on 10/28/2007, -0/+14Look her up on YouTube, there are other videos of her singing other songs.
    • theeEqualizer, on 10/29/2007, -2/+42You are as wrong as you could possibly be. Have you ever seen a video of Christina Aguilera performing as a child? She had a voice that mature and with the same flawless intonation before she was ten. It's uncommon. But it does happen occasionally. And having seen lip syncing both very well done and very badly done for over forty years now, as well as personally having years of live vocal performance experience, I can assure you, this video is not a fake.
      • TheChihuahua, on 10/28/2007, -2/+29Thank you Phil Collins.
        • theeEqualizer, on 10/28/2007, -0/+11I'd prefer to be mistaken for Peter Gabriel, thank you. Unless you happen to see me behind a drum kit.
          • greggh, on 10/29/2007, -0/+6I wonder if anyone else gets this... Nice reference.
        • Mononuclear, on 10/28/2007, -0/+3You are the Cadburry gorilla drummer?
        • donkeySays, on 10/28/2007, -2/+1Billy Ray Cyrus!
      • DMCer, on 10/28/2007, -6/+3Yes, I watch Christina Aguilera's child star videos ALL the time...
    • WolverineBlue, on 10/28/2007, -0/+3Just so we can put some numbers on this: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Puberty#Average_timin ...
      I know it's not the same demographic, but it gives a general idea.
    • oilcan, on 10/28/2007, -1/+6check out some old school footage of Christina Aguilera. she could sound like a huge black woman at the age of like 8 or something as well. :)
    • skim1420, on 10/28/2007, -4/+2WTF does puberty have to do with vibrato?
    • ElvisLives, on 11/04/2007, -0/+26The title was inaccurate - she was 14 years old at the time of this video. Secondly, her name is Charice Pempengco and she is Filipina, which is why she speaks English.
      Bottom line - creepy but real.
    • Progrockusa, on 10/28/2007, -2/+2Bianca Ryan sang that song much better imo and she was only 11 when she performed on stage.
      this girl don't have very good vibrato control
    • sexyjannah, on 10/28/2007, -0/+2shes not korean shes a filipina from Philippines :) check some of her awesome performance at youtube type in her name.. :)
    • s0nicfreak, on 10/29/2007, -0/+1I went to a visual and performing arts school majoring in vocal... I've heard girls 12 and younger sing like this.
  • Slimtoad, on 11/05/2007, -32/+94Holy voiceover Batman...
    • jjmarq, on 10/29/2007, -1/+1give credit where credit's due you talentless idiot!
  • hydrodev, on 10/28/2007, -51/+4NSFW NSFW!
    • CCoe, on 10/29/2007, -0/+2Do you work at the National Rehabilitation Centre for Paedophiles?
  • dathutmeballs, on 10/30/2007, -7/+49does this mean she speaks english well without an accent?
  • newmanator77, on 10/31/2007, -3/+59It sounded like that girl from america's got talent...I think her name was Bianca Ryan
    EDIT: check it out
    http://youtube.com/watch?v=ozDh4NQveJs
    • maley, on 10/28/2007, -1/+3Gah! I was just going to post this! This girls is crazy for 11.
    • drmsucks, on 10/29/2007, -0/+2The Korean girl's not nearly as good as Bianca, IMO.
    • drmsucks, on 10/28/2007, -0/+1Bianca is much better, IMO.
  • mrASSMAN, on 10/29/2007, -8/+9Woooa--aaahh!!
  • postpawl, on 10/28/2007, -24/+13Agreed, total voice over.
  • Spoomeister, on 10/28/2007, -20/+8I am so, so, so glad that this is NOT what I thought it was when I first read the headline.
    And yes, I know deep down just what a horrible person I am for thinking that.
    • fxu1989, on 10/28/2007, -0/+3Well somebody has a guilty conscience.

      Expect the partyvan outside your door mister.
  • jackalsclaw, on 10/29/2007, -21/+10that's not her voice!
    • orbitingdreams, on 10/28/2007, -3/+2ignorant boob, do your homework before you speak out of your ass.
  • Dylson, on 10/28/2007, -17/+8Meh. Probably fake.
  • pukiman, on 11/08/2007, -20/+268Photoshoped.
    • amrz, on 10/29/2007, -29/+2More like videoshopped.
    • comedianX, on 10/29/2007, -6/+6More like ProTooled.
      • weeeee, on 11/05/2007, -0/+0nah! its not fake.. hehe funny to read comments like this! sh'es a great singer in the philippines and you can even key in her name in youtube for you to know that she's for real! ok!
    • Genjeta, on 10/29/2007, -3/+1Hahaha....you win this time photoshop.
      • weeeee, on 11/05/2007, -0/+0this is real! she's a great singer in the Philippines! you can check her out in youtube.com by keying in her name as charice pempengco if you're not really convince. fyi: she already signed a contract in sweden. hope she penetrates the international market coz she's really talented.
    • Zalyster, on 11/04/2007, -1/+7More like After Effected.
    • chrisbarr, on 11/04/2007, -2/+11Final Cut Pro'ed
    • Kanidia, on 10/29/2007, -5/+5Windows Movie Makered
      • weeeee, on 11/05/2007, -0/+0this is real! she's a great singer in the Philippines! you can check her out in youtube.com by keying in her name as charice pempengco if you're not really convince. fyi: she already signed a contract in sweden. hope she penetrates the international market coz she's really talented.
    • freehunter, on 10/29/2007, -1/+4Premier Pro'd
    • metsrule3186, on 10/29/2007, -2/+2Avid!
    • AlxRymnd914, on 10/29/2007, -1/+0Sony Vegas'ed? ....nah.
    • Anoobis, on 10/29/2007, -0/+2MS PAINT!! PAINT DID IT
      • jjesusfreak01, on 10/29/2007, -0/+2You have no idea what can be done in MS paint...
        • weeeee, on 11/05/2007, -0/+0this is real! she's a great singer in the Philippines! you can check her out in youtube.com by keying in her name as charice pempengco if you're not really convince. fyi: she already signed a contract in sweden. hope she penetrates the international market coz she's really talented.
  • mjpark, on 11/06/2007, -2/+74My favorite part was near the end when the two guys in the background gave each other a double high five followed by a hug.
    • Zalyster, on 10/28/2007, -0/+1My favorite part was the lady in the audience with that Lazytown hair.
  • Indarios, on 10/29/2007, -26/+21I call lip syncing on that
    • bjornski, on 10/28/2007, -10/+6Me too, especially being able to hold some of the tones as she walks. And unless it's just a poorly encoded video, there are obvious disparities between her mouth movements and some of the vocals.

      Nice try though. Britney has got a run for her money here.

      She certainly didn't pull an Ashley.
    • monospaced, on 10/28/2007, -4/+6You're wrong. She's not lip-syncing. Look her up.
    • sexyjannah, on 10/28/2007, -1/+0nope! its real pure talent..http://youtube.com/watch?v=2asM9yzvEiI
    • Aindrea, on 10/29/2007, -0/+1just because she's Korean, you call lip-syncing? If she was American I bet you, you'd call her going to American Idol.
    • Aindrea, on 10/29/2007, -1/+1just because she's Korean, you call lip-syncing? If she was American I bet you, you'd call her going to American Idol.
  • Kkemepobo, on 11/08/2007, -5/+73No It's real, google her name "Charice Pempengco" and you get two more videos of her singing.
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0iNuf4V0SY
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I1hLURkIh7E
    • allocate, on 10/30/2007, -1/+6http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V0iNuf4V0SY

      Check out the faces at 2:00 -- awesome.
    • qwertyuio, on 10/30/2007, -1/+5Oh yeah, no way there'd be THREE fake videos...
      • oilcan, on 10/28/2007, -1/+0jesus god, you could sit this girl in front of you and have her perform and you'd *still* call it fake. the evidence is overwhelming, my friend, if you but even try to look this girl up.
    • cnot3, on 10/29/2007, -0/+2fool me once, shame on you, fool me twice, shame on me... fool me three times, and I guess its fo realz
    • tehnico, on 10/30/2007, -0/+2Google Milli Vanilli, you'll get a lot more then two videos of them 'singing'.
  • nobullmouth, on 10/29/2007, -33/+3So seriously fake. Why would she be singing in English with Korean text all over the screen. I mean if she did wouldn't they be translating the song in Korean for the viewers. I call BS.
    • notmark, on 10/28/2007, -1/+8Having lived in Korea, I can tell you that this happens all the time. Maybe it's fake, but that's not odd at all.
    • navitatl, on 10/28/2007, -0/+7You've obviously never watched asian television.
    • Mononuclear, on 10/28/2007, -0/+9What?? If she sings in English they use Korean subtitles so people can understand it... It's the same if you go to a movie in Korea where the audio is in english.. they put Korean text all over the screen....

      People often sing songs in the original language of the song in places where that language isn't generally spoken.. Your comment makes no sense at all
    • inajeep, on 10/28/2007, -0/+6You speak with such little knowledge I fell sorry for you.
  • bradcrc, on 11/02/2007, -5/+55doesn't make sense how that voice could physically come out of that small body.


    but then, science has never explained rick astley either. If that's really her singing, then kudos to her. I just wish they showed the interview afterwards, I bet she talks very quietly, which would be quite a contrast.
    • perfectprint, on 10/29/2007, -1/+27hahahaha. 'science has never explained rick astley'. gold!
      • Woah_G!, on 10/28/2007, -1/+4I want to see a 12 year old boy singing a rick astley song on TV.

        Or at least introduce a song to hype everyone up, and then blow them away with a rick roll.
        • Whackly, on 10/28/2007, -5/+1where's the rick roll?
        • ernasty10050, on 10/28/2007, -1/+1"Or at least introduce a song to hype everyone up, and then blow them away with a rick roll."
          Watch American Idol this season. 4chan's got something up its sleeve.
    • patch6, on 10/28/2007, -0/+4rick astley's a reincarnated black dude
    • browman, on 10/28/2007, -0/+2Rick Astley is just Kylie played at the wrong speed, I thought everyone knew that!
    • weeeee, on 11/05/2007, -0/+0this aint fake. the girl can sing. go to youtube and key in her name charice pempengco and you'll see. she's a great singer in the philippines.
  • arichard, on 10/29/2007, -18/+8This is a youth lip-synching competition.
  • goerg, on 10/28/2007, -8/+2i liked the bubbles...
  • TheSilentNumber, on 10/28/2007, -19/+5Well...she's great at lip syncing.
  • swicklund, on 10/28/2007, -18/+6How do we know this isn't a Korean lip-syncing contest?
  • giveer, on 11/06/2007, -10/+65What the hell is with the folks calling fake? Have you ever heard of 'gifted' or savants? They exist you know. She wasn't pulling your dad out of her ass. She was singing a song. Much better than you ever will. Yeah, that's just f*cking crazy, I mean, let's fake THAT.
    • jorgepblank, on 10/28/2007, -1/+4It's just that there's been a shortage of those here that people forgot that they really do exist.
    • chrisbarr, on 10/29/2007, -1/+26"She wasn't pulling your dad out of her ass"
      What?
    • Spuy767, on 10/28/2007, -4/+7While savant technically means simply a gifted person, the word has generally been taken to mean a person with only a single profound talent who is in all other capacities mentally retarded, i.e. idiot savant. Being called a savant would probably be taken as more of an insult today as it would be interpereted as one saying, "You can do that well, but otherwise, you're an imbecile."
      • RxDaniel, on 10/28/2007, -2/+5If you are insulted by someone calling you a savant, then you are an imbecile.
      • geekwithsoul, on 10/28/2007, -0/+4"Savant" does not equal "idiot savant" -- thus proving you are neither
    • eatbeefjerky, on 11/06/2007, -2/+10Dugg for "she wasn't pulling your dad out of her ass"
    • MagicCake, on 11/04/2007, -1/+6Wow, I'm going to start dropping "she wasn't pulling your dad out of her ass" in everyday conversations. Thanks man.
    • OutThisLife, on 10/30/2007, -0/+4I'm lol'ing still.
    • BIGJ539, on 10/29/2007, -1/+1hahahahahah thats great
  • Rob223, on 10/28/2007, -25/+8This is what comes when you get korean parents who push their kids WAAAAAAAY too hard.
    *child abuse*
    • fantasyflamz, on 10/28/2007, -2/+3she's phillipino not korean
      • orbitingdreams, on 10/31/2007, -0/+1Again, what is the deal with people speaking out of ignorance here. People almost have to be told, like children, to do their homework first.
      • rubenz, on 10/29/2007, -0/+1"Filipino" or "Pilipino."
        Never "Phillipino."
        • fantasyflamz, on 10/31/2007, -0/+1Sorry about that and thanks for the correction.
  • DoubleyouTeeEff, on 11/04/2007, -2/+34So that's where all the musical talent went...

  • brwright, on 10/29/2007, -5/+30look at around 3:05 to 3:15, that would be amazing lip syncing. Real in my opinion. Even if it was fake she did a great job faking!
    • weeeee, on 11/05/2007, -0/+0nah! its not fake.. hehe funny to read comments like this! sh'es a great singer in the philippines and you can even key in her name in youtube for you to know that she's for real! ok!
  • mal1964, on 10/28/2007, -15/+6Its really Milli Vanilli singing in the background
  • DarkenKO, on 10/28/2007, -12/+2meh... so so. there was a girl on the british version of american idol who sang much better!
    • orbitingdreams, on 10/28/2007, -1/+1Well you don't see anyone digging up her story.
  • Gaalsien, on 10/28/2007, -11/+6Kill it with fire! Do it now!
  • CrimsonBlur, on 10/31/2007, -3/+27There are too many times here where a voiceover would have been completely botched if this were not real. If this was a voiceover, this little girl is the best lipsync artist I have ever seen. If you've seen live performances of artists who lipsync there are very specific things they do to hide it, like hold the mic in a way that covers their mouth, do a lot of dancing, etc. When they don't, it's pretty easy to tell that what they are singing is not coming through the speakers. The argument that her voice couldn't possibly sound like this before puberty is totally false, I've heard many girls with voices like this around her age, many artists that are still performing. There are plenty of other videos like this that you can find on the Internet that are real.

    I'm not sure I'd say this is "hands down the pest performance by a 12-year-old ever", there is at least one video like this where I know the girl was 11, but this is probably in the top 5 that I've ever seen.
    • CrimsonBlur, on 10/31/2007, -1/+8Just to add to my point above, I watched the video again and there is a very specific point where you can tell for sure it is her singing. When she goes over to the judges (or whoever those guys are), she messes up one of the lines and you can see her doing it, and it comes through in the audio.
    • sexyjannah, on 10/29/2007, -1/+0its real shes not a korean either shes a filipino..check some of her awesome performance in youtube..http://youtube.com/watch?v=FU0xTkqDvyQ
    • andy3109, on 10/30/2007, -1/+1What are your qualifications out of curiosity?
  • WildBil, on 10/28/2007, -3/+4I love her singing. WOW
    • orbitingdreams, on 10/28/2007, -1/+0I know, she has a great voice. I enjoyed watching her other videos too.
    • Elliuotatar, on 10/28/2007, -0/+1I hate her singing. I find that style of female singing to be incredibly grating. She sounds like a female Louis Armstrong.
  • cryptomystic, on 10/29/2007, -17/+5If this was an American girl nobody would be talking about lip syncing or fake, digg's racists are out in force today.
    • fantasticFlan, on 10/28/2007, -2/+11That's *****. Internet people think anything not totally mundane is fake regardless of race, gender, nationality, species, etc.
    • GuyHitByTruck, on 10/28/2007, -1/+3If this were an American girl, we'd be debating how long it would take for her life to take a nosedive, a la Britney Spears.
  • AZooYorkMystery, on 10/28/2007, -14/+8Sorry. I refuse to watch any performance with thousands of bubble flying past their face (it's a personal rule of mine).
    • Whackly, on 10/28/2007, -0/+3k... so you didn't watch it.. but you know about the bubbles... Kiff! Get me some paper.... and bring me a rock!
  • commonkon, on 10/30/2007, -3/+96Charice Pempengco, she's Filipino and 15 in this video.

    Second half of the same show: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KGN04x7xnMU
    They do a little interview, she sings a cappella, and does a duet ("A Whole New World").
    This isn't a "OMG, I can't believe you can't tell Asian apart" post. It is a Korean show and I would've thought the same thing, had I not googled her name.
    • CrimsonBlur, on 10/29/2007, -0/+13Why is anyone digging this down? Totally relevant and proves without a doubt there's no voiceover trickery going on in her performances.
      • orbitingdreams, on 10/28/2007, -0/+3People here seem to love leaving ignorant comments. Even more than that, speaking out of their ass.
    • Kazbaeden, on 10/28/2007, -0/+4Incredible to hear her talk
    • HuFlungPu, on 10/30/2007, -2/+1She speaks very good English for someone who has it as their second language.
      • dasdef, on 10/30/2007, -2/+1yeah she outsmarts that korean in english haha
      • superbonbon, on 11/04/2007, -0/+7I think English is an official language in the Philippines
      • had3l, on 10/30/2007, -0/+4She speaks it better than many people that learned it as a first language lol.
      • HYPEractive, on 10/28/2007, -0/+2Tagalog is the language most widely used (along with Cebu), but pretty much all Filipinos speak english.
    • Novion76, on 10/28/2007, -0/+2for those wondering, the guy who sang with her is K-pop singer "Super Junior"
  • blagoaw, on 10/28/2007, -3/+3Seems real to me. She does have an accent -- If you concentrate on it, you'll find it's a little uncomfortable making out what she's saying (accent). That's not too much of a criticism though -- Her voice is crazy good.
  • jesta2817, on 10/28/2007, -2/+7It's definitely real.

    Here's her performing the same song
    http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OrZwCSMNi7Y

    • AndrewDB, on 01/10/2008, -4/+1How, and why do they sound exactly alike if you cue them up to play them at the exact same time?

      Somethings a miss here.

      No performer can perform the same song exactly the same way twice, unless..
  • Junrin, on 10/28/2007, -2/+10strange to see a filipino on a korean show...
    • orbitingdreams, on 10/28/2007, -0/+1Why. Doesn't seem strange at all actually.
    • toast1226, on 10/29/2007, -1/+3I think she is korean just from the phillipines -- because she looks korean.
    • blackjack75, on 10/28/2007, -1/+1That would explain why seems to sing in english like she was born in the U.S. there's no way a native korean girl would sing with such little accent.
      • WaterDragon, on 10/28/2007, -0/+1What a strange idea that is!
        In New York City, there are people born and raised here with all different kinds of accents...and languages. Doesn't that happen in other places too?
  • everlearn, on 10/28/2007, -3/+3YIKES! Now dat is what I call singing!
    She even has her own website. Google it!
    (also sings ' I wanna dance with somebody' and The Reason'... talk about range!)
    • VitaminH, on 10/28/2007, -2/+1Careful, a google search shows her website may be virus/badware ridden...
  • penguinomint, on 10/29/2007, -0/+5impressive
  • sfacets, on 10/28/2007, -15/+2Either she's a freak - or, more realistically, it is a voice-over.
    • orbitingdreams, on 10/28/2007, -0/+4Maybe you should try reasearching her before leaning towards some conclusion that is false.
  • XandraX, on 10/28/2007, -15/+10Even if it is real, i hate that...Kermit the Frog singing style used by her and many pop singers. It sounds like they're being strangled. If only they were...
    • samgab, on 10/28/2007, -0/+4Why are there so many songs about rainbows; and what's on the other side?
    • duddles, on 10/28/2007, -0/+6I know what you mean - I hate people like Beyonce that just jump around from note to note, but I liked how this girl sounded.
    • GuyHitByTruck, on 10/28/2007, -0/+3Shakira still has most of them beat when it comes to the Kermit the Frog style, but I definitely agree with you.
      • duddles, on 10/28/2007, -1/+1Ah, but her belly dancing... second to none!
      • Brassbud, on 10/28/2007, -0/+0What's weird is she turns it on and off every other word, goffy sounding, but ear catching.
    • dkmooninite, on 10/28/2007, -0/+0Honestly, I think Owen Wilson takes the cake for the Kermit the Frog style thing, but that may just be me.
    • Koookie, on 10/28/2007, -0/+1This is one problem in Digg. If you aren't all "Ooh, aah, the mostest amasingsmost tehh evers", batallions of 14 year old internet troopers will digg you down. I totally agree about Kermit-style, dugg up!
  • fantasyflamz, on 10/28/2007, -2/+9If you actually look up the girl, she's not a fake and she was in little big star and was a finalist. She sang that song and it was amazing!
    • DIAF, on 10/31/2007, -1/+2why the hell did she not win?
      • fantasyflamz, on 10/31/2007, -0/+2Seriously, I looked up the people who were above her (1'st and 2'nd place) and the 1st place guy is so not as good as her and he has a pop-ish voice that is kinda weak. I think there was some controversy over why he won (bribing or something). Although the guy who was in 2nd has a nice voice, it's sweet and soft, it's not as good as her powerful voice.
        • santoki67, on 10/28/2007, -0/+0it's not always the best voice that wins a competition. Look at all the seasons of American Idol and other sing competitions... the most succesful artists are many times not those who end up winning a competition...
  • bwpayne, on 11/04/2007, -38/+5She's Asian, it doesn't count.
    • realityiswhere, on 11/04/2007, -1/+17You don't count. See we buried you, now you disappear.
    • orbitingdreams, on 10/28/2007, -1/+2Seriously what is up with all these dumb people being as*holes
    • KanchoBukkakeku, on 10/29/2007, -1/+5What are you talking about? Asians are great at math!
  • xsni, on 11/06/2007, -2/+0Meh. :P
  • pentak, on 11/04/2007, -1/+6It's real you morons.
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