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This year’s American Idol is… David!

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Exactly a month ago, we wrote that 15-year-old Filipino singing sensation Charice Pempengco will be featured on the US TV show Oprah alongside other talented kids in a special episode dubbed as “The World’s Smartest Kids.”

Yesterday, the show was aired and Charice proved why she deserved to be there. At the end of her powerful rendition of Whitney Houston’s I Have Nothing, host Oprah Winfrey had nothing but praises for Charice: “Girl, that was fantastic! Wow, wow, wow, wow, wow!”

The video of Charice’s performance on Oprah below.

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Here’s the complete list of successful examinees of the 2008 Civil Engineer Licensure Examination.

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The top rated US game show Deal or No Deal and host Howie Mandel are going around the world as it showcases three countries in its Deal or No Deal Around the World special edition.

Mandel and the contestants stopped by the Philippines, Estonia, and South Africa and taped episodes of the highly rated US game show.

In the Philippines, Mandel’s counterpart Kris Aquino graced the show and exchanged banter with Mandel and the contestants. Here’s a video of the first part featuring Mandel welcoming American televiewers to the show taped in the Philippines and Aquino explaining the differences between the Filipino and American versions of Deal or No Deal.

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Today we start a brand-new section in the blog, the “Seen This Week” section where we share interesting, weird or funny things we’ve seen that we’d like you to see. Armed with our digital cameras and camera phones, we take snapshots of anything we think you ought to see.

For our first edition, here are two photos of a car stuck in a street hole.

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You asked for it, you got it.

Here’s for those who previously requested that we put more pictures of the 14 housemates of ABS-CBN’s reality show Pinoy Big Brother Teen Edition Plus. Aside from adding more photos, we also updated each individual profile and it now contains a short bio of that housemate.

Click on the name of the PBB Teen housemate to see more of his or her photos!

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Forget FrancSwiss. Forget Royal Manchester Five. Forget Nigerian scam emails.

“Penis snatching” in Congo in Africa is, for me, the craziest scam I’ve seen in years.

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The star of Disney Channel’s Hannah Montana said she felt “so embarrassed” after pictures showing her naked back suggesting she was topless were released to the public.

In an interview with People, Miley said: “I took part in a photo shoot that was supposed to be ‘artistic’ and now, seeing the photographs and reading the story, I feel so embarrassed.”

“I never intended for any of this to happen, and I apologize to my fans, who I care so deeply about. My goal in my music and my acting is always to make people happy,” she added.

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A 13-year-old boy bullied at school over his love for opera is being tipped to become this season’s winner of the UK reality talent show Britain’s Got Talent.

Andrew Johnston last week sang an emotional rendition of Pie Jesu , a performance which moved judges and the audience to tears.

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New! Video of Charice Pempengco’s performance on The Oprah Winfrey Show: Oprah tells Charice: Fantastic! Wow, wow, wow!

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Fourteen-year-old Filipino singing sensation Charice Pempengco will appear on the US show Oprah as one of “The World’s Smartest Kids.”

A short video of the episode which shows some of the world’s most talented kids, including Charice Pempengco, was released by the show last week. Taping has been concluded early this month but the episode is scheduled to air in May.

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