[? Kristen, ?] right?
Yes.
Thanks for being here.
You're gonna interpret-- you speak a little bit of English,
though, right?
Yeah.
A little bit.
OK, so I heard you'd been waiting for a call from us
for a while.
[NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
Yes, actually, [NON-ENGLISH].
And then one time, [NON-ENGLISH] Facebook, EllenTV.com.
[NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
And then, [NON-ENGLISH].
And then one time [NON-ENGLISH]----
[LAUGHTER]
--ticket, going to LA, Ellen.
[LAUGHTER]
So he said, I really didn't think that I'd ever
get a chance to be here.
One time I got an email from EllenTV.com
and I still couldn't believe it, I thought it was like,
spam or something.
I really didn't believe it until I got the tickets in the mail.
Yeah.
So, well, here you are, because you're amazing.
[CHEERING AND APPLAUSE]
OK, so how old were you when you started singing?
Seven years old, so seven years old and then
I'm going 18 years old.
Seven and then 18.
Yeah.
OK.
So seven and then, then 18 what?
18, switching voice.
Oh.
That's when he realized he switched--
So then you could do the high and the low,
that's when you realized you could do high and low.
Yeah.
And how did you discover that?
[NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
He said, I don't even know myself.
Yeah.
[NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
He said, this is what God gave me and so I just went with it.
Yeah.
So God gave you this amazing gift,
and I understand you were living on the street for a long time,
right, so you're living on the street and--
from the age of seven?
Seven, seven, yeah.
Seven.
OK, so how did you survive?
What did you do on the streets?
[NON-ENGLISH SPEECH]
So how I survived is that I took jobs like being a pin boy,
so where I would manually put the pins up,
and they would pay me 50 pesos, which
is equivalent to one US dollar.
And that's how I would survive to eat and get my food,
and then at the end of the night,
I would just sleep on the streets.
Wow, that's amazing.
OK, so then you're on the streets
and then you compete on The Philippines Got Talent, right?
That's how you're discovered.
How do you get from the streets to that?
Actually [NON-ENGLISH].
So a lot of people tell me to enter contests and everything
but I didn't really think anything of my talent
until I turned 18 years old.
That's when I realized that maybe this is
a chance where if I sing, I'll be able to see my family.
OK, well, this is beyond amazing.
I mean, I saw this video of you and I just--
I'm so-- I'm so thrilled you're here.
So you're gonna sing for us today, what are you gonna sing?
I sing "The Prayer."
All right, thank you.
[APPLAUSE]
[MUSIC - MARCELITO POMOY, "THE PRAYER"]
(SINGING) Lead us to a place, guide us with your grace
to a place where we'll be safe.
[SINGING IN ITALIAN]
I pray we'll find your light.
[SINGING IN ITALIAN]
And hold it in our hearts.
[SINGING IN ITALIAN]
When stars go out each night.
[SINGING IN ITALIAN]
Let this be our prayer--
[SINGING IN ITALIAN]
--when shadows fill our days.
Lead us to a place guide us with your grace
give us faith so we'll be safe.
[SINGING IN ITALIAN]
We ask that life be kind--
[SINGING IN ITALIAN]
--and watch us from above.
[SINGING IN ITALIAN]
We hope each soul will find--
[SINGING IN ITALIAN]
--another soul to love.
[SINGING IN ITALIAN]
[AUDIENCE CHEERING AND APPLAUDING]
Unbelievable!
Thank you so much.
So amazing.
You're amazing.
All right, we're gonna sing another song after the break.
We'll be back.