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| via: TOPRANK BOXING/Fred Sternburg, Sternburg Comm |
The 16-year-old Filipino/Mexican-American Idol runner-up Jessica Sanchez will sing the National Anthem on June 9, when Filipino boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao collides with unbeaten American boxing sensation Timothy Bradley at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Manny Pacquiao-Timothy Bradley bout in Las Vegas on Saturday (Sunday in Manila).
The 16-year-old Filipino/Mexican-American singing sensation will be singing “The Star-Spangled Banner” in front of over 16,000 members of the live audience and tens of millions of viewers who will watch the bout live via pay-per-view.
In her official Twitter account, Sanchez shared her excitement to be part of the most-awaited event.
"Singing the American National Anthem @ the Pacquiao fight this Saturday in Vegas! I am sooooooooo ecstatic!! :)," Sanchez tweeted.
Team Pacquiao had earlier had with the idea of Sanchez singing the Philippine national anthem but, as it turns out, Sanchez will be singing "The Star Spangled Banner" prior to the fight. The report revealed that "Filipino-American teenage singer, 14-year old Broadway talent Kirby Asunto, will sing the 'Lupang Hinirang' for the fight."
9 comments:
Go go go Jessica I hope next time she'll sing the Philippine's national anthem naman.... =)
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She's quite talented. I believe she'll go far.
she has a good voice, i don't have a doubt that she will sing this song beautifully. i just hope that the Filipinos won't take Manny's loss to the grave. it's just a sport.
I didn't watch the fight but I did see Jessica sing the US national anthem. She sang it really well and with much passion too. next fight I hope she sings for the Philippines. :)
i was not able to watch as she sang because we have a power interruption, argh.,
She sang it well :) But with lots of "birit" as expected from this young diva.. I hope someday she'll sing Philippine National Anthem on one of Pacquiao's fight :)
Some people are complaining why she sang the US national anthem and not the Philippines'. I think everyone forgot that she's not a Filipino anymore but an American citizen. And has she ever really said that she's Filipino? I don't think so.
Too bad I wasn't able to watch the whole Pacquiao-Bradley fight today so I didn't see Jessica sing.. >.< Guess I'll have to just view it on Youtube.. :D
She did a smashing job singing the Star Spangled Banner. And the Filipino crowd in MGM cheered pa rin I guess. And Jessica Sanchez knew Manny Pacquiao would have been the announced winner sana, so I kind of notice her na.
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