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Saturday, May 10, 2008

REGINE VELASQUEZ in a Weekly Musical Show 'SONGBIRD'

Asia's Songbird Regine Velasquez will mesmerize late-night viewers with her amazing vocal prowess through her own musical show aptly titled 'Songbird'.

Songbird is a weekly musical show where Regine will sing some of the most popular songs and compositions of some of the world's best singers and composers. This will start airing on May 15, Thursday, after the Telebabad block of GMA-7.

"
I'm very thankful to GMA-7 for trusting me, for giving me the opportunity to do what I love to do most, which is singing. I've always dreamed of having a show like this and I feel very, very blessed na ibinigay po ng GMA sa akin itong napakagandang show na talaga naman pong pinagkakaabalahan ng aming buong staff and crew," Regine began during the press conference of Songbird held last night, May 9, at Melo's restaurant on Bohol Ave., Quezon City.

SHOW CONCEPT.
"
Nakakatuwa po siya, kasi thematic po siya," Regine told the entertainment press. "Every week, there's a different theme, we feature different artists, songwriters, genre; we even do movie themes. So every week is different. We also have different guests for each week depending on what theme ang meron sa week na ‘yon. Ibinabagay rin po namin ang aming guests."

"Tapos yung kine-cater pa namin siyempreng market, medyo late na, so siyempre yung music na maririnig mo, hindi naman yung pumapalahaw-palahaw ako na magigising ka. Hindi naman ganun. So magagandang kanta lang talaga ang madidinig mo... Mga [Barbra] Streisand, we will feature [Barry] Manilow. We're going to feature siyempre mga OPM [Original Pilipino Music] din, mga OPM songs, writers, and composers."

For each episode, the Asia's Songbird will be singing seven to eight songs. "
And then minsan, meron kaming medley na about five minutes, ganyan. Para siyang concert talaga," Regine added.

SONGBIRD STAGE.
Aside from the unique concept of Songbird, Regine is also very proud of her show's stage design.

"
Well, napakaganda ng stage! Pinagkaabalahan ang stage, hi-tech ang stage. Pangmayaman!" she said laughing. "Nagulat nga ako, e. Hindi, natuwa nga ako, e, kasi when we were meeting for this show, in-explain nila sa akin na this is what's going to happen, na ito yung magiging hitsura ng stage... Actually nung nag-taping na kami, nung first taping day, naiiyak ako kasi parang, ‘Ah, may budget ang show, pinagkaabalahan. Hindi napunta lahat sa talent fee ko!'" Regine laughed again.

THE GUEST LIST.
Regine also revealed that she has a hand in choosing her guest list.

"
Usually, ako nga ang pinapapili nila kung sino ang gusto kong guests, depende sa concept," she said.

One of Regine's guests on the pilot episode of Songbird is
Richard Gomez, her leading man in the movie Pangarap Ko ang Ibigin Ka and the drama series Forever In My Heart.



Songbird will have its pilot episode on Thursday, May 15, after GMA Telebabad.

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