Mr. Pure Energy himself, Gary Valenciano confirmed that he is one of the judges in the forthcoming reality talent competition, The X Factor Philippines. The said competition is a franchise of Simon Cowell's The X Factor.
Joining Gary V. in the judges' table are Concert King, Martin Nievera and international singing sensation, Charice Pempengco.
In an interview with abs-cbnNEWS.com, Gary Valenciano shared his excitement to be part of the hit talent competition in a press conference for his upcoming concert series which will start this April 12, Thursday at the Music Museum.
"I'm flattered talaga na pinili ako bilang isa sa mga judges. X Factor kasi iba din yon. Yung X factor na yon, kaya siya X di mo masasabi kung sino ang may X na yon. Maaaring sasabin ng tao what does the X stand for? We don't know but it's all going to be seen. It's going to be experienced and interpreted in the contestant's own way and the judges will see that. Yung tipong di ko alam pero ang galing noon, yun ang x-factor."
Gary said ABS-CBN really found the right judges for the show.
"They chose the right judges. You even have Charice. Some people say: 'What? Charice?' But Charice is international. Isnt' that what every artist want to be – international?"
He also said he will be firm in finding the contestant who deserves to win.
"I will be looking at everything because it's not just the talent, because a person can have a lot of talent but if that person doesn't have a right character that person comes and goes. Especially now, nandiyan na yung Twitter at Facebook you can know the artist in a very personal way. So it's not just the talent that I will look at and I will be very firm,"
The Philippine version of The X Factor will be hosted by actress-singer KC Concepcion, who has been going around the country for the show's auditions.
Source: ABS-CBN News