Popular singer-songwriter and "Asia's Queen of Songs" Ms. Pilita Corales will seat as one of the judge-mentors of the biggest singing-reality competition “The X Factor Philippines.”
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| Ms. Pilita Corrales is the 4th Judge-Mentor of The X Factor Philippines |
Pilita joins the Concert King Martin Nievera, Mr. Pure Energy Gary Valenciano and International singing sensation Charice in searching and training the next singing superstar to hit the local music scene.
Ms. Pilita holds the distinction of being the first female artist to top the Australian pop music charts long before Helen Reddy, Olivia Newton-John and Kylie Minogue. She also recorded at least 3 LPs in the late 1950s early 1960s: Pilita with Arthur Young :Pilita tells The Story of Love, I'll Take Romance and This is Pilita under Astor Records. Being one of the pioneers of Australia's early television years, a street was named after her in Victoria. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) featured the veteran singer and several pioneering female artists in Australia in the 2nd episode of the highly acclaimed TV special, Love is in the Air. Her multiawarded TV program at ABS-CBN, An Evening with Pilita (1965–1972), is widely considered as one of the benchmarks in Philippine broadcasting history.
“The X Factor” is a world-renowned musical franchise by Simon Cowell that started in the UK. ABS-CBN bagged the exclusive rights to localize the program with KC Concepcion as host. The show will also give away the biggest prize for a talent search in the history of Philippine TV.
“The X Factor Philippines” showdown begins June 23, 2012 on ABS-CBN.