Charice to Collaborate with Cheesa Laureta

Pinay international singing sensation Charice is set to collaborate with The Voice Season 2 finalist, Filipino-American Cheesa Laureta, on an upcoming project.

Charice and Cheesa Laureta collaborate for a project

In an interview with ABS-CBN news on May 14 after her contract signing for ABS-CBN's The X Factor Philippines, Charice said she wrote a song for Cheesa. Charice also said that Cheesa is planning to visit the country to release the song.

"We are really excited because we wrote a song for her and we are collaborating. She's very excited because she's wants to come here to the Philippines to release some single written by yours truly." Charice exclaimed.

Charice and Cheesa are also in hunt of other Pinoy artists to whom they can work as well or sang a duet with.

"We are looking for other artists here that can have a duet with her," she said.

Cheesa Laureta, who hails from Honolulu, Hawaii made it to the Top 12 of the recently concluded second season of the US talent search The Voice under team Cee Lo Green. Her season was eventually won by Jermaine Paul of team Blake Shelton. 

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Cheesa Laureta Survives Instant Elims but to Face America's Votes on 'The Voice 2'

Filipino-American Cheesa Laureta survived the instant elimination on the US talent search The Voice on Monday, April 23 (April 24 in Manila) with her powerful rendition of Whitney Houston's I Have Nothing.

Cee Lo Green picked James Massone  to be eliminated from his team after his lackluster performance of Billy Joel's Just The Way You Are while Adam Levine let go of Pip who sang Keane's Somewhere Only We Know.

Cheesa Laureta will now have to face America's vote, the results of which will be announced live on Tuesday night, April 24 (morning of April 25 in Manila).

Last week, Laureta landed on the bottom three of Team Cee Lo based on votes and had to be saved by mentor Cee Lo Green to move on in the competition.

Cheesa described being in the bottom three as a "life-changing experience" and promised to improve her game by picking I Have Nothing as her song for this week which she claimed she's very comfortable with being able to slay it even she was a little girl.

The judges praised her performance, with singer Christina Aguilera saying she is proud that Laureta went for it. Mentor Cee Lo Green was obviously pleased by his protege, saying she did a wonderful job. "It's time to start investing on the next powerhouse singer," he told Cheesa.

Cheesa Laureta dedicated her performance to her brother Troy, who was with her backstage.

Watch Cheesa Laureta's I Have Nothing performance below:

Source: ABS-CBN News

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Pinay Cheesa Laureta Advances to 'The Voice' Top 16

Pinay singer Cheesa Laureta advances to the next round of The Voice Season 2 after being saved by mentor Cee Lo Green. The judges-coaches Christina Aguilera, Adam Levine and Blake Shelton also favored the Filipina after her passionate rendition of Celine Dion's All By Myself.

Cheesa belonged to the bottom 3 (the lowest vote getters) together with Erin Martin and Tony Vincent. The three sang for their life but it was Cheesa who got Cee Lo's approval, saying that his heart tells that the Pinay should be saved, beating his mind which craving for a Tony safety.

Watch Cheesa's last chance performance of All By Myself below:

Don’t miss the “The Voice 2” every Saturday, 5:30 PM with a replay on Mondays at 7 PM on Studio 23.


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Pinay Cheesa Laureta in 'The Voice' Top 24

Full-blooded Pinay Cheesa Laureta is making waves in the second season of hit US singing competition “The Voice” as she makes it to the top 24 finalists under the mentorship of rapper Cee Lo Green.

Watch her pursue her dream on becoming the next Filipino international singing sensation every Saturday, 5:30 PM, on Studio 23 with a replay every Monday at 7 PM.

Cheesa, who was born and raised in Hawaii, is set to compete with finalists coming from the teams of other celebrity musician coaches namely Christina Aguilera, Adam Levine, and Blake Shalton. Carson Daly hosts this worldwide phenomenal hit show with Christiana Milian as the new social media correspondent.

“The Voice” is a unique singing competition where auditions are based solely on vocal ability. In the first stage called the ‘blind auditions,’ all four coaches must listen to the artist without facing him or her and must press their respective buttons if they want the artist to be part of the team they will mentor. Hitting the button will also trigger the coach’s chairs to swivel so that the coach can finally see the face behind the voice.

This season, the coaches get to choose 12 contestants each to form their respective teams. They will then dedicate themselves to develop their singers via mentoring and will pit two of their own team members in the second round called the ‘battle phase.’

After the vocal face-off, the coach must then choose who among the two singers will advance. Those who will survive in the battle rounds will proceed to the third stage— the live performance shows— wherein viewers can save them from elimination by voting.

In the end, each coach will have one star artist left to compete against the other team’s finalists and the last one standing will be named “The Voice.” The winner will receive a recording contract as a grand prize.

Aside from the much talked about singing competition from the US, Studio 23 has also started airing the much-talked about eighth and final season of the hit TV drama series “Desperate Housewives” and eighth season of “Grey’s Anatomy.”

Watch the intense happenings in the lives of the world-renowned housewives of Wysteria Lane. What will happen after Carlos murdered Gaby’s evil stepfather? How will Susan, Gaby, Bree, and Lynette’s cover up take its toll on them?

If “Desperate Housewives” will finally bid goodbye, the rumored to be final season of “Grey’s Anatomy” may have hopes of being extended after producer Shonda Rhimes said she plans to continue the show regardless of whether original cast members will return. Speculations on the show’s demise were roused due to the unclear contract renewals of its lead stars Ellen Pompeo, Patrick Dempsey, Justin Chambers, Sandra Oh and Chandra Wilson.

Don’t miss the “The Voice 2” every Saturday, 5:30 PM with a replay on Mondays at 7 PM. Watch “Grey’s Anatomy” every Thursday at 7 PM, back-to-back with “Desperate Housewives” at 8 PM only on Studio 23

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