Another Filipina is making a statement abroad.
Anatalia Villaranda on The Voice US via Youtube / Manila Bulletin
16-year old Fil-Am Anatalia Villaranda made the four celebrity judges of The Voice US 2017 turn their chairs for her, as she confidently performs her version of Bruno Mars’ “Runaway Baby.”
Alicia Keys and Blake Shelton were the first two impressed by her singing during the Blind Audition. Gwen Stefani and Adam Levine immediately felt the same, to the delight of Villaranda's supportive family.
After her performance, Keys even described her family “amazing” and Shelton called them on-stage. The four judges then battled for Villaranda's pick.
In the end, Villaranda chose Keys who described her as an “artist unafraid to express” herself. Her blind audition video on the official Youtube account of The Voice has already garnered 970, 763 views as of writing time.