Well just when our household settled down from American Idol mania and got back to our regular TV watching schedule (hardly any) we get sucked into Americas Got Talent. I don’t know how long this series goes on but I’m sure it plays into the Fall. They are in the preliminary stages right now where everyone is auditioning and the winners will be moving to Las Vegas.

Although we watched this series last summer and I believe the year before we kind of watched it with a passing interest. Until it got down to the end we didn’t really have a clear favorite but this year that has changed. Tuesday night my wife and I were blown away with the talented singing of Thia Megia from California. This 14 year old of Filipino Heritage has the voice of a much older and experienced singer. She does have a lot of experience since she has sung the National Anthem at various sports events and other venues as well as singing contests. She also did quite well in I believe the Little Miss Philippines USA pageant.

Thia has been singing and competing in contests for a long time and also has YouTube videos going back a couple years. On the show Thia impressed all three judges which are Sharon Osborne, Piers Morgan, and David Hasselhoff. Each judge made great comments about her singing and one or two commented that she had a chance to go far in this contest or even win it. Let’s all wish Thia, another example of Filipino talent, the best. Check out a video from YouTube below:

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