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<figure class="op-social"><iframe allowfullscreen="" frameBorder="0" height="287" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/uanFHDMUNdQ" width="510"></iframe></figure>MANILA - Hans Christian Andersen, best remembered as the author of some of the classic fairy tales, once famously wrote, &quot;When words fail, music speaks.&quot;On Saturday&#x27;s episode of &quot;I Love OPM,&quot; Michigan-born singer Ryan Gallagher admitted that he turned to Filipino music when his cousin, whom he considers as his best friend, passed away last year.&quot;Music is a universal language,&quot; he said, before performing in front of judges Lani Misalucha, Martin Nievera, and Toni Gonzaga. &quot;Many Filipinos have touched my life. Gusto kong magpasalamat sa kanilang lahat.&quot;Gallagher crooned &quot;Kahit Isang Saglit,&quot; a piece Nievera once performed and described as one of the hardest songs to sing.&quot;Napakahirap kantahin iyan. That&#x27;s one of the hardest songs to sing emotionally, the diction part. I think you did a very good job for someone who doesn&#x27;t sing Tagalog every day,&quot; the veteran singer told Gallagher.At the end of the episode, Gallagher received the approval of two of the judges, namely Nievera and Gonzaga. According to Misalucha, Gallagher was &quot;holding back&quot; when he was performing, hence her decision to hand him a failing grade.Nevertheless, Gallagher will still move on to the next round where he is joined by Pakistan&#x27;s Harris Dio Smith and German-Irish teen Jeena Dimaandal.A contestant will only need to get two nods out of the possible three to advance.Hosted by Anne Curtis and comedian Eric Nicolas, &quot;I Love OPM,&quot; which turns the spotlight on Filipinos who can sing local songs fluently, airs Saturdays after &quot;Maalala Mo Kaya&quot; and Sundays after &quot;Rated K.&quot;

'Many Filipinos have touched my life. Gusto kong magpasalamat sa kanilang lahat,' says Michigan-born singer Ryan Gallagher.

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American singer steals hearts with 'I Love OPM' audition

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Published February 14, 2016 12:23 AM PHT

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