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‘Tawag’ finalist wins global singing contest in London

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2018/entertainment/02/20/rachel.jpg?ext=.jpg"/><figcaption>Rachel Gabreza is all smiles after she won a singing competition in London Monday night. <em>ABS-CBN PR</em></figcaption></figure></div><p>She may have lost in the grand finals of &quot;Tawag ng Tanghalan&quot; last year, but that doesn&#x27;t mean that Rachel Gabreza has stopped singing altogether. </p><p>She dusted off the setback and joined the Stars of the Albion Grand Prix 2018 competition in London held Monday night. </p><p>She won the grand prize in the professional category, beating out 30 other contenders from countries such as the US and Russia. </p><p>She sang &quot;Go the Distance,&quot; a song she covered during her &quot;Tawag ng Tanghalan&quot; stint, and Jennifer Hudson&#x27;s &quot;I Am Changing&quot; to take home the title, according to a <a href="http://abscbnpr.com/tawag-ng-tanghalan-singer-rachel-gabreza-wagi-sa-stars-of-the-albion-grand-prix-2018-sa-london/">report</a>. </p><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-permalink="https://www.instagram.com/p/BfXBHB-F89S/" data-instgrm-version="8" style="background:#FFF;border:0;border-radius:3px;box-shadow:0 0 1px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.5),0 1px 10px 0 rgba(0,0,0,0.15);margin:1px;max-width:658px;padding:0;width:calc(100% - 2px)"><div style="padding:8px"><div style="background:#F8F8F8;line-height:0;margin-top:40px;padding:50% 0;text-align:center;width:100%"><div style="background:url(data:image/png;base64,iVBORw0KGgoAAAANSUhEUgAAACwAAAAsCAMAAAApWqozAAAABGdBTUEAALGPC/xhBQAAAAFzUkdCAK7OHOkAAAAMUExURczMzPf399fX1+bm5mzY9AMAAADiSURBVDjLvZXbEsMgCES5/P8/t9FuRVCRmU73JWlzosgSIIZURCjo/ad+EQJJB4Hv8BFt+IDpQoCx1wjOSBFhh2XssxEIYn3ulI/6MNReE07UIWJEv8UEOWDS88LY97kqyTliJKKtuYBbruAyVh5wOHiXmpi5we58Ek028czwyuQdLKPG1Bkb4NnM+VeAnfHqn1k4+GPT6uGQcvu2h2OVuIf/gWUFyy8OWEpdyZSa3aVCqpVoVvzZZ2VTnn2wU8qzVjDDetO90GSy9mVLqtgYSy231MxrY6I2gGqjrTY0L8fxCxfCBbhWrsYYAAAAAElFTkSuQmCC);display:block;height:44px;margin:0 auto -44px;position:relative;top:-22px;width:44px"> </div></div><p style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px;margin-bottom:0;margin-top:8px;overflow:hidden;padding:8px 0 7px;text-align:center;text-overflow:ellipsis;white-space:nowrap"><a href="https://www.instagram.com/p/BfXBHB-F89S/" style="color:#c9c8cd;font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;font-style:normal;font-weight:normal;line-height:17px;text-decoration:none" target="_blank">A post shared by R A C H E L ⭐️ G A B R E Z A (@ragabreza18)</a> on <time dateTime="2018-02-19T01:21:42+00:00" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px">Feb 18, 2018 at 5:21pm PST</time></p></div></blockquote><div><script async="" defer="" src="https://www.instagram.com/embed.js" type="text/javascript"></script></div><p>Gabreza first rose to fame as part of the &quot;It&#x27;s Showtime&quot; singing contest. Prior to that, she worked as a sales lady in Makati. She said she joined the competition for her brother with cancer. </p><p>She lost to Noven Belleza in the grand finals. </p><p>Gabreza is now a member of the Organisasyon ng mga Pilipinong Mang-Aawit. </p><p>The Stars of the Albion Grand Prix is an annual music competition organized by Musica Nova, the UK&#x27;s International Academy of Music, and the World Association of Performing Arts. </p><p>It&#x27;s part of a festival event that brings together &quot;extraordinary, talented musicians and dancers from across the world.&quot;</p>

<p>She may have lost in the grand finals of "Tawag ng Tanghalan" last year, but that doesn't mean that Rachel Gabreza has stopped singing altogether. </p>

She may have lost in the grand finals of "Tawag ng Tanghalan" last year, but that doesn't mean that Rachel Gabreza has stopped singing altogether.