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Air Supply congratulates 'Tawag' winner Noven Belleza

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<div class="embed-wrap"><figure data-feedback="fb:likes,fb:comments"><img src="http://sa.kapamilya.com/absnews/abscbnnews/media/2017/entertainment/03/12/031217-noveno.jpg"/><figcaption><div class="embed-desc">Noven Belleza performs during the grand finals of &#x27;Tawag ng Tanghalan.&#x27; <cite>Michael Bagtas, ABS-CBN News</cite></div></figcaption></figure></div><p>It&#x27;s no secret that a lot of Filipinos were impressed with Noven Belleza&#x27;s <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/03/11/17/watch-top-3-fight-for-tawag-ng-tanghalan-title" target="_blank">medley of Air Supply</a> hits he performed during the grand finals of &quot;Tawag ng Tanghalan.&quot; It did win him the singing contest, after all. </p><p>But now, you can also count Graham Russell, one-half of the soft rock duo from Australia, among those who found the farmer&#x27;s version of their hits like &quot;Now And Forever&quot; and &quot;The One That You Love&quot; amazing. </p><p>The singer-songwriter congratulated the Negros Occidental native for his win through an e-mail sent to local concert organizer Danee Samonte, one of the producers of the recent Air Supply concert in the Philippines. </p><p>&quot;I just saw the singing contest on YouTube and the guy that won. He was spectacular. Please pass on my congratulations to him if you would!&quot; Graham wrote. </p><blockquote class="instagram-media" data-instgrm-version="7" 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:62.5% 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/BRhc0cxFK8X/" 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 Amy Perez-Castillo (@amypcastillo)</a> on <time dateTime="2017-03-12T03:16:43+00:00" style="font-family:Arial,sans-serif;font-size:14px;line-height:17px">Mar 11, 2017 at 7:16pm PST</time></p></div></blockquote><script async="" defer="" src="~//platform.instagram.com/en_US/embeds.js" type="text/javascript"></script><p>Belleza won &quot;Tawag ng Tanghalan&quot; on Saturday, <a href="http://news.abs-cbn.com/entertainment/03/11/17/watch-noven-belleza-a-worthy-tawag-ng-tanghalan-champion" target="_blank">earning a near-perfect</a> combined judges&#x27; score and text votes (99.96 percent), defeating other favorites Sam Mangubat and Froilan Canlas.</p>

<p>''I just saw the singing contest on YouTube and the guy that won. He was spectacular,'' said Graham Russell, one-half of the Australian soft rock duo Air Supply. </p>

''I just saw the singing contest on YouTube and the guy that won. He was spectacular,'' said Graham Russell, one-half of the Australian soft rock duo Air Supply.