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Pinay teen in 'X Factor Italia' raps while playing the piano

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Jacke de Vega, ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau

<div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/xfactoritalia2017/videos/1944974695776943/" data-width="auto"> </div><p>Filipina teenager Camille Cabaltera captivated everybody on the first night of &quot;X Factor Italia&quot; 11th edition last Thursday.</p><p>The judges were blown away by the 17-year-old&#x27;s powerful voice as she sang her own song &quot;Worth It&quot; sending her to the next round with 4 sì (yes, in Italian).</p><p>She earned the first standing ovation of the night from the live audience after they were enchanted upon hearing her soaring voice behind the piano. Everybody lost it when she started to rap.</p><p>The judges were visibly moved of her performance.</p><p>Italian record producer Mara Maionchi said, &quot;Sei molto brava. Veramente molto brava.&quot;(You are very good! Really very good!)</p><p>Milanese rapper, Fedez, told her, &quot;Spero di poter lavorare con te davvero&quot; (hope to work with you, really) and added, &quot;L&#x27;unica che mi ha dato i brividi&quot; (The only one who gave me shivers).</p><p>Afterhours frontman, Manuel Agnelli, meanwhile, said, &quot;Io sono colpito dall&#x27;eta, quanto puoi migliorare&quot; (I&#x27;m impressed how young she is, how much you can improve).</p><p>New judge Levante said: &quot;Tu non hai l&#x27;x factor. Tu hai tutte le lettere dell&#x27;alfabeto! Propio tutte. Dalla A alla Z. Sei stata bravissima&quot; (You do not have the X Factor. You have all the letters of the alphabet! All of them! From A to Z).</p><p>Born in Manila, Cabaltera moved to Montercatini Terme in the Tuscany region in 2010 with her family. She is a high school student and took voice lessons at the Accademia della voce Associazione culturale. </p><p>She was also selected to participate in &quot;Ti Lascio Una Canzone,&quot; an Italian musical variety TV show, in 2012.</p><p>Another Filipina, Nizzil Jimenez of Turin, sang &quot;Se Stasera Sono Qui&quot; but didn&#x27;t make it to the next round with only two &quot;sì&quot; from Fedez and Agnelli.</p><div><script src="https://connect.facebook.net/en_US/sdk.js#xfbml=1&amp;version=v2.5" async="" type="text/javascript"></script></div><div class="fb-post" data-href="https://www.facebook.com/xfactoritalia/videos/1670394292978891/" data-width="auto"> </div>

<p>Filipina teenager Camille Cabaltera captivated everybody on the first night of "X Factor Italia" 11th edition last Thursday.</p>

Filipina teenager Camille Cabaltera captivated everybody on the first night of "X Factor Italia" 11th edition last Thursday.

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Pinay teen in 'X Factor Italia' raps while playing the piano

Jacke de Vega,

ABS-CBN Europe News Bureau

Published September 17, 2017 05:44 PM PHT

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Updated September 18, 2017 03:58 PM PHT

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