Sinabi ng former Little Big Star Grand Champion na si Sam Concepcion na sobrang proud siya sa naging runner-up sa kanya na si Charice Pempengco sa tagumpay na kanyang natatamo sa international music scene. “Lagi, we congratulate her,” simula ni Sam. “It is always something to congratulate her for, every time. She just comes with big news. You just hear about her from everywhere. It makes us so proud. First of course, na maging Pilipino. We Filipino artists have a chance to make it out there. We’re being distinguished internationally,” paliwanag niya.

Aniya, madalang lang silang magkita ni Charice dahil pareho silang busy nang matapos ang talent search. Ano ba ang naalala niya tungkol kay Charice nung pare-pareho pa silang nag-join sa nasabing singing contest? “When I think of her, I think, once nakasama ko rin ‘yan (Charice). I shared the same stage with her. I got to perform with her: same person, same voice,” pahayag ni Sam.

Idinagdag rin niya na noong mga panahong iyon ay bilib na siya sa boses ni Charice at inilarawan niya iyong kakaiba. Gayunpaman, hindi niya rin inasahan na gagawa ng ingay si Charice pagkalipas ng ilang taon dahil mga bata lamang sila noon. “We were kids. To us it never really became competition. We were kids, you just forget about some few things like competing. We just tried to enjoy it and never thought of it as a competition.”

Considering the fact na runner-up lang ni Sam si Charice noong panahon ng Little Big Star, hindi ba nai-insecure ang binata sa tagumpay natatamo ngayon ni Charice? “Honestly, I feel no jealousy or envy [towards Charice]. Some people don’t believe that when I say it,” natatawang sabi ni Sam. Paliwanag niya, wala raw kasing naidudulot na maganda ang pagkakaroon ng inggit. “Envy does not produce good growth.”

Sabi pa niya, kung anuman ang tagumpay ngayon ni Charice ay para sa kanya talaga iyon. “She was really made for it. My stay here, eto rin ang ginawa for me. We all have our own spot and stage in this industry. And this time, it’s her spot.”



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Young heartthrob Sam Concepcion was among the first performers at the ABS-CBN Christmas Special at the Big Dome and his ever-increasing fame became evident as thousands of spectators cheered him on when he stepped onto the stage. When ABS-CBN.com later spoke to him about it, the young singer admitted that he was overwhelmed by such a warm reception from the people. “Being back sa Araneta to perform, it’s great. Makikita mo naman na they were very excited with the show. Siguro it just gives back my dream of having a big concert. I had one nung October in Music Museum, which was my first solo concert. Then I had another one last Saturday, a Christmas concert, it’s at the CCP open grounds. It’s great lang to see na you start from the small crowd, a small venue, then someday you know, hopefully, Araneta naman,” he happily recounted to ABS-CBN.com.

Apart from his singing engagements, this 16-year-old cutie is also busy playing the role of Andrew (Betty’s younger brother) in I Love Betty La Fea. It’s been several months since he first started on the project but his excitement towards working with the whole team behind the hit comedy series has never waned. “After Super Inggo, it’s great to be back doing soaps regularly in I Love Betty La Fea. It’s my first time to work with [most of the cast] like si Kuya Vhong (Navarro), Bea (Alonzo), Ms. Ai Ai (delas Alas), and Tito Ronaldo (Valdez). But every time I go to taping masaya palagi kasi kapag kasama mo silang lahat, laugh trip lang talaga,” he shared. He also confided that there’s no pressure on the set because everyone is simply on good terms. “You just feel comfortable because your co-actors make you really comfortable behind the cam and on the scene.”

As it happens, his chemistry with Cheska Ortega (Janice)—whom he is courting in the soap—is very much evident so ABS-CBN.com asked him if there’s something going on between them in real life. But Sam clarified that he knew the pretty mestiza way back when he first joined theatre acting. “She’s my love team in I Love Betty La Fea but we go way back. We both started in the theater. She’s being managed by Stages and Star Magic also. We did theater and all. We did High School Musical the year before that. She’d play Gabby and I was Troy, yun lang,” he explained with a laugh. He also stressed that the fact that they perfectly jive as partners is more because of their similar background. “We just got really close. Alam na namin yung bigayan when it comes to doing scenes or performing songs kasi we both trained in the theater. We started when we were eight or nine years old. So we know our way na,” he added.

In one of the scenes in I Love Betty La Fea, Cheska’s brother in the story (Roman) sabotaged Sam’s performance. Has he ever experienced cutting his song short when encountering a technical problem? “Kapag ganon, nawawala yung tape? Depends eh. Sometimes you just have to carry on especially kung audition. That’s very important kasi panget yun kung bigla kang tumigil, that’s minus [points for a performer] kaya siguro hindi nakuha si Andrew [dun sa episode]. Or even in big performances tapos nawala yung mic or whatever, [you should] carry on and do the performance,” he confidently replied. As it is, Sam no longer has stage fright and all he feels prior to a major concert is that wonderful feeling to be up on the stage again.

Nevertherless, Sam humbly acknowledged that he still has lots of things to learn in the business. “You know I am very new also on television. It’s only been three years since [I joined] Little Big Star. Things have happened that I never expected nor dreamt of. It just keeps getting better and better kasi I am really thankful for all of the blessings given to me. Of course madami pa akong wish. Madami pa akong wishes na gusto kong matupad. I never thought in my whole life that I will have solo concerts one after another. Only God knows what’s next for me,” he optimistically said.

Source: http://www.abs-cbn.com