Singapore Idol Top 24 : Charlene Torres-Tan

In The Shower with :

Charlene Torres-Tan

(nickname : Goodgirl)

3 words that describe Charlene comes in a short sentence : Loves music period.

Charlene comes across as brassy and straightforward. She seems to know what she wants.

Quick facts about Charlene :

Lives in : North

Occupation : Student

Favourite MJ song : Who's Lovin' You?

Favourite Judge : Ken

Single/Attached? : Single

Who does she think will win Idol 3? Farhan.

If music is your first love, what is your second?

This is going to be so expected, but my second greatest is definitely sports. I love running, and I started out doing short distance 'sprints' because of block catching in secondary school. (:

But afterward I wanted to challenge my body and endurance and did cross-country instead. I love learning new sports, especially badminton, swimming and squash. Oh, and bowling. Oh, and rock climbing. AIYA anything that is competitive, challenging and fun!

And I love fruits. I am not kidding when I say I love fruit. I cried when I got pineapples on my 19th birthday... no kidding. <-- we aren't sure whether to be disturbed, perturbed or just amused by this :)

Secret Single Behaviour : What do you do on your own that no one knows about?

I like to pretend to be the characters I read in books. Like when I am running I imagine (for example) that I'm a Harry Potter character running from death-eaters (this is really good for when I'm doing distance training on the MacRitchie tree trail, cuz then it's like Forbidden Forest!)

I also have a mermaid routine when I go swimming. After my swim I do a few twirls and pretend to have a tail. I like to pretend that I am people, animals, objects even, like when I do stretches I imagine I am a piece of gummy candy being stretched out.

(Very active imagination there Char!)

Oh, and when I eat noodles in soup, I always finish all the soup first. then the noodles are like soggy haha. <-- this is a first! I've never seen anyone do this!

summerr's take :

Charlene's husky vocals are a shock because you totally won't expect that voice to come out of that slender (very slender) frame.

Hopefully all her talent won't be overshadowed by the drama that seems to be building up around her. The New Paper has managed to dig up a sex tape scandal at her university that she's apparently the star of. All of it is hearsay of course, as Charlene laughs it off (see pics above of article). But with a whole campus abuzz about the scandal (apparently there's whispering and finger-pointing when she walks by) and her mother's ailment (she had a stroke), will the pressure be too much?

Fingers crossed Charlene's sports background will help keep her strong and her spirits up. God knows she can sing her face off - will she get your vote?

Make a date with Charlene!

Saturday, 5 Sept : Lot One, 3pm -4pm

Catch Charlene in person at the second Idol roadshow where you get to meet the second group of 12 that will be performing at Piano Show #2.

Tuesday, 8 Sept : Caldecott Hill, 9am - 930am, 987FM

Tune in to 987FM at 9am to catch Charlene's first radio interview, alongside Jonathan, Amira and Benjamin.

Wednesday, 9 Sept : Caldecott Broadcast Centre, Studio 1

Singapore Idol Piano Show #2, 8pm and The Results Show later at 10pm, on Channel 5.

Charlene will be singing the classic Frankie Valli hit, "Can't Take My Eyes Off You".

To vote for Charlene :

Call 1900 112 1208 or text 8 to IDOLS (43657)

Each call/sms costs 60cents.

Lines will only open from 8pm on 9th Sept 2009.

Find Charlene online :
Charlene's facebook fanpage

xoxo, s.