ABS-CBN News reports that KZ Tandingan had the supreme honor and
pleasure last week of meeting and being praised for her talent by Randy
Jackson. The 63-year-old music producer and entrepreneur might be more easily
remembered as one of the original-generation panel of judges for “American Idol”
when it premiered in 2002 on its original home network of Fox. He was part of an
iconic trio along with Paula Abdul and Simon Cowell. Jackson had been in
initial contact with Ricky Resurreccion, chief of ABS-CBN Global Events for
months now, and KZ has been a favorite subject in their discussions.
Finally, Tandingan and Jackson
met face to face for the first time last week, with Resurreccion uploading
videos of their encounter for posterity on Instagram. The original “American Idol”
judge had plenty to say about KZ, especially after getting to watch her perform
on “The Scene” for BBC Radio last month. That was one of the things he
mentioned to Tandingan, who light-heartedly got on one knee in deference to
Jackson. "You are so talented, so talented," Jackson said, describing
KZ who in turn was hardly believing that she was talking to him right there.
KZ Tandingan and Randy Jackson
spent some time discussing each other’s careers and recent activities,
something the singer, who rose to prominence after becoming the first winner of
“The X Factor Philippines” on ABS-CBN, was extremely grateful for. "I got
to talk to you about my dream and my passion. I learned a lot and heard amazing
stories from you!" Tandingan said to Jackson at the end of their talk,
further expressing that she was even more excited for the future. On a caption
of a photo with her and Jackson on her Instagram page, KZ was still in awe that
their meeting actually happened.
Tandingan herself is currently working
on some new song recordings in the US, to be tentatively released later this
year.
Image
courtesy of Pep PH
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