Indeed, it has been ten years
since Regine Velasquez was given an Aliw Award for Entertainer of the Year, a
feat she has done twice. That is until Tuesday this week according to ABS-CBN News. December 17 was the date
of the 32nd Aliw Awards which began back in 1976. As if in reward
for her quite recent return to the Kapamilya network last year, this would mark
the third time Regine was nominated and declared the winner of the Entertainer
of the Year Award. This triumph cements her prominent place in Philippine live
entertainment.
But it was not simply enough for
Velasquez to bring home the Aliw Awards’ highest honor. She also got nominated
and won in one other category as well. That is the Best Collaboration in a
Concert, which Regine was accorded in tandem with fellow ABS-CBN singing legend
Sharon Cuneta. In fact, suffice to say that Kapamilya singers made bank in the
2019 Aliw Awards. Another twofer victory belongs to Lea Salonga who got the
People’s Choice Award and the Best Actress in a Musical, the latter awarded for
her role in a local production of “Sweeney Todd,” which has since moved on to
Hong Kong.
Still, there is enough hype given
for Regine Velasquez in being named Entertainer of the Year by the Aliw Awards
after a decade-long gap. Her previous two awards in that category were given
only two years apart, the first time in 2007 and the second, as already stated,
in 2009. On social media, Regine considered her new accolade a highlight of her
30-year musical career.
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Kapamilya Craze (YouTube channel)
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