Fresh from an 11-city concert tour in the United States, the 19-year-old pop diva will treat her audience here to hours of hits from her 5-year musical career. She will be joined by top balladeer and friend Mark Bautista, and R&B hit singer Kris Lawrence.
OFW Pinoy Star caught Sarah in between her hectic schedules, for an interview and pictorial right after her shoot for a Cebuana Lhuiller video and an episode of The Buzz.
She said she was so excited about bringing the Sarah Geronimo in Motion concert to Singapore. "First time po namin sa Singapore…," the beauteous singer said. "Sana'y maipadama naming sa mga pinoy sa Singapore yung pagmamahal ng mga pamilya nila sa Pilipinas, sa pamamagitan ng mga songs namin. Sana'y maging successful ang lahat!" (We hope the Pinoys in Singapore will feel the love of their families back in Manila through our songs.)
It has been a meteroric rise to the top for Sarah since she won the top prize in the TV singing contest Star For A Night in 2003, where she signed up for a 10-year recording contract with Viva Records.
Her debut album Popstar: A dream come true, featuring her first hit and contest piece, Forever's Not Enough became platinum seven times over.
"That was my very first song…dun ako nakilala. It's special to me so I'm glad people still love it," said Sarah. Another two more albums and Sarah took her place among the foremost recording artistes in the nation.
Her third album Becoming (August 2006) went from gold to platinum by the second month, with the carrier singles I Still Believe in Loving You, and Iingatan Ko Ang Pag-ibig Mo.
The fourth and most recent release, Taking Flight (2007) has just been proclaimed platinum. Expectations are just as high for her upcoming fifth album, due for release in the middle of the year. The repertoire includes a duet with Backstreet Boy Howie D., recorded in Los Angeles earlier this year. "It's an upbeat song…baka dumating po siya sa Manila to help me promote the song this year," said Sarah excitedly.
Aside from garnering awards in music (2008 MYX Music Awards Artist of the Year etc.), Sarah has been touted as one of the top teen actresses on Manila television and cinema today.
Under contract with ABS-CBN, Sarah has appeared in Sarah, The Teen Princess (2004), the hit TV concert show ASAP, and hosted the reality singing contest for kids Little Big Star (2007). Perhaps her most popular dramatic role to date was in Bituing Walang Ningning (2006), an adaptation of the 1985 hit classic movie where Sarah played megastar Sharon Cuneta's role.
She was also topbilled in Pangarap Na Bituin (2007) with Jericho Rosales, Maja Salvador and Nikki Gil.
Coming up soon is a major cinematic team-up with ABS-CBN prime actor John Lloyd Cruz in a co-production between Star Cinema and Viva Films.
Also one of the Philippine's most in-demand advertising models and endorsers with contracts for fastfood, toothpaste, a school, telecoms, videoke, and most recently the apparel giant Her Bench, Sarah is seen as a great role model for young people. "I'm thankful and flattered…of all the young celebrities out there who are more deserving than me, ako pa po ang napili nila."
Now adorning major thoroughfares in Metro Manila, Sarah's unique "Her Bench" billboards are getting major attention. "Iba kasi ako duon, hindi nakangiti…iba ang styling…but it was so much fun, and it's a great honor to be included in the Bench family."
She graduated from high school in March and is now thinking of taking up a Mass Communications degree from an online university.
In 2005, Sarah performed to a crowd of more than 10,000 at her first major concert, The Other Side, at the Araneta Coliseum. It was a sold-out show, and the audience and the press were convinced that they just witnessed someone with the potential of becoming one of the most successful performing artistes in world-class Philippine entertainment, alongside powerhouse singers Regine Velasquez, Martin Nievera and Lani Misalucha.
Together with fellow singing contest champions, Sarah has performed in concerts in in the US and Canada in the past three years. She has also played to audiences in Dubai, Taiwan, Alaska, and the United Kingdom.
In the November 2006 fight of world boxing champion Manny Pacquiao in Las Vegas, USA, she was chosen to sing the Philippine National Anthem, showing world TV audiences the exceptional singing prowess of the Filipino artiste.
Asked about her dreams, Sarah replied: "...to become an international artiste. "Napakalaking ambisyon…pero ang makilala sa buong mundo – yan ang talagang gusto ko pong makamit."
Sarah looks set to conquer the hearts of her audience in Singapore on June 15.
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