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Filipino hospitality student Anjo Ferdinand Sarnate performing at the Karaoke World Championships in Tokyo last year.

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Every night of the week – and some days too – Anjo Ferdinand Sarnate fires up the karaoke machine in his home in Lucena City, south of Manila in the Philippines, and blazes through song after song.

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There’s nine months to go until the next Karaoke World Championships (KWC), but having won the Viewers’ Choice Award with a stirring rendition of Celine Dion’s My Heart Will Go On last year, the 19-year-old Filipino hospitality student is determined to get to Toronto, Canada, and try his luck – and his larynx – this November. And that means practice.

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“I’d love to go to KWC again – it was one of the best experiences in my career so far,” says Sarnate, who started taking singing seriously when he was nine.

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“After KWC, I learned how to love my talent more and realised the true significance of karaoke. It’s all about enjoying every performance.”

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