Former ‘X Factor’ contestant wows with Whitney Houston’s ‘I Will Always Love You’ at shopping mall

Grace Stanisci

Former "The X Factor" (Philippines edition) contestant Zendee Rose Tenerefe (labeled as a "random girl" in a YouTube video) is drawing praise for her performance of Whitney Houston's "I Will Always Love You" at a shopping mall.

Posted a mere two days ago, the clip of Tenerefe has gone viral with over456,000 views and has garnered comments from viewers who are absolutely stunned by her performance like, "Clicked onto this video feeling cynical and expecting to find that people were raving over nothing special as usual....OH MY GOODNESS! This brought tears to my eyes! This girl is going to be a superstar!"

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TooFab points out that this isn't the first time the South-East Asian girl has taken over a karaoke station at the SM Megamall in the Philippines; she has also performed "And I Am Telling You I'm Not Going" from the Broadway musical and motion picture "Dreamgirls" while at the mall.

Filipino blogger Calvin, of the website Calvin's Hub, recently caught up with Tenerefe in August and reports that even though she got four "Yes" votes on "The X Factor Philippines" after performing Leona Lewis' "Bleeding Love," she was soon cut during the boot camp phase of the competition.

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He also writes, "She enjoys giving free singing performances in malls until the guards would ask her to stop for causing foot traffic."

To check out more of Tenerefe and her awesome covers of tracks like Bruno Mars' "It Will Rain" and Toni Braxton's "Unbreak My Heart," head here.

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