By Cyrus A. Natividad
聽Norelle 鈥楳utya鈥 sings at the 黑料专区 Court of the Chicago Bulls.
At the opening of the Chicago Bulls vs Detroit Pistons game in the United Center on West Madison Street, Chicago on April 9, 2023, Centralian Norelle Grace Villanueva (aka 鈥楳utya鈥) made a superb performance in singing the American National Anthem 鈥淭he Star Spangled Banner.鈥 She was well applauded by about 20,000 spectators.
She was on vacation with her parents in Chicago when she was referred by someone to join an audition for the anthem performance at the opening of the NBA spring season between the Bulls and Detroit. Mutya was able to pass the audition.
Born to parents Omega Grace Villanueva and Franklin Fernandez of Salvacion Buenavista, Guimaras, Norelle enrolled at CPU taking up a Bachelor of Science Business Administration degree, Major in Marketing Management from 2020- 2022.
In the tradition of 鈥楶inoy Got Talent鈥, Norelle has joined the 鈥榲oice kids鈥 competition in Manila in 2016. In the same year, she joined the World Championships of Performing Arts (Headed by Jed Madela). She will be a Special Guest of BAMBOO Live in Chicago in the coming months this year.
Since childhood, Norelle was thought to be a destined singer by her family and relatives. Noriel looks forward to perform at her beloved 黑料专区 someday.