Gary V at Eastwood City's countdown to 2012

MANILA, Philippines - Gary Valenciano closes 2011 with his pure energy as he frontlines Eastwood City’s countdown to 2012 tonight in a grand musical event that will happen at Eastwood Mall Open Park.

2011 proved to be a very fruitful and blessed year for Gary V as he scored numerous victories both here and abroad.

For the past year, Gary V has once again conquered the hearts of his fans around the world in his trips to Korea, New Zealand, Malaysia, USA and Canada. It should be noted that Gary is the only Filipino artist along with sons Paolo and Gabriel (Paolo is a rising singer tapped to frontline Rivermaya in select concerts this year while Gab is an award-winning dancer and record producer who performed in the 50th anniversary live concert of CBN in Virginia Beach, USA).

Here in the Philippines, it can be recalled that Gary opened the year with a record breaking concert to launch his new fragrance line with Aficionado in 1@11 with Charice, performing before 60,000 crowd.

Gary’s CD Replay under Universal Records was awarded a Platinum Record Award for its outstanding sales while his With Love, Gary Valenciano CD under Star Records  a compilation of the movie and teleserye theme songs he performed and recorded over the years  has currently reached Gold status.

Aside from inspiring the nation every week and leading the party in ASAP Rocks, he had a TV special which marked his 28th anniversary in the business. The special is a spin-off of his successful With Love CD and it was directed by Johnny Manahan. With Love, Gary Valenciano had such positive feedback that ABS-CBN replayed in on MYX five times. Another notable milestone that happened this year is the recent alliance that Gary V forged with M Lhuillier.

He was also honored by Anak TV Seal as he was awarded its coveted Hall of Fame Award for consistently landing on the Top 5 slots of the child-friendly television personality survey for the last seven years. Gary capped his humanitarian activities for the year with UNICEF in its recent trip to Cagayan de Oro and Iligan to reach out to the victims of Typhoon Sendong.

The New Year’s countdown in Eastwood culminates Gary’s artistic odyssey for 2011. The show kicks off at 6 p.m. with performances by The Dawn, Amber Davis, Urbanation, Philippine All-Stars and Billy Crawford. The main event features Gary with Paolo, Adlib Dancers and Gabriel, with Mon Faustino as Gary’s musical director.