•Christian sings for dignitaries •Mr. World Phl 2014, 2015 picked

It was an encore performance by Christian Bautista for the President of Indonesia. The first was in 2008 at the opening ceremonies of the First ASEAN Beach Game in Bali. The second was last May 23 when he was asked by Malacañang to perform in front of dignitaries from Indonesia during a state dinner hosted by Pres. Noynoy Aquino for Indonesian Pres. Susilo Bambang Yudhoyono (left photo). Christian sang his hit The Way You Look At Me and Save Our World, an original composition by Pres. Yudhoyono.

A few days ago, Christian flew to Indonesia (where he’s considered a superstar) to guest in four top-rating shows — Yu Keep Smile on Trans TV (right photo), On The Show on Rajawali TV, Indonesia Morning Show and The Sarah Sechan Show both on NETTV 25.

Christian also met with record producers. He will release a new album in Indonesia this year. A concert of Christian titled The Way You Look At Me will be staged on June 23 in Jakarta.

— Carlo Orosa

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Fil-Am John Spainhour (left, 2013 Century Superbod), 26/6’1”; and Fil-Persian-Japanese Sam Adjani (right), 24/6’2”, were named Mr. World Philippines 2014 and 2015, respectively, each given $2,000 cash, $1,000 pocket money and one-year contract with Bench.

Spainhour will compete in the 2014 Mr. World pageant on June 15 in England while Adjani will compete next year.

Mr. World Philippines is produced by Cory Quirino’s CQGQ and Arnold Vegafria’s ALV Productions.  — Celso De Guzman Caparas