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It has been a fruitful 20 years for Christian Bautista in the showbiz industry. People first got a glimpse of Christian as a contestant in Star In A Million, a Philippine reality show aired on ABS-CBN, winning 4th place in the competition in 2003. After the contest, he signed a recording contract with Warner Music Philippines and released his first self-titled debut album which earned a multi-platinum record award. This established his name in the OPM industry and made his songs “The Way You Look At Me”, "Colour Everywhere” and “Hands to Heaven” classic hits. It paved the way for the singer’s popularity not just in the Philippines, but in Southeast Asian countries as well, mainly in Indonesia.
Christian eventually transitioned to being a regular in ABS-CBN’s variety show ASAP. In 2011, he was tapped to star in a musical series The Kitchen Musical which was aired across Asia on the pan-regional general entertainment pay TV channel AXN with fellow Stages talent Karylle and other Asian and Filipino talents in Singapore. In March 2013, the singer transferred to GMA Network and is now running for 9 years with the management. He remains a regular on All Out Sundays (AOS) and as a mainstay pillar judge in the highly successful singing competition show called The Clash with a new season slated to premiere on January 22. In his 20 years in the business, Christian remains true to his musical core and continues to evolve as a performer not only is he continuing to delight audiences with producing and performing songs for his supporters. He has written, and even produced a few songs such as Kapit, his single he wrote and produced called Ako Naman and sung by Jessica Villarubin song which won an Awit award in 2022.
Christian Bautista stirred up fans’ excitement with his 20th Anniversary not only in the Philippines but in Indonesia as well. Last October 8, 2022, he performed at Atlas Beach Fest Culinary Grounds in Bali, Indonesia for his “The Way You Look At Me" concert. The artist’s quick trip was totally jam-packed with events and guestings. Some of which are with RCTI TV, Trans TV, and a bank sponsored concert featuring Michael Learns to Rock and Christian Bautista. Following the success of his concert in Indonesia, Asia's Romantic Balladeer is bringing his 20th anniversary concert to the Philippines as a treat for Filipino music lovers and his fans through the years to jumpstart the new year. Slated to take place at the Samsung Performing Arts Theater in Circuit Makati on January 28, 2023 at 8:00 pm, "The Way You Look At Me: Christian Bautista 20th Anniversary Concert" is a special celebration of the OPM artist’s two decades in the music industry where he will serenade fans with his songs from early days of his career up to now. Tickets for the anniversary concert are available via Ticketworld and are priced at Php4,635, Php4,120, Php3,502, Php3,090, Php2,678, and Php2,266, respectively.
Meanwhile, music lovers in the National Capital Region (NCR) can get a chance to win free tickets by joining Christian Bautista’s #XTIANBDUETS TikTok challenge. Christian will sing some of his favorite hit songs from the past 20 years and post on his TikTok, @christianbautista_, and invites fans to duet with him. Entries should include the hashtag #XTIANBDUETSA deadline is set for every song. Duets made after the said date will no longer count as an entry.One winner per song per duet wins one concert ticket.
