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Wish granted: Fil-Canadian kid to appear on Ellen show

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MANILA, Philippines (1st UPDATE) - YouTube singing sensation Maria Aragon, who made a name on YouTube after doing a cover of Lady Gaga's controversial song "Born This Way," is set to appear on “The Ellen DeGeneres Show.”
This was confirmed by her older sister, Linger, in a phone interview with CBC News Canada.
In a story posted in CBC News Canada’s official website,  Linger said Aragon is scheduled to tape an episode on Monday (Tuesday in Manila).
However, Linger said she is not sure when it will be aired.
In her earlier interviews, Aragon expressed her wish to guest on the popular American talk show.
The 10-year-old Filipino-Canadian said she also wants to showcase her talent in the popular television program.
"Well yeah, even my sister wants to be on the Ellen show. Who doesn't want to be on the Ellen show? So yeah, that's what I want to do too, I want to be on Ellen show," Aragon said in her interview with Ace Burpee of Winnipeg Radio HOT-103.
International singing sensation Charice’s 2007 guesting on DeGeneres show catapulted her to stardom both here and abroad.
Aragon has been posting her covers of various songs on YouTube for almost 3 years now. Aragon is now a rising star in Winnipeg after Lady Gaga praised her cover of "Born This Way" via Twitter.
Lady Gaga said Aragon's rendition of her song made her cry. The award-winning international singer also referred to Aragon as the "future."
Lady Gaga has invited Aragon to perform a duet with her in her concert in Toronto this coming March.
Aragon, who started singing since she was a child, said she got her talent from her Filipino father, who hails from Mandaluyong. Her mother, on the other hand, hails from Ormoc.
Aragon, who was born in Canada, has yet to visit the Philippines. She hopes to come here “someday.”

Maria Aragon: 10-Year-Old's 'Born This Way' Cover Makes Lady Gaga Cry

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Lady Gaga's newest single "Born This Way" hatched earlier this month and has since been burning up the airwaves. Maria Aragon, the most recent in a line of Greyson Chance-esque Youtube wunderkind cover artists, posted a stripped down piano-based version of the Gaga track several days ago which has already garnered the acclaim of the singer herself. "Can't stop crying watching this," Gaga tweeted in reaction to the video. "This is why I make music. She is the future." Lady G. even linked to her video, ensuring young Maria's internet-wide fame.
Coming from the lips of a mightily talented ten year old, Gaga's lyrics take on a new resonance. Despite performing the song at the Grammys after having recently emerged from an egg, lines like "I'm on the right track baby, I was born this way," seem to demonstrate a more literal truth in the hands of such a talented youngster.

Maria Aragon performs "Just The Way You Are" on Hot 103

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Net sensation to meet Ellen in Hollywood

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Maria Aragon meet Ellen in Hollywood

AFTER a wave of fan support, the Winnipeg tween who grabbed Lady Gaga's eye is reportedly headed to Hollywood's hottest daytime talk show.
On Monday afternoon, a comment on daytime superstar Ellen Degeneres' official Facebook profile appeared to confirm 10-year-old Winnipegger Maria Aragon would be appearing on the hit talk show today.
"She'll be here on Tuesday. I can't wait to meet her!" wrote DeGeneres or a show rep in a comment, after one fan posted the world-famous video of Aragon performing Lady Gaga's latest single, Born This Way.
That video became a viral hit after it was posted on Feb. 16, nabbing nearly 10 million views by Monday night. After gossip blogger Perez Hilton brought the video to Gaga's attention, the pop superstar said the video brought tears to her eyes.
The next day, Gaga invited the Grade 5 Isaac Brock School Student to sing a duet with her at an upcoming Toronto concert, triggering an even bigger surge of media interest and a fan movement to see Aragon perform on the Ellen DeGeneres Show.

First a tweet, now an invite Gaga to city girl: Join me onstage

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Maria Aragon is about to get started on the coolest homework of her life.

The 10-year-old YouTube sensation spoke with her idol, pop star Lady Gaga on Friday afternoon, culminating in a request to perform a duet at a concert next month in Toronto.

The Grade 5 student at Isaac Brock School was overcome with emotion as she had a phone conversation with Gaga herself from the studios of radio station Hot 103 FM.
"I didn't expect Lady Gaga to talk to me. It was totally overwhelming," she said shortly afterwards.
The crying, it appears, was mutual.
"Not only do you have such a beautiful voice and you are so joyful to watch, but every once in a while, whether people believe it or not, I have a very bad day," Lady Gaga told Maria over the phone. "I was not having such a good day and when (entertainment blogger Perez Hilton) sent me the video of you singing Born This Way, I was so overjoyed that I began to cry. Maybe you're just going to have to come on stage with me and sing that song."
Maria said the offer to sing with her idol caught her completely by surprise.
"(Asking me to sing a duet) makes me feel very talented. It's crazy," she said.
Maria has become an overnight sensation on YouTube with the video of her singing Born This Way garnering more than 2.9 million views by Friday evening.
It went viral after an enthusiastic Twitter message from Lady Gaga to her eight million followers.
"Can't stop crying watching this," her message read. "This is why I make music. She is the future."
Maria, who has been singing since she was three, said she has even thought about pursuing a record deal.
"If people want to hear songs that I might write, sure. It's really up to my family," she said.
Her sister, Linger, 22, said throughout the two-day whirlwind, Maria remains a 10-year-old kid, still wanting to go to school, do her homework and play with her friends.
"We have her best interests at heart. We want to make her famous but keep her grounded and keep her humble," she said. "I'm very proud of her. Even though she's my younger sister, I look up to her."
Maria had planned to fly to Toronto to perform in studio on Toronto's Virgin Radio 99.9 FM on Friday morning, but the foul weather in Winnipeg prevented her from making it there, so they chatted with her by phone instead.
Maria made a visit to the Hot 103 studios Thursday for a special interview and performance with DJ Ace Burpee, who picked her up from school in a stretch limo. When she was dropped back off at school in the afternoon, her classmates went wild.

Young singer stirs up frenzy

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Call it Maria Mania.
The 10-year-old would-be pop singer had four mentions on YouTube's main page Friday, as the most-viewed, top-favourited, top-trending and most popular video in the music category on the website.
Since Lady Gaga's Twitter tweet, Maria has been the subject of hundreds of online articles and blog posts worldwide and has been featured on ET Canada, E Canada Now and Access Hollywood, among other outlets.
The student at Isaac Brock School is also a Twitter sensation, with a huge push to get the young performer on Ellen DeGeneres' talk show -- spurred on by a supportive tweet from Ellen herself Thursday.