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West End stars Eva Noblezada and Rachelle Ann Go might not be sharing the stage every night anymore, but they can still duet in the living room!
MISS SAIGON's 'Kim,' Eva, posted a video to Instagram earlier today of herself performing "Defying Gravity" in harmony with former Miss Saigon 'Gigi' Rachelle Ann Go, who is currently portraying 'Fantine' in LES MISERABLES in London. Check out the performance below!
Eva is making her professional and West End debut in Miss Saigon after being spotted when she reached the finals of the National High School Music Theater Awards (aka the Jimmy's) in the USA. Eva spent her formative years playing roles in high school, including Ariel in Footloose, Joanne in Godspell, Juliet in Romeo and Juliet and Maria in West Side Story. Eva won the 2015 Whatsonstage Award for Best Actress in a Musical and is very excited and blessed to be part of this opportunity.
Rachelle is a Filipino singer who won in several singing contests, the first of which was in Eat Bulaga! at age eleven. She rose to fame when she emerged as the Grand Champion of the reality talent search Search for a Star in 2004.
In July 2004, Rachelle released her self-titled debut album with the singles "Love of My Life" and a remake of "Don't Cry Out Loud". It also includes her own cover version of Selena's "Dreaming of You". Since then, she has headlined concerts locally and internationally, recorded seven albums, which became certified gold and double platinum records.
Rachelle is recognized as an internationally awarded singer, having won the Silver Prize award for her song, From The Start, at the Shanghai Music Festival 2005 and Best Own Song, Isang Lahi, at the Astana International Song Festival 2005 in Kazakhstan.
Rachelle has performed in musicals as well: her debut in The Little Mermaid, playing the role of Ariel in 2011, where she won a Best Actress award from BroadwayWorld Philippines Awards; and another in 2013 for Tarzan, playing the role of Jane Porter. Rachelle's theater career continues as she was cast for the 2014 West End revival of the hit musical Miss Saigon, for the role of Gigi Van Tranh. Following this, She was cast for the 30th anniversary staging of "Les Miserables" to play the role of Fantine.
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