Korea’s Got Talent. His name is Sung-bong Choi. Like a lot of contestants of such reality competition out there who strive to make a difference in their lives, he has his own side of story as well. A sad one.At the age of 3, he was sent to the orphanage. After enduring a series of abuse there, he fled. He was 5. Without a proper place to live in, i wonder how he survived the next 10 years by just selling stuffs along the street. Sung-bong Choi has the voice and a grim Oliver Twist-ian childhood story to become the next talent sensation. Choi says he lived like a “dayfly,” sleeping on street corners, peddling gum for ten years.
The song below, performed on Korea's Got Talent, brought tears to nearly every eye in the room. Choi's voice simply astounds, proving that you really never know who has an amazing talent. Sung Bong Choi, 22, had never performed in front of a large audience before. In fact, the South Korean, orphaned at the age of 3, had been homeless for much of his life. But his rendition of the Italian song “Nella Fantasia” or “In My Fantasy” on a popular South Korean talent show has made him into an instant Internet sensation, drawing immediate comparisons to the likes of singers Susan Boyle and Paul Potts.
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