
Sam Concepcion
Age: 14
Country: Philippines
Sam Concepcion is an award-winning talent and the youngest heartthrob in the Philippines. He has been theatre acting ever since he was 9. But Sam's biggest break happened when he joined Little Big Star, a singing talent search in ABS-CBN hosted by Ms. Sarah Geronimo. Sam instanly became the crowd favorite; he was always the texters choice awardee eversince the program started. He competed very well and eventually won the title The Brightest Star as he emerged the ultimate winner of the said program in April 2006. Victory had come unexpectedly for Sam, but due to his very evident talents and the love of the Samsters, what his loyal supporters would collectively call themselves, he won by a mile.
Soon after his winning, he has been offered lots of projects and endorsements. One of the biggest endorsments he got is being the model of Bench's newest clothing line. Bench, being one of the pioneer clothes provider in the Philippines, chose Sam to be the endorser of Bench Tweeners, made for young teens. He has also become a magazine favorite, be it in the cover or a magazine feature. He, together with Shaina Magdayao, was the cover for Candy's August 2006 issue. By September, Sam was awarded the number one Candy Cutie in Candy. He was also featured in, K-Zone, Total Girl, YES!, Hi, Inside Showbiz, Star Studio and other leading magazines in the country. This has once again proved that he is very much in demand to teenagers.
Moreover, Sam's achievements didn't stop from winning in LBS. In just a year, he achieved a whole lot more both locally and internationally. Last June 2006, Sam's first short film entitled Miko won 1st place at the Bogen Imaging Film and Video Shorts 2006 in a New York Film Festival. Meanwhile in Korea, Sam, together with the Playshop kids, won the Best Folk Performance award during a World Travel Fair. Aside from his international achievements, Sam was also hailed as the Pinoy Wannabe award winner in the Nickelodeon's Kids Choice Awards where people across the globe casted him over 25,000 votes, winning over Sam Milby, Manny Pacquiao, Bianca Gonzales and Iza Calzado last July 2006. He was also chosen to sing before world leaders, including our country's President, and top economic delegates from other countries at the pre-APEC convention held in Cebu last August 2006.
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Also, watch out for his debut album this year!

Also, watch out for his debut album this year!




