Green was born in
Droitwich, Worcestershire to Roger Green who is English and Cecilia Sumargo who is a Filipina. He first performed in front of an audience at the age of 2 on a cruise ship. He asked for the microphone, got on stage and sang
New York City and when he was 5, he performed at the
Royal Opera House. When Green was 8, he was invited, by the 'Not Forgotten' Association for ex-servicemen, to perform at their annual concert at St James' Palace. The highlight of his day was being presented to the Princess Royal. In fall 2007, Cedric Whitehouse produced the song "Hands Around the World" for Green which was used to raise money and increase awareness of
muscular dystrophy. The song topped the chart of
iTunes during the Christmas holidays, and is also featured on his debut album.
2008: ''Britain's Got Talent'' In his audition, which was televised on 19 April 2008, Green sang
Frank Sinatra's "
Summer Wind," and received a standing ovation from the audience.
Amanda Holden predicted he could win the show.
Simon Cowell gave highly positive comments, dubbing Green 'a little star'. Piers Morgan said Green "has it all". He received three yes votes from the judges. Eventually, he was put through to the live shows. Green performed for a second time during the semi-final on 28 May 2008, singing an original song written for him called
All I Wanna Do Is Sing. His overall presentation received mixed reviews from all three judges. Although Green was highly praised for his performance, with comments coming from
Piers Morgan stating, "Everything about you says you're a young star," to Holden's, "You're such a pro. And you have a wonderful wonderful voice", his non-standard song choice was unanimously criticized.
Simon Cowell in particular commented that the song was "terrible", but went on to say that he would rate Green's performance as a 10, and his song choice as a 2. Streetdancer
George Sampson finished first according to the public vote, leaving the judges to choose between Green and martial arts duo Strike. Although Cowell acknowledged that Green was hampered by his song choice, he thought that he had high potential to win, so he chose Green. Both Amanda Holden and Piers Morgan selected Strike instead thus eliminating Green from the competition. Cedric Whitehouse (who wrote the song) subsequently received
hate mail from angry fans who claimed he ruined Green's career. He later revealed that the production company originally intended for Green to sing
Dean Martin's ''"
Ain't That A Kick In The Head?"''. After the show, negotiations for Simon Cowell's record label failed and Green instead signed a 1-year recording contract with record label
Star Records, and released his
eponymous debut album,
Charlie Green in the fall of 2008.
2008–2010: Post Talent Since Britain's Got Talent, Green has appeared in some of the UK's premier concert venues including the Bridgewater Hall, Manchester, Fairfield Hall, Croydon, and twice at Birmingham's Symphony Hall. In the summer of 2008 Green embarked on a two-week promotional tour during which he appeared as a guest in
Pinoy Dream Academy and
ASAP and received an award for his talents at the 20th anniversary celebrations of the
National Music Museum together with
Charice. He stayed at the Shangri-la hotel in Manila where he gave a concert on 9 August 2008. Green signed up with
Star Magic released his debut album,
Charlie Green under
Star Records in Autumn 2008. In December 2008 Green visited the Philippines again. During this trip he performed at a family party of former president
Joseph Estrada. He sang a duet with him:
"Dahil Sa Iyo". He attended the party together with his parents; his mother is a family friend of the Estradas. He was featured in a single page of the 2009 Star Magic Catalogue. He also appeared in the first major mainstream magic show in the Philippines on 27 December with a group of magicians called "The Illusive". Green made his acting debut in the 2008 short film "Waiting in Rhyme". The film's dialog consisted entirely of poetry and was made in aid of
Macmillan Cancer Support. Green played the role of a bullied boy and did his performance in rap. In March 2009, Green embarked on a US tour in a bid for world stardom. The tour began on 12 March and lasted until the end of April. Green appeared in 14 major cities including Los Angeles, Las Vegas, Chicago and San Francisco. He was also singled out to appear on one of the USA's most prestigious daytime TV shows. In October Green visited the US and Canada for a brief concert tour before flying to the Philippines at the beginning of November, for a special guest appearance on
Sarah Geronimo's new show at the Araneta Coliseum in
Manila.
2010–present: Second album In January, Green attended the
Awit Awards, and won 3 awards –
Best Performance by a New Male Artiste and
Best Performance by a Child Artiste for his performance of
Summer Wind on ''Britain's Got Talent
. He won the Best Jazz Recording Award
for his performance of Mama Said So'', by
Richard Poon. Green, however, because of commitments in the UK, was not present at the ceremony to collect his awards. On 3 February 2010, it was reported that Green had signed a 2-year contract with
Viva Records, and has begun recording his second album with record producer
Christian de Walden. I toured with Sarah [Geronimo] last year, so I went to America, Canada ... so I was all around the world. It was quite nice, it's quite good, especially at my age. I'm really lucky and I'm so thankful that I was able to do those sort of things." Green had a series of concerts to promote the album, with the following dates:
Eastwood City,
Quezon City on 10 February,
McKinley Hill,
Taguig on 12 February. ==Personal life==