Tuesday, April 01, 2014 | 10:51 AM
KINGSTON, Jamaica -- Tessanne Chin, winner of NBC’s season 5 of The Voice competition, on her first visit to Canada managed to raise C$40,000 for a 'worthy cause' with an impromptu three-song performance.
Chin's appearance spurred a bidding war between Jamaican/Canadian philanthropists Michael Lee-Chin and Raymond Chang while she was being honoured recently by the University of the West Indies (UWI) at a fundraising banquet at the Ritz Carlton in Toronto.
The Toronto Star reported that the star was not scheduled to sing at the UWI function. But some spur-of-the-moment bidding at the end of the evening generated excitement for her fans.
Lee-Chin and Chang reportedly got into the impromptu bidding war to persuade Chin to sing, with the bidding starting at $1000 by auctioneer Gordon Cressy.
The report said the bidding seemed to stall briefly at the $4,000 mark after which Cressy then asked Lee-Chin why he wasn’t joining in.
The billionaire reportedly responded “It’s too low,” before bidding $10,000 for Chin to sing just one song.
Chang, who was the patron of the ball, reportedly matched Lee-Chin's amount, adding that Chin should consent to singing a second song.
"This was topped by Lee-Chin who offered another $20,000 if Chin would sing a third song, for a total of $40,000. For the record, that’s $13,333 per song," The Toronto Star reported.
Chin obliged, saying, “I hope you don’t mind if I sing acappella”. more
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