Just TWO days ago, the video of Maria's rendition of Lady Gaga's "Born this way" was posted on youtube. It was seen by celebrity gossip insider Perez Hilton, who passed it on to Lady Gaga. Lady Gaga tweeted "Can't stop crying watching this. This is why I make music. She is the future". It immediately became a trending topic on twitter, with the majority of Winnipeg tweeters jumping on board, and as a result a #GetMariaOnEllen campaign began.
Yesterday, a local radio station had her as a guest, she was on all the local news, national news and entertainment shows. Today, she was flown to Toronto, where she was a guest on another radio station where Lady Gaga herself, phoned the 10 year old. To top it off, Lady Gaga invited Maria to an on-stage performance with at a future concert.
The amount of time this happened in is absolutely astounding. Ellen has now seen the video and tweeted about it, as well as many other celebrities. Furthermore, as of tonight, the video has reached well over 2 million views and over 14,000 comments! All this in just TWO DAYS! This article that appeared in the Winnipeg Free Press this morning, had to be updated numerous times today in order to keep up with the story.
This isn't the first time something, like this has happened. This is exactly how Bieber fever came to be. It all started with a youtube video and was supplemented by twitter. The simple fact that it has stirred so much attention worldwide, is so little time is exhilirating! As a Winnpegger, I am proud that the city did it's part in making the video go viral. It was all I read on twitter, heard on the radio and saw on the news yesterday.
I have no doubt this little girl will go far. And by the looks of it, she will continue to receive overwhelming support on her way to stardom. How does a little girl from Winnipeg catch a number one recording artist's eye? To be able to make Lady Gaga herself go gaga over something? Now that, is an accomplishment never to be forgotten by Maria I'm sure.
**UPDATE (March 18)** - I was away fro a few weeks, and during that time Maria was a guest on Ellen. Her appearance at Lady Gaga's concert occured March 3rd. it has been a whirl wind of events for her this past month. There is no doubt she is very talented and we will hear from her in the future. But for now, the extensive tv coverage declined after the concert.
**UPDATE (March 18)** - I was away fro a few weeks, and during that time Maria was a guest on Ellen. Her appearance at Lady Gaga's concert occured March 3rd. it has been a whirl wind of events for her this past month. There is no doubt she is very talented and we will hear from her in the future. But for now, the extensive tv coverage declined after the concert.
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