Good she won as she's amazing at performing and playing guitar for her age .

The prize payout is a joke as she can collect roughly 1 million bht a year for 40 years or a lump sum heavily taxed which would leave her around $400,000 out of a million prize money. The judges on the show get millions per year and I bet they don't need wait 40 year's.

My wife said there is some foreigner that spotted her years ago and was the one that got her to America. They kept posting to the show about her and kept getting turned down for auditions. This season they said ok we will audition her and the foreigner paid for her to go to America to audition.

Also she seemingly only started playing guitar as the school class for computers was full so she had to go into the music class where she picked it up easily.

5 minutes ago, ronster said:

Good she won as she's amazing at performing and playing guitar for her age .

The prize payout is a joke as she can collect roughly 1 million bht a year for 40 years or a lump sum heavily taxed which would leave her around $400,000 out of a million prize money. The judges on the show get millions per year and I bet they don't need wait 40 year's.

My wife said there is some foreigner that spotted her years ago and was the one that got her to America. They kept posting to the show about her and kept getting turned down for auditions. This season they said ok we will audition her and the foreigner paid for her to go to America to audition.

Also she seemingly only started playing guitar as the school class for computers was full so she had to go into the music class where she picked it up easily.

Yes, Sean.

And then there was Strit, who gifted her that legendary Ibanez guitar.

It takes a village...

Edited 2 hours ago2 hr by tomazbodner

4 hours ago, Jingthing said:

Howie the AGT judge said she was better than Hendrix .

That's where the Hendrix comparison started actually.

She has raw talent.

Managed well and with a lot of good luck she might have a major career.

Maybe anyway.

She is only 16. Watch her on you tube playing at age 8 or so to see her natural talent. Supposedly never had a lesson. Hendrix had natural talent as well. She is not Hendrix and Hendrix was not her. That is part of what makes both of them great. Sadly Hendrix died way too young so we will never know what could have been. I do not know if Hendrix was playing at age 6 but I don't think so. She may become one of the all time greats or she may fade away. Time will tell. But no matter what she is one of the best 16 y.o. kids I have ever seen play a guitar. Go Nene. Congratulations.

if anybody cares re trivia

AI Overview

Jimi Hendrix was 15 years old when he started playing the guitar. [1, 2]

Early Musical Beginnings

• The Ukulele: In 1957 at age 14, he found a one-string ukulele in the trash and learned to play single-note melodies by ear.

• First Acoustic Guitar: In mid-1958 at age 15, he bought his first acoustic guitar for five dollars.

• Self-Taught: He practiced constantly and was entirely self-taught, playing along with records by artists like Elvis Presley and Muddy Waters.

• Going Electric: Shortly after getting his acoustic guitar, he joined a local band called the Velvetones and soon upgraded to his first electric guitar. [1, 2]

7 hours ago, anchadian said:

She can choose to receive $25,000 a year for 40 years, totaling $1 million before taxes. Or, she can take a one-time lump sum based on the prize's present cash value, reportedly only around $300,000–430,000, or about 9.9–14.2 million baht, before taxes.

https://x.com/KhaosodEnglish/status/2103005207265488928

I think she is likely to be a multi multi millionaire very soon with her zillion followers ready to buy her records and all sorts of companies worldwide ready to pay her to be a spokesperson for all sorts of products...will need a great agent to sort it all out. I wish her a bright future with a big pile of $$. I am no expert on what young people like but seems taylor swift was/is the reinging queen now getting bit old for the teens and just maybe nene will be the next big star especially for young girls worldwide? Be proud Thailand. She is a star that came from nothing and is making it beyond her wildest dreams. Hope she is an inspiration to lot of other thai kids.

2 hours ago, tomazbodner said:

Yes, Sean.

And then there was Strit, who gifted her that legendary Ibanez guitar.

It takes a village...

Yeah someone gave her a proper guitar and she was also accepted at a high class school due to her ability to play guitar over academia.

I seen a clip of her playing when she was 11 at a local market, the singing wasn't as good as it is now but the guitar playing was brilliant.

Hopefully she doesn't become a victim of her own success and get bled dry by those managing her.