{"id":689,"date":"2011-10-24T14:48:34","date_gmt":"2011-10-24T18:48:34","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/blog.beliefnet.com\/goodnews\/?p=689"},"modified":"2011-10-30T20:49:25","modified_gmt":"2011-10-31T00:49:25","slug":"who-is-this-amazingly-talented-little-boy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.beliefnet.com\/columnists\/goodnews\/2011\/10\/who-is-this-amazingly-talented-little-boy.html","title":{"rendered":"Who is this amazingly talented little boy?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>We really don&#8217;t know a lot about this incredibly talented youngster who lives in a small village in Brazil. His name is Jose Antonio Viana, but goes by &#8220;Jotta A,&#8221; although his family calls him Tony.<\/p>\n<p>The joy that radiates from this 13-year-old is contagious.<\/p>\n<p>Enjoy his amazing rendition of &#8220;Hallelujah, Worthy Is the Lamb&#8221;!<\/p>\n<iframe loading=\"lazy\" title=\"Jotta .A - Agnus Dei \u266b Hallelujah - aleluya\u266a(Amazing voice!!) [HQ]\" width=\"500\" height=\"281\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/XN2UydzUOQU?feature=oembed\" frameborder=\"0\" allow=\"accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe>\n<p>This little we do know: he&#8217;s a seventh grader,\u00a0the youngest of three\u00a0children of\u00a0 Antonio\u00a0and Edna Holanda, living in the village of Ang\u00e9lica, just outside\u00a0Sorocaba, Brazil.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_693\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-693\" style=\"width: 405px\" class=\"wp-caption alignleft\"><a href=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/210\/2011\/10\/Jotta-A.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-full wp-image-693 \" title=\"Jotta-A\" src=\"https:\/\/wp-media.beliefnet.com\/sites\/210\/2011\/10\/Jotta-A.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"405\" height=\"375\" \/><\/a><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-693\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Jose Antonio &quot;Jotta A&quot; Viana<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>With his family he attends an Assembly of God Church &#8212; and recorded his first CD at age six. Ever since he first appeared a few months ago on\u00a0a Brazillian\u00a0TV youth talent show &#8220;Jovens Talentos Kids&#8221;\u00a0which is a segment of the popular show\u00a0&#8220;Raul Gil,&#8221; he&#8217;s been in incredible demand.<\/p>\n<p>&#8220;I must say he\u2019s totally destroying the competition and most likely he will win,&#8221; says one fan.<\/p>\n<p>He&#8217;s usually accompanied by his older sister Lanna and\u00a0he sings mostly\u00a0in churches and Christian festivals. He\u00a0is booked solid at churches\u00a0mostly around Sao Paulo, Brazil, through the end of the year.<\/p>\n<p>Because of his powerful stage presence, he&#8217;s already being compared to the young Michael Jackson.<\/p>\n<p>According to his family, he just recorded a new CD, which was released in September at Brazil&#8217;s Expocrist\u00e3,\u00a0a Christian festival\u00a0in S\u00e3o Paulo.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>We really don&#8217;t know a lot about this incredibly talented youngster who lives in a small village in Brazil. His name is Jose Antonio Viana, but goes by &#8220;Jotta A,&#8221; although his family calls him Tony. The joy that radiates from this 13-year-old is contagious. 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