SURVIVOR : SECOND CHANCE : CHOOSE YOUR CASTAWAYS NOW!

For the 31st season of reality show Survivor, they will be bringing back 10 male and 10 female castaways and give them another shot to win Survivor : Second Chance which will be filmed in Koh Rong, Cambodia.

None of the pool of 32 former castaways won their season and this season will make one of them the Ultimate Survivor. The lucky Survivor players that can be given a second chance are the following:

MALE CASTAWAYS

• Jeremy Collins - 10th place, Survivor San Juan del Sur
• Jim Rice - 12th place, Survivor South Pacific
• Keith Nale - 4th place, Survivor San Jual del Sur
• Shane Powers - 5th place, Survivor Panama
• Stephen Fishbach - Runner up, Survivor Tocantins
• Jeff Varner - 10th place - Survivor : The Australian Outback
• Joe Anglim - 10th place, Survivor Worlds Apart
• Max Dawson - 14th place, Survivor Worlds Apart
• Mike Holloway - TBD, Survivor Worlds Apart
• Spencer Bledsoe - 4th place, Survivor Cagayan
• Troyzan Robertson - 8th place, Survivor One World
• Woo Hwang - Runner up, Survivor Cagayan
• Terry Deitz - 3rd place, Survivor Panama
• Andrew Savage - 10th place, Survivor Pearl Islands
• Brad Culpepper - 15th place, Survivor Blood vs Water
• Vytas Baskauskas - 10th place, Survivor Blood vs Water

FEMALE CASTAWAYS

• Ciera Eastin - 5th place, Survivor Blood vs Water
• Kass McQuillen - 3rd place, Survivor Cagayan
• Monica Padilla - 7th place, Survivor Samoa
• Natalie Tenerelli - 3rd place, Survivor Redemption Island
• Peih Gee Law - 5th place, Survivor China
• Sabrina Thompson - Runner up, Survivor One World
• Stephanie Valencia - 14th place, Survivor Redemption Island
• Tasha Fox - 6th place, Survivor Cagayan
• Teresa "T-Bird" Cooper - 5th place, Survivor Africa
• Carolyn Rivera - TBD, Survivor Worlds Apart
• Kelley Wentworth - 14th place, Survivor San Juan del Sur
• Kelly Wiglesworth  - Runner up, Survivor Borneo
• Kimmi Kappenberg - 12th place, Survivor : The Australian Outback
• Mikayla Wingle - 14th place, Survivor South Pacific
• Shirin Oskooi - 8th place, Survivor Worlds Apart
• Abi-Maria Gomes - 5th place, Survivor Philippines

If you have noticed, Mile and Carolyn are still competing in the on going season, Survivor Worlds Apart. If one of them is declared the winner, he or she will be disqualified from this new season and if he or she is in the Top 10 of votes, the 11th male (if Mike wins) or 11th woman (if Carolyn wins) with the highest votes will have the slot.

You can vote thru the CBS website.

Images are from the CBS Website

AMAZING RACE 26 : BLIND DATERS RULE, LAURA & TYLER ARE THE WINNERS!

After 12 legs, blind daters Laura and Tyler or Team SoCal (Southern California) are declared the winners of the 26th season of The Amazing Race:

The pair wins $1,000,000. Fellow blind daters The Legal Team Jelani and Jenny finished 2nd and Team Rx for Love Hayley and Blair came in 3rd. The only remaining dating couple, Mike & Rochelle were eliminated midway in the last leg.

I really think Team SoCal deserves this win because they really compliment each other and they were both relaxed in the race. Congratulations Laura and Tyler!

BUS RAPID TRANSIT : IS THIS THE SOLUTION TO OUR TRAFFIC PROBLEM?

The Bus Rapid Transit System that is being implemented in more than 100 cities worldwide will soon be implemented in Manila and in Cebu. Will this solve of traffic crisis?

ASIA'S GOT TALENT : EL GAMMA PENUMBRA IS THE FIRST GRAND WINNER!

After 10 gruelling weeks of competition, the largest talent search in Asia, Asia's Got Talent finally crowned its first grand winner at the Marina Bay Sands, Singapore last Thursday, 14-May-15.

The show started with all the 9 grand finalists, Talento from Thailand, Triqstar of Japan, Gao Lin and Liu Xin of China, Khusugtun of Mongolia, Dance Thrilogy of Singapore and the 4 Filipino acts El Gamma Penumbra, Junior New System, Gwyneth Dorado and Gerphil Flores performed together for an amazing opening number:

As the show goes on, some of the acts were eliminated until the top 2 acts remained. Surprise finalist Khusugtun from Mongolia and Philippines' El Gamma Penumbra shared the stage and performed their grand finals performances again. In the end, Asian viewers chose the first grand winner of the show, and it is El Gamma Penumbra from the Philippines!

The shadow play act, who also joined season 1 of Pilipinas Got Talent, won $100,000 and a chance to perform in Marina Bay Sands. They also received a hero's welcome in their homecoming in Tanauan City, Batangas.

Meanwhile, the judges performed during the finale. They sang "Let's Groove":

The song is now available for download and all proceeds will go to a charitable institution for the benefit of the victims of the earthquake in Nepal. Here is the link if you are interested to download.

It was also announced at the end if the show that there will be a season 2! You can now pre-register if you are interested to join next season through their facebook page.

Can't wait for season 2!

Images are from the official Facebook page of Asia's Got Talent.

AVC UNDER 23 WOMEN'S VOLLEYBALL CHAMPIONSHIP : TEAM PHILIPPINES GETS 7TH PLACE

Team Philippines finished their campaign with a win and gets 7th place amongst 12 countries in the first staging of the Asian Volleyball Confederation Under-23 Women's Champonship at the Philsports Arena in Pasig City.

Bannered by the top collegiate volleybelles in the UAAP and NCAA, this is the first team that competed internationally in almost a decade. The last one was during the 2005 Southeast Asian Games in Manila where the team placed 3rd.

Team Philippines got a sweet revenge from their first group stage loss to Iran and beat them in the classification rounds in straight sets: 25-15, 25-21 and 26-24.

With this win, Team Philippines officially announces that we are back in the international stage. Considering that the team is only formed 3 weeks before the start of the tournament and has been turned down by some of the players that were invited, this is a good performance from a team with very minimal international experience.

Team Philippines were represented by top volleybelles Alyssa Valdez, Jaja Santiago, Jia Morado, Gretchen Soltones, Myla Pablo, Risa Sato, Bea de Leon, Riri Meneses, EJ Laure, Ella de Jesus, Jhoanna Maraguinot and Tin Agno. The team is coached by Roger Gorayeb and assisted by Tai Bundit.

It will be a busy month for volleyball. The Under 23 Men's Team will be competing next in Myanmar starting May 12, followed by the Asian Seniors Women's Championship in China this month. The men's and women's seniors team will also participate in the SEA Games in Singapore in June.

Pic is from the Volleyball PH Photo Album Facebook Page

ASIA'S GOT TALENT : FILIPINO ACTS DELIVERS ON THE GRAND FINALS

No less than a standing ovation was awarded to all the four Filipino acts that performed during the grand finals of the talent show Asia's Got Talent last Thursday at the Marina Bay Sands in Singapore.

Out of the 9 grand finalists who performed, four are from the Philippines, with 3 of them having a golden buzzer performance in the previous rounds. This only shows how talented the Filipinos are.

Here are the performances of the four Filipino acts during the grand finals:

GWYNETH DORADO

EL GAMMA PENUMBRA

GERPHIL FLORES

JUNIOR NEW SYSTEM

These four acts now needs your votes. To vote for them via SMS, you can type:

AGT3 - for Gwyneth Dorado

AGT7 - for El Gamma Penumbra

AGT8 - for Gerphil Flores

AGT9 - for Junior New System

Then send this to 2929 for Globe and Smart Subscribers. You can also vote thru Facebook and the Asia's Got Talent mobile app.

The act with the most number of votes will be declared on the finale on May 14. Hope we can all vote and support our Team Pilipinas!

All videos are from the official YouTube channel of Asia's Got Talent

ASIA'S GOT TALENT : EL GAMMA PENUMBRA GOES STRAIGHT TO THE GRAND FINALS!

The shadow play act of the Filipino group El Gamma Penumbra was picked as the golden buzzer act for the 3rd semifinals night of the talent search Asia's Got Talent.

Being the only Filipino group in the last group of semi-finalist, El Gamma performed first and gave a great performance that tackles war, peace and love. All the judges were in agreement that the group gave a superb performance and has even surpassed their audition. Anggun, who gave her golden buzzer to the group in the auditions, was moved into tears after the group's very emotional performance.

Here is the group's performance during the semifinals:

El Gamma Penumbra now joins three other Filipino acts in the grand finals - singer Gwyneth Dorado, dance group Junior New System and singer Gerphil Geraldine Flores. Other finalists are dancers / acrobats Gao Lin and Liu Xin of China, dance group Triqstar of Japan and musical group Khusugtun of Mongolia. Two other acts will join this elite group after the results of the voting this week.

These acts will perform on Thursday, May 7, and the winner will be announced next week on May 14.

Video is from the official YouTube channel of Asia's Got Talent