It's official. Asia's Got Talent will be back really soon. As announced last week, the hit reality show will be back on television on October 12, 2017 on AXN, more than 2 years after the first season ended.
As previously announced, the show will have 2 new hosts - Alan Wong and Justin Bratton. The judges this season will be comebacking judges David Foster and Anggun and a new judge - Korean superstar Jay Park.
So excited that the show is back. I can't wait to know how many Filipino acts will again make it through after being the best performing country last season - having 2 golden buzzer acts (plus another one in the semifinals); getting 4 slots in the finals out of the 9 acts and producing the 3rd placer (Gerphil Flores) and the reigning champion El Gamma Penumbra.
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.
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!
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.
Filipino talent is not left unnoticed in the regional franchise of the Got Talent show, Asia's Got Talent.
In the first semi-finals week, Philippines was represented by the acrobatic dance act Velasco Brothers and young singer Gwyneth Dorado (watch their performance here ). After the results, Gwyneth Dorado was one of the 2 acts with the most number of votes and becomes the first Filipino act to get a spot to the grand finals.
In the second semi-finals night, another 2 Filipino acts performed. David Foster's golden buzzer act, singer Gerphil Flores and dance group Junior New System got the chance to carry the Philippine flag on the show's stage. Here are their performances:
Gerphil Flores
Junior New System
At the end of the show, the judges choose Junior New System as their Golden Buzzer worthy act for the night and they advances straight to the finals! The Philippines now have 2 acts in the finals.
We can help Gerphil Flores advance to the grand finals as well. You can text AGT10 to 2929 for Smart and Globe subscribers. The 2 acts with the most votes will be known next week and will advance to the grand finals.
The last set of semi-finalists will perform on April 30, and this group includes another Filipino golden buzzer act, El Gamma Penumbra.
El Gamma Penumbra, the popular shadow play act, finally delivered the first golden buzzer performance for the Philippines in the talent show Asia's Got Talent.
The group from Batangas, who became popular after being a finalist of the first season of Pilipinas Got Talent.
It was Indonesian star Anggun who gave the Filipino group the golden buzzer after their heartwarming number about true love while showcasing a number of popular international landmarks.
The group will go straight to the semi-finals in Singapore. Here is the group's golden buzzer performance in the audition which aired last April 2:
Here are the other Filipino acts that advanced to the next round that was show in the fourth episode of the show:
FLEXIE BUDDIES
This contortionist act from Davao gave a breathtaking acrobatic act before the judges. If I am correct this group has already joined It's Showtime before.
NEIL RYAN GARCIA LLANES
Neil is a beatboxer from Davao. At a young age of 19, his beat boxing talent is undeniably great. Plus he has that great life story to tell. I am also impressed on how fluent he is in English. I think he also auditioned before in Pilipinas Got Talent but I don't think he was not able to go to the semi-finals. He was able to entertain all 4 judges and I am excited to see how he levels up in the next round.
With the 3 acts going through, the Philippines has the most artists advancing to the next round as of this episode with 10 acts.
In the montage of the performances that will be featured in the next episode, I think I saw Cris Castro, the magician who performs with quick changing masks and was a finalist in Pilipinas Got Talent season 4. I predict that David Foster will give him his golden buzzer.
Kudos to all the talented Filipinos! Hope we can all support them in the semi-finals!
