PILIPINAS GOT TALENT : POWER DUO WINS PILIPINAS GOT TALENT SEASON 5

Finally, after singers dominated the first 4 seasons of the show, Pilipinas Got Talent finally crown a dance act as its grand winner.

Power Duo, an interpretative dance act from Rizal, beat 11 other acts and was crowned the winner. The real life couple Anjanette and Gervin won 2 million pesos as winners of the talent show. They were also the golden buzzer act of one of the show's new judge, Robin Padilla.

In fact, there is no singers in the top 3. The dance duo edged out fellow contestants magician Ody Sto. Domingo and fire act Amazing Pyra to win the title.

Here is the video of their winning performance from the ABS-CBN Entertainment YouTube channel :

Other finalists include dance groups Crossover Family, Mastermind and Power Impact; singers Kurt Espiritu and Next Option, kid band The Chosen Ones, acrobat act Dino Splendid Acrobat and Sto. Domingo Bulilit Generation, motorcycle exhibition act UA Mindanao.

The winner was decided via the combined scores from the judges, text and Google votes.

ASIA'S GOT TALENT : EL GAMMA PENUMBRA GETS THE GOLDEN BUZZER!

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!

All videos are from the Official YouTube Channel of Asia's Got Talent

ASIA'S GOT TALENT : FILIPINOS SURVIVE THE AUDITION ROUND (EPISODE 3)

It is now Asia's turn to wow the world!

The Got Talent franchise has launched Asia's Got Talent that airs in the AXN channel every Thursday night (around 8:30pm).

The show will feature talents from 14 Asian countries, namely China, Hong Kong, India, Indonesia, Myanmar, Philippines, South Korea, Thailand, Vietnam, Japan, Malaysia, Mongolia, Singapore, Sri Lanka and Taiwan.

Here are the Filipino acts that was able to survive the auditions in the third episode that aired last March 26.

ANGELICO "ECHO" CLARIDAD

Echo is another veteran in joining talent show. He was able to reach the battle round of the first season of The Voice Kids Philippines in ABS-CBN. Unfortunately, he was eliminated by Coach Lea Salonga.

THE MISS TRES

The Miss Tres was a semi-finalist of the 4th season of Pilipinas Got Talent. They are a novelty act despite being a singing act (watch the video to see why). What can they do next so they can still convince Asia to keep them in the competition?

D INTENSITY BREAKERS

This dance group is another veteran of the Got Talent franchise. They were a finalist in the fourth season of Pilipinas Got Talent (together with The Miss Tres). They ended up at 5th place. They are noticeably fewer as compared to before and their performances in PGT was better as compared to their audition. Hope they level up in their next performances.

More Filipino acts in Asia's Got Talent in my next post!

Echo's video is from Asian Talent  YouTube Channel
Miss Tres and D Intensity Breaker videos are from the Official YouTube Channel of Asia's Got Talent

pilipinas got talent season 2: marcelito pomoy is the grand champion

marcelito pomoy, the singer from cavite, was declared the grand champion of the second season of pilipinas got talent. marcelito, who performs with both a female and male voice and sang the song the prayer during the performance night yesterday, bested 13 other grand finalists for the title. marcelito took home 2 million pesos in cash as his prize.

here is marcelito's performance during the performance night:

second place went to the tap dancing duo happy feet of bukidnon. third place went to laguna's pride, the dancing group freestylers. marcelito got 19.56% of the votes, with happy feet close behind with 18.32%. freestylers got 9.46% of the votes.

the other finalists were djp trio, john michael narag, b4, rico the magician, madrigal siblings, filogram, buildex pagales, nielbeth, jem cubil, skeights and angel calalas.

the 11 finalists not in the top three received 50,000 pesos in cash from head and shoulders.

next week will be a special featuring the 14 grand finalists. pilipinas got talent season 3 will premiere immediately on july 9.

source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=i8sww4KWAKs

pilipinas got talent season 2: who will win tonight?

after last night's performance night, who will be the second grand champion of pilipinas got talent? as we all know, the winner will be decided via votes (text and online) so there will be a lot of factors to be considered in predicting who the winner will be.

first consideration was last night's performance. you need to have a great and entertaining performance last night to get the attention of the voting public. based on my live blog last night, here are my scores for each of the performances in a scale of 1 to 10, 10 being the perfect score:

9 - freestylers, marcelito pomoy, nielbeth

8.5 - happy feet, rico the magician, madrigal siblings,

8 - filogram, buildex pagales, angel calalas

7.5 - john michael narag, skeights

7 - b4, jem cubil,

6 - djp trio

the three acts with the 9 really wowed us with a great performance and gave us something out of the box. the freestylers gave us jaw dropping stunts one after another after another. marcelito was simply outstanding with his one man duet and hot a standing ovation not only from the judges but also from the araneta crowd. nielbeth's routine was flawless and was really good. these three has an upperhand in this criteria.

the second criteria is group size. as we know, the filipinos are very fond of voting for their own family members due to our close family ties and friends tends to stick with friends no matter what. the more members you have, the more sure votes you have. so in this case, the largest group is freetylers, followed by skeights, filogram and b4.

the third criteria is the early fan base. if you had a good exposure during the auditions and the semifinals, the better chances you have. this is because you already have a solid fan base. so who benefits from this? marcelito is definitely one. his youtube hits is really way above the others. another is buildex, who has the most number of fan pages in facebook. happy feet also has an advantage in this criteria. another act that can be considered here is angel calalas and b4. their revelations on their affinity to season 1 contenders (angel is the sister of the velasco brothers and b4 has 2 members who performed with baguio metamorphosis in season 1) might get the fans of the season 1 alumni to vote for them.

the fourth criteria is the performer's place of origin. filipinos have a great sense of kababayan and they will vote for someone who comes from or is from a place near his own place. on the disadvantage in this criteria is the 2 acts from baguio (b4 and filogram); 2 acts from negros (djp trio and nielbeth) and the 2 acts from rizal (madrigal siblings and angel calalas). they would split the hometown votes.

the fifth criteria is looks and charm. we all know that filipinos like to see beautiful faces on tv and tend to vote for the ones with the best looks. so who has the charms to win? it would definitely be jem cubil leading among the guys and angel calalas among the female contenders.

the sixth criteria is uniqueness of the act. viewers wants to see something extraordinary, something they do not see often in television and on shows. so who are unique here? happy feet, rico the magician, hoop expert angel and marcelito are unique in their own way. tap dancing is not very popular in the philippines and happy feet gave us a glimpse on how beautiful this dance form is. marcelito is a deviation from the doble kara approach to his act. angel's hoop act is definitely something new and rico is the only magician since the semi-finals.

the last criteria but definitely not the least is the story behind each contestant. being in a reality show, the talent is not the only selling point that you have. you should have a sad story behind your performance. that is why filipinos like telenovelas, because they can easily relate to the problems and hardships of life. this makes you grounded and relateable. happy feet's life struggles and marcelito's search for his family definitely gives them an edge in this criteria. their stories has been highlighted since the auditions and the audience can clearly relate to their stories. the auddience also tends to vote for the person who needs the prize more.

so if you ask me who deserves to win after the performance night last night, i would definitely say it should be a toss up between freestylers, nielbeth and marcelito.

but considering all the criteria above, i think the contest will be between happy feet and marcelito pomoy. my dark horse will be buildex or rico the magician.

my fearless forecast? the winner will be marcelito pomoy.

so make sure that you will vote for your favorites. every vote counts.

pilipinas got talent season 2: vote for your favorites!

here is the video of the highlights of the performances of the 14 grand finalists and how to vote for each one of them:

please vote for your favorites! let's watch tonight as we crown the 2nd winner of pilipinas got talent.

live blog: pilipinas got talent grand finals performance night

will be live blogging the grand finals performance night of pilipinas got talent. stay tuned for updates as it happens live from araneta coliseum.

8:48pm - show time! opening spiel is currently on. videos of the finalists are being shown one by one.

8:51pm - opening number, the 14 finalists with host, billy crawford and nikki gil will be tonight's special co-host (luis has a previous commitment and will be back for the results night tomorrow)

9:05pm - judges are being introduced; kris, aiai and fmg

9:08pm - first finalists introduced, the freestylers of calamba city, laguna.

9:10pm - freestylers performs. what a way to start the show! a visual feast of bboy tricks and stunts. really hard to follow this act. some tricks were also done in the semi finals but most were really new tricks. but some landings were quite off but despite those, it was really amazing! the music was great but i don't like the costume. hope they used a better costume. hope laguna supports them. aiai said "hindi kayo tao, bakulaw kayo"; kris said "you defied gravity. lumipad kayo!".

my rating for freestylers: 9 out of 10.

9:15pm - second act, djp trio from negros occidental is introduced. i don't like the fact that the presence of the congressman was highlighted. please spare the show from political grandstanding.

9:18pm - djp trio performs. i didn't like their performance. they started shaky and wasn't able to recover. these girls are adorable and their costume is great. but unfortunately, their voices were not blending as well as it was during the auditions and the semifinals. fmg said that the first 2 performances were grand and jris said negros should vote because of the pride they brought to the province. no comments directly about their performance. sign that they didn't perform well.

my rating for djp trio: 6 out of 10

9:28pm - third act to perform: happy feet from bukidnon

9:30pm - happy feet performs. it was another great performance from this act. they are obviously the crowd favorite. the combination of their fast and slow steps are great and their synchronicity was really good. their bond as brothers are really seen in their act. aiai said that she is proud and happy that they are here in the finals. also good to note that the taps are more audible tonight as compared to before. fmg is still buffled on where they got the inspiration to tap dance. i am still not quite sure if the philippines is ready for tap dance or if tap dancing has a following here.

my rating for happy feet: 8.5 out of 10

9:39pm - 4th act introduced: john michael narag of pangasinan

9:41pm - john michael performs. he sings martin nievera's "kahit isang saglit". he again started a bit shaky. at some points, his voice is being overpowered by the band. his low notes were good but the high notes were quite not there. he was able to recover towards the end, specially on the short a capella part. but was that enough to get the title? kris and aiai said that they wanted to be in love again when they were listening. kris said that he has what it takes to be the next concert king. aiai said that he looks better now.

my rating for john michael narag: 7.5 out of 10

9:46pm - 5th act introduced: b4 from baguio city

9:48pm - b4 performs. still very entertaining. they maintained the entertainment value they had in the competition. i like the music but i think it was too fast for them. the speed did not showcase their snappy dance moves and they look like they were chasing the music. at some parts, they were not synchronized. it was also revealed that 2 of their members were also in baguio methamorphosis, the runner up in season 1. kris said that they look like they smell good and aiai liked the costumes. again, no direct comments on their performance. not a good sign.

my rating for b4: 7 out of 10

10:00pm - 6th act introduced: rico the magician from caloocan city

10:02pm - rico the magician performs. the start was a departure from his very happy performance. it was quite serious. he performed the assistant-on the-pole trick which was quite predictable. he then switched to the happy dancing performance nand performed some tricks he did before. he "caught" 2 geese which appeared out of nowhere. he ended the act by transforming the a geese to a 60lb snake. all judges were amazed. i was a bit dragged by the start and i enjoyed his previous performances. i missed his dogs!

my rating for rico the magician: 8.5 out of 10

10:14pm - 7th act introduced: madrigal siblings from rizal

10:16pm - madrigal siblings perform. i think they are the best among the 3 singers that have performed so far. their voices were really great and the blending was there. another nationalistic song from them. i like the asymetrcal gown of one of the girls, very modern yet filipino. aiai was energized with their performance and kris remembered her parents.

my rating for madrigal siblings: 8.5 out of 10

10:25pm - 8th act introduced: marcelito pomoy of cavite

10:27pm - marcelito performs. i know that to level up his performance, he needs to show his male voice. and he definitely did what he needs to do with a great song, the prayer. he even sang a different language. he looks good and he got his family complete tonight. but i was expecting a more solid ending. kris said he wishes that he can be his wife and fmg said that he made cavite proud.

my rating for marcelito: 9 out of 10

10:33pm - 9th act introduced: filogram of baguio city

10:35pm - filogram performs. another entertaining number. as compared to b4, they performed more as a group and the fast music is really their forte. their synchronicity is very good and they look good. they also maximized the stage and their shiftings were also good. it was also revealed that one of them was sick and judge kris even gave him a kiss.

my rating for filogram: 8 out of 10

10:47pm - 10th act introduced: buildex pagales of digos city

10:49pm - buildex performs. he sings bruno mars' "lazy song". he started really well, with his cool voice and his guitar. when he put down the guitar, he started to sing and dance as well. he worked the stage but he was not able to hit some of his notes in the middle of the song. i think this is still his best performance in the competition. i also realized that he looks like jericho rosales at some angles and neil coleta at other angles. kris said that he is a star and fmg said he beats bruno mars.

my rating for buildex: 8 out of 10

10:59pm - 11th act introduced: dancing partners leoniel enopia and elizabeth dazo of bacolod city

11:01pm - nielbeth performs. they danced to jlo's let's get loud. another electrifying performance from them. i thought that it was hard to top their performance in the semi final but this was definitely better. their partnership was really great, the projection was great as well and the stunts and lifts were done almost perfectly. the costume change also was notable. they even got a standing ovation from aiai and kris.

my rating for nielbeth: 9 out of 10

11:11pm - 12th act introduced: jem cubil of cebu

11:13pm - jem performs, he sings when a man loves a woman. he starts unsure and shaky. he looks and sounded nervous. he picked up a bit when he started to play his guitar. i think the key is quite low for him but he also wasn't able to hit some of the high notes. it was a bit of a let down but his stage presence and charisma was still there. the judges commented more on his looks.

my rating for jem: 7 out of 10

11:17pm - 13th act introduced: skeights of davao

11:19pm - skeights performs. they perform liwanag sa dilim. i think they choose the wrong song for tonight. it did not showcase the vocalist's range. it was too low and the arrangement was quite slower than the original. i like their previous performances but this is a little less than what i expected. hope they still gain a contract after this show. it was also revealed that one of their guitars broke during rehearsals, and kris will replace the guitar!

my rating for skeights: 7.5 out of 10

11:30pm - last act introduced; angel calalas of cainta, rizal

11:32pm - angel performs, with one night only playing on the background. she did the same tricks she did on the semi finals, the hoops with fire, the hoop with fire while suspended on one hand and handled more than 15 hoops at the time. the new thing she did was she was hanged upside down and was spinned continuously. her ending wasn't great also.

my rating for angel: 8 out of 10

based on tonight's performance, the best performances were from freestylers, marcelito and neilbeth. not far behind are happy feet, rico the magician and madrigal siblings.

tomorrow will be the results show. please vote for your favorites. i will be live blogging the results night tomorrow. let's tune in tomorrow as we crown the second grand winner of pilipinas got talent.

pilipinas got talent: rico the magician and skeights completes the roster of finalists

magician romarico sanorjo and the band skeights completes the list of 14 finalists of the second season of pilipinas got talent. the two acts got the last tickets to the finals after topping the votes in the wildcard phase of the competition, the first ever wildcard competition in the history of got talent in the world.

rico the magician electrified the audience with his magic and dance and at one point, even made a small person appear from a small cage. he even had a standing ovation from the judges during saturday night's performance night. on the other hand, skeights of davao city entertained the audience with their rendition of "next in line" of after image.

rico the magician got the highest number of votes (41.68%) and skeights place second (30.16%). the third act in the top three was batangas' joy's diva, who got 28.15% of the votes. other acts in the wildcard were next generation band and solo singers kenny padalla of baguio city and collins gutierrez of laguna.

next week will be a special episode about the 14 grand finalists. the season finale will be at the araneta coliseum on june 25 and 26, 2011.

pilipinas got talent: leoniel & elizabeth and marcelito reaches the finals; wildcard round announced

dancing partners leoniel enopia & elizabeth dazo from bacolod city and singer marcelito pomoy of cavite bacame the 11th and 12th grand finalists respectively of pilipinas got talent. leoniel & elizabeth got the highest number of votes after saturday night's performance, getting 34.06% of the votes.

the next two highest vote getters were the singing group joy's diva from batangas (28.58%) and cavite's pride marcelito (23.71%). both acts performed again for the judges. all three judges favored marcelito to go through to the grand finals.

other semifinalists in this last group were the returning kapidamu band, acrobatic group larvae and singer suwahib samplidan.

these are also the 2 acts that i picked to advance to the grand finals. what was surprising was that marcelito did not get the top spot in terms of votes after having the highest media and digital exposure in the internet. so this only proves that voting for your favorite is really important, do not be complacent.

it was also announced that next week will be a wild card week. all the acts that got into the top 2 or 3 in the text votes in the past 6 weeks but was not chosen by the judges will return and again battle it out for another 2 slots in the grand finals, making the final grand finalist count to 14. the 6 returning acts are:

from week 1: rico the magician from caloocan city

from week 2: skeights, a band from davao city

from week 3: collins gutierrez, a singer from laguna

from week 4: the next generation band from davao city

from week 5: singer kenny padalla from baguio city

from week 6: singing trio joy's diva from batangas city

the top 2 acts with the highest percentage of votes will advance to the grand finals. there will be no judges votes in this episode so every vote counts.

pilipinas got talent: my picks for semifinals group 6

after the results show last night, this is one of the best line up of semifinalists of the 6 groups this season. the 6 acts that performed last night were:

1. joy's divas - a singing trio from batangas

2. leoniel & elizabeth - ballroom dance partners from bacolod city

3. kapidamu band - a band from atimonan, quezon, also a semifinalist in season 1 (grouped together with magician ala kim and singer markki)

4. suwahib samplidan - a singer who sings while eating nuts

5. larvae - an acrobatic group from digos city

6. marcelito pomoy - a male singer who can sings with a female voice

based on their performance last night, i think the 2 acts that would get through will be marcelito and leoniel & elizabeth.

marcelito is an easy choice for this group. after a standing ovation from the judges and the audience in the ausition round, marcelito bacame an instant youtube sensation, with his video hitting more that a million hits so far. he has already the fan base and his great performance last night will surely earn him the votes that he needs.

leoniel & elizabeth definitely made a statement last night. their routine was great but not flawless (as the judges said last night). choreography and song choice was really good and their projection was excellent. hope they get the votes from the audience as well.

in striking distance will be kapidamu band. they are really good but they choose an old classic song. being a young band of members with ages ranging from 11 to 17 years old, they should have chosen a more modern song. this might hit their chance to be in the finals. i also agree with fmg that their key was lower than the original version. but since they already have their fan base since season 1, i think they will have a good chance of getting the votes.

larvae was a bit of a disappointment last night. i was looking forward to see them perform last night after their good showing in the auditions. the performance was doing good until the last part, where they got off balanced and some of them fell to the ground. i don't think that was enough to get them through.

joy's diva's song choice got them off the competition already. girls, you cannot match the intensity of destiny's child. suwahib's performance was entertaining but i think singing while eating peanuts is not worth a million bucks. the singing wasn't great also, but it was good and entertaining.

so watch out for tonight's results show to see who gets the final slots in the finals.

pilipinas got talent: djp trio and buildex advance to the finals

the djp trio from negros occidental and buildex pagales from digos city became the 9th and 10th grand finalist of the 2nd season of pilipinas got talent.

the dgp trio, composed of three 10-year old kids, got the highest number of votes after the voting was stopped this evening with 47.36% of the votes. they automaticaly advances to the grand finals. the 2nd and 3rd placers in the votes performed again to get the judges' votes. they are buildex pagales of digos city (26.99%) and kenny padalla of baguio city (10.33%). the judges were split in this one; with aiai voting for kenny and kris and fmg going for buildex.

other semi-finalist who performed this week with the votes they garnered were karinyoso boys from dumaguete city (6.75%), pole dancer ariana of the bourbon duo (whose partner was unable to perform due to an injury) from makati city (4.91%) and singer jacqueline schubert of cebu city (3.66%).

the two groups joins earlier qualifiers freestylers, madrigal siblings, b4, angel calalas, happy feet, jem cubil, john michael narag and filogram in the grand finals.

only 2 spots are up for grabs. these spots will be fought over by the performers in group 6, which includes singing trio joy's diva; ballroom dancing pair leoneil & elizabeth; last year's grand finalist kapidamu band; acrobatics group larvae; singers suwahib samplidan and singer marcelito pomoy; who got the best exposure in the auditions round from the media and the internet.

happy feet and jem cubil enters the finals of pilipinas got talent

the tap dancing duo of happy feet and singer jem cubil enters the finals of pilipinas got talent. happy feet, composed of siblings lordito and ramonito of bukidnon, got the highest number of votes (50.51% of the total votes) and immediately advanced to the finals.

cebu's pride jem cubil (23.20%) and laguna's collins gutierrez (15.40%) performed again for the judges, after garnering the 2nd and 3rd highest number of votes. all judges favored jem.

the two will now join freestylers, madrigal siblings, b4 and angel calalas in the finals.

other semifinalists in this group are dance selection of taguig, 5 year old rafael pavia from davao and zaldy carlos of manila.

here is the performance of happy feet in then semifinals:

next week's group 4 will be composed of filogram, first beat effects, genevieve rochelle arandia, maribeth callanta, next generation band and john michael narag.

video is from the post of moronicyap in youtube: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eXdWdMOX22s