Sunday, May 31, 2015

YOUR FACE SOUNDS FAMILIAR : FINAL FOUR ANNOUNCED!

After 12 intense week of competition, the newest hit reality show "Your Face Sounds Familiar" announced the final four celebrities that will battle it out live next week for the chance to be the first celebrity winner of the show.

The final four celebrities are:

NYOY VOLANTE


Acoustic singer Nyoy topped the elimination round with a total of 257 points. He won twice, first when he impersonated Justin Bieber and during the last week when he impersonated Luciano Pavarotti. Nyoy has been the most consistent contestant in the show.

JAY-R


R&B singer Jay-R got second place after the 12 week eliminations with 246 points. He also won twice, during the first week when he impersonated Pinoy rock legend Pepe Smith and during the fourth week when he impersonated Kenny Rogers. He is the only finalist that never got the last place.

MELAI CANTIVEROS


Pinoy Big Brother big winner Melai Cantiveros is the only female finalist in the show. She is tied with Edgar Allan at 3rd place after the elimination round with 202 points. She won once during week 9 when she impersonated Elizabeth Ramsey. She never fails to entertain everyone week after week in this show.

EDGAR ALLAN GUZMAN


Indie Prince Edgar Allan Guzman is the biggest revelation in this show. The winner of Eat Bulaga's Mr Pogi in 2006 is tied with Melai after the elimination round with 202 points. He won once during week 10 when he impersonated Vice Ganda. He has impressed everyone with his dancing and even his singing skills.

The show will have its live finale next week.


2015 SOUTHEAST ASIAN GAMES : PROMO FOR GILAS PILIPINAS CADETS

With a few days left in the preparations, here is a short promo published by Sports 5 in their YouTube channel for the Philippine basketball team, the Gilas Pilipinas Cadets, for the 2015 Southeast Asian Games who are targeting to defend their title that they won in 2013 in Myanmar :



The team will be composed of the following players: Baser Amer, Mac Belo, Kevin Ferrer, Jiovani Jalalon, Glenn Khobuntin, Kiefer Ravena, Prince Rivero, Troy Rosario, Earl Scottie Thompson, Norbert Torres, Almond Vosotros and naturalized veteran Marcus Douthit. They will be coached by Tab Baldwin.

The team will be playing in Group A and will start their campaign on June 10. Here is their game schedule:

June 10 - vs Indonesia (1pm)
June 11 - vs Malaysia (4pm)
June 12 - vs Timor Leste (6pm)

The semi-final matches will be played on June 14 and the finals will be on June 15.

2015 SOUTHEAST ASIAN GAMES : PHILIPPINE VOLLEYBALL TEAM RECOGNIZED DURING THE SHAKEYS V-LEAGUE FINALS

The members of the Philippine Volleyball National Team for the 2015 Southeast Asian Games was called and recognized during the finals of the Open Conference of Shakey's V-League. All 13 members of the team was present and were called out before the awarding ceremonies where PLDT got the championship after winning over Army.

Here is a glimpse of the national team from Tiebraker Times Twitter account :


The team will join other athletes during the opening ceremonies on June 5, where Alyssa Valdez will be the flag bearer, and will start their quest for a medal after a decade long absence on June 10.

Here is a promo released by Sports5 in their YouTube channel:



The team will start their campaign on June 10, their schedule is as follows:

June 10 - vs Indonesia (12pm)
June 11 - vs Malaysia (10am)
June 13 - vs Vietnam (10am)

Semifinal matches will be played on June 14 and the finals on June 15.

Wishing good luck to Team Philippines and I am hoping that everyone will cheer for them, politics aside.

PINOY BIG BROTHER : SOME HOUSEMATES ALREADY CONFIRMED

Some of the housemates of the upcoming new season of the reality show Pinoy Big Brother has been confirmed this weekend. As revealed by Direk Laure Dyogi in his Twitter account, 6 housemates has been confirmed as of yesterday :

After this announcement, some pictures were also posted in his and PBB's official Twitter account :




The show is expected to premiere sometime in June.

Thursday, May 28, 2015

PINOY BIG BROTHER WILL PREMIERE IN JUNE 2015!

After 10 years when it first opened, the doors of the Pinoy Big Brother house will again welcome a new set of housemates next month. It was announced in the show's official Twitter account that the new season will premiere in June 2015:



You can watch the teaser posted in ABS-CBN interactive's YouTube channel here.

As of the writing, the final casting is also being done tonight as posted in the show's Twitter page. Can't wait for the new season already!

PHILIPPINES SET TO JOIN THE FIBA UNDER-18 3X3 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

Team Philippines once again will join the FIBA Under-18 3x3 World Championship. It will be held at the Kossuth Square in Debrecen, Hungary next week, from June 4 to 7, 2015.

Philippines will be in Pool A with top seed Hungary, Poland, Kazakhstan, Uruguay and Russia. Here is the complete list of pools in the said tournament:


Team Philippines will be lead by the defending slam dunk champion Kobe Paras and he will be joined by Richard Escoto, Michael Nieto and Ricci Paolo Rivero.

Each country will play in a single round robin format in their respective pools. The top 4 teams after this will advance to the knockout round where an eventual champion will be crowned.

Here is the schedule of Team Philippines in the first round:

  • June 4, 4:50pm - vs Poland
  • June 4, 7:20pm - vs Hungary
  • June 5, 5:10pm - vs Kazakhstan
  • June 5, 7:40pm - vs Russia
  • June 6, 2:10pm - vs Uruguay
All the games of Team Philippines will be played at the Main Court. Games of the Last 16 will be played on June 6 and the quarterfinals up to the finals will be played on June 7.


NBA : RILEY CURRY IS JUST THE CUTEST!

Look at how Riley Curry, the daughter of Golden State warrior star Stephen Curry, stole the show from his dad at the post game interview after Golden State won their semi-finals series to barge into the NBA Finals :