my mvp: luis palaganas, jr is named the first most valuable pinoy

after weeks of auditions, scrimmage, practices and matches, luis palaganas, jr is named the winner of tv 5's basketball reality show, my mvp: most valuable pinoy. the 25 year old former university of the east red warrior from tarlac bested 11 other finalists to bag the title. he has been an early favorite and has been given the longest playing time in the game due to his contribution.

the finale first name the 2 wildcard contestants. out of the 11 who came back to the try outs, james abugan and jerry orera was named to the top 12. after that, the final game against the pba legends, who beat them during their first match up was shown. the pba legends team was comprised of nelson asaytono, bobby jose, jun limpot, gerry esplana, alvin patrimonio, vergel meneses, jerry codinera, nandy garcia, adonis sta. maria, ato agustin, peter martin, ronnie magsanoc and rey evangelista.

the first half of the game was really a close fight, the first quarter ending at 22-all and the half ending at 51-49 with my mvp having the advantage. at the second half, the my mvp team slowly pulled away, kleading by 5 points after the 3rd quarter, 78-73. the team never looked back, leading by as much as 15 points. the game ended with a 109-101 win by the my mvp team.

special awards was also given out at half time. raymond montaniel was named mr. flawless and reneboy banzali was named mr biofresh body.

the mythical five was named after the game. the mythical five were julio magbanua, leemore boliver, robby david, alwyn elinon and luis palaganas, jr. all the other contestants were given php50,000 each and gift cheques from sponsors. the mythical five was given php100,000 each with special prizes and gift certificates from the sponsors.

after that, the winner was named. the 5 was trimmed down to 3, elinon, david and palaganas; with palaganas emerging victorious. he won php500,000 with various prizes from sponsors david's salon, van heusen, reyes barbeque, julie's bakeshop, nature's spring, timex, samson institute of science & technology, forever flawless and welcoat paints. his total winnings sum up to 1.5 million pesos.

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