the glee project: emily is the third person not to be called back

emily vasquez, 22 year old girl from new york became the third aspirant not to be called back on the new reality show the glee project.

the week's theme is vulnerability. for their homework assignment, they were given lines in the song please don't live me by pink. to judge them in this, the guest judge for the week is dot marie jones who plays coach beiste in the hit show glee. after the performance, she said that lindsay comes out as forced. she enjoyed emily's and matheus' performance. in the end, dot choose matheus as the winner this week. this is matheus' second win in three challenges.

the week's video is tears for fears' mad world. they need to choose words that they are very much insecure about and put it out there in public. they will display these words while walking on universal city walk.

the words they choose are as follows:

alex - gay

cameron - misunderstood

damian - numb

hannah - fat

lindsay - fake

marissa - flawed

samuel - rejected

matheus - small

mckynleigh - black or white

emily - used

it was a very emotional shoot. as they are being shot, the other contestants watched them in a monitor. emily revealed that she has been abused by music producers that is why she choose used. while alex was shooting, marissa decided to change her word since it was not specific on the issues she had before. she changed it to "annorexic".

here is the music video for the week:

in the end, the contestants in the bottom three were damian, cameron and emily. damian and cameron was called out due to their lack of connection to the song. emily was called due to her lack of focus during the shoot. they were asked to sing the following songs:

damian - are you lonesome tonight by elvis presley

cameron - your song by elton john

emily - grenade by bruno mars

it was a pretty tough week since all did a good job in their last chance auditions. but in the end, it was emily's lack of focus that made her not get the call back.

video source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Zs5-tnSZ7Ts&feature=feedu

biggest loser pinoy edition: edden cruz is the 3rd contestant voted off

edden cruz, a 35 year old fish vendor from cebu, became the 3rd person voted out of the reality show the biggest loser pinoy edition. edden was voted off after blue team's 2nd straight loss after 3 weigh ins. it was a very emotional vote for the blue team, almost every team member cried during the voting.

the votes were:

edden - voted for angela

larry - voted for edden

angela - voted for edden

alan - voted for angela

joy - voted for edden

eric - voted for edden

angela got 2 votes and edden got 4 votes, enough for her to be voted off the show. during her stay in the camp, edden was able to lose 24 lbs (from her starting weight of 221lbs to her last weigh in weight of 197lbs) or 10.86% of her starting weight. she was also able to reach below the 200lb mark.

it was also revealed in the episode that the trainers will switch teams. chinggay will now train the blue team and jim will now train the red team.

image is from: http://kapamilyaonesite.blogspot.com/2011/05/biggest-loser-pinoy-edition-contestants_20.html

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 more than 19% of the votes, with happy feet close behind with more than 18%. freestylers got more than 9% 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 blogging: pilipinas got talent season 2 grand finals performance night

will be live blogging the performance night of the 2nd season of pilipinas got talent in my other blog.

here is the link: http://diyeysisden.blogspot.com/2011/06/live-blog-pilipinas-got-talent-grand.html

will be posting my predictions and analysis on who will win by tomorrow before the results night.

biggest loser pinoy edition: red team wins 3rd competitive weigh in

chinggay andrada's red team wins the 3rd competitive weigh in of the biggest loser pinoy edition. this is the 2nd week in a row that the red team won the weigh in.

the blue team lost 34 lbs this week, which is 2.37% of their total weight. as part of their reward in the challenge win, they get to choose who sits out from the red team in this weigh in. they choose eboy, who lost 14lbs. despite eboy sitting out, the red team manage to lose 30lbs, which is 2.42% of their weight. the blue team is 1lb short in terms of the percentage.

here is the results of the weigh in:

red team's eboy was also declared the biggest loser of the week, despite him sitting this weigh in out.

one of the members of the blue team will be voted out next monday. looking at their weight loss, since they agreed to choose between the 2 lowest weight losers, it would be between eric and edden.

so you think you can dance 8: 2 filipinos enters the top 20

filipinos were able to enter the top 20 of the 8th season of the popular reality show so you think you can dance. marko germar and tadd gadduang were able to enter the top 20 final list and were able to perform live in the show.

22 year old germar is the first dancer from guam to make it to the show. he moved to guam from the philippines when he was 10 years old. he is a jazz dancer but has also trained for ballroom, hip hop, tap, ballet and gymnastic. his nickname is kimboy and has been working in disneyland as a dancer in aladdin for more than a year and a half now. he has been a hip hop dancer since the age of 7 and was formally trained since 10 years old.

25 year old gadduang on the other hand, is a hip hop dancer from salt lake city, utah. his family moved from the philippines to daly city then to san francisco, where he was born. it was his sister who got him into dancing. he has been learning the pinoy martial arts, kali since age 6 and has been dancing also around that age and also knows how to play the piano. he is currently on his 2nd year in psychology.

both their parents are filipinos, making them pure blooded pinoy pride. hope the filipino community there can support them, especially marko since guam will not be able to vote due to the time difference.

source:

http://www.mb.com.ph/articles/323607/2-pinoys-make-it-hit-american-dancereality-show

http://www.fox.com/dance/

the amazing race 19 spoiler: ethan zohn and jenna morasca are speculated to be contestants of tar 19

survivor couple ethan zohn (winner of survivor africa) and jenna morasca (winner of survivor the amazon) is rumored to be joining the 19th season of the amazing race, which is currently filming. spoilers from los angeles, taiwan and indonesia has been coming in and indicates that the survivor couple is indeed in the race. this has been posted in the realityfanforum website (links available at the bottom of the post)

please see attached pics below:

pics are from:

http://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php/topic,25519.0.html

http://forum.realityfanforum.com/index.php/topic,25526.0.html

the glee project: ellis becomes the 2nd contestant to be eliminated

ellis wylie, an 18 year old singer from grayslake, illinois; became the 2nd person who did not get a callback in the reality show, the glee project. this is the 2nd time that ellis was in the bottom three in as many weeks of the show. she was mainly voted off due to her negativity and her attitude.

in this episode, the focus is on the contestant's theatricality. this week's guest mentor is idina menzel, who plays shelby corcoran - the coach of vocal adrenaline and rachel berry's birth mother. their homework assignment is lady gaga's bad romance. and after their performance, shelby choose alex as the winner.

their video for this week is we're not gonna take it by the twisted sisters. the concept of this week's video is that the aspirants are the outcasts trying to fit in. setting is the school cafeteria and a rock concert.

here is this week's video:

after the performance, the week's bottom three was revealed. the bottom three (and the songs they performed during the last chance recital) were:

ellis - mack the knife

matheus - gives you hell

mckynleigh - piece of my heart

ellis was in the bottom three due to her negativity and has even caused some conflicts among the cast members. the mentors believe that she does not believe in herself too much. matheus forgot some of his words and got carried away at some parts of the song. he was also advised to embrace his smallness but always walk and act tall and confident. mckynleigh was definitely the best singer among the three but her lack of character and personality brought her to the bottom three.

but in the end, it was ellis' negative attitude that led to her elimination.

next week's focus is on vulnerability.

video is from: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tx3LDDbt42k

pic is from: http://popcrush.com/tags/ellis-wylie/

i dare you: new abs cbn reality show

the country's home of the best reality shows, abs cbn, will be launching a new reality show, i dare you: the kapamilya challenge. the show will feature several kapamilya stars doing challenges that would test their determination and character.

the show will be hosted by jericho rosales, iya villania and pinoy big brother winner melai cantiveros.

source: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJPjaL9xlGw

biggest loser pinoy edition: jm oloris is the 2nd contestant voted off

blue team's jose michael oloris from manila became the 2nd person to be voted off the biggest loser pinoy edition camp. jm, a 32 year old kagawad and fire volumteer from manila, got 4 votes out of the seven members of the blue team after they lost the weigh in.

the blue team members have agreed before that they will vote based on their weight loss. they would only choose between the 2 with the lowest weight loss. unfortunately, they found it hard because their team leader, alan is in the bottom two. so most of them decided to vore based on who they think should go.

alan, edden, joy and larry voted for jm. jm voted for angela and angela voted for larry. eric's vote was not revealed since 4 votes is enough to vote out jm.

during his stay in the camp, jm was able to lose a total of 30 pounds (18 on the first weigh in and 12 on the second weigh in). this accounts to 8.82% of his starting weight. his initial weight is 340lbs and he lefty the camp at 310lbs.

jm will continue to train and try to lose weight. the voted off contestants will be weighed again on the finale and the biggest loser among them will win a prize.

pic is from: http://thebiggestloser-pinoyedition.blogspot.com/2011/06/jm-oloris-of-manila-voted-off-biggest.html

biggest loser pinoy edition: red team wins 2nd competitive weigh in

the red team wins the 2nd competitive weigh-in in biggest loser pinoy edition. the red team has a weight loss of 4.24% versus the blue team's 3.54%. the details of the weigh in is as follows:

this week's biggest loser is art of the red team with 5.63%. this is red team's first win (challenge and weigh in). this is a definite morale booster for them.

biggest loser pinoy edition: destiny duarte is eliminated

destiny duarte, a 23 year old customer service representative from cebu city, became the first contestant to be voted off the newest localized reality show, the biggest loser pinoy edition.

destiny was voted off after the red team lost the first elimination weigh in. the blue team lost a total of 130lbs or 6.70% of their total weight. on the other hand, the red team lost a total of 132lbs but this is only equivalent to 6.32% of their total weight. larry of the blue team was also declared as the biggest loser of the wee after 26lbs or 10.2% of his weight.

destiny voted for hazel but she got 4 votes (from eboy, hazel, raffy and winwin). this is enough for her to be eliminated. the votes of art and ryan were not revealed. the main reason why destiny was voted off was her team mates considered that she already had an injury and she needs to rest. and also due to the ankle injury, she might not give her all during the training.

destiny lost only 10lbs or 4.52% of her total weight, the second lowest among the contestants (hazel got the lowest weight lost, with 8lbs or 3.88% weight loss)

destiny will continue to train at home and try to lose weight. in the american version, the eliminated contestants also train at home and are weighed in at the finale. the eliminated contestant with the highest percentage of weight loss wins a prize. this might also be adapted by the show.