survivor philippines: jc tiuseco is the new segment host of unang hirit

first pinoy soile survivor jc tiuseco now has his first regular tv asignment in gma 7. after winning the premiere season of survivor philippines, jc will be a segment host of the station's morning show unang hirit. this was announced during his guesting today (january 1, 2009) at the said show. after modeling one of jc buendia's (reality show reference: celebrity duets season 2) all white suit creation. he will be handling a youth realted segment starting on monday, january 5, 2009.

jc will be the 4th survivor to co-host the show. earlier castaways that appeared on the show as co-hosts are patani, nikki, jace and zita.

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celebrity duets season 2: bayani fernando is declared the season's winner

after 12 weeks of intense competition, mmda chairman bayani fernando became the champion of the second season of celebrity duets. bayani fernando bested the 2 other finalists designer jc buendia and basketball player turned comedian turned politician joey marquez. previously eliminated contestants were fitness guru and host cory quirino, former miss international melanie marquez, celebrity chef jl cang, soccer player phil younghusband, and beauty queen carlene aguilar.

on the last night of competition, each finalist sang a duet with their favorite partner that they have previously sang with. bayani fernando partnered with pilita corrales, joey marquez sang with kempee de leon and jc buendia chose allan k. in the second round, they each sang with a new partner. bayani sang with basil valdez, jc sang with jonalyn viray and joey sang with pops fernandez.

but in the end, it was bayani fernando's text votes that was on top, earning him the top spot. as the winner, he will receive 1 millio pesos; half of which will go to his chosen charities; caritas manila and child house.

celebrity duets season 2: week 5 is again a non-elimination week

week 5 of the philippine version of celebrity duets is another non-elimination week. this is the 3rd time in 5 weeks that the episode was non-elimination. the first two weeks were also non-elimination episodes also. the votes will be carried over to next week where another celebrity will be eliminated.

the songs and duet partners of the contestants for week 5 are as follows:

mmda chaiman bayani fernando with partner john lapuz - copacobana
chef jl cang with partner ney of 6cyclemind - iskul bukol
soccer hunk phil younghusband with partner sheree - i'm too sexy
comedian joey marquez with partner kyla - friend of mine
designer jc buendia with partner yasmien kurdi - raindrops keep falling on my head
beauty queen carlene aquilar with partner dulce - halik

for me, top 3 for this week would be chef jl, bayani fernando and carlene aguilar. the bottom group includes phil, joey and jc. i think the weakest performance this week was from designer jc buendia.