Philippine Idol Girls Semi-Finals Night

• Abigail GAIL Blanco "Whats Love Got to Do With It" - The song choice was too ambitious. She didn't give justice to a Tina Turner song, she lacked energy. Mr. C "The song was difficult, sadly it ate you up".

• Christina TIN Otero "Come In from the Rain" - Much better than the 1st performance. FM and Mamita gave liked her rendition. Mr. C on the other hand suggested that Tin under go a makeover, to make her look younger.

• Rina Lei YNAH Pangan "Halik"- The first OPM song sang. It was an average performance. She did sound kinda like the original but I was hoping that she did her own twist on the song, made it her own instead of "imitating". FM " a courageous effort"

• Cherry Ann APPLE Chiu "Rhythm of the Street" - She has a deep and rich voice and I am disappointed with song choice. I expected more from her. She made a safe song choice, which didn't showcase her voice. Mr. C "Hindi ko matke yung kanta buti nalang maganda voice mo".

• Jellica JELI Mateo "Bridges" - Buti nalang maganda siya. Wrong song choice, I was disappointed.

• IRA Marasigan "Mr. Melody". Sabi ko na nga ba she looks familiar. We were in the same club, "Abbey Music Guild", way back in highschool. Shes' two batches lower than me and if I'm not mistaken she has a twin sister. Grabe! I'm so proud na may Bedan na nakapasok sa Philippine Idol. She left a good impression when she sang "Route 66, Manila audition. During the theater elimination week she lost a little of her spark, but nonetheless her 1st audition out weighed her average theater elimination performance earning her slot in the top 24. Tonight she's back with her classy, upbeat jazzy scatwork rendition of "Mr. Melody". The judges comments: FM "May kultura tong batang to'", Mamita "You've blossomed I hope you make it. Mr. C "I'm so happy you brought class in PI. Ang galing mong maglakad (Ira :"pang beauty pagent po ba?"). VOTE for her guys! especially yung mga taga Benedictine Abbey/St. Benedict College/San Beda Collge Alabang (ilang beses na kase nagpalit-palit ng name ang alma matter natin, pili nalang kau) dyan let's support her! Text IRA to 2339.

• POW Chavez "Ikaw Lamang" - The 2nd OPM song. She reminds me of Aiza Seguerra and like Aiza shes' rendered a beautiful soulful version of "Ikaw Lamang". Simple yet heartfelt ang pagkanta niya. FM "Mahusay na mangaawit, kelan ka ba magpapalda?" Mamita "Whatever you wear or say, Ilove you Pao!" Mr. C " Plus factor, your voice is full of emotion. Hindi mo na kalain ng gimik, kumanta kaang buboto na ang mga tao". She cried after her performance, because of the positive feedback the audience and judges gave.

• Stephanie STEF Lazaro "Home" - Nagka hangover pa ako kay Ira and Pow, hindi ako nakaconcentrate kay Stef. She followed a great performance by Pow, which made her performance "forgetable". Mr. C "Sorry, nothing new"

• Maureen MAU Marcelo "Sweet Love" - Isa pa to! ang galing! The moment she sang the first few phrases, you could instantly tell that she has the "Idol" factor, a great voice! FM "Kahit si Fantasia mapapatiklop mo, you deserve to be in the top 4!" Mamita " I like the way you changed, I like you very much!" Mr. C even asked her why she isn't an international artist yet? She cried and couldn't even speak after Mr. Cs' comment.

• Erika Jill EJ Bautista "Paalam Na" - Despite her disability she was able to deliver the song pitch perfectly but she lacked something during her performance. Probably it's the intensity of how she sang the song, I just couldn't figure out what is lacking. Mr.C " It's just good enough, nothing spectacular."

• Yasmin SUEY Medina "Almost Over You" - It was too pitchy. Her voice lacked richness. Sayang.

• Armarie ARMS Cruz "Superwoman" - All I can remember about Armarie was that she cried a lot! The Davao Eliminations, when his brother auditioned, when she auditioned. During theater eliminations, when her brother wasn't in the top 40, when she was included in the top 40. When she was included in the top 24. She's good but I think she over sang this song. Surprisingly she didn't cry tonight.

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Sunday, September 03, 2006

Philippine Idol Boys Semi-Finals: Result Night

The top 12 Male contestants sang "Your on The Right Track" as an opening number. Ryan announced that Philippine Idol broke the Asian record of 300,000 votes as well as unveiling the newest host of the 30 min week day "I Love Philippine Idol" formerly known as Idol Exclusive. I think getting heart was a good choice, considering that she doesn't have any current shows/projects in ABS. The judges were asked to give their top 4. Mamita declined and gave a safe answer, "I like them all!". FM and Mr. C had the same top 4 namely Dre, Gian, Ramirr and Robert.

The 12 were divided into two groups:

Group A: Freddie, Robert, Ken, Onyx, Christian and Joseph
Group B: Miguel, Ramirr, Dre, Reymond, Gian and John

Group A didn't make it and were asked to take a seat, leaving Group B with the top 4. Miguel and Dre were asked to step forward. They were both in the top 4 and automatically in the finals. Reymond and Gian were next. Gian (audience were shocked) was asked to take a seat and Reymond will be joining the top 4. Lastly, Ramir and Jan (I was actually expecting Ramirr to be in the top 4 since the judges showered him with praises last night) Jan is in the top 4 and Ramirr joined the wild card group. Ramirr looked confident before the announcement and the sudden change in his facial expression, maybe of shock, was too obvious to be missed out).

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Philippine Idol: On the right track.

My siblings and I enjoyed watching last nights' show. The set was amazing. The band, led by Mr. Mel Villena, was great . The interaction between Ryan Agoncillo and the judges, Mamita Pilita Corales in particular, made the atmosphere light and engaging. The show wasn't exactly a walk in the park. There were a couple of slip-ups such as poor audio quality. There were instances that the band would overpower the singers' voice. The missing mic audio, Reymond Sajor's mic to be exact. Some of the judges weren't able to give concrete constructive criticism (Oh how I miss Mr. Cowell). The judges tried not to be too hard on their comments, good thing Mr. C couldn't resist blurting out a couple of frank remarks. Nevertheless, Philippine Idol is on the right track.

The 12 Male idol hopefuls with their respective renditions of the following songs:

• Freddie Cabael "Macho Gwapito" - An upbeat yet forgettable performance, his forte is "RnB" so I was surprised by his song choice. He should have chosen a more "competitive song" considering what is at stake is a sure slot in the finals.

• Robert Bernadas "Take A Look Inside My Heart" - Buti nalang maganda dimples niya at natandaan ko siya. Good voice quality, dubbed by Mr. C as his bet.

• Ken Dingle "More Today Than Yesterday" - I was reminded by the "Ayala Mall Commercial". They used this song as part of their jingle. His performance was not that impressive, the band kinda overpowered his voice.
  

• Drae Ybanez "What You Won't Do For Love" - Dubbed by Mr. C as Spiderman look-a-like. It was just O-K-A-Y, no wow factor.
  

• Onyx Culala "Windmills of Your Mind" - He does have a good deep voice but his performance was too up-tight and boring.

• Gian Carlo Magdangal "Footloose" - A lot of girls and gays cheered during his performance since he was kinda cute. According to mamita he has the total package.
  

• Ramirr Grepo "Bed of Roses" - "Aprilboy is that you?" Hahaha he sounded a little like Aprilboy maybe it's because of the hair -connect- and if I squirt my eyes a little more, he looks a little like Robin Padilla. He is the only rocker idol on the show. He was okay, but his last note sounded a little off. Mr. FMs' bet for this season. Ms. Pilita even pulled out a Paula Abdul, when she stood up and claimed "I Love You!" (Hmmm.... I automatically looked at what she was drinking...)
  

• Miguel Mendoza III "Highways of My Life" - Wrong song choice! He should have picked a more "pop/familiar song" but since he is my brothers' schoolmate I'll vote for him. According to my little bro, Miguel is a member of a choral group in zobel and frequently performed during school events/concerts.
  

• Reymond Sajor "Tell Her About It" - In the middle of his performance his microphone conked out hence he had to sing his song twice. Mr. C "You went to hell but you rose up, Bongga ka!"
  

• Joseph Astor "Why Can't It Be" - This guy looks like Sam Milby and Piolo Pascual but at the same time sound like Gary V. What a combination! He has certain Sam and Piolo angles. Now some of you might check out his photo at Philippine idols official website and think that I should get my eyes checked. Well the photo they posted was so not what I saw during the semi-final show. I know those who watched the show can vouch this observation.
  

• Christian Masaga "Have I Told You Lately" - parang OA ang pagkanta niya
  

• Jan Kurt Nieto "Bridge Over Troubled Water" - sayang pumiyok siya, pwede na sana. (I reviewed the youtube video, and pricisely between 1:59-2:07 mins parang sumabit yung "troubled" niya, you be the judge nalang may violent reactions kase. Buti nalang I moderate my comments -belat-).
  

Overall, all of them have good quality voices and no doubt they deserve to be in the top 24. The first Philippine Idol, as stressed by the judges, should have the total package. It's not enough that they have a good voice, they should be able to charm/captivate the audience and have that WoW factor.

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Sunday, August 27, 2006

Philippine Idol announced it's Top 24

I haven't been blogging about "Philippine Idol" until now. I wanted to watch the first few episodes before I give my insights about the show. I'm an avid fan of it's American counterpart, needless to say I had high expectations for Philippine Idol. Although PI exclusive is aired everyday (for 30 mins) and PI (1 hour) every weekend, I barely watched or even finished a couple of episodes. It wasn't as exciting and spunky as its american counterpart. Neverthelss, I will still support Philippine Idol. Philippine Idol finally announced the top 24 idol hopefuls. The top 24 were composed of familiar, unfamiliar faces and unheard voices. This coming Saturday the Boys will be first to perform which will be followed by a Sunday elimination day. It's rumored that the bottom four will be eliminated.

Here are Philippine Idols' Top 24


First Row (left to right): ABIGAIL BLANCO, ARMARIE CRUZ, CHERRY ANN CHIU, IRA MARASIGAN, JELLICA MARIE MATEO, STEPHANIE BAINBRIGGE

Second Row (left to right): ERIKA JILL BAUTISTA, CHRISTINA OTERO, YASMI ROSE MEDINA, RINA LEI PANGAN, MAUREEN MARCELO, PAULA PATRICIA CHAVEZ

Third Row (left to right): CHRISTIAN MASAGA, REYMOND SAJOR, ROBERT BERNADAS, RAMIRR GREPO, PAUL ANDRAE YBANEZ, MIGUEL MENDOZA

Last Row (left to right): FREDDIE CABAEL, GIAN CARLO MAGDANGAL, JAN KURT NIETO, JASPER ONYX CULALA, JOSEPH ASTOR, KENNETH DINGLE

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Thursday, April 13, 2006

Goodbye Bucky; Are you ready for "Philippine Idol"

This weeks theme is all about "Queen". I enjoyed this week compared to the past weeks theme . I love Taylor's rendition of "Crazy Little Thing called Love", refreshing and funny. I heard a lot of different versions of the song, there was Michael Buble, Lea Salonga and the other AI contestants in the past season. Can't help but laugh when he tried to kick the mic stand while he was performing. The 1st attempt he missed the mic stand and had to go for another one. I was reminded of a Constantine flip-flop he did last year, as seen in the picture below. He tried to do a rock kick during an interview and falls flat on his ass. It's a little pixely (I just made this word up) since I wanted to blow up the small GIF I had. As I speak I just can't help but burst into tears, laughing my ass off, but this picture doesn't give justice I highly recommend the video of the interview. If you could get a hold of it, please send me a link of it.





Bucky Covington received the lowest number of votes, hence ending his chance to be an American Idol for this season. The bottom three were Bucky, Elliot and Ace. I was expecting Bucky at the bottom three, but I think either Ace and Elliot should have left instead. Ace is boyband material not idol. Elliot, hands off has a great voice but whenever he performs I just feel no connection with him, his eye wander off the camera, it's just weird. I always thought and asked "Why is he in AI? Buck who?". I wasn't a Bucky fan then but he left the competition with a good impression. I salute Bucky he progressed all throughout the show, too bad he didn't have a solid fan based established from the start/auditions.

Now America is down to seven, several weeks away from crowning this seasons American Idol.

There are a lot of Filipino AI viewers/fanatics and with this recent update "Philippine Idol" would Filipinos be as enthusiastic as it's original Idol version? Click the active link for the whole article. Well I just hope that we could find our own idol not based on "biritan", nakakasawa na eh.

Updated : American Idol 5 Mp3s

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