Pilipinas Got Talent season 1
Season of television series
The first season of Pilipinas Got Talent aired on ABS-CBN from February 20 to June 13, 2010, replacing The Singing Bee , George and Cecil and Pinoy Big Brother: Double Up was replaced by Twist and Shout .[ 1]
Billy Crawford and Luis Manzano take role as the presenters of the main show, while Marc Abaya hosted its companion show, Pilipinas Got More Talent. The judges include former ABS-CBN executive Freddie M. Garcia , Kris Aquino , and Ai-Ai delas Alas .
Sixteen year-old singer Jovit Baldivino from Batangas was crowned the first winner of the series, with Baguio Metamorphosis as the runner-up and breakdancing duo Velasco Brothers finishing in third place.
Auditions
Cities where the major auditions were held.
The audition process took place throughout November and December 2009. The judges visited Philippine cities including Batangas , Cebu , Baguio , Cagayan de Oro , and Davao for three days and Manila for four days.[ 2] The first eighteen shows reflected on the successful, and unsuccessful auditions overall. The first audition episodes were followed in a particular city. However, in later episodes until the seventeenth, aired auditions featured all random cities visited.
Date of Audition
Audition Venue
City
November 6, 7 and 8, 2009
Lyceum of the Philippines University - Batangas
Batangas City
November 11, 12 and 13, 2009
Cebu Institute of Technology
Cebu City
November 19, 20 and 21, 2009
University of Baguio
Baguio
November 25, 26 and 27, 2009
Liceo de Cagayan University
Cagayan de Oro
November 30 – December 1, 2, 2009
Rizal Memorial Colleges
Davao City
December 5, 6, 12, 13, 2009
PAGCOR Grand Theater
Parañaque
Judges' Cull
The second round is the Judges' Cull of all 220 successful auditioned acts. It was held in the Bellevue Hotel located in Metro Manila. This is the round where the judges pick the best 36 acts to enter the live semi-finals. The cull was divided in half throughout the country, 19 acts were picked from the Visayas and Mindanao auditions and the other 17 were taken from Luzon and Metro Manila auditions. The top 36 acts will compete for the live semi-finals round for six weeks.[ 3]
Top 36 Results Summary
Finalist
Semi-finalist (lost judges' vote)
Name of act
Age(s)
Genre
Act
Hometown
Semifinal Week
Result
Jovit Baldivino
16
Singing
Singer
Batangas
1
Winner
Baguio Metamorphosis
—
Dancing
Belly Dance Fusion and Hip Hop
Baguio
6
Runner-up
Velasco Brothers
—
Dancing
Breakdancing
Manila
3
Third place
Ingrid Payaket
21
Singing
Singer
Baguio
6
Fourth place
Ezra Band
—
Music
Acoustic Band
Davao del Sur
4
Fifth place
Ruther Urquia
31
Variety
Ventriloquist
Las Piñas
1
Sixth place
Alakim
29
Variety
Magician
Quezon City
2
Seventh place
Keith Clark Delleva
14
Music
Electric Guitar Player
Pasay
3
Eighth place
Sherwin Baguion
20
Singing
Singer
Lanao del Norte
4
Ninth place
Luntayao Family
—
Singing
Singing group
Negros Occidental
5
Tenth place
Maria Jeline Oliva
13
Music
Violinist
Naga City
5
Eleventh place
Markki Stroem
20
Singing
Singer
Quezon City
2
Twelfth place
Imusicapella
—
Music
Show choir
Cavite
6
Eliminated
Carl Malone Montecido
11
Singing
Singer
Bacolod
6
Eliminated
Hello World
—
Dancing
Dance crew
Davao City
6
Eliminated
Josephine Aton
32
Singing
Singer
Cebu City
6
Eliminated
Powerpuff Corn
—
Singing
Acoustic duo
Baguio
5
Eliminated
Experience Kidz
—
Dancing
Dance crew
General Santos
5
Eliminated
Harold Jomar Gesulga
17
Music
Beatboxer
General Santos
5
Eliminated
Jzan Vern Tero
12
Singing
Singer
Cebu City
5
Eliminated
Gerphil Geraldine "Fame" Flores
19
Singing
Opera Singer
Parañaque
4
Eliminated
Big Mouth "BM"
32
Variety
Singer with animal sounds
Manila
4
Eliminated
Goldies & Goodies
48–69
Dancing
Dance group
Cebu City
4
Eliminated
Reiniel Tulabing
11
Singing
Singer
Cainta, Rizal
4
Eliminated
Rolando Ng III
7
Singing
Singer
Cagayan de Oro
3
Eliminated
Alexis Carpena
21
Dancing
Isolation Dancer
Laguna
3
Eliminated
Manolito "Manoling" Saldivar
51
Singing
Opera Singer
Dumaguete
3
Eliminated
Reggie Ramirez
33
Singing
Double-character Singer
Davao City
3
Eliminated
Kapidamu Band
10–16
Music
Band
Quezon
2
Eliminated
Florante Inutan
41
Music
Human Saxophone
Davao City
2
Eliminated
Garrett Devan Bolden, Jr.
18
Singing
Singer
Olongapo City
2
Eliminated
Mae Lozada & Anselmo Estillore
—
Dancing
Ballroom Dancing duo
Cebu City
2
Eliminated
Rolando Permangil
35
Singing
Singer
Davao City
1
Eliminated
Baguio Siblings
—
Dancing
Ballroom Dancing duo
Cebu City
1
Eliminated
Snap Boyz
—
Dancing
Dance crew
Cebu
1
Eliminated
Xavier University Cultural Dance Troupe
—
Dancing
Cultural Dance Troupe
Cagayan de Oro
1
Eliminated
Semifinals
The semifinals ran from May 1 to June 6, 2010. The first four weeks were held in AFP Theater in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City and in Tanghalang Pasigueño in Pasig for the fifth and sixth week. The result shows were always held in Dolphy Theater in ABS-CBN Studios.
There are two ways to vote — SMS and online voting.
The three acts that received the lowest votes are automatically eliminated. The act with the highest number of votes advances to the grand finals. The acts that placed second and third are subject to judges' vote. The act that receives at least 2 votes proceeds to the grand finals, while the other is eliminated.
Semifinals summary
Won the public vote
Won the judges' vote
Lost the judges' vote
Buzzed out
Judge's vote
Week 1 (May 1 & 2)
Contestant
Order
Act
Buzzes and judges' votes
Percentage
Result
FMG
Kris
Ai-ai
Snap Boyz
1
Dance crew
2.21%
Eliminated
Rolando Permangil
2
Singer
5.22%
Eliminated
Baguio Siblings
3
Ballroom Dancing duo
0.60%
Eliminated
Ruther Urquia
4
Ventriloquist
9.77%
Advanced
Xavier University Cultural Dance Troupe
5
Cultural Dance troupe
2.20%
Eliminated
Jovit Baldivino
6
Singer
80.00%
Advanced
Week 2 (May 8 & 9)
Contestant
Order
Act
Buzzes and judges' votes
Percentage
Result
FMG
Kris
Ai-ai
Kapidamu Band
1
Band
17.18%
Eliminated
Alakim
2
Magician
28.49%
Advanced
Mae Lozada & Anselmo Estillore
3
Ballroom Dancing Duo
9.06%
Eliminated
Florante Inutan
4
Human Saxophone
4.19%
Eliminated
Markki Stroem
5
Singer
25.32%
Advanced
Garrett Devan Bolden, Jr.
6
Singer
15.77%
Eliminated
Week 3 (May 15 & 16)
Contestant
Order
Act
Buzzes and judges' votes
Percentage
Result
FMG
Kris
Ai-ai
Keith Clark Delleva1
1
Electric Guitar Player
23.95%
Advanced
Velasco Brothers
2
Breakdancing Crew
21.83%
Advanced
Alexis Carpena
3
Isolation Dancer
17.69%
Eliminated
Rolando Ng III
4
Singer
20.89%
Eliminated
Manolito "Manoling" Saldivar
5
Opera Singer
11.92%
Eliminated
Reggie Ramirez
6
Double character singer
3.73%
Eliminated
^1 Delleva originally got three buzzers due to noisy and pitchy sound caused by the sound system. He was however given the chance to perform again without being buzzed out by the judges.
Week 4 (May 22 & 23)
Contestant
Order
Act
Buzzes and judges' votes
Percentage
Result
FMG
Kris
Ai-ai
Big Mouth "BM"
1
Singer with animal sounds
7.11%
Eliminated
Sherwin Baguion
2
Singer
17.99%
Advanced
Goldies & Goodies
3
Dance Troupe
5.67%
Eliminated
Reiniel Tulabing2
4
Singer
11.30%
Eliminated
Gerphil Geraldine "Fame" Flores
5
Opera Singer
25.05%
Eliminated
Ezra Band
6
Acoustic Band
33.08%
Advanced
^2 Tulabing also had an initial three buzzes due to low microphone volume. He actually had to repeat three times as his hat was missing on his second attempt.
Week 5 (May 29 & 30)
Contestant
Order
Act
Buzzes and judges' votes
Percentage
Result
FMG
Kris
Ai-ai
Experience Kidz
1
Dance crew
12.29%
Eliminated
Jzan Vern Tero
2
Singer
5.64%
Eliminated
Maria Jeline Oliva
3
Violinist
20.62%
Advanced
Harold Jomar Gesulga
4
Beatboxer
14.56%
Eliminated
Powerpuff Corn
5
Acoustic duo
18.71%
Eliminated
Luntayao Family
6
Singing group
28.19%
Advanced
Week 6 (June 5 & 6)
Contestant
Order
Act
Buzzes and judges' votes
Percentage
Result
FMG
Kris
Ai-ai
Baguio Metamorphosis
1
Hiphop and Belly Dancing group
28.78%
Advanced
Josephine Aton
2
Singer
2.56%
Eliminated
Imusicapella
3
Show choir
26.32%
Eliminated
Ingrid Payaket
4
Singer
17.97%
Advanced
Carl Malone Montecido
5
Singer
15.94%
Eliminated
Hello World
6
Dance crew
8.43%
Eliminated
Grand Finals
The grand finals were held in the Araneta Coliseum . Twelve acts that won in the semifinals performed again to win the title of the first Pilipinas Got Talent grand winner. Jovit Baldivino was declared as the winner, besting 11 talents in the grand finals.
Color key
Contestant
Order
Act
Buzzes
Percentage
Result
FMG
Kris
Ai-ai
Alakim
1
Magician
2.91%
7th
Sherwin Baguion
2
Singer
2.15%
9th
Markki Stroem
3
Singer
1.20%
12th
Ezra Band
4
Acoustic Band
5.46%
5th
Velasco Brothers
5
Breakdancing group
7.27%
3rd
Maria Jeline Oliva
6
Violinist
2.07%
11th
Baguio Metamorphosis
7
Hip hop and belly dancing group
15.39%
2nd
Jovit Baldivino
8
Singer
48.41%
1st
Ruther Urquia
9
Ventriloquist
5.45%
6th
Ingrid Payaket
10
Singer
5.87%
4th
Keith Clark Delleva
11
Electric guitar player
2.82%
8th
Luntayao Family
12
Singing group
2.07%
10th
National Ratings
Pilipinas Got Talent Season 1 hits all-time high 43.3% national rating.[ 4]
The National Ratings came from the whole-wide Philippine coverage of TV audience ratings from Kantar Media Philippines .
Show
Date
Share
Rank ( Night / Primetime )
Source
1st Audition
February 20
38.7%
1
[ 5]
2nd Audition
February 21
37.5%
1
[ 5]
3rd Audition
February 27
37.7%
1
[ 6]
4th Audition
February 28
43.1%
1
[ 6]
5th Audition
March 6
34.3%
1
[ 7]
6th Audition
March 7
39.1%
1
[ 7]
7th Audition
March 13
37.7%
1
[ 8]
8th Audition
March 14
31.6%
2
[ 8]
9th Audition
March 20
37.4%
1
[ 9]
10th Audition
March 21
39.4%
1
[ 9]
11th Audition
March 27
35.9%
1
[ 10]
12th Audition
March 28
34.6%
1
[ 10]
13th Audition
April 4
36.4%
1
[ 11]
14th Audition
April 10
31.1%
2
[ 12]
15th Audition
April 11
33.6%
1
[ 12]
16th Audition
April 17
33.9%
1
[ 13]
17th Audition
April 18
32%
1
[ 13]
18th Audition
April 24
34.6%
2
[ 14]
19th Audition
April 25
30.7%
1
[ 14]
Semi-finals 1 (Performance Night)
May 1
36.5%
1
[ 15]
Semi-finals 1 (Results Night)
May 2
33.3%
1
[ 15]
Semi-finals 2 (Performance Night)
May 8
34.4%
1
[ 16]
Semi-finals 2 (Results Night)
May 9
29.7%
1
[ 16]
Semi-finals 3 (Performance Night)
May 15
34.9%
1
[ 17]
Semi-finals 3 (Results Night)
May 16
30.7%
1
[ 17]
Semi-finals 4 (Performance Night)
May 22
34.2%
1
[ 18]
Semi-finals 4 (Results Night)
May 23
30.4%
1
[ 18]
Semi-finals 5 (Performance Night)
May 29
35.7%
1
[ 19]
Semi-finals 5 (Results Night)
May 30
27.1%
1
[ 19]
Semi-finals 6 (Performance Night)
June 5
36.9%
1
[ 20]
Semi-finals 6 (Results Night)
June 6
31.5%
1
[ 20]
Grand Finals (Performance Night)
June 12
37%
1
[ 21]
Grand Finals (Results Night)
June 13
43.3%
1
[ 21]
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