Marcelito Pomoy declared 'Pilipinas Got Talent 2' grand winner

Marcelito Pomoy was proclaimed the grand champion of ABS-CBN's talent search franchise, "Pilipinas Got Talent Season 2" Sunday night.

Marcelito Pomoy, Pilipinas Got Talent 2 champion, showing off the 2-million check he won

An early favorite, Marcelito outshone the other 13 finalists during the Grand Finals of the popular weekend show, which was held last Satuday night at the Araneta Coliseum, by performing a flawless rendition of Celine Dion and Andrea Bocelli's duet of "The Prayer", singing both the female and male parts distinctly. After an overnight online and text voting, Marcelito earned more than 19 percent of the total votes which was enough to win the competition. Happy Feet, the tap dancing duo from Bukidnon, and Freestylers, a dance crew from Laguna came in second and third, respectively.

Here's the result of the text voting:

1. Marcelito Po Moy – 19.36%
2. Happy Feet – 18.22%
3. Freestylers – 9.46%
4. B4 – 9.12%
5. Buildex – 8.25
6. Neilbeth – 7.81%
7. Rico the Magician – 7.59%
8. John Michael Darag – 5.3%
9. Madrigal Siblings – 3.68%
10. Skeights – 3.64%
11. Jem Cubil – 2.86%
12. DJP Trio – 2.60%
13. Angel Calalas – 1.99%
14. Filogram – 0.40%

Marcelito Po Moy, 25 years old and from Cavite, was awarded 2 million pesos. He is the second grand winner of the show, following Jovit Baldivino who won last year.

Next weekend, a special episode of Pilipinas Got Talent Season 2 will be aired on ABS-CBN, featuring the grand finalists in a concert. Season 3 will then premier a week after next, on July 9, 2011.

Meanwhile, here's a youtube video of Marcelito's phenomenal Grand Finals performance courtesy of Youtube and ABS-CBN:

Jem Cubil asked for Cebu Governor's support?

Jem Cubil reportedly asked for Cebu governor Gwen Garcia's support. The Pilipinas Got Talent Season 2 (PGT 2) grand finalist said to have approached the Governor personally, according to Cebu-based newspaper Sun Star.

Jem Cubil of Pilipinas Got Talent Season 2

Seventeen-year old acoustic singer Jem Cubil is from Talisay, Cebu. He hurdled the PGT eliminations easily with his talent and charm. He trended on Twitter during his Semi-finals performance and made it to Yahoo! trends on June 19 after the show made a special feature of him and other grand finalists Saturday night. A Facebook fan page of his also attracted more than 13,000 fans already.

These only mean that the teen singer has a fan based already. Asking for more support from his home-province would make him do good in the final results of the Pilipinas Got Talent Season 2 Grand Finals wherein the winner will be chosen based on the text voting outcome.

Will he be the next Jovit Baldivino?

Pilipinas Got Talent 2 finalists now complete

Pilipinas Got Talent Season 2 (PGT 2) list of finalists is now complete after the wild card results episode held earlier tonight proclaimed Rico the Magician and Skeights as the last two grand finalists for this season.


The selection of the wild card finalists which was a first on the show's history all over the world, was a bit different. The three contestants who garnered the most number of overnight votes were asked to perform again, while the voting lines were opened once more for people to vote in like an hour more. The Top 2 were then determined through the new results of text and online voting. The judges did not anymore choose their pick.

Again, Rico and Skeights won tonight's voting. Actress Zsa Zsa Padilla might have been disappointed with the results since she was campaigning for Joy's Diva, Rico, and Collins earlier. :D

Meanwhile, check out below the names of the 14 grand finalists of PGT 2 with their corresponding text voting codes:

1. Freestylers - dance crew from Calamba, Laguna | FREE
2. Madrigal Siblings - young singers from Cainta, Rizal | MADRIGAL
3. Baguio Boom Boom Boys - dance group from Baguio | B4
4. Angel Calalas - hula hoop tricker from Cainta, Rizal |ANGEL
5. Happy Feet - tap dancers from Bukidnon | HAPPY
6. Jem Cubil - acoustic singer from Talisay, Cebu | JEM
7. John Michael Narag - singer from Mabini, Pangasinan |
8. Filogram - dance crew from Baguio City | FILOGRAM
9. DJP Trio - singing trio from Bacolod City | DJP
10. Buildex Pagales - singer from Digos City, Davao del Sur | BUILDEX
11. Leoniel Enopia and Elizabeth Dazo - ballroom dancing duo from Bacolod City | NIELBETH
12. Marcelito Po Moy - singer from Imus Cavite| MARCELITO
13. Rico the Magician - magician | RICO
14. Skeights - band from Davao | SKEIGHTS

A special episode will be aired next weekend where the stories of the finalists will be featured. The Pilipinas Got Talent Season 2 Grand Finals will be held a week after at the Araneta Coliseum. :D

Pilipinas Got Talent Season 2 to add wilcard contestants in the Grand Finals

Pilipinas Got Talent Season 2 (PGT 2) producers have decided to allow semi-finalists to battle for 2 more slots in the Grand Finals. First time in the show's history, it was announced during last night's results episode that a Wild Card Week will be held this coming weekend.

Pilipinas Got Talent Season 2 Wild Card Contestants

Six contestants from the previous semi-final rounds who failed to get the judges' votes will once again perform on the PGT 2 stage and charm the viewers since the decision of who the last 2 grand finalists would be will be solely based on the text votes. The judges will not anymore vote for their pick.

The following are PGT 2's Wild Card Contestants:

1. Rico the Magician (Magician, Caloocan City)
2. Skeights (Band, Davao City)
3. Collins Gutierrez (Singer, San Pedro, Laguna)
4. Next Generation (Band, Davao del Norte)
5. Kenny Padalla (Singer, Baguio)
6. Joy’s Divas (Singing Trio, Batangas)

Pilipinas Got Talent 2: John Michael Narag and Filogram, off to the Grand Finals

During last night's results episode, 2 more Pilipinas Got Talent Season 2 (PGT 2) grand-finalists were declared. They were John Michael Narag (text voting winner), a 16 year-old male singer from Pangasinan and Filogram (judges' pick), a dance crew from Baguio City. Comprising the 4th batch of the competition's grand-finalists, Ngarag and Filogram will battle it out in the Finale against the previous batches as well as the upcoming set of finalists.

Here's the list of other grand-finalists:

1. Freestylers - dance crew from Calamba, Laguna | FREE
2. Madrigal Siblings - young singers from Cainta, Rizal | MADRIGAL
3. Baguio Boom Boom Boys - dance group from Baguio | B4
4. Angel Calalas - hula hoop tricker from Cainta, Rizal |ANGEL
5. Happy Feet - tap dancers from Bukidnon | HAPPY
6. Jem Cubil - acoustic singer from Talisay, Cebu | JEM

The show is now barely a month away from crowning its Season 2 winner.

Pilipinas Got Talent Season 2 (PGT 2) Grand Finalists List | Text Voting Codes

Pilipinas Got Talent Season 2 has now become more exciting as its Grand Finals nears!

Pilipinas Got Talent 2 Judges | Photo: ABS-CBN

The competition is getting fierce as contestants give it their best in their performances each week. The 36 semi-finalists had previously been divided into groups of 6 where 2 from each group advance off to the next round, the Grand Finals, if they gain the most number of votes from the viewers or earn a 'save' vote from the judges if they place 2nd or 3rd in the text voting.

So far, 12 contenders have secured a spot in the Pilipinas Got Talent 2 Grand Finals. Check out the list as well as the corresponding text voting codes for each grand-finalist below:

Pilipinas Got Talent 2 Grand Finalists | Text Voting Codes:

1. Freestylers - dance crew from Calamba, Laguna | FREE
2. Madrigal Siblings - young singers from Cainta, Rizal | MADRIGAL
3. Baguio Boom Boom Boys - dance group from Baguio | B4
4. Angel Calalas - hula hoop tricker from Cainta, Rizal |ANGEL
5. Happy Feet - tap dancers from Bukidnon | HAPPY
6. Jem Cubil - acoustic singer from Talisay, Cebu | JEM
7. John Michael Narag - singer from Mabini, Pangasinan |
8. Filogram - dance crew from Baguio City | FILOGRAM
9. DJP Trio - singing trio from Bacolod City | DJP
10. Buildex Pagales - singer from Digos City, Davao del Sur | BUILDEX
11. Leoniel Enopia and Elizabeth Dazo - ballroom dancing duo from Bacolod City | NIELBETH
12. Marcelito Po Moy - singer from Imus Cavite| MARCELITO

Here's how to vote during the PGT 2 Grand Finals:

1. Text PGT [code] (i.e. PGT FREE)

And send to:
• 2331 for Globe, TM, Sun Cellular and Bayan Phone Extra subscribers
• 231 for Smart and Talk ‘N Text subscribers

Tariffs: P2.50/vote for Globe, TM, Smart and Talk ‘N Text subscribers;
P2.00/vote for Sun Cellular subscribers


2. For Bulk voting, text PGT BULK to 2336 for all networks


3. For UAE voting, text PGT [code] (i.e. PGT FREE)

And send to 4200 for Etisalat subscribers

Tarriff: EAD 3.00/ text (3 votes per text)


4. For online voting, go to http://vote.abs-cbn.com/.

Jem Cubil of Pilipinas Got Talent 2 | Photos and Videos

Jem Cubil, born Jose Emmanuel Cubil, is a contestant in the ongoing Pilipinas Got Talent Season Season 2 (PGT 2). The teen singer is currently taking up Bachelor of Science in Electronics and Communications Engineering at University of San Carlos in Cebu.

Seventeen-year-old Jem who hails from Talisay, Cebu, made it to the Twitter Top Trends (Philippines) on May 14 after his performance of David Cook's "Time Of My Life" during the Semi-finals of the talent search on ABS-CBN, PGT2. (To all the girls out there..) During the show, he revealed that he is single and likes girls who are simple and with great smile. He also finds girls with braces hot, according to one of his wall posts on Facebook. :D

Meanwhile, here are some pictures and videos of PGT 2's Jem Cubil:

Jem Cubil smiles for the camera

Jose Emmanuel showing one of the "fan signs" he created for his "likers" on Facebook...

Photo of Jem Cubil in one of his "sessions"

Video of Jem Cubil doing a cover of "Drops of Jupiter" by Train


Jem Cubil's video singing Katy Perry's "Teenage Dream"

Jem Cubil's cover of Ryan Cabrera's "True"

Pilipinas Got Talent 2 Semifinals: Angel Calalas, the Hula Hoop Tricker from Rizal (Video)

Pilipinas Got Talent 2's second batch of semi-finalists battled it out earlier on stage for a spot in the Grand Finals. Tonight's live episode showcased six contestants namely Virgilio Del Carmen, B4, Skeights, the Lapinid sisters, Fernan “Madonna Pianista” Santuyo and Angel Calalas.

For Noypi, the highlight of tonight's show would have to be the breathtaking hula hoop trick performed by 22-year-old Angel Calalas from Cainta, Rizal. Everyone was amazed when she used fire this time around which she did not during her audition. She was also lifted in air while doing the hula hoop! Whew! Since she was well received by many viewers as evidenced by several talks in social media sites, for sure, Angel of PGT 2 will get an instant spot on the Grand Finals through the text votes or maybe a 'save' from the judges if in case some other contestants would do better on SMS voting. If not, this would be another disappointment just like what many felt when Rico the Magician wasn't selected, last week. Whew!

By the way, found a video of Angel Calalas Pilipinas Got Talent 2 Semi-Finals Performance on Youtube. Check it out below:

Pilipinas Got Talent Season 2 Top 36 Semifinalists bared! List of Pilipinas Got Talent 2 Semi-finalists

Pilipinas Got Talent Season 2 Top 36 Semifinalists bared! List of Pilipinas Got Talent 2 or PGT 2 Semifinalists

Pilipinas Got Talent 2 | Photo Coutesy of ABS-CBN

"Pilipinas Got Talent" Season 2, an ABS-CBN's talent search franchise, is about to get more exciting after the judges selected the 36 semi-finalists during last night's episode of the show.

Has your favorite contestant made it? Find out.

Here is the complete list of the 36 "Pilipinas Got Talent" 2 or the PGT 2 Semi-finalists in alphabetical order:

Ainah Frez
Angel Calalas
B4 (Baguio Boom Boom Boys)
Bourbon Duo
Brian Brady
Buildex Pagales
Collins Gutierrez
Dance Selection
DJP Trio
Fernan Santuyo (Madonna Pianista)
Filogram
First Beat Effect
Freestylers
Genevieve Arandia
Happy Feet
Jacqueline Schubert
Jeremie Tampoy
John Emmanuel Cubil
John Michael Narag
Joy’s Diva
Kapidamu Band
Karinyoso Boys
Kenny Padalla
Larvae
Leoniel Enopia and Elizabeth Dazo
Light Gauge Acoustic
Madrigal Siblings
Marcelito Po Moy
Maribeth Callanta
Next Generation Band
Rafael Pavia
Rico the Magician
Skeights
Suwahib Samplidan
Virgilio Del Carmen
Zaldy Carlos

Starting next Saturday, the 36 contestants will compete for a slot in the finals at the PAGCOR Grand Theater in Casino Filipino, Parañaque City.