Pilipinas Got Talent (season 1)

Pilipinas Got Talent
Season 1
Broadcast from	February 20 – June 13, 2010
Judges	Freddie M. Garcia Kris Aquino Ai-Ai de las Alas
Host(s)	Got Talent Billy Crawford Luis Manzano Got More Talent Marc Abaya
Broadcaster	ABS-CBN
Winner
Jovit Baldivino
Origin	Batangas
Genre(s)	Singing
Runner-up
Velasco Brothers

The first season of Pilipinas Got Talent premiered on ABS-CBN on February 20, 2010.^[1] Billy Crawford and Luis Manzano take role as the hosts of the show. The judges include former ABS-CBN executive Freddie M. Garcia, Kris Aquino, and Ai-Ai de las Alas. Auditions were then held in several key cities in the Philippines including Batangas, Cebu, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, and Davao for three days and Manila for four days.

This May 14, 2015, Filipina opera singer Gerphil Geraldine "Fame" Flores, who lost in the semi-finals of this season, was declared the 2nd runner-up of the first season of Asia's Got Talent.

Auditions

Parañaque

Cebu

Davao

Baguio

Cagayan de Oro

Batangas

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 City
November 25, 26 and 27, 2009	Liceo de Cagayan University	Cagayan de Oro City
November 30 - December 1, 2, 2009	Rizal Memorial Colleges	Davao City
December 5, 6, 12, 13, 2009	PAGCOR Grand Theater	Parañaque City

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

Color Key

— Winner      — Runner up      — Third place      — Grand finalist

— Won the Public Vote in the Semi-finals      — Won the Judges Choice in the Semi-finals      — Lost Judges Choice and was eliminated      — Eliminated semi-finalist

Name / Name of Act	Age(s)	Genre	Act	Hometown	Semifinal (Week)	Position Reached
Jovit Baldivino	16	Singing	Singer	Batangas	1	Winner
Baguio Metamorphosis	Various	Dancing	Belly Dance Fusion and Hip Hop	Baguio City	6	Runner up
Velasco Brothers	Various	Dancing	Break dancing	Manila	3	2nd Runner up
Ingrid Payaket	21	Singing	Singer	Baguio City	6	Grand-Finalist
Ezra Band	Various	Music	Acoustic Band	Davao del Sur	4	Grand Finalist
Ruther Urquia	31	Ventriloquism	Ventriloquist	Las Piñas City	1	Grand Finalist
Alakim (Allan de Paz)	29	Magic	Magician	Quezon City	2	Grand Finalist
Keith Clark Delleva	14	Music	Electric Guitar Player	Pasay City	3	Grand Finalist
Sherwin Baguion	20	Singing	Singer	Lanao del Norte	4	Grand Finalist
Luntayao Family	Various	Singing	Singing group	Negros Occidental	5	Grand Finalist
Maria Jeline Oliva	13	Music	Violinist	Naga City	5	Grand Finalist
Markki Stroem	20	Singing	Singer	Quezon City	2	Grand Finalist
Imusicapella Chamber Choir	Various	Music	Showchoir	Cavite	6	Semi-finalist
Carl Malone Montecido	11	Singing	Singer	Bacolod City	6	Semi-finalist
Hello World	Various	Dancing	Dance crew	Davao City	6	Semi-finalist
Josephine Aton	32	Singing	Singer	Cebu City	6	Semi-finalist
Powerpuff Corn	Various	Singing	Acoustic duo	Baguio City	5	Semi-finalist
Experience Kidz	Various	Dancing	Dance crew	General Santos City	5	Semi-finalist
Harold Jomar Gesulga	17	Music	Beatboxer	General Santos City	5	Semi-finalist
Jzan Vern Tero	12	Singing	Singer	Cebu City	5	Semi-finalist
Gerphil Geraldine "Fame" Flores	19	Singing	Opera Singer	Parañaque City	4	Semi-finalist
Big Mouth aka "BM" (Joel Amper)	32	Singing / Comedy	Singer with animal sounds	Manila	4	Semi-finalist
Goldies & Goodies	48-69	Dancing	Dance group	Cebu City	4	Semi-finalist
Reiniel Tulabing	11	Singing	Singer	Cainta, Rizal	4	Semi-finalist
Rolando Ng III	7	Singing	Singer	Cagayan de Oro	3	Semi-finalist
Alexis Carpena	21	Dancing	Isolation Dancer	Laguna	3	Semi-finalist
Manolito "Manoling" Saldivar	51	Singing	Opera Singer	Dumaguete City	3	Semi-finalist
Reggie Ramirez	33	Singing	Double-character Singer	Davao City	3	Semi-finalist
Kapidamu Band	10-16	Music	Band	Quezon	2	Semi-finalist
Florante Inutan	41	Music	Human Saxophone	Davao City	2	Semi-finalist
Garrett Devan Bolden, Jr	18	Singing	Singer	Olongapo City	2	Semi-finalist
Mae Lozada & Anselmo Estillore	Various	Dancing	Ballroom Dancing duo	Cebu City	2	Semi-finalist
Rolando Permangil	35	Singing	Singer	Davao City	1	Semi-finalist
Baguio Siblings (Jhistine Glyde & Filemon Baguio)	Various	Dancing	Ballroom Dancing duo	Cebu City	1	Semi-finalist
Snap Boyz	Various	Dancing	Dance crew	Cebu	1	Semi-finalist
Xavier University Cultural Dance Troupe	Various	Dancing	Cultural Dance Troupe	Cagayan de Oro	1	Semi-finalist

Semi-finals

The semi-finals round for the first season was held in AFP Theater in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City for the first to fourth week and in Tanghalang Pasigueño in Pasic City for the fifth and sixth week of semi-finals. The results night was always held in Dolphy Theater in ABS-CBN Studios. The elimination begins with the text and online voting percentages. The three acts that receives the lowest percentage vote will automatically be eliminated from the competition, while the highest vote percentage receivers will manage to go through the next elimination round.

On the next round, the act that receives the highest percentage of votes will automatically be included on the grand finals, while the next two highest publicly voted acts must compete over the judges' votes. Over the two remaining acts, the one that gets the highest judge vote will join the highest public vote act in the grand finals of the show.

Color key

– Won the public's vote and advanced to the Finals      – Won the judges' vote and advanced to the Finals      – Contestant belonged to the group with highest vote percentages      – Lost the judges' vote and was eliminated      – Contestant belonged to the group with lowest vote percentages and was eliminated

X – Buzzed out during the performance night ✔ – Judges' choice during the results night

Week 1: May 1–2, 2010

Artist	Order	Act	Vote Percentage [4]	Buzzes and judges' choices			Results
				FMG	Kris	Ai-Ai
Snap Boyz	1	Dance crew	2.21%	—	—	—	Eliminated
Rolando Permangil	2	Singer	5.22%	—	—		Eliminated
Baguio Siblings (Jhistine Glyde & Filemon Baguio)	3	Ballroom Dancing duo	0.60%	—	—	—	Eliminated
Ruther Urquia	4	Ventriloquist	9.77%			—	Judges' vote
Xavier University Cultural Dance Troupe	5	Cultural Dance troupe	2.20%	—	—	—	Eliminated
Jovit Baldivino	6	Singer	80.00%	—	—	—	Public's vote

Week 2: May 8–9, 2010

Artist [5]	Order	Act	Vote Percentage [6]	Buzzes and judges' choices			Results
				FMG	Kris	Ai-Ai
Kapidamu Band	1	Band	17.18%	—	—		Eliminated
Alakim (Allan de Paz)	2	Magician	28.49%	—	—	—	Public's vote
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%			—	Judges' vote
Garrett Devan Bolden, Jr	6	Singer	15.77%			—	Eliminated

Week 3: May 15–16, 2010

Artist[7]	Order	Act	Vote Percentage [8]	Buzzes and judges' choices			Results
				FMG	Kris	Ai-Ai
Keith Clark Delleva^1	1	Electric Guitar Player	23.95%				Public's vote
Velasco Brothers	2	Breakdancing Crew	21.83%		—		Judges' vote
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 Keith 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, 2010

Artist[7]	Order	Act	Vote Percentage [9]	Buzzes and judges' choices			Results
				FMG	Kris	Ai-Ai
Big Mouth aka "BM" (Joel Amper)	1	Singer w/ animal sounds	7.11%	—	—	—	Eliminated
Sherwin Baguion	2	Singer	17.99%	—			Judges' vote
Goldies & Goodies	3	Dance Troupe	5.67%	—	—	—	Eliminated
Reiniel Tulabing^2	4	Singer	11.30%				Eliminated
Geraldine "Fame" Flores	5	Opera Singer	25.05%		—	—	Eliminated
Ezra Band	6	Acoustic Band	33.08%	—	—	—	Public's vote

^2 Reiniel also had an initial 3-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, 2010

Artist[10]	Order	Act	Vote Percentage	Buzzes and judges' choices			Results
				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%				Judges' vote
Harold Jomar Gesulga	4	Beatboxer	14.56%	—	—	—	Eliminated
Powerpuff Corn	5	Acoustic duo	18.71%	—	—	—	Eliminated
Luntayao Family	6	Singing group	28.19%	—	—	—	Public's vote

Week 6: June 5–6, 2010

Artist [11]	Order	Act	Vote Percentage[12]	Buzzes and judges' choices			Results
				FMG	Kris	Ai-Ai
Baguio Metamorphosis	1	Hiphop and Belly Dancing group	28.78%	—	—	—	Public's vote
Josephine Aton	2	Singer	2.56%	—	—	—	Eliminated
Imusicapella Chamber Choir	3	Showchoir	26.32%		—	—	Eliminated
Ingrid Payaket	4	Singer	17.97%	—			Judges' vote
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 from the Semi-Finals round performed again to win the title of the first Pilipinas Got Talent winner.Jovit Baldivino was declared as the Pilipinas Got Talent Season 1 Grand Winner, besting 11 talents in the Grand Finals.

Performances

Order	Name of Finalist	Act / Genre	Performance Description[13]
1	Alakim (Allan de Paz)	Magician	Did magical tricks using butterflies and teleportation from stage to the audience
2	Sherwin Baguion	Singer	Sang "Tayong Dalawa" by Gary Valenciano
3	Markki Stroem	Singer	Sang Madonna's "Like A Prayer" and shown his talent in playing saxophone
4	Ezra Band	Acoustic Band	Sang "Runaway" by The Corrs
5	Velasco Brothers	Breakdancing Crew	Performed a dance routine showing their stunts and breakdancing skills
6	Maria Jeline Oliva	Violinist	Performed "The Flight of the Bumblebee" with three instruments: violin, drums and piano
7	Baguio Metamorphosis	Dance group	Performed a dance remix of hip-hop and belly dancing
8	Jovit Baldivino	Singer	Sang "Too Much Love Will Kill You" by Queen
9	Ruther Urquia	Ventriloquist	Performed with his puppets Titoy and Lolo Teddy with medley of "Ito ang Gusto Ko" by Francis Magalona and "Tayo'y mga Pinoy" by Heber Bartolome
10	Ingrid Payaket	Singer	Sang "On My Own" by Lea Salonga from the musical Les Miserables
11	Keith Clark Delleva	Electric Guitar Player	Performed "Smooth" by Carlos Santana
12	Luntayao Family	Singing group	Sang "The Impossible Dream" from the musical Man of La Mancha

Results

Key	Grand Champion	Runner-up	Third place	Eliminated

Finished	Performance Order	Percentage of votes[14]	Artist	Act	Semi Finals Result
1st	8	48.41%	Jovit Baldovino	Singer	Public Choice
2nd	7	15.39%	Baguio Metamorphosis	Hip Hop and Belly Dancing Group	Public Choice
3rd	5	7.27%	Velasco Brothers	Breakdancing Group	Public Choice
4th	10	5.87%	Ingrid Payaket	Singer	Judges Choice
5th	4	5.46%	Ezra Band	Acoustic Band	Public Choice
6th	9	5.45%	Ruther Urquia	Ventriloquist	Judges Choice
7th	1	2.91%	Alakim (Allan de Paz)	Magician	Public Choice
8th	11	2.32%	Keith Clark Delleva	Electric Guitar Player	Public Choice
9th	2	2.15%	Sherwin Baguion	Singer	Judges Choice
10th	12	2.07%	Luntayao Family	Singing group	Public Choice
11th	6	2.07%	Maria Jeline Oliva	Violinist	Judges Choice
12th	3	1.20%	Markki Stroem	Singer	Judges Choice

National Ratings

Pilipinas Got Talent Season 1 hits all-time high 43.3% national rating.^[15]
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	[16]
2nd Audition	February 21	37.5%	1	[16]
3rd Audition	February 27	37.7%	1	[17]
4th Audition	February 28	43.1%	1	[17]
5th Audition	March 6	34.3%	1	[18]
6th Audition	March 7	39.1%	1	[18]
7th Audition	March 13	37.7%	1	[19]
8th Audition	March 14	31.6%	2	[19]
9th Audition	March 20	37.4%	1	[20]
10th Audition	March 21	39.4%	1	[20]
11th Audition	March 27	35.9%	1	[21]
12th Audition	March 28	34.6%	1	[21]
13th Audition	April 4	36.4%	1	[22]
14th Audition	April 10	31.1%	2	[23]
15th Audition	April 11	33.6%	1	[23]
16th Audition	April 17	33.9%	1	[24]
17th Audition	April 18	32%	1	[24]
18th Audition	April 24	34.6%	2	[25]
19th Audition	April 25	30.7%	1	[25]
Semi-finals 1 (Performance Night)	May 1	36.5%	1	[26]
Semi-finals 1 (Results Night)	May 2	33.3%	1	[26]
Semi-finals 2 (Performance Night)	May 8	34.4%	1	[27]
Semi-finals 2 (Results Night)	May 9	29.7%	1	[27]
Semi-finals 3 (Performance Night)	May 15	34.9%	1	[28]
Semi-finals 3 (Results Night)	May 16	30.7%	1	[28]
Semi-finals 4 (Performance Night)	May 22	34.2%	1	[29]
Semi-finals 4 (Results Night)	May 23	30.4%	1	[29]
Semi-finals 5 (Performance Night)	May 29	35.7%	1	[30]
Semi-finals 5 (Results Night)	May 30	27.1%	1	[30]
Semi-finals 6 (Performance Night)	June 5	36.9%	1	[31]
Semi-finals 6 (Results Night)	June 6	31.5%	1	[31]
Grand Finals (Performance Night)	June 12	37%	1	[32]
Grand Finals(Results Night)	June 13	43.3%	1	[32]

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External links

• Official website
• Pilipinas Got Talent on Facebook
• Pilipinas Got Talent on Twitter
  
• Pilipinas Got Talent's channel on YouTube