Pilipinas Got Talent (season 1)

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Pilipinas Got Talent
Season 1
Hosted byGot Talent
Billy Crawford
Luis Manzano
Got More Talent
Marc Abaya
Judges Freddie M. Garcia
Kris Aquino
Ai-Ai de las Alas
Winner Jovit Baldivino
Runner-upBaguio Metamorphosis
Release
Original network ABS-CBN
Original releaseFebruary 20 (2010-02-20) 
June 13, 2010 (2010-06-13)
Season chronology
Next 
Season 2

The first season of Pilipinas Got Talent premiered on ABS-CBN on February 20, 2010, replacing The Singing Bee Season 5 with Cesar Montano upto finale episode on February 6, 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.

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Auditions

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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 AuditionAudition VenueCity
November 6, 7 and 8, 2009Lyceum of the Philippines University - Batangas Batangas City
November 11, 12 and 13, 2009Cebu Institute of Technology Cebu City
November 19, 20 and 21, 2009University of Baguio Baguio
November 25, 26 and 27, 2009Liceo de Cagayan University Cagayan de Oro City
November 30 - December 1, 2, 2009Rizal Memorial Colleges Davao City
December 5, 6, 12, 13, 2009PAGCOR 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

Name of actAge(s)GenreActHometownSemifinal WeekResult
Jovit Baldivino 16SingingSinger Batangas 1Winner
Baguio MetamorphosisDancingBelly Dance Fusion and Hip Hop Baguio 6Runner-up
Velasco BrothersDancingBreakdancing Manila 3Third place
Ingrid Payaket21SingingSinger Baguio 6Fourth place
Ezra BandMusicAcoustic Band Davao del Sur 4Fifth place
Ruther Urquia31VarietyVentriloquist Las Piñas 1Sixth place
Alakim29VarietyMagician Quezon City 2Seventh place
Keith Clark Delleva14MusicElectric Guitar Player Pasay 3Eighth place
Sherwin Baguion20SingingSinger Lanao del Norte 4Ninth place
Luntayao FamilySingingSinging group Negros Occidental 5Tenth place
Maria Jeline Oliva13MusicViolinist Naga City 5Eleventh place
Markki Stroem 20SingingSinger Quezon City 2Twelfth place
Imusicapella MusicShow choir Cavite 6Eliminated
Carl Malone Montecido11SingingSinger Bacolod 6Eliminated
Hello WorldDancingDance crew Davao City 6Eliminated
Josephine Aton32SingingSinger Cebu City 6Eliminated
Powerpuff CornSingingAcoustic duo Baguio 5Eliminated
Experience KidzDancingDance crew General Santos City 5Eliminated
Harold Jomar Gesulga17MusicBeatboxer General Santos City 5Eliminated
Jzan Vern Tero12SingingSinger Cebu City 5Eliminated
Gerphil Geraldine "Fame" Flores 19SingingOpera Singer Parañaque 4Eliminated
Big Mouth "BM"32VarietySinger with animal sounds Manila 4Eliminated
Goldies & Goodies48–69DancingDance group Cebu City 4Eliminated
Reiniel Tulabing11SingingSinger Cainta, Rizal 4Eliminated
Rolando Ng III7SingingSinger Cagayan de Oro 3Eliminated
Alexis Carpena21DancingIsolation Dancer Laguna 3Eliminated
Manolito "Manoling" Saldivar51SingingOpera Singer Dumaguete City 3Eliminated
Reggie Ramirez33SingingDouble-character Singer Davao City 3Eliminated
Kapidamu Band10–16MusicBand Quezon 2Eliminated
Florante Inutan41MusicHuman Saxophone Davao City 2Eliminated
Garrett Devan Bolden, Jr.18SingingSinger Olongapo City 2Eliminated
Mae Lozada & Anselmo EstilloreDancingBallroom Dancing duo Cebu City 2Eliminated
Rolando Permangil35SingingSinger Davao City 1Eliminated
Baguio SiblingsDancingBallroom Dancing duo Cebu City 1Eliminated
Snap BoyzDancingDance crew Cebu 1Eliminated
Xavier University Cultural Dance TroupeDancingCultural Dance Troupe Cagayan de Oro 1Eliminated

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

Week 1 (May 1 & 2)

ContestantOrderActBuzzes and judges' votesPercentageResult
FMGKrisAi-ai
Snap Boyz1Dance crew2.21%Eliminated
Rolando Permangil2Singer Crystal Clear app clean.svg 5.22%Eliminated
Baguio Siblings3Ballroom Dancing duo0.60%Eliminated
Ruther Urquia4Ventriloquist Crystal Clear app clean.svg Crystal Clear app clean.svg 9.77%Advanced
Xavier University Cultural Dance Troupe5Cultural Dance troupe2.20%Eliminated
Jovit Baldivino6Singer80.00%Advanced

Week 2 (May 8 & 9)

ContestantOrderActBuzzes and judges' votesPercentageResult
FMGKrisAi-ai
Kapidamu Band1Band Crystal Clear app clean.svg 17.18%Eliminated
Alakim2Magician28.49%Advanced
Mae Lozada & Anselmo Estillore3Ballroom Dancing Duo9.06%Eliminated
Florante Inutan4Human Saxophone4.19%Eliminated
Markki Stroem5Singer Crystal Clear app clean.svg Crystal Clear app clean.svg 25.32%Advanced
Garrett Devan Bolden, Jr.6Singer15.77%Eliminated

Week 3 (May 15 & 16)

ContestantOrderActBuzzes and judges' votesPercentageResult
FMGKrisAi-ai
Keith Clark Delleva 1 1Electric Guitar Player Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg 23.95%Advanced
Velasco Brothers2Breakdancing Crew Crystal Clear app clean.svg Crystal Clear app clean.svg 21.83%Advanced
Alexis Carpena3Isolation Dancer17.69%Eliminated
Rolando Ng III4Singer Crystal Clear app clean.svg 20.89%Eliminated
Manolito "Manoling" Saldivar5Opera Singer11.92%Eliminated
Reggie Ramirez6Double character singer3.73%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)

ContestantOrderActBuzzes and judges' votesPercentageResult
FMGKrisAi-ai
Big Mouth "BM"1Singer with animal sounds7.11%Eliminated
Sherwin Baguion2Singer Crystal Clear app clean.svg Crystal Clear app clean.svg 17.99%Advanced
Goldies & Goodies3Dance Troupe5.67%Eliminated
Reiniel Tulabing 2 4Singer Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg Crystal Clear action button cancel.svg 11.30%Eliminated
Gerphil Geraldine "Fame" Flores5Opera Singer Crystal Clear app clean.svg 25.05%Eliminated
Ezra Band6Acoustic Band33.08%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)

ContestantOrderActBuzzes and judges' votesPercentageResult
FMGKrisAi-ai
Experience Kidz1Dance crew12.29%Eliminated
Jzan Vern Tero2Singer5.64%Eliminated
Maria Jeline Oliva3Violinist Crystal Clear app clean.svg Crystal Clear app clean.svg Crystal Clear app clean.svg 20.62%Advanced
Harold Jomar Gesulga4Beatboxer14.56%Eliminated
Powerpuff Corn5Acoustic duo18.71%Eliminated
Luntayao Family6Singing group28.19%Advanced

Week 6 (June 5 & 6)

ContestantOrderActBuzzes and judges' votesPercentageResult
FMGKrisAi-ai
Baguio Metamorphosis1Hiphop and Belly Dancing group28.78%Advanced
Josephine Aton2Singer2.56%Eliminated
Imusicapella 3Show choir Crystal Clear app clean.svg 26.32%Eliminated
Ingrid Payaket4Singer Crystal Clear app clean.svg Crystal Clear app clean.svg 17.97%Advanced
Carl Malone Montecido5Singer15.94%Eliminated
Hello World6Dance crew8.43%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
ContestantOrderActBuzzesPercentageResult
FMGKrisAi-ai
Alakim1Magician2.91%7th
Sherwin Baguion2Singer2.15%9th
Markki Stroem3Singer1.20%12th
Ezra Band4Acoustic Band5.46%5th
Velasco Brothers5Breakdancing group7.27%3rd
Maria Jeline Oliva6Violinist2.07%11th
Baguio Metamorphosis7Hip hop and belly dancing group15.39%2nd
Jovit Baldivino8Singer48.41%1st
Ruther Urquia9Ventriloquist5.45%6th
Ingrid Payaket10Singer5.87%4th
Keith Clark Delleva11Electric guitar player2.82%8th
Luntayao Family12Singing group2.07%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.

ShowDateShareRank ( Night / Primetime )Source
1st AuditionFebruary 2038.7%1 [5]
2nd AuditionFebruary 2137.5%1 [5]
3rd AuditionFebruary 2737.7%1 [6]
4th AuditionFebruary 2843.1%1 [6]
5th AuditionMarch 634.3%1 [7]
6th AuditionMarch 739.1%1 [7]
7th AuditionMarch 1337.7%1 [8]
8th AuditionMarch 1431.6%2 [8]
9th AuditionMarch 2037.4%1 [9]
10th AuditionMarch 2139.4%1 [9]
11th AuditionMarch 2735.9%1 [10]
12th AuditionMarch 2834.6%1 [10]
13th AuditionApril 436.4%1 [11]
14th AuditionApril 1031.1%2 [12]
15th AuditionApril 1133.6%1 [12]
16th AuditionApril 1733.9%1 [13]
17th AuditionApril 1832%1 [13]
18th AuditionApril 2434.6%2 [14]
19th AuditionApril 2530.7%1 [14]
Semi-finals 1 (Performance Night)May 136.5%1 [15]
Semi-finals 1 (Results Night)May 233.3%1 [15]
Semi-finals 2 (Performance Night)May 834.4%1 [16]
Semi-finals 2 (Results Night)May 929.7%1 [16]
Semi-finals 3 (Performance Night)May 1534.9%1 [17]
Semi-finals 3 (Results Night)May 1630.7%1 [17]
Semi-finals 4 (Performance Night)May 2234.2%1 [18]
Semi-finals 4 (Results Night)May 2330.4%1 [18]
Semi-finals 5 (Performance Night)May 2935.7%1 [19]
Semi-finals 5 (Results Night)May 3027.1%1 [19]
Semi-finals 6 (Performance Night)June 536.9%1 [20]
Semi-finals 6 (Results Night)June 631.5%1 [20]
Grand Finals (Performance Night)June 1237%1 [21]
Grand Finals (Results Night)June 1343.3%1 [21]

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