Pilipinas Got Talent (season 5)

Pilipinas Got Talent
Season 5
Broadcast from January 23, 2016 (2016-01-23)
Judges Freddie M. Garcia
Angel Locsin
Robin Padilla
Vice Ganda
Host(s) Luis Manzano
Billy Crawford
Broadcaster ABS-CBN

The fifth season of Pilipinas Got Talent is a talent show on ABS-CBN. The show premiered on January 23, 2016, replacing the second season of Your Face Sounds Familiar, however, Kapamilya Weekend Specials temporarily occurred the timeslot.

Development

During the May 17, 2015 episode of ASAP, host Luis Manzano announced that the show will return for its fifth season, following the success of the four Filipino acts who competed in the grand finals of Asia's Got Talent. Two of those acts were formerly part of the show: singer Gerphil "Fame" Flores, who competed in the first season but lost the judges' vote in the fourth semifinal week, and shadow play group El Gamma Penumbra, who competed in the third season but placed fourth in the finals. Flores placed third while El Gamma won the inaugural season of the said regional franchise of Got Talent.[1][2]

Host and judges

Billy Crawford and Luis Manzano are set to reprise their hosting duties although the judging panel will have significant changes.[3] Ai-Ai delas Alas and Kris Aquino will not return to the judging panel; the former due to her transfer to GMA Network, while the latter cited health problems and give time to her sons.[1][4] ABS-CBN board member Freddie M. Garcia confirmed his return as judge for the fifth consecutive season.[5] On January 8, 2016, a teaser during FPJ's Ang Probinsyano revealed that actress Angel Locsin will be one of the judges.[6] On January 9, 2016, a teaser during It's Showtime revealed that actor Robin Padilla will join Garcia and Locsin in the judging panel.[7] The next day, January 10, a teaser during ASAP revealed that comedian Vice Ganda, who filled on delas Alas' slot last season as a guest judge, will be the fourth judge for this season.[8]

Voting mechanics

Aside from the usual SMS voting, new to this season is the addition of an online voting method done via Google Philippines. By typing the keyword PGT5 in the search box, clickable photos of the contestants that had performed for that week will show up in the search results page; one Google account is entitled to one vote only.[9]

Auditions

Pre-auditions

The pre-auditions for the fifth season took place in key cities in the Philippines. Pre-auditions were held in Manila, Batangas, Cebu, and Davao.[1] But this season, the pre-auditions are judged by Pilipinas Got Talent staff and those who passed will make it to the live audition.

There were also mini-auditions in several cities and provinces in the Philippines including Antique, Aurora, Cabanatuan, Cagayan de Oro, Catarman, Catbalogan, Guimaras, Imus, Kalibo, Legazpi, Roxas, Tacloban, and Tarlac City. These mini-auditions are judged by Pilipinas Got Talent staff and those who passed will make it to the live auditions.

In addition, online auditions was put up where contestants can upload their own audition video and send it to the website of Pilipinas Got Talent.

Date of Pre-Audition[10] Pre-Audition Venue[10] City[10]
October 10–11, 2015 North Gate, Faith Catholic School Tanauan City, Batangas
October 16–17, 2015 Almendras Gym of Davao Recreational Center Davao City
October 24–25, 2015 Benedicto College Mandaue City
November 6–7, 2015 ABS-CBN Broadcasting Center Quezon City

Live auditions

The live auditions in front of the judges were held on January 12–14, 2016 at the Kia Theater in Araneta Center, Cubao, Quezon City (for the Manila auditions) and on January 21–23, 2016 at the Davao del Sur Coliseum in Digos City, Davao del Sur (for the Visayas and Mindanao auditions). This fifth season, voting works on a majority-of-three basis (as there are now four judges). If an act receives three or more "yes" votes from the judges, they advance to the next round of the competition which is the judges cull.

Date of Live-Audition Live-Audition Venue City
January 12–14, 2016 Kia Theater Araneta Center, Cubao, Quezon City
January 21–23, 2016 Davao del Sur Coliseum Digos City, Davao del Sur

Below are the acts that had received at least three Yes votes from the judges, and as well as those Golden acts:

Golden buzzer

Another new addition to this season is the golden buzzer. During the live auditions, there is a golden buzzer placed in the center of the judges' table. The buzzer is pressed by a judge on an act to send directly to the live semi-finals. Each judge is allowed to press the buzzer only once during the whole duration of the auditions.[11]

Padilla was the first judge to use the golden buzzer, pressing it for acrobatic duo, Power Duo.[12] Locsin was the next to press for flair bartending couple Liquid Concepts. Then Vice Ganda was the third judge to press for collegiate Hip-Hop dance troupe, Power Impact Dancers, with Garcia coming in last, doing so for hat tricker/contortionist Mark Dune Basmayor. All four were found during the Manila auditions, hence the lack of calls for the use of the Golden Buzzer during the Davao auditions.

Judges Cull

There are 132 acts who made it to the Judges Cull. Out of 132 acts, only 36 will move forward to the Live Semi-Finals. There are four golden buzzer acts who instantly made it to the Semi-Finals and 27 acts were made it through the unanimous decisions of the judges. However, there are 16 acts in the waiting list who performed for the remaining five slots in the semi-finals and complete the Top 36.

Unanimous decision

These acts were chosen based on unanimous decisions by the judges to move forward to the Live Semi-Finals. Twenty-seven of these acts advanced to the live shows.

Standby Acts

The following acts who performed again for the remaining five slots.

Unknown decision

Several acts were unable to compete in the Judges Cull for personal reasons, or were not seen during the airing of the episodes. These acts were therefore automatically assumed as eliminated from the competition.

Top 36 results summary

Color key

     – Winner
     – Runner-up
     – Third place
     – Finalist
G – Golden Buzzer Act
     – Won the public vote in the semifinals
     – Won the judges vote in the semifinals
     – Lost the judges vote in the semifinals and was eliminated
     – Contestant was eliminated

Name of Act Age Genre Act Hometown Semifinal(week) Position Reached
Next Option 18 - 20 Singing Boy Band Davao City 1 Finalist
Crossover Family Dancing Dance Group Davao City 1 Finalist
Mastermind 18 - 26 Dancing Dance Group Eastern Samar 2 Finalist
Sto. Tomas Bulilit Generation 7 - 11 Dancing Acrobatic Dance Group Davao del Norte 2 Finalist
UA Mindanao Danger Act Motocross Performers Kidapawan City 3 Finalist
Pyra 21 Danger Act Poi Dancer Antipolo City 3 Finalist
Power Duo Dancing Acrobatic dancesport duo Angono, Rizal 4 Finalist
Ody Sto. Domingo 31 Magic Magician Santa Mesa, Manila 4 Finalist
Power Impact Dancers Dancing Dance group Manila 6 Semifinalist
Mark Dune Bismayor 27 Variety Hat Tricker / Contortionist Calamba City, Laguna 5 Semifinalist
Celine Velayo 19 Dancing Pole Dancer Parañaque City 6 Semifinalist
Dino Splendid Acrobats Variety Acrobatic Group Santo Tomas, Batangas 5 Semifinalist
Dona Gomez Aguirre 53 Singing Singer Kalibo, Aklan 5 Semifinalist
Kurt Philip Espiritu 14 Singing Singer Bacolod City 6 Semifinalist
Percival Denolo 43 Variety Mud Artist Valenzuela City 6 Semifinalist
Rayner Dalde 26 Singing Tenor San Fabian, Pangasinan 6 Semifinalist
Rouge Music Rock Band Quezon City 6 Semifinalist
The Chosen Ones 9-12 Music Band Imus, Cavite 5 Semifinalist
Twin Brothers Dancing Contemporary Dance Duo Davao City 5 Semifinalist
Vernon de Vera 47 Variety Escape Artist Marikina City 5 Semifinalist
DMX Comvalenoz 18 - 24 Dancing Dance Group Compostela Valley 4 Semifinalist
Francis Anne Virtudazo 36 Singing Kundiman Singer Quezon City 4 Semifinalist
M.A.T.T.I. 12 Martial Arts Arnis Performers Bacolod City 4 Semifinalist
The Raes 17 - 53 Music Acoustic trio Cebu City 4 Semifinalist
F.A. Flow Circle 17 - 33 Dancing Light Performance Dance Group Cebu City 3 Semifinalist
Liquid Concepts Variety Flairtending Duo Quezon City 3 Semifinalist
Legendary Fire Artists Danger Act Fire Artists Davao City 3 Semifinalist
Likhain Dance Troupe Dancing Cultural Dance Troupe Tondo, Manila 3 Semifinalist
Deniel Sarmiento 15 Dancing Dancer Boracay, Aklan 2 Semifinalist
Derf Cabael 33 Singing Singer Bacoor, Cavite 2 Semifinalist
Angel Fire 18 - 21 Dancing Belly Dancing Group Cebu City 2 Semifinalist
Lezboys Singing Singing group Antipolo City 2 Semifinalist
The Poor Voice Singing Singing Duo Pasig City 1 Semifinalist
Philip Galit a.k.a. Shadow Ace 19 Variety Shadow Play Performer Calatagan, Batangas 1 Semifinalist
Splitters Dancing Dance Group Manila 1 Semifinalist
Arangka La Castellana Bailes de Luces Dancing Blacklight Performers Negros Occidental 1 Semifinalist

Live Shows

Semifinals

The Semifinals began on April 9, 2016 in Newport Performing Arts Theater, Resorts World Manila in Pasay City, Metro Manila, where five of the six semi-final rounds would be taking place. Each week, performances from four out of six acts took place on Saturday nights, while during Sunday nights, the two remaining acts performed and the results are announced on the same night.

Color key

     – Advanced to the Grand Finals (Public's vote)
     – Advanced to the Grand Finals (Judges' vote)
     – Semifinalist who was part of the top three with the highest number of votes but lost the judges' vote and was eliminated.
     – Semifinalists who belonged to the lowest three vote percentages and were automatically eliminated.
X  – Buzzed out during the performance night
✔  – Judges' choice during the results night

Week 1 (April 9 & 10)

Artists Order Act Vote
Percentage		 Buzzes and Judges' votes Result
Vice Robin Angel FMG
Crossover Family 1 Dance group 12.14% ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Won the judges' vote
Philip Galit a.k.a. Shadow Ace 2 Shadow play performer 10.94% Eliminated
Bailes de Luces la Castellana 3 Blacklight performers 6.23% Eliminated
The Poor Voice 4 Singing duo 11.57% Lost the judges' vote
Splitters 5 Dance group 8.97% Eliminated
Next Option 6 Boy band 50.16% Won the public's vote

Week 2 (April 16 & 17)

Artists Order Act Vote
Percentage		 Buzzes and Judges' votes Result
Vice Robin Angel FMG
Angel Fire 1 Belly dancing group 2.96% Eliminated
Deniel Sarmiento 2 Dancer 10.48% Lost the judges' vote
Lezboys 3 Singing group 2.66% Eliminated
Mastermind 4 Dance group 57.56% Won the public's vote
Sto. Tomas Bulilit Generation 5 Acrobatic dance group 23.18% ✔ ✔ ✔ ✔ Won the judges' vote
Derf Cabael 6 Singer 3.16% Eliminated

     – Currently holds the highest percentage of public votes for this season.

Week 3 (April 23 & 24)

This particular semi-finals week was held outdoors at the MX Messiah Fairgrounds in Taytay, Rizal due to the size of stage required for UA Mindanao's performance and the dangerous nature of the fire acts. Also, the show temporarily vacated the Newport Performing Arts Theater to accommodate the finals nights of another competition program I Love OPM. Additionally, the Sunday telecast was moved from the usual early evening slot to past 9:45 pm due to the airing of the Luzon leg of the 2016 PiliPinas Debates.

Artists Order Act Vote
Percentage		 Buzzes and Judges' votes Result
Vice Robin Angel FMG
Pyra 1 Poi dancer 34.9% ✔ ✔ ✔ Won the judges' vote
Likhain Dance Troupe 2 Cultural dance troupe 6.36% Eliminated
FA Flow Circle 3 Light performance dancers 6.45% ✔ Lost the judges' vote
UA Mindanao 4 Motocross performers 45.12% Won the public's vote
Legendary Fire Artists 5 Fire artists 2.18% Eliminated
Liquid Concepts 6 Flair tending duo 4.99% Eliminated

Week 4 (April 30 & May 1)

Guest performers: Jed Madela with PGT Season 1 semi-finalist and Asia's Got Talent season 1 finalist Gerphil Flores

The live shows returned indoors to the Newport Performing Arts Theater for this round. This round saw the first judges' vote impasse, forcing a return to the public's vote results for the second grand finalist from this round.

Artists Order Act Vote
Percentage		 Buzzes and Judges' votes Result
Vice Robin Angel FMG
The Raes 1 Acoustic trio 2.06% Eliminated
M.A.T.T.I. 2 Arnis performers 1.11% Eliminated
Francis Anne Virtudazo 3 Kundiman Singer 1.29% Eliminated
Power Duo 4 Acrobatic dancesport duo 57.38% Won the public's vote
DM-X Comvalenoz 5 Dance group 7.76% ✔ ✔ Lost the judges' vote
through tiebreaker via public's vote
Ody Sto. Domingo 6 Magician 30.41% ✔ ✔ Won the judges' vote
through tiebreaker via public's vote

Week 5 (May 7 & 8)

Artists Order Act Vote

Percentage

 Buzzes and Judges' votes Result
Vice Robin Angel FMG
Mark Dune Bismayor
Dino Splendid Acrobats
Dona Gomez Aguirre
The Chosen Ones
Twin Brothers
Vernon de Vera

Week 6 (May 14 & 15)

Artists Order Act Vote

Percentage

 Buzzes and Judges' votes Result
Vice Robin Angel FMG
Power Impact Dancers
Celine Velayo
Kurt Philip Espiritu
Percival Denolo
Rayner Dalde
Rouge

References

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  2. ↑ Tan, Lara (July 20, 2015). "4 Filipino 'Asia's Got Talent' acts bring pride to Philippines". CNN Philippines. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  3. ↑ "Angel Locsin and Robin Padilla tapped as judges of Pilipinas Got Talent Season 5". Philippine Entertainment Portal. January 10, 2016. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  4. ↑ Bonoan, Reggee (January 8, 2016). "Mag-ingat sa pagpili ng kaibigan, ibasura ang walang paninindigan". Bandera (in Filipino). Philippine Daily Inquirer. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  5. ↑ Bonoan, Reggee (January 4, 2016). "Kris tsugi na bilang judge ng PGT 2016, naghahanap din ng kapalit ni Ai Ai". Philippine Daily Inquirer (in Filipino). Retrieved January 9, 2016.
  6. ↑ "Angel Locsin is 'Pilipinas Got Talent 5' judge". ABS-CBN News. January 9, 2016. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
  7. ↑ "Robin joins Angel as 'Pilipinas Got Talent 5' judge". ABS-CBN News. January 9, 2016. Retrieved January 9, 2016.
  8. ↑ "Vice Ganda completes 'Pilipinas Got Talent' judging panel". ABS-CBN News. January 10, 2016. Retrieved January 10, 2016.
  9. ↑ "Pilipinas Got Talent Season 5: Google & Mobile Voting Mechanics". ABS-CBN. Pilipinas Got Talent. April 9, 2016. Retrieved April 10, 2016.
  10. 1 2 3 Pilipinas Got Talent Season 5: Mag-Audition na Kapamilya!. YouTube. September 24, 2015.
  11. ↑ Sermino, Dondon (January 23, 2016). "PAISTARAN: Golden Buzzer, bagong kapamilya ng PGT!". Abante. Retrieved January 23, 2016.
  12. ↑ ABS-CBN. "Robin Padilla presses the golden buzzer for Power Duo". entertainment2.abs-cbn.com. Retrieved 2016-01-25.
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