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| Jovit Baldivino - Champion Pilipinas Got Talent 2010 |
Due to problems his family is facing, he decided that he could use his talent to save them from poverty. He honed his singing skills by studying and listening songs during his free time. When he heard that Pilipinas Got Talent talent search, he tried his luck in their Batangas auditions. He almost didn’t make it for he doesn’t have any money but a councilor gave him financial assistance.
After singing his audition son, Kris Aquino who is one of the judges, commented that finally they saw someone who has a talent and charisma. During the Pilipinas Got Talent Grand Finals held on June 12, 2010, fans screamed out his name while raising streamers and waving balloons the moment he stepped on the stage.
Out of the 12 hopefuls, he was finally declared as the first Pilipinas Got Talent grand winner. He was given a standing ovation after his performance on the finals night. He got 48.81% or almost half of the total votes. He won two million pesos. He plans of buying a piece of land for his family and helping his siblings graduate from school.
Jovit even has a huge following on the internet. His rendition of Faithfully has 1,690,509 views while his rendition of Carrie has 734,481 views. He was considered to be one of the most watched contestants on YouTube.
Jovit is currently a mainstay of ASAP XV and is busy doing a lot of concerts here and abroad.
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| Kyla - Champion Tanghalan ng Kampeon 1993 |
Known as "The Philippines' R&B and Soul PPrincess", Kyla is one of the most awarded singers in the Philippines and is the first and the only Filipino female singer to have won at the MTV Video Music Awards winning the MTV Viewer's Choice for Southeast Asia for the music video for her hit single "Hanggang Ngayon" in 2001. She has collaborated with many international artists such as Keith Martin, British boy-band Blue, Ronan Keating, Norwegian band Fra Lippo Lippi, Indonesian R&B singer, Joeniar Arief, and Malaysian artists Too Phat, Noryn Aziz, Ferhad, and Hazam.
She began her career in 2000 with OctoArts EMI Philippines. She rose to prominence with the release of her her second single "Hannggang Ngayon". The song went on to win at MTV Video Music Awards. She has released a total of eight albums to date, all of which were certified Platinum albums. Kyla is currently managed by EMI Philippines (PolyEast Records), ALV Talent Circuit, and Tarra Group (Indonesia).
Kyla often performed with longtime music partner, Jay R . But just recently, they are not performing together anymore and the last time they made a duet was few months ago under a production number called " The Last Duet". The two had their own segment at the music variety show, SOP for which she was a regular performer from 2003 to 2009. In 2010, the show was replaced by Party Pilipinas where she also is a current TV host and performer.
Weaned on her parent’s old school soul and jazz records—Ella Fitzgerald, Billie Holiday, and Aretha Franklin— Kyla soon developed an affinity to singing, hugging the mic every single chance she gets. By her 10th birthday, Kyla was already joining over prestigious TV singing contests. She was lording "Tanghalan ng Kampeon" for six straight weeks, and with her powerful interpretation of Jennifer Holiday’s “I Am Changing,” became the show’s grand champion in 1993.
Veteran director Al Quinn saw her potential, encouraging her to join the immensely popular Wednesday group of That’s Entertainment, an afternoon variety show on GMA Network using her real name, Melanie, as her screen name.
Kyla represented the country in the Fourth Yamaha Music Quest on August 1995 in Japan, where she interpreted the Vernhee Saturno original, "Only World".
In 1997, she brought home the third prize trophy in the Metropop Young Singers’ Competition (later renamed Metropop Star Search). Soon GMA’s Infiniti Records offered Kyla, along with fellow Metropop Star Search winners Carmela Cunta and Jonard Yanzon, to wax a couple of songs for a compilation album entitled "Kung Umiibig Na". She recorded two solo tracks: "I Wish You Love"" and the folksy love song, "Kung Magkikita Tayo Muli", which would later re-emerge as a Vina Morales signature hit, "Muli".
Armed with a Raymund Ryan composition, "One More Try", Kyla once again joined the Metropop Song Festival in 2000. The song failed to make it in the Top 12. It did, however, make it to EMI’s A/R Manager Francis Guevarra’s consciousness. Guevarra immediately signed her to a recording deal with EMI Philippines on April 2000 and was given the stage name 'Kyla' meaning princess.
She graduated high school at San Sebastian College - Recoletos and earned her Bachelor's Degree at Philippine Christian University. Kyla graduated from Philippine Christian University with a bachelor's degree in Mass Communications. Her father is a lawyer and, she has three siblings.
Known for her humble and wholesome personality, she has maintained a relatively low-key life away from the controversies of show business, although her relationship with basketball player Rich Alvarez was especially followed by the media.
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| Mark Bautista - 1st Runner-Up Star for the Night 2003 |
Bautista was born to Darni Bautista and Susan Bautista in Cagayan de Oro City, Philippines. Bautista was determined to help his family when his father was forced to stop working because of his physical condition. He has four siblings-an older brother, a sister and two younger brothers. With the cash prizes he won at singing competitions, he was able to help his parents through their financial difficulties.
In his early years, he was very shy to show his singing voice, despite the fact that he is blessed with a it and his looks. His confidence began growing once he started joining different oratorical competitions. He even bagged the first prize in some of the oratorical competitions he joined in.
He joined a band called Voizemale. They had various gigs in Cagayan De Oro and mostly covered the popular hits of Earth, Wind & Fire and Backstreet Boys. He further developed his confidence by joining various singing competitions. Close friends of Bautista persuaded him to audition a singing contest in ABS-CBN's MTB. While that wasn't his calling to stardom, he continued to sing and improve his singing skills.
When the Star for a Night competition came, money became a problem, and he thought that he was going to miss this big opportunity. His Mother provided him with money to go to Cebu as a birthday gift. He wnet to Manila to finish the audition process. He passed all three levels of the Star For A Night auditions and made it to the grand finals. he said: "I can never forget that experience. That, plus the exposure, was enough to make me happy". At the end of the show, he ended as 1st Runner up next to Sarah Geronimo as the grand champion of the show".
In 2010, he signed a 3 year exclusive contract with GMA Network. He Became a regular performer in Party Pilipinas and guested on Diva.
In 2011, he, along with other Kapuso artists such as Iza Calzado and Aljur Abrenica, performed for the Kababayan Fest held in Northern and Southern California. Additionally, he made a special appearance with Aljur Abrenica for a Meet-and-Greet at Seafood City Markets. This special performance and visit was to promote GMA Pinoy TV and the launching of GMA Life TV.
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| Nora Aunor - Champion Tawag ng Tanghalan 1967 |
Her parents needed money for an older sister's tuition. Nora, who loved to sing and listen to pop music, volunteered to join "Darigold Jamboree," a popular radio program that was bringing its amateur singing contest to the nearby town of Naga. The prize money of 20 pesos was the exact amount her parents needed. Packing a second-hand dress that her mother, Antonia, had altered for her, Nora left with a family friend for the two-hour trip to Naga. It was to be her first stop on the long and winding road to fame.
In Naga, she won the "Darigold Jamboree" singing contest with her rendition of "You and the Night and the Music." And it was again in Naga, not long afterward, that she won another contest sponsored by a rival radio program, "The Liberty Big Show." Darigold and Liberty were the leading milk brand then. Her dual victory gave her the courage to audition for a national amateur singing contest on TV. Nora and her mother set out for Manila. They stayed with Antonia's sister, Belen Aunor, who volunteered to take Nora to the studios for the auditions. They agreed that Belen would pose as Nora's mother or guardian. To avoid any further questions from being asked, Nora borrowed her aunt's surname. Thus was born Nora Aunor. In "Darigold Jamboree's Bulilit” contest on Channel 11, Nora Aunor reigned as undefeated champion for 14 weeks. Then she set out to conquer "Tawag ng Tanghalan", at the time the most prestigious amateur singing contest. She won against the night's competition, but in the ensuing bout with the reigning champion, Jose Yap, Nora's anxiety surfaced. She stuttered and missed a line and tasted defeat.
The diminutive Nora resolved to return with a vengeance. She practiced at home and accepted all invitations to public function, where she sang for free. When she felt that she was ready, she auditioned again for "Tawag." She went on to win for 14 straight weeks.
Tinseltown beckoned. She began to make movies, and was paired with Tirso Cruz III. As Guy and Pip, they were a popular pair for many years, but then came a professional parting of the ways. From musicals, Nora graduated to dramatic roles. And what an actress she turned out to be! She remains one of the very best.
Nora is a multi-awarded Filipina actress, singer and producer. Aunor also topbilled several stage plays, television shows, and concerts. She is regarded as the "Superstar" in Philippine Entertainment industry. In 1999, Aunor received the Centennial honor for Arts awarded by the Cultural Center of the Philippines or CCP. She was the only film actress included in the prestigious list of awardees. In 2010, she was hailded by the Green Planet Awards as one of the 10 Asian Best Actresses of the Decade.Aunor has received numerous national and international awards and nominations. She is the first Filipino actress to win an International acting award in a major Film Festival (Cairo 1995 for the movie The Flor Contemplacion Story). She has been directed by four Philippine National Artist Awardees, Gerardo de Leon, Lamberto Avellana, Lino Brocka, and Ishmael Bernal. Since the late 1960s, Nora Aunor has appeared in more than 170 films.
As singer and recording star, Aunor literally broke records with her hit albums. Aunor has released more than 360 singles and recorded more than 200 songs and over 50 albums. She has notched more than 30 gold singles and with an estimated gross sales of one million units, Nora's cover of "Pearly Shells" (1971) is one of the biggest-selling singles in the Philippines.The new singing sensation attracted the attention of Sampaguita Picture's top man, Dr, Jose Perez. She had previously been turned down by four other movie outfits, but was later offered an eight-picture non-exclusive contract with Sampaguita on October 2, 1967, with the assurance that she would initially be given singing parts.
True enough, in All Over World and Way Out of the Country, her first two movie appearances, she sang with her former "Tawag ng Tanghalan" opponent, Jose Yap. She also guested in youth-oriented flicks produced by Vera-Perez Pictures and United Brothers Production. In her 12th movie, Young Girl, she was given her first feature role opposite the young mestizo actor Tirso Cruz III. But it was Tower productions that trusted Nora Aunor with a title role, in "D' Musical Teenage Idols”, opposite Tirso Cruz III. The movie's director, Artemio Marquez, was advised by colleagues not to take on the project lest Nora Aunor's diminutive and negra looks bring him a flop. Marquez was undaunted. The movie became a smash hit.
Three days after D' Musical Teenage Idols premiered, Sampaguita Pictures released its 34th-anniversary presentation, another Nora-Tirso starrer, Fiesta Extravaganza, which also grossed big time at the tills. Nora, the little brown girl from Bicol, had become Philippine filmdom's Golden Girl. She had shattered the viewing public's preference for fair-skinned and statuesque leading ladies, and was now a certified box-office princess. She also starred in her own TV musical variety show that ran for over two decades, starting as the Nora-Eddie Show with Eddie Peregrina in 1967, becoming The Nora Aunor Show in 1968, and Superstar from 1971 to 1989.
By this time, the public had come to love her Cinderella story, and many young actors lined up to serve as her Prince Charming. Nora and Tirso, or Guy & Pip, as the fans endearingly called them made teeny-bopper movies like Orang; Nasaan Ka Inay?; I Dream of Nora; Young at Heart; Guy & Pip; Always In My Heart; My Blue Hawaii; A Gift of Love; Nora, Mahal Kita, and Winter Holiday. Manny de Leon was Nora's screen partner in Nora, the Single Girl; Teenage Jamboree; Tell Nora I Love Her; Darling; Nora in Wonderland; The Golden Voice of Nora; and Around Asia with Nora;. She also paired with Edgar Mortiz in My Beloved, with Ricky Belmonte in My Prayer, and with singer Sajid Kahn in The Singing Filipina. Cocoy Laurel, another mestizo matinee idol, was her leading man in Lollipops & Roses, the movie that featured then Hollywood unknown Don Johnson. It was at this time that Nora earned the monicker Superstar.Aunor's marriage to Filipino actor, Christopher de Leon, was annulled in the late 1990s. She has four children with de Leon - Ian, LotLot, Matet and Kiko.
She was the first actress to star in ABS-CBN’s Star Drama Theater Presents, a drama anthology program. In 2002, Aunor starred in her first soap opera, Bituin (Star), which was aired on ABS-CBN.sting Network.
For 8 years, Nora had a time away from the limelight and resided in the United States. Aunor retains her Philippine citizenship, but she became a permanent resident of the United States in 2008. She has homes in San Francisco and Las Vegas. She returned to the Philippines last year and signed an exclusive ontract with TV5, the Kapatid Network. To date she already finished a drama-series, “Sa Ngalan ng Ina,” which also marked the reunion of Aunor with her former husband Christopher de Leon along with their son Ian de Leon. Early this year, La Aunor underwent a successful throat surgery in Boston to correct a botched cosmetic procedure she had in Japan last 2010. Now back in town, Nora is set to continue shooting a biopic about the life of Emilio Aguinaldo, an indie film to be directed by Brillante Mendoza and another mini-serye with TV5.
There are on-going negotiations for Nora to shoot 2 movies with Regal – one for the MMFF and one for mother’s day. However, she said she needs to clear this first with TV5 where she has an exclusive contract with.
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