Pilipinas Got Talent (season 5)

The fifth season of Pilipinas Got Talent is a talent show on ABS-CBN. The show premiered on January 23, 2016, replacing the temporary weekend block Kapamilya Weekend Specials, which temporarily filled the timeslot of second season of Your Face Sounds Familiar after it ended on December 13, 2015. It was originally aired at 9:30 PM, however, after Dance Kids ended, it was moved to an earlier timeslot of 7:30 PM to give way for I Love OPM.

Pilipinas Got Talent
Season 5
Hosted byLuis Manzano
Billy Crawford
JudgesRobin Padilla
Freddie M. Garcia
Vice Ganda
Angel Locsin
WinnerPower Duo
Runner-upThe Amazing Pyra
Finals venueMall of Asia Arena
Pasay, Philippines
Release
Original networkABS-CBN
Original releaseJanuary 23 (2016-01-23) –
May 22, 2016 (2016-05-22)
Season chronology

The season ended on May 22, 2016 with interpretative dance duo Power Duo winning the season — the first season not won by a singing act.[1]

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.[2][3]

Host and judges

Billy Crawford and Luis Manzano are set to reprise their hosting duties although the judging panel will have significant changes.[4] Ai-Ai delas Alas and Kris Aquino will not return to the judging panel; the former due to her return to GMA Network, while the latter cited health problems and give time to her sons.[2][5] ABS-CBN board member Freddie M. Garcia confirmed his return as judge for the fifth consecutive season.[6] On January 8, 2016, a teaser during FPJ's Ang Probinsyano revealed that actress Angel Locsin will be one of the judges.[7] On January 9, 2016, a teaser during It's Showtime revealed that actor Robin Padilla will join Garcia and Locsin in the judging panel.[8] 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.[9]

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.[10]

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.[2] 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[11] Pre-Audition Venue[11] City[11]
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.[12]

Padilla was the first judge to use the golden buzzer, pressing it for acrobatic duo, Power Duo.[13] 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
Name of act Age(s) Genre Act Hometown Semifinal Week Result
Power Duo Dance Contemporary Dance Duo Angono, Rizal 4 Winner
Amazing Pyra
(Marianne Madrigal)		 21 Danger Poi Dancer Antipolo 3 Runner-up
Ody Sto. Domingo 31 Magic Magician Santa Mesa, Manila 4 Third place
Mastermind 18 - 26 Dance Dance Group Eastern Samar 2 Fourth place
Kurt Philip Espiritu 14 Music Singer Bacolod 6 Fifth place
Power Impact Dancers Dance Dance group Manila 6 Sixth place
Crossover Family Dance Dance Group Davao City 1 Seventh place
Dino Splendid Acrobats Variety Acrobat Santo Tomas, Batangas 5 Eighth place
Sto. Tomas Bulilit Generation 7 - 11 Dance Acrobatic Dance Group Davao del Norte 2 Ninth place
UA Mindanao Danger Motocross Performers Kidapawan City 3 Tenth place
The Chosen Ones 9 - 12 Music Band Imus, Cavite 5 Eleventh place
Next Option 18 - 20 Music Boy Band Davao City 1 Twelfth place
Percival Denolo 43 Variety Mud Artist Valenzuela City 6 Eliminated
Celine Velayo 19 Dance Pole Dance Parañaque City 6 Eliminated
Rayner Dalde 26 Music Tenor San Fabian, Pangasinan 6 Eliminated
Rouge Music Rock Band Quezon City 6 Eliminated
Mark Dune Bismayor 27 Variety Hat Tricker / Contortionist Calamba City, Laguna 5 Eliminated
Dona Gomez Aguirre 53 Music Singer Kalibo, Aklan 5 Eliminated
Twin Brothers Dance Contemporary Dance Duo Davao City 5 Eliminated
Vernon de Vera 47 Variety Escape Artist Marikina City 5 Eliminated
DMX Comvalenoz 18 - 24 Dance Dance Group Compostela Valley 4 Eliminated
Francis Anne Virtudazo 36 Music Kundiman Singer Quezon City 4 Eliminated
M.A.T.T.I. 12 Variety Arnis Performers Bacolod 4 Eliminated
The Raes 17 - 53 Music Acoustic trio Cebu City 4 Eliminated
F.A. Flow Circle 17 - 33 Dance Light Performance Dance Group Cebu City 3 Eliminated
Liquid Concepts Variety Flairtending Duo Quezon City 3 Eliminated
Legendary Fire Artists Danger Fire Artists Davao City 3 Eliminated
Likhain Dance Troupe Dance Cultural Dance Troupe Tondo, Manila 3 Eliminated
Deniel Sarmiento 15 Dance Dancer Boracay, Aklan 2 Eliminated
Derf Cabael 33 Music Singer Bacoor, Cavite 2 Eliminated
Angel Fire 18 - 21 Dance Belly Dancing Group Cebu City 2 Eliminated
Lezboys Music Singing group Antipolo 2 Eliminated
The Poor Voice Music Singing Duo Pasig City 1 Eliminated
Philip Galit a.k.a. Shadow Ace 19 Variety Shadow Play Calatagan, Batangas 1 Eliminated
Splitters Dance Dance Group Manila 1 Eliminated
Arangka La Castellana Bailes de Luces Dance Blacklight Performers Negros Occidental 1 Eliminated

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.

Semifinals summary

Week 1 (April 9 & 10)
Contestant Order Act Buzzes and judges' votes Percentage Result
FMG Angel Robin Vice
Crossover Family 1 Dance group 12.14% Advanced
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% Eliminated
Splitters 5 Dance group 8.97% Eliminated
Next Option 6 Boy band 50.16% Advanced

Week 2 (April 16 & 17)
  • Guest performers: SI.CO.GU, Tito Cris Castro, Marvin Arquero from PGT Season 4
Contestant Order Act Buzzes and judges' votes Percentage Result
FMG Angel Robin Vice
Angel Fire 1 Belly dancing group 2.96% Eliminated
Deniel Sarmiento 2 Dancer 10.48% Eliminated
Lezboys 3 Singing group 2.66% Eliminated
Mastermind 4 Dance group 57.56% Advanced
Sto. Tomas Bulilit Generation 5 Acrobatic dance group 23.18% Advanced
Derf Cabael 6 Singer 3.16% Eliminated

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.

Contestant Order Act Buzzes and judges' votes Percentage Result
FMG Angel Robin Vice
Amazing Pyra 1 Poi dancer 34.90% Advanced
Likhain Dance Troupe 2 Cultural dance troupe 6.36% Eliminated
FA Flow Circle 3 Light performance dancers 6.45% Eliminated
UA Mindanao 4 Motocross performers 45.12% Advanced
Legendary Fire Artists 5 Fire artists 2.18% Eliminated
Liquid Concepts 6 Flair tending duo 4.99% Eliminated

Week 4 (April 30 & May 1)

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.

Contestant Order Act Buzzes and judges' votes Percentage Result
FMG Angel Robin Vice
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 Interpretative dancesport duo 57.38% Advanced
DM-X Comvaleñoz 5 Dance group 7.76% Eliminated
Ody Sto. Domingo 6 Magician 30.41% Advanced

Week 5 (May 7 & 8)
Contestant Order Act Buzzes and judges' votes Percentage Result
FMG Angel Robin Vice
Vernon de Vera 1 Escape Artist 4.79% Eliminated
Twin Brothers 2 Contemporary dance duo 5.89% Eliminated
Dona Gomez Aguirre 3 Singer 3.58% Eliminated
Dino Splendid Acrobats 4 Acrobatic group 13.32% Advanced
The Chosen Ones 5 Band 39.94% Advanced
Mark Dune Bismayor 6 Hat tricker / Contortionist 32.48% Eliminated

Robin chose not to reveal his vote as the Dino Splendid Acrobats had already accumulated three votes.

Week 6 (May 14 & 15)
  • Guests: #Hashtags (from It's Showtime)
Contestant Order Act Buzzes and judges' votes Percentage Result
FMG Angel Robin Vice
Power Impact Dancers 1 Dance group 15.05% Advanced
Rayner Dalde 2 Tenor 2.12% Eliminated
Percival Denolo 3 Mud artist 13.79% Eliminated
Rouge 4 Rock band 5.07% Eliminated
Celine Velayo 5 Pole dancer 9.33% Eliminated
Kurt Philip Espiritu 6 Singer 54.64% Advanced

Grand Finals

The live shows of the grand finale will premiere at the Mall of Asia Arena over a span of two nights, the performance night (May 21) and the results night (May 22). For the first time in Pilipinas Got Talent, the winner will be based from the public votes (50%) and the scores of the judges (50%).

UA Mindanao and the Amazing Pyra each held the outdoor parts of their performances a few days in advance at the MX Messiah Fairgrounds in Taytay, Rizal. Robin and Vice Ganda were personally present during those performances.

Color key
Contestant Order Act Buzzes Percentage Result
FMG Angel Robin Vice
Crossover Family 1 Dance group 46.81% 7th
The Chosen Ones 2 Band 44.23% 11th
UA Mindanao 3 Motocross performers 45.90% 10th
Kurt Philip Espiritu 4 Singer 47.97% 5th
Dino Splendid Acrobats 5 Acrobatic group 46.77% 8th
Mastermind 6 Dance group 50.02% 4th
Ody Sto. Domingo 7 Magician 50.61% 3rd
Sto. Tomas Bulilit Generation 8 Acrobatic dance group 46.26% 9th
Next Option 9 Boy band 42.93% 12th
Amazing Pyra 10 Fire poi dancer 66.57% 2nd
Power Impact Dancers 11 Dance group 47.12% 6th
Power Duo 12 Interpretative dancesport duo 100.00% 1st
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