The first season of Pilipinas Got Talent aired on ABS-CBN from February 20 to June 13, 2010, replacing The Singing Bee, George and Cecil and Pinoy Big Brother: Double Up was replaced by Twist and Shout.
Billy Crawford and Luis Manzano take role as the presenters of the main show, while Marc Abaya hosted its companion show, Pilipinas Got More Talent. The judges include former ABS-CBN executive Freddie M. Garcia, Kris Aquino, and Ai-Ai delas Alas.
Sixteen year-old singer Jovit Baldivino † from Batangas was crowned the first winner of the series, with Baguio Metamorphosis as the runner-up and breakdancing duo Velasco Brothers finishing in third place.
Auditions
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. 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 November 25, 26 and 27, 2009 Liceo de Cagayan University Cagayan de Oro November 30 – December 1, 2, 2009 Rizal Memorial Colleges Davao City December 5, 6, 12, 13, 2009 PAGCOR 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.
Top 36 Results Summary
Name of act Age(s) Genre Act Hometown Semifinal Week Result Jovit Baldivino 16 Singing Singer Batangas 1 Baguio Metamorphosis — Dancing Belly Dance Fusion and Hip Hop Baguio 6 Velasco Brothers — Dancing Breakdancing Manila 3 Ingrid Payaket 21 Singing Singer Baguio 6 Ezra Band — Music Acoustic Band Davao del Sur 4 Ruther Urquia 31 Variety Ventriloquist Las Piñas 1 Alakim 29 Variety Magician Quezon City 2 Keith Clark Delleva 14 Music Electric Guitar Player Pasay 3 Sherwin Baguion 20 Singing Singer Lanao del Norte 4 Luntayao Family — Singing Singing group Negros Occidental 5 Maria Jeline Oliva 13 Music Violinist Naga City 5 Markki Stroem 20 Singing Singer Quezon City 2 Imusicapella — Music Show choir Cavite 6 Eliminated Carl Malone Montecido 11 Singing Singer Bacolod 6 Eliminated Hello World — Dancing Dance crew Davao City 6 Eliminated Josephine Aton 32 Singing Singer Cebu City 6 Eliminated Powerpuff Corn — Singing Acoustic duo Baguio 5 Eliminated Experience Kidz — Dancing Dance crew General Santos 5 Eliminated Harold Jomar Gesulga 17 Music Beatboxer General Santos 5 Eliminated Jzan Vern Tero 12 Singing Singer Cebu City 5 Eliminated Gerphil Geraldine "Fame" Flores 19 Singing Opera Singer Parañaque 4 Eliminated Big Mouth "BM" 32 Variety Singer with animal sounds Manila 4 Eliminated Goldies & Goodies 48–69 Dancing Dance group Cebu City 4 Eliminated Reiniel Tulabing 11 Singing Singer Cainta, Rizal 4 Eliminated Rolando Ng III Singing Singer Cagayan de Oro 3 Eliminated Alexis Carpena 21 Dancing Isolation Dancer Laguna 3 Eliminated Manolito "Manoling" Saldivar 51 Singing Opera Singer Dumaguete 3 Eliminated Reggie Ramirez 33 Singing Double-character Singer Davao City 3 Eliminated Kapidamu Band 10–16 Music Band Quezon 2 Eliminated Florante Inutan 41 Music Human Saxophone Davao City 2 Eliminated Garrett Devan Bolden, Jr. 18 Singing Singer Olongapo City 2 Eliminated Mae Lozada & Anselmo Estillore — Dancing Ballroom Dancing duo Cebu City 2 Eliminated Rolando Permangil 35 Singing Singer Davao City 1 Eliminated Baguio Siblings — Dancing Ballroom Dancing duo Cebu City 1 Eliminated Snap Boyz — Dancing Dance crew Cebu 1 Eliminated Xavier University Cultural Dance Troupe — Dancing Cultural Dance Troupe Cagayan de Oro 1 Eliminated
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) Contestant Order Act Buzzes and judges' votes Percentage Result FMG Kris Ai-aiSnap Boyz 1Dance crew 2.21% EliminatedRolando Permangil 2Singer 5.22% Eliminated Baguio Siblings 3Ballroom Dancing duo 0.60% EliminatedRuther Urquia 4Ventriloquist 9.77% Advanced Xavier University Cultural Dance Troupe 5 Cultural Dance troupe 2.20% EliminatedJovit Baldivino 6Singer 80.00% Advanced
Week 2 (May 8 & 9) Contestant Order Act Buzzes and judges' votes Percentage Result FMG Kris Ai-ai Kapidamu Band 1 Band 17.18% Eliminated Alakim 2 Magician 28.49% Advanced 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% Advanced Garrett Devan Bolden, Jr. 6 Singer 15.77% Eliminated
Week 3 (May 15 & 16) Contestant Order Act Buzzes and judges' votes Percentage Result FMG Kris Ai-ai Keith Clark Delleva 1 Electric Guitar Player 23.95% Advanced Velasco Brothers 2 Breakdancing Crew 21.83% Advanced 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
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) Contestant Order Act Buzzes and judges' votes Percentage Result FMG Kris Ai-ai Big Mouth "BM" 1 Singer with animal sounds 7.11% Eliminated Sherwin Baguion 2 Singer 17.99% Advanced Goldies & Goodies 3 Dance Troupe 5.67% Eliminated Reiniel Tulabing 4 Singer 11.30% Eliminated Gerphil Geraldine "Fame" Flores 5 Opera Singer 25.05% Eliminated Ezra Band 6 Acoustic Band 33.08% Advanced
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) Contestant Order Act Buzzes and judges' votes Percentage Result 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% Advanced Harold Jomar Gesulga 4 Beatboxer 14.56% Eliminated Powerpuff Corn 5 Acoustic duo 18.71% Eliminated Luntayao Family 6 Singing group 28.19% Advanced
Week 6 (June 5 & 6) Contestant Order Act Buzzes and judges' votes Percentage Result FMG Kris Ai-ai Baguio Metamorphosis 1 Hiphop and Belly Dancing group 28.78% Advanced Josephine Aton 2 Singer 2.56% Eliminated Imusicapella 3 Show choir 26.32% Eliminated Ingrid Payaket 4 Singer 17.97% Advanced 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 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.
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Contestant Order Act Buzzes Percentage Result FMG Kris Ai-ai Alakim 1 Magician 2.91% 7th Sherwin Baguion 2 Singer 2.15% 9th Markki Stroem 3 Singer 1.20% 12th Ezra Band 4 Acoustic Band 5.46% 5th Velasco Brothers 5 Breakdancing group 7.27% 3rd Maria Jeline Oliva 6 Violinist 2.07% 11th Baguio Metamorphosis 7 Hip hop and belly dancing group 15.39% 2nd Jovit Baldivino 8 Singer 48.41% 1st Ruther Urquia 9 Ventriloquist 5.45% 6th Ingrid Payaket 10 Singer 5.87% 4th Keith Clark Delleva 11 Electric guitar player 2.82% 8th Luntayao Family 12 Singing group 2.07% 10th
National Ratings Pilipinas Got Talent Season 1 hits all-time high 43.3% national rating. 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 2nd Audition February 21 37.5% 1 3rd Audition February 27 37.7% 1 4th Audition February 28 43.1% 1 5th Audition March 6 34.3% 1 6th Audition March 7 39.1% 1 7th Audition March 13 37.7% 1 8th Audition March 14 31.6% 2 9th Audition March 20 37.4% 1 10th Audition March 21 39.4% 1 11th Audition March 27 35.9% 1 12th Audition March 28 34.6% 1 13th Audition April 4 36.4% 1 14th Audition April 10 31.1% 2 15th Audition April 11 33.6% 1 16th Audition April 17 33.9% 1 17th Audition April 18 32% 1 18th Audition April 24 34.6% 2 19th Audition April 25 30.7% 1 Semi-finals 1 (Performance Night) May 1 36.5% 1 Semi-finals 1 (Results Night) May 2 33.3% 1 Semi-finals 2 (Performance Night) May 8 34.4% 1 Semi-finals 2 (Results Night) May 9 29.7% 1 Semi-finals 3 (Performance Night) May 15 34.9% 1 Semi-finals 3 (Results Night) May 16 30.7% 1 Semi-finals 4 (Performance Night) May 22 34.2% 1 Semi-finals 4 (Results Night) May 23 30.4% 1 Semi-finals 5 (Performance Night) May 29 35.7% 1 Semi-finals 5 (Results Night) May 30 27.1% 1 Semi-finals 6 (Performance Night) June 5 36.9% 1 Semi-finals 6 (Results Night) June 6 31.5% 1 Grand Finals (Performance Night) June 12 37% 1 Grand Finals (Results Night) June 13 43.3% 1
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