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Subject: Jonalyn is It! PPS Winner! -tidbit posted Author: foreverkapuso/message/2928 [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ] Date Posted: 15:41:58 05/10/05 Tue In reply to: GMA-7 news 's message, "Pinoy Pop Superstar News on Jonalyn Viray" on 15:05:19 05/10/05 Tue REGINE Velasquez kept on saying there can only be one Pinoy Pop Superstar, and in the end, the one who outshone them all was 16-year old Jonalyn Viray. In a previous column, we wrote that if they'd choose on the basis of voice alone, then Jonalyn has a good chance of winning as her set of vocal pipes are really outstanding. Jonalyn is the eldest of 4 kids from San Mateo, Rizal. She has won first runner-up in "Birit Bulilit" of IBC-13 as a child and in "MTB Teen Pop Star." Born on November 15, 1989, she's a high school junior at Jose Laurel High in Proj. 4. Her winning piece was Mariah Carey's "Never Too Far." At the finals night, she first sang "It Might Be You." From the eight finalists, four were chosen: Jonalyn along with Charmaine Piamonte, Michael Garcia and the crowd's favorite, Brenan Espartinez. In the second bout involving four of them, Jonalyn sang Whitney Houston's "Run to You". She was chosen to be one of the final two contenders, the other being Brenan who sang George Michael's "Careless Whisper". In their face off, they both sang "My Miracle" and it was Jonalyn who emerged as the champ. She won P1 million cash prize from Coca Cola, a Futura Classic house and lot from Filinvest, a brand new Toyota Innova, an exclusive one-year recording contract with GMA Records, plus services and gift certiciates from Gandang Ricky Reyes, Belo Medical, and designer Edwin Tan. Brian won the Coca Cola Most Admired Superstar Award plus P20,000 cash. The Big Dome was overflowing with people all eager to find out who'd win in the first Pinoy Pop Superstar contest. The judges were composer Danny Tan, director Floy Quintos, soul diva Jaya, R&B princess Kyla and GMA Records EVP/CEO Felipe Yalong. Even if Brenan, Michael and Charmaine didn't bag the title, we're sure GMA-7 will not let them go as they're all very promising and super talented. As far as we're concerned, they should also be given their own albums, particularly Brenan who already has his own legion of fans, judging from the number of his supporters at the Araneta that night. Regine says Pinoy Pop Superstar Year 2 will be an even bigger one. So, join now! THREE FILIPINO CANADIANS got their big break from GMA Records with their debut album, "604" (pronounced Six-O-Four) launched at Hard Rock Cafe. 604 is the area code of Vancouver, where they first tried their luck as singers. The three macho guys are Nino Sanzo, Ross Calixterio and Francis Baguio, all born and raised in Toronto. They met each other in a Catholic high school and started singing in campus affairs. At 18, they all moved to Vancouver where they met a producer who brought them to Hamburg, Germany and asked them to record an album which, unfortunately was never released. "But we appreciate the experience because we got to sing with various international singers there like NSync," says Francis, the only married guy among them. His wife is Mary, a balikbayan from England who he met here in Manila. They came to Manila and tried to market their finished album here but no one would take it. They met Ronnie Henares who then brought them to GMA-7 and they started singing in "S.O.P." Now, GMA Record has given them their own album, "Bringin' It", and they're glad that Pinoy listeners are finally given the chance to listen to their own distinct kind of music. Francis composed two songs in it, "Bring It" and "Queen of My Castle". The other great cuts are "All This Time", "Fly Away" "Paano Na", "Kung Maibabalik", "In the Rain", and the carrier single, a revival of Brian McKnight's "Win". Now that they're based in Manila, the three guys have discovered how beautiful the original country of their parents is. Are they really the best of friends? "More than that, we're like brothers," says Francis. "We may get on each other's nerves every now and then, but we get over it easily." IS IT TRUE THERE'S now stiff competition between the directors of GMA-7's toprated telefantasias "Darna" and "Encantadia"? "Darna" is megged by Dominic Zapata and Eric Quizon. "Encantadia" is megged by Mark Reyes and Gil Tejada. Both make use of elaborate costumes, sets, and special effects, but we heard the directors of "Darna" work faster, taping several sequences a day so they're more cost effective for management. On the other hand, "Encantadia" directors work so slowly, sometimes taping only three or four sequences a day, so it comes out as more expensive. How true? ------------- P. P. S. article ------------ > Pati Mga Press People, Nagpustahan Sa Pinoy Pop Superstar Ang saya-saya ng ambiance sa Araneta Coliseum kung saan idinaos ang grand showdown ng walong Pinoy Pop Superstar contenders. Bawat grupo ng mga tagahanga nila ay nag-tsi-cheer para sa kanilang mga idolo. Tama ang hula ko sa Top Four contenders na sina Jonalyn Viray, Charmaine Piamonte, Brenan Espartinez at Michael Anthony Garcia. Nagsimula kaming magpustahan ng ilang kapatid sa panulat nang dalawa na lang ang matira-sina Jonalyn at Brenan. Inawit nila kapawa ang "Miracle" kung saan may linyang sumabit si Brenan. Kunsabagay, mas kailangan ni Jonalyn ang premyo at deserving naman siya bilang champion. Naalala ko nang tanungin ko siya nun kung bakit sumali sa Pinoy Pop Superstar. Financial problem ang dahilan kaya halos napaiyak sa katuwaan ang kanyang magulang sa pagkakapanalo nito. ----------- PPS/GMA-7 article found on-line --------- > t a k e * n o t e - Regine's ex-manager was mentioned in this article. Please note our latest music investigation tidbit posted in the Music Inside Buzz about Regine's ex-manager(s). That they were being just as influenced and manipulated by RV's media publicist as the artist and company has been and may not be (as much) in fault to some of the media shams committed against her in the past. Still under bird feather investigation.. M.I.B.I. http://insidebuzz.tripod.com ------------ have a nice day ------------ > Subject : Pinoy Pop Superstar Finals Article -plus tidbit on RV exManaGeR [ Next Thread | Previous Thread | Next Message | Previous Message ]

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[> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> [> Subject: Little Jonalyn is now a big star! Author: The Manila Times [ Edit | View ] Date Posted: 04:28:34 05/12/05 Thu Little Jonalyn is now a big star Date: 5/11/2005 9:02:06 AM Source: The Manila Times By: Danny T. Vibas We Filipinos are superb at singing. Honest-to-goodness singing. And we start really young. So by the time we're in our teens, some of us have become champion amateur singers. But some amateur singers make it big time, some never do. Will Jonalyn Viray make it? Jonalyn, the GMA 7 amateur singing contest Pinoy Pop Superstar's first grand champion, is only 15 years old and was the smallest among the eight contenders on Sunday night's grand finals of the GMA 7 amateur singing contest Pinoy Pop Superstar. She was also the youngest. The eight contenders of Pinoy Pop Superstar were all in their teens (early twenties at the most). The grand showdown held at the Araneta Coliseum was single-handedly hosted by Regine Velasquez, who was herself the champion of an amateur singing contest then known as Tawag ng Kampeon. Each of the eight contenders was a champion in the 10-month singing contest for at least four Sundays. (Contest rules require that winners for less than four weeks cannot qualify for the grand finals.) Jonalyn won only for four weeks. She sang "I Wanna Run To You" for her second piece. She won for herself P1-million cash from Coca Cola, a house and lot from Filinvest, a Futura Classic Toyota car, and services worth several thousands of pesos from the Belo Medical Group and from Ricky Reyes's chain of salons. Jonalyn comes from San Mateo, Rizal, and is the eldest child in the family. Her father works at Purefoods. Both of her parents watched the show at the Big Dome, along with two younger siblings. Jonalyn is an incoming senior student at the Jose P. Laurel High School. Contenders Three of the contenders were from the provinces and only two from Metro Manila. One was from Canada and another from the United States. GMA 7 conducted searches in those countries not only because of their huge Filipino populations but also in preparation for the launch of a cable network service there as a counterpart of The Filipino Channel operated by rival ABS-CBN 2. Michael Anthony Garcia hails from Iligan City, Mindanao, and was raised singly by his father along with three siblings. Michael's father is a humble truck driver in Iligan. Happily, he made it to the Big Dome to watch his youngest son compete. On grand finals night, Michael seemed to have had the biggest fan support. He was, after all, the contest's first weekly champion who went on to reign for seven weeks before he lost the title. And though barely over five feet, he is handsome and sweet-faced. Very boyish. Michael's fans even had tarpaulin photos of him. They occupied hundreds of seats in the Big Dome's lower and upper boxes, and most of the general admission seats. They screamed his name, battling it out with the equally screaming fans of Brenan Espartinez, Char­maine Piamonte, Kristel Astor, MC Montirola and Jonalyn. Only Sheila Ferrari and Philbert de Torres had no fans to scream out their names as they from the United States and Canada, respectively. Judgment night The judges sat a few meters from the stage, each equipped with a computer to input scores. The panel was headed by Philip Yalong, executive vice president and chief operations officer of GMA Records. The others were composer-musical director Danny Tan, singers Jaya and Kyla, TV and theater director Floy Quintos. Star quality took 60 percent of the contenders' rating, while only 40 percent was allotted to musicality. In the first round, fans' text votes were factored in, but the second and final rounds used only the judges' ratings. Charmaine, Jonalyn, Michael and Brenan made it to the second round, for which their scores were reverted to zero. Jonalyn and Brenan had to sing the same song for the final showdown and the song was the show's theme, "My Miracle," composed by Danny Tan, and which all the eight contenders had already performed in groups in the show's past telecasts. Fan power The fans easily filled up the place, bringing with them huge streamers and posters announcing their support for a particular contender. Some fans even flashed elongated red balloons shaped in letters that spelled out their idol's name, specifically that of Brenan, a Metro Manilan who later emerged as second placer. He is a little-known actor on educational TV shows and was part of the short- lived youth show on GMA 7, Bestfrends (yes, spelled without the "i") hosted by German Moreno. Brenan was voted by fellow contenders "Most Admired Finalist" and was given by Coca Cola a cash prize of P20,000. A counterpart of the same amount was also donated to the GMA 7 Kapuso Foundation. Album After the grand finals, GMA Records put together the Pinoy Pop Superstar The Finalists album that features the six winning contest pieces of each contender including "If You're Not the One" by Michael, "If You Don't Know Me by Now" by Kristel, I believe" by Charmaine, "Through the Fire" by MC, "Home" by Brenan and "My Miracle" by all six. It is available in CDs and cassettes in record stores nationwide. ---------- m.i.b. -----------------> ---------- m.i.b. -----------------> M.I.B.I. http://insidebuzz.tripod.com ------------ have a nice day ------------ > [ Post a Reply to This Message ]