Celebrity Duets Season 3 on GMA-7
>> August 17, 2009 –
GMA-7,
Ogie Alcasid,
Regine Velasquez
After Socialite Tessa Prieto Valdez & MMDA chairman Bayani Fernando, who will be the next famous personality you didn’t expect singing on national TV?
The Philippine edition of Celebrity Duets is a interactive reality singing competition airing on GMA-7 jointly hosted by singer-comedian Ogie Alcasid & singer-actress, Regine Velasquez. The show is produced by Fremantle Media and Simon Cowell through Syco Television which also produced the original version in the US.
Season 3 of Celebrity Duets Philippines will begins on August 29, 2009.
Here are the non-singer celebrity contestants of Celebrity Duets (Philippines) season 3:
Gina Alajar
Nicolo Cosme
Nonito Donaire
Jomari Yllana
Akihiro Sato
Maxi Cinco
Joel Cruz
Janina San Miguel
The reality-based singing competition will still be hosted by singing couple Regine Velasquez and Ogie Alcasid. It premieres on August 29, 2009 on GMA 7.
Parang hindi heavy ang line-up this time compared with the first two seasons. And bakit kaya mas maraming guy contestants kumpara sa girls? Parang trend na ito no?
Yan din ang napansin ko. Also, napakaraming gay characters sa mga show ng GMA7. Kahit mga macho ginagawang gay.
walang kwenta ang winner! bakit nalinya sa mga weirdo ang winners - si tessa last year at si joel naman. pwe!
Underwhelming finale for ‘Celebrity Duets’
By Nestor Torre
Philippine Daily Inquirer
First Posted 22:51:00 11/27/2009
MANILA, Philippines — When Joel Cruz was hailed as the third winner of GMA-7’s “Celebrity Duets” “talent” tilt last Nov. 14, the announcement was decidedly anticlimactic.
We’ve got nothing personal against Mr. Cruz, but it was clear that his victory was based, not on singing ability, but on his vote-eliciting prowess. Kudos to him for managing at least that, but the “excitement” generated by that achievement was definitely—underwhelming.
It was clear from the very start of the third edition of “Celebrity Duets” that this year’s batch was the least gifted in the singing department, to date. One of the few exceptions was boxing champ Nonito Donaire Jr., but he got “knocked out” due to insufficient votes before the tilt’s final three survivors were chosen.
Survivors
The other two survivors were Jomari Yllana and Akihiro Sato. Of the three finalists, Jomari was the least offputting bet, while Akihiro scored high in the hunky looks department.
Well, all that is now wishy-washy water under the bridge. It would be great, however, if the show bothered to learn its lessons, and strived to make “Celebrity Duets 4” better than this year’s tilt. What to do?
First, do make sure that all of next year’s batch are genuine celebrities. Why call the tilt “Celebrity Duets” and then foist some “who’s that?” relative unknowns off on the befuddled viewing public? Some viewers can’t be blamed for thinking that the show holds them in low estimation by shortchanging them in this regard.
Second, please make sure that all of the new celebrity contenders can at least sing to save their lives. Look, we live in the Philippines, where every other person you meet in the streets can sing really well—so, it’s not too much to ask for at least passable singing from next year’s show. We’re supposed to be the best singers in the world, so have a heart.
Sense of fun
We know that the show, like “American Idol,” derives some of its sneering sense of fun from featuring abysmally lousy non-singers, the better for viewers to jeer and feel superior to them— but, some of the non-singers the tilt has featured have been so bad that—enough’s enough.
Third, for once—just once—come up with a “Celebrity Duets” edition that will make singing ability the key factor in deciding on its ultimate winner.
Let’s focus on really entertaining viewers and honoring Filipino musical talent, shall we?
It would also help if the show’s jurors would set higher musical standards, like the judges of GMA-7’s other musical talent tilt, “The Next Big Star,” did so well earlier this year. Fun’s fun, but musical standards must be maintained.