Jem Cubil, Happy Feet advance to Pilipinas Got Talent Season 2 grand finals (May 15 Results)

After 6 semi-finalists on Pilipinas Got Talent Season 2 took the stage Saturday night, May 14, 2 of them were announced as grand finalists during the results night held Sunday, May 15.

And they are tap dancing brothers Ramonito and Lolito Mata or better known as the Happy Feet from Bukidnon Province and singing heart-throb Jem Cubil from Talisay City, Cebu.

As what Mykiru's Poll has predicted, Happy Feet got the highest number of text and online votes, a high 50.51%, and has automatically entered the grand finals.

The tap dancing duo is the first from Mindanao to enter Pilipinas Got Talent Season 2 Grand Finals.

Jem Cubil, who got the 2nd highest votes, had to compete against another singer Collins Gutierrez, the 3rd highest vote-getter, in winning the judges' votes.

All three judges chose Jem, and this 17-year-old Cebuano cutie becomes the first from the Visayas to advance to the finals.

Here's the voting results for Pilipinas Got Talent (PGT) Season 2 Semi-Finals Week 3, May 15, 2011:
1. Happy Feet, Bukidnon (Tap Dancing Brothers/Duo) 50.51% - VOTERS' CHOICE
2. Jose Emmanuel "Jem" Cubil, 17, Talisay City, Cebu (singer / musician) 23.20% - JUDGES' CHOICE
3. Collins Gutierrez, 24, San Pedro, Laguna (singer) 15.40%
4. Dance Selection, Taguig City (cheerdancers / acrobats) 4.86%
5. Rafael Pavia, 5, Matina, Davao City (singer) 3.74%
6. Zaldy Carlos, 38, Tondo, Manila (singer) 2.28%

Happy Feet and Jem Cubil now join Freestylers, Madrigal Siblings, B4 and Angel Calalas in the PGT Season 2 Grand Finals.

For next week's semis (May 21), another batch of 6 semi-finalists will compete for the 2 slots in the finals and they are:

Filogram, Baguio City (dance group)
John Michael Narag, 16, Mabini,Pangasinan (singer)
Genevieve Rochelle Arandia, 20, Las Piñas City (singer)
Maribeth Callanta, 19, Dagupan City, Pangasinan (singer)
First Beat Effect, Mansilingan, Bacolod City (beatboxers)
Next Generation Band, Davao del Norte (kiddie band)

Pilipinas Got Talent Season 2 Semi-Finals Fun Poll: Vote for your favorites!

The Top 36 semi-finalists of Pilipinas Got Talent Season 2 were already revealed last night, and I'm sure you have your favorites from those 36 world-class and breath-taking acts.

Who are they?

Let us know by voting on Mykiru's Fun Poll...

Pilipinas Got Talent (PGT) Season 2 Top 36 semi-finalists named!

Pilipinas Got Talent (PGT) has named its Top 36 semi-finalists from over a hundred contestants who passed the nationwide auditions.

Of the 36 semi-finalists, 19 are from Luzon, 8 come from the Visayas and 9 from Mindanao.

Here's the complete list of the Top 36 semi-finalists of Pilipinas Got Talent Season 2...

LUZON:
Angel Calalas, 22, Cainta, Rizal (Hula Hoop Tricker)
B4, Baguio City (dance group)
Bourbon - Feliz Ria Pichay, 23, Makati City (Pole dancer)
Brian Brady, 10, Cabungaan, Laoag City (Filipino-raised American singer)
Collins Gutierrez, 24, San Pedro, Laguna (singer)
Dance Selection, Taguig City (cheerdancers / acrobats)
Fernan Santuyo aka Madonna Pianista, 24, Polangui, Albay
Filogram, Baguio City (dance group)
Freestylers, Calamba, Laguna (dance group)
John Michael Narag, 16, Mabini,Pangasinan (singer)
Genevieve Rochelle Arandia, 20, Las Piñas City (singer)
Joy's Divas, Batangas (singing trio)
Kenny Padalla, 23, Baguio City (singer)
Kapidamu Band, Atimonan, Quezon
Madrigal Siblings, Cainta, Rizal (singing trio)
Marcelito Po Moy, 25, Imus, Cavite (male singer with a female voice)
Maribeth Callanta, 19, Dagupan City, Pangasinan (singer)
Romarico Sanorjo aka Rico The Magician, 60, Caloocan City
Zaldy Carlos, 38, Tondo, Manila (singer)


VISAYAS:
DJP Trio, Bacolod City, Negros Occidental (singers)
First Beat Effect, Mansilingan, Bacolod City (beatboxers)
Jacqueline Schubert, 20, Talamban, Cebu City (beauty qeen singer)
Jose Emmanuel "Jem" Cubil, 17, Talisay City, Cebu (singer / musician)
Karinyoso Boys, Dumaguete City (dance group, comedians)
Leoniel Enopia and Elizabeth Dazo, Bacolod City (ballroom dancing duo)
Light Gauge Acoustic, Eroreco, Bacolod City (band)
Virgilio del Carmen, 28, Cebu City (singer / comedian)


MINDANAO:
Buildex Pagales, 15, Digos City, Davao del Sur (singer / musician)
Gracelle Lapinid & Kristelle Lapinid, Kidapawan, North Cotabato (singing duo)
Happy Feet, Bukidnon (Tap Dancing Brothers/Duo)
Jeremie Tampoy, 29, Maa, Davao City (Blind singer and pianist)
Larvae, Digos City (Gay dancers and contortionists)
Next Generation Band, Davao del Norte (kiddie band)
Rafael Pavia, 5, Matina, Davao City (singer)
Skeights, Davao City (band)
Suwahib Samplidan, 31, Davao City (gay singer who eats "mani" while singing)


Did your favorites make the cut? (How sad, no Kevin James Sisco there.)

[Vote for your favorite semi-finalist at Mykiru's Fun Poll]


The semi-finals competition will start on April 30 and the first elimination will be on May 1, both will be held at the PAGCOR Grand Theater, Casino Filipino in Parañaque City.

And the first 6 who will be pitted against each other this April 30 are:

Romarico Sanorjo aka Rico The Magician, 60, Caloocan City
Jeremie Tampoy, 29, Maa, Davao City (Blind singer and pianist)
Madrigal Siblings, Cainta, Rizal (singing trio)
Brian Brady, 10, Cabungaan, Laoag City (Filipino-raised American singer)
Light Gauge Acoustic, Eroreco, Bacolod City (band)
Freestylers, Calamba, Laguna (dance group)

Collins Gutierrez, Pilipinas Got Talent Season 2 contestant

Tonight's episode of Pilipinas Got Talent featured 24-year-old Collins Gutierrez, a music teacher and an experienced stage performer from San Pedro, Laguna.

For his audition piece, Collins sang Wency Cornejo's "Hanggang" which sounded so great and earned him a big "YES" from the 3 judges.

And definitely that's what others are also saying, especially those who have joined his newly-made Facebook Page.

When I visit the page, there were only 250 likes (as of 9:30 PM, Apr. 3) but only after 10 minutes, the number of likes doubled to 581, and still counting.

Collins Gutierrez Fleischner was born in Pasig City to an Austrian dad and a Filipino mom, but his parents got divorced when he was 4 and his father moved back to Austria since then.

He took up his high school at the Colegio San Agustin in Biñan, Laguna.

Collins finished his studies in Australia at the Sydney Conservatory of Music in 2008 and he already performed in various venues in Australia.

When he moved back to the Philippines the same year, he staged solo shows in different malls and later performed with the Serenata Strings band usually in SM Malls.

Watch him sing here:



In October 2010, he was awarded as one of the "Notable Global Pinoys" by SM Supermalls.


Video courtesy of Fi2pianist