Sunday, July 20, 2008

Sunday With the Scholars

Headmaster Ryan Cayabyab had a one-one-one talk with each of the scholars. He discussed with them their individual rankings for the past 5 weeks and how to improve their craft. He gave an inspiring talk to each of them telling them to aim for star scholarship every week. He also advised most of them to keep from talking about other people inside, to talk less about why other people's like this or like that.

piano room
ryan cayabyab and the scholars in the music room

After talking to Van (the last scholar he called), the maestro called everyone to the piano room and sang with them, bonding with them while teaching them basic voicing for some popular songs like Tunay na Ligaya, Araw-gabi (both of which were his own compositions for his wife), Limang Dipang Tao, Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas (Christmas in July?), The Way You Look Tonight, Lovin' You, That's What Friends are For, and Sana ay Ikaw na Nga among others. They also sang Another Goodbye Song but wasn't able to continue because Apple farted. They finished off with I Believe I Can Fly.

bugoy, cris and the jukebox
bugoy and cris with the videoke machine

Later on in the night, the scholars were made to go inside the boys' bedroom with the headmaster. They bonded well with the headmaster and talked about things. It even went out from the headmaster's mouth that Bugoy's story was what inspired him to do the song Paano na Kaya. When they went out of the room, they were surprised to see a videoke machine in the sala. It turned out that it's where they would have to choose their songs for Saturday.

It's trio time on Saturday (plus a duo of Christian and Inaki). The trios are:
Miguel, Apple and Laarni
Van, Bugoy and Hansen
Cris, Bunny and Liezel

The all girl trio (Cris, Bunny and Liezel) were choosing between Atomic Kitten and Pussycat Dolls songs. While the all boys trio were choosing from the Westlife and other boyband collection. They would have to do two songs for each trio while the duo of Inaki and Christian would do one duet and one spot number each.

Shane, Little Dreamers' First Evictee

philip and angelo

They showed the delayed telecast of the Little Dreamers' 2nd Gala Night tonight. The kids sang the songs I posted here earlier.

Angelo Garcia sang Da Coconut Nut very well singing the verses in low scale shifting to high scale at the chorus. Philip was so cute singing Sama Na Kayo perfectly. The two both got the highest score making the two of them the star dreamers of the week.

It's also the 1st expulsion night for the little dreamers. Kelly and Shane were on the bottom two. Kelly got 53.96% of votes and Shane only got 46.04%. Shane cried realizing she'd no more be part of the contest while the other kids were so happy about Kelly being safe.

Later in the scholar' room, they were talking about Shane's crying (because she was still crying hours after the expulsion) with Headmaster Ryan. It was told that only Nikki and Amy went for Shane while the rest of the kids were betting for Kelly.

The Little Dreamers' 2nd Gala Night Song List

The Little Dreamers' 2nd gala night will have its delayed telecast tonight, July 20, 2008. They will all be singing Ryan Cayabyab songs, paying tribute to the group Smokey Mountain.

List of songs for the Little Dreamers are:

Philip - Sama Na Kayo
Jerome - Nahan Ka
Cristina - Mama
Amy - Sabi Mo
Risie - Kailan
Aubrey- Can This Be Love?
Nikki - Ligaw Tingin
Kelly - Kahit Habang Buhay
Shane - Best Friend
Dean - Street People
Angelo - Da Coconut Nut
Leon - Better World

Bugoy, PDA 2 5th Gala Night Star Scholar

Liezel was undefeated no more. Bugoy is now Pinoy Dream Academy 2's new star scholar with his performance of I'll Make Love To You by Boyz II Men. Along with Liezel, Bugoy also got the highest grade last week. But it was a duet wherein a pair only gets one grade.

Last night, Bugoy claimed the star scholarship for himself alone. The crowd cheered, Vina Morales praised him although the judge said Bugoy lacked sensuality (it being the night's theme).

Bugoy got 8.80% of grade. Runners up were Liezel and Laarni who both got 8.73%.

The two official probationary scholars for the week are Inaki and Christian. To vote for either of the two, text PDA to 231 (Smart, Talk N’ Text) or to 2331 (Globe, TM, Bayan Wireless).

PDA 2 Says Goodbye to Bea

bea
bea
(from pinoydreamacademy.ph)

Bea had expected it. She had been talking about her leaving since Monday, saying goodbye to her close friends, even worrying how she would face her friends outside. While packing her suitcase this afternoon, she gave out tokens to the scholars to remember her by.

Boyfriend Miguel got 74.85% of votes while Bea only got 25.15%. The other scholars were able to say goodbye to her as they were all onstage having just performed Ryan Cayabyab's Another Goodbye Song. Bea tried to face the verdict with a smile but the compassion from the other scholars was just too much.

Unlike Sheng who went out of the academy straight from the gala stage, Bea was given time to go back inside the house to say her final goodbye. It was spent hugging, kissing and talking to her boyfriend Miguel, the scholar saved by the public.

Type rest of the post here

Saturday, July 19, 2008

PDA 2 5th Gala Performance Night: Not So Good Performances

Most of the scholars didn't do as good as the mentors expected. Only the outstanding vocals of Liezel, Laarni and Bugoy (plus the average performances of Van and Apple) stood out. Bunny whined, inhaled and exhaled throughout the song while Christian's tempo was all over the place. Cris sang the verse in time of the chorus and the rest was boring. Even Laarni at one point went into the chorus earlier than the accompaniment. The climax of bad performances was when they sang Another Goodbye Song. It's like putting all their mess together to make the final song of the evening the worst.

Overall it's an entertaining night. I just wished they made Vina Morales (who joined Gerard Salonga and Louie Ocampo in judging) sing, just to make the scholars see what performing is all about.

Some screenshots after the jump.

5th gala performance - miguel
miguel, You've Lost That Loving Feeling (Westlife)
Louie Ocampo: "walang dating"

5th gala performance - bea
bea, Yakap Sa Dilim (Apo Hiking Society)
Gerard Salonga: "walang musical ability"

5th gala performance - hansen
hansen, My Cherie Amour (Stevie Wonder)
Vina Morales: "'yong boses mo swabeng-swabe"

5th gala performance - cris
cris, Bleeding Love (Leona Lewis)
Louie Ocampo: "na-bother lang ako sa notes"

5th gala performance - inaki
inaki, Kiss (Tom Jones)

5th gala performance - apple
apple, Fever (Madonna)
Gerard Salonga: "I think you delivered it."

5th gala performance - bunny
bunny, Emotion (Destiny's Child)
Louie Ocampo: "I don't think you're in good shape tonight."

5th gala performance - van
van, Bed of Roses (Bon Jovi)
Vina Morales: "You could do better next time. Pero ang galing."

5th gala performance - christian
christian, The Way You Make Me Feel (Michael Jackson)
Louie Ocampo: "nauuna ka talaga sa tugtog."

5th gala performance - laarni
laarni, Natural Woman (Celine Dion)
Gerard Salonga: "Technically nauna ka ng isang 8th note papasok sa chorus, but other than that, I was yours."

5th gala performance - bugoy
bugoy, I'll Make Love To You (Boyz II Men)
Vina Morales: "ang galing talaga ng boses mo"

5th gala performance - liezel
liezel, Sa Aking Pag-iisa (Regine Velasquez)
Gerard Salonga: "as usual ang galing"

Bottom 4 for the 5th gala performance night were:
Bunny - 6.03%
Miguel - 6.27%
Christian - 6.33%
Inaki - 6.33%

Miguel was eventually saved by the mentors and Bunny was saved by the scholars.