Bea on Uberture

bea on uberture (billy was absent, hence, toni)

The evicted scholar guested on Uberture this afternoon. Billy Crawford was absent and Toni was the one hosting the show. Bea said that she enjoyed her stay in the academy and that she learned a lot. About Miguel, she'd support him wherever he goes from there. According to her, she and Miguel are on an open relationship. Is that the reason why she flirted a lot inside? Miguel was just quiet about it but words come out of his mouth (and uberture and the prime time episodes show us in installment) after Bea left how he felt about it. Especially mentioning Hansen who was always on Bea's mouth.

Bea ended her guesting by singing her 1st gala night song Runaway.

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Girls on the Mirror

Cris, Liezel and Apple played with the mirror wall inside the academy. They had so much fun and these are the results:

After Gary Valenciano's visit, Laarni and Christian brought the cd player outside to listen to the cd Gary gave them. Christian pour out some of his emotions to his closest friend inside the academy, Laarni. He even told her about how he feels with his situation, that is, looking like a child despite his age. Laarni gave him some words of encouragement to keep him going.

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Movietime Top 10 (July 18-20, 2008)

List of Top 10 movies for the weekend (July 18-20, 2008)

1. The Dark Night (Christian Bale, Heath Ledger)

2. Mama Mia! (Amanda Seyfried, Pierce Brosnan, Meryl Streep)

3. Hancock(Will Smith)

4. Journey to the Center of the Earth (Brendan Fraser, Josh Hutcherson)

5. Hellboy II: The Golden Army (Ron Perlman, Selma Blair)

6. Wall-E (Ben Burtt, Sigourney Weaver)

7. Space Chimps (Andy Samberg, Cheryl Hines)

8. Wanted (Angelina Jolie, Morgan Freeman, James McAvoy)

9. Get Smart (Steve Carell, Anne Hathaway)

10. Kung Fu Panda (Jack Black, Dustin Hoffman, Angelina Jolie)

Seven movies from last week remained in the top 10 although in different notches. Hancock and Journey to the Center of the Earth went down one notch each from their last week's position, while last week's no. 1, Hellboy, is now at no. 5. New addition this week are The Dark Night, Mama Mia! and Space Chimps. The Dark Night, it seems, is beginning to break box office records as it started its weekend with a $155,340,000 gross.

the-movie-times.com

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PDA 2 5th Gala Night Scholars' Grades

The scholars' list of grades by ranking (as shown on tv):

1. Bugoy - 8.80
2. Liezel - 8.73
3. Laarni - 8.73
4. Apple - 8.06
5. Sen - 7.63
6. Van - 7.07
7. Cris - 6.70
8. Bea - 6.50
9. Inaki - 6.33
10. Christian - 6.33
11. Miguel - 6.27
12. Bunny - 6.03

They showed Saturday that Miguel was the one saved by the mentors. They only showed tonight (on prime time tv) that Bunny was the one saved by the scholars. The scholars voted as follows:

Miguel - Inaki
Hansen - Christian
Cris - Bunny
Van - Bunny
Bugoy - Christian
Apple - Bunny
Laarni - Christian
Liezel - Bunny

Bunny got 4 votes, Christian had 3 votes and 1 for Inaki. Miguel and Inaki are both from De La Salle, they were room mates while confined in the hotel before the big night, they're both elites so they'd obviously support each other.

I go for Miguel, though, as well as Christian and the rest EXcluding Inaki, Bunny and Cris. Now that there's only 11 of them left, we can already see who among them are seriously IN the competition and who are just there for maximum exposure. I like people who work harder than they talk.

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Gary Valenciano Visits the Scholars

gary valenciano inside pda

The peak of the day was when Gary Valenciano visited to give the scholars some motivation and inspiration. He talked to them about the differences between impressing and expressing oneself as a performer, that they should reach out to their audience and not just perform to impress. He also talked about seasons in one's life, of how everyone's season will come. He inspired the scholars not to lose hope even if they don't win because their time to shine will come in God's time.

Gary V related his stories as a performer for 25 years, how he started and how he coped up with the ups and downs of being a performer, his influences that include Michael Jackson, Al Jarreau, and James Ingram. According to him, "lessons will come in big and small ways, and it has to be learned."

He requested Van, Apple and Bugoy to sing. Van sang Can't Fight This Feeling Anymore, Apple did Come In From the Rain, and Bugoy made his own rendition of the Gary V original Lead Me Lord before Billy Crawford came in for the Uberture live episode.

gary performing for the scholars


gary giving out copies of his new album

Gary Valenciano ended his visit by giving out cd's of his Rebirth album and praying for the scholars.

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The 5th Gala Night Under Direk Joey's Eyes

In Direk Joey's class, he reviewed last Saturday's performances with the scholars. He praised the top 4 (Bugoy, Laarni, Liezel and Apple in that order) and had nothing to comment about except for Apple's excessive moving on stage. For Bunny, he said the hot mama looked like as if she had just taken tranquilizers before going on stage and used epoxy for deodorant, while he told Van that he want him to be more than just an object of sexual fantasies. He criticized Hansen's touching himself while singing the chorus of My Cherie Amour, later on saying that the song Maniac was so him (Hansen).

According to the director, the top 4 did great but "all the rest were in various state of disaster."

bugoy, liezel, van and cris doing the mirror exercise

They later paired up to do "mirror exercises". The activity was given in preparation for Saturday gala night. The mirror exercises was to teach them coordination and how to perform thinking of not only themselves but members of the group as well.

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Sixteen Candles

I can't help but laugh when I saw this in the pinoyexchange forums. I have to post it here. Really funny.

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