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Protégé (GMA 7) Second Elimination Night

I enjoyed this weeks Gala performances compared to last week when all the Protégés, except for Nomer, were all nervous and lacked focus.

Samantha Leaves Protege

Samantha is the second protege to be eliminated based on text votes and judges' score. Her performance tonight was not as good as her first one. She looked like she had apprehensions about tonight's elimination that showed in her performance. Judge Louie Ocampo (composer) said, "hindi nag-jive yung kinanta niya sa kanyang character...."

Samantha topped the Dagupan auditions. Her mentor was Joey Generoso of Side A.

The Gala Performances

  1. Nomer sang "If I Had You" by Adam Lambert. Nomer didn't like the song but he managed to nail it. This boy is fearless. His advantage is that, being a kid, whatever song he sings, he gives it a different flavor even if he stuck to the original arrangement."So far, ikaw pa lang ang nakakuha sa akin," Cherie praised the boy. Cherrie Gil, a guest judge, continued though that this is not the song that he should be singing. Nevertheless, he was able to deliver the song even if, perhaps, he didn't understand the song.
  2. Jensen sang Lady Gaga's "You and I". I thought she would be doing it ala Lady Gaga but instead she it a different flavor to match her personality. She did this number like a pro. I think Claire is a good mentor. Judge Louie said, "best performance". Judge Cherie's first impression, "may dating ito."
  3. Krizza's song "Could Have Been" matched her song and personality. Among the girls, she has the best English diction. Judge Louie said "Ang ganda ng boses mo. Ang linis-linis...."
  4. So Wat's tonight's performance of Sting's "Every Breath You Take", for me, was their best so far though the judges remarked otherwise. They had a good start with their first note. It looked like they were able to rehearse completely.
  5. Lovely redeemed herself tonight. After two failures to impress the judges, she nailed it today. Judge Cherie exclaimed, "Wow!" that she was so impressed. I see Lovely as following the likes of Dulce and Bituin Escalante. She can be a modern Dione Warwick.
  6. Denise's diction has not improved tonight but her performance was a lot better compared to the lasttime. Judge Bert de Leon (Eat Bulaga's director) said, "masyadong safe ang song...."
  7. Judge Bert said "he was still holding back" that the judges could not see his potential. Kenneth's performance last week had more attitude but his performance tonight was a lot better vocally. Though he could really sing, I think he should be packaged as pop idol. Maybe, he should lose weight to make him more appealing and masculine to the audience.
  8. Lirah sounded better without a guitar. On the contrary, with the song chosen for her by another mentor, as Louie commented, she could have given her song an acoustic touch while playing the guitar. Janno is not grooming her as a "biritera" or belter. Cherie Gil agreed that mas bagay siya sa pop culture genre of todya rather than as belter. I could agree because Lirah's voice is like parang may holen sa bibig.
I think Nomer will continue to wow the audience and remain on top. My bottom three could be in danger next week unless they outperform the other Protégés.
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