12 Philippine Showbiz Today
January 8 - 21, 2018
Pilipinas Got Talent hits 40.8% on premiere telecast
ABS-CBN’s
world-class
talent search “Pilipinas Got
Talent” (PGT) welcomed the new
year strongly as its pilot telecasts
captivated more viewers last
Saturday (Jan 6) and Sunday (Jan
7) and hit national TV ratings of
36.8% and 40.8% respectively.
The show’s much-awaited
season six premiere, which
trended on Twitter worldwide with
the hashtag #PilipinasGotTalent,
also beat its rival shows that rated
only 18.7% and 14.5% nationwide
on the same dates, based on data
from Kantar Media.
Fans eagerly awaited the
return of judges Freddie “FMG”
Garcia, Angel Locsin, Robin
Padilla, and Vice Ganda, and host
Billy Crawdord plus PGT’s newest
host Toni Gonzaga.
So far, six acts made it
through the next round that
include towel dancers Mama’s
Boyz, shadow play act Shadow
Arts Theater Organization (SATO),
dancing 67 year old Angelisa Del
Rosario, dancers Type 1 Dance
Company, arnis exhibitionist
Janah Jade Lavador, and extreme
pole dancers Cebeco II Blue
Nights.
Meanwhile, the macho men
of Bardilleranz, who showcased
a pull up bars exhibition act,
automatically advanced to the
semi-finals after judge FMG chose
them as his Golden Buzzer act
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Joel Castro
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Jose K. Lirios
Contributing Writer
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6th season of “Pilipinas
Got Talent,” Saturdays, 7 PM
and Sundays, 7:30 PM on ABS-
CBN. For updates, follow @
abscbnpgt on Instagram and
Twitter or like www.facebook.
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this season. Even netizens online
were amazed by the group, whose
video in PGT’s official YouTube
channel tallied 1.5 million views
in just two days.
This week, more exciting acts
will surely captivate viewers as
the seach for the most talented
Filipinos continues.
The Manila leg of PGT’s
live auditions is also set this
Wednesday (Jan 10), Thursday
(Jan 11), and Friday (Jan 12)
in Tanghalang Pasigueno in