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The first season of Pilipinas Got Talent aired on ABS-CBN from February 20 to June 13, 2010, replacing The Singing Bee, George and Cecil and was replaced by Twist and Shout.[1] Billy Crawford and Luis Manzano take role as the hosts of the show. The judges include former ABS-CBN executive Freddie M. Garcia, Kris Aquino, and Ai-Ai delas Alas. Auditions were then held in several key cities in the Philippines including Batangas, Cebu, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, and Davao for three days and Manila for four days.
The audition process took place throughout November and December 2009. The judges visited Philippine cities including Batangas, Cebu, Baguio, Cagayan de Oro, and Davao for three days and Manila for four days.[2] The first eighteen shows reflected on the successful, and unsuccessful auditions overall. The first audition episodes were followed in a particular city. However, in later episodes until the seventeenth, aired auditions featured all random cities visited.
| Date of Audition | Audition Venue | City |
|---|---|---|
| November 6, 7 and 8, 2009 | Lyceum of the Philippines University - Batangas | Batangas City |
| November 11, 12 and 13, 2009 | Cebu Institute of Technology | Cebu City |
| November 19, 20 and 21, 2009 | University of Baguio | Baguio |
| November 25, 26 and 27, 2009 | Liceo de Cagayan University | |
| November 30 – December 1, 2, 2009 | Rizal Memorial Colleges | Davao City |
| December 5, 6, 12, 13, 2009 | PAGCOR Grand Theater | Parañaque |
The second round is the Judges' Cull of all 220 successful auditioned acts. It was held in the Bellevue Hotel located in Metro Manila. This is the round where the judges pick the best 36 acts to enter the live semi-finals. The cull was divided in half throughout the country, 19 acts were picked from the Visayas and Mindanao auditions and the other 17 were taken from Luzon and Metro Manila auditions. The top 36 acts will compete for the live semi-finals round for six weeks.[3]
| Name of act | data-sort-type="number" style="width:05%" | Age(s) | Genre | Act | Hometown | Semifinal Week | Result |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jovit Baldivino | 16 | Singing | Singer | Batangas | 1 | ||
| Baguio Metamorphosis | — | Dancing | Belly Dance Fusion and Hip Hop | Baguio | 6 | ||
| Velasco Brothers | — | Dancing | Breakdancing | Manila | 3 | ||
| Ingrid Payaket | 21 | Singing | Singer | Baguio | 6 | ||
| Ezra Band | — | Music | Acoustic Band | Davao del Sur | 4 | ||
| Ruther Urquia | 31 | Variety | Ventriloquist | Las Piñas | 1 | ||
| Alakim | 29 | Variety | Magician | Quezon City | 2 | ||
| Keith Clark Delleva | 14 | Music | Electric Guitar Player | Pasay | 3 | ||
| Sherwin Baguion | 20 | Singing | Singer | Lanao del Norte | 4 | ||
| Luntayao Family | — | Singing | Singing group | Negros Occidental | 5 | ||
| Maria Jeline Oliva | 13 | Music | Violinist | Naga City | 5 | ||
| Markki Stroem | 20 | Singing | Singer | Quezon City | 2 | ||
| Imusicapella | — | Music | Show choir | Cavite | 6 | Eliminated | |
| Carl Malone Montecido | 11 | Singing | Singer | Bacolod | 6 | Eliminated | |
| Hello World | — | Dancing | Dance crew | Davao City | 6 | Eliminated | |
| Josephine Aton | 32 | Singing | Singer | Cebu City | 6 | Eliminated | |
| Powerpuff Corn | — | Singing | Acoustic duo | Baguio | 5 | Eliminated | |
| Experience Kidz | — | Dancing | Dance crew | General Santos | 5 | Eliminated | |
| Harold Jomar Gesulga | 17 | Music | Beatboxer | General Santos | 5 | Eliminated | |
| Jzan Vern Tero | 12 | Singing | Singer | Cebu City | 5 | Eliminated | |
| Gerphil Geraldine "Fame" Flores | 19 | Singing | Opera Singer | Parañaque | 4 | Eliminated | |
| Big Mouth "BM" | 32 | Variety | Singer with animal sounds | Manila | 4 | Eliminated | |
| Goldies & Goodies | 48–69 | Dancing | Dance group | Cebu City | 4 | Eliminated | |
| Reiniel Tulabing | 11 | Singing | Singer | Cainta, Rizal | 4 | Eliminated | |
| Rolando Ng III | Singing | Singer | Cagayan de Oro | 3 | Eliminated | ||
| Alexis Carpena | 21 | Dancing | Isolation Dancer | Laguna | 3 | Eliminated | |
| Manolito "Manoling" Saldivar | 51 | Singing | Opera Singer | Dumaguete | 3 | Eliminated | |
| Reggie Ramirez | 33 | Singing | Double-character Singer | Davao City | 3 | Eliminated | |
| Kapidamu Band | 10–16 | Music | Band | Quezon | 2 | Eliminated | |
| Florante Inutan | 41 | Music | Human Saxophone | Davao City | 2 | Eliminated | |
| Garrett Devan Bolden, Jr. | 18 | Singing | Singer | Olongapo City | 2 | Eliminated | |
| Mae Lozada & Anselmo Estillore | — | Dancing | Ballroom Dancing duo | Cebu City | 2 | Eliminated | |
| Rolando Permangil | 35 | Singing | Singer | Davao City | 1 | Eliminated | |
| Baguio Siblings | — | Dancing | Ballroom Dancing duo | Cebu City | 1 | Eliminated | |
| Snap Boyz | — | Dancing | Dance crew | Cebu | 1 | Eliminated | |
| Xavier University Cultural Dance Troupe | — | Dancing | Cultural Dance Troupe | Cagayan de Oro | 1 | Eliminated | |
The semifinals ran from May 1 to June 6, 2010. The first four weeks were held in AFP Theater in Camp Aguinaldo, Quezon City and in Tanghalang Pasigueño in Pasig for the fifth and sixth week. The result shows were always held in Dolphy Theater in ABS-CBN Studios.
There are two ways to vote — SMS and online voting.
The three acts that received the lowest votes are automatically eliminated. The act with the highest number of votes advances to the grand finals. The acts that placed second and third are subject to judges' vote. The act that receives at least 2 votes proceeds to the grand finals, while the other is eliminated.
| Contestant | Order | Act | Buzzes and judges' votes | Percentage | Result | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FMG | Kris | Ai-ai | ||||||
| Snap Boyz | 1 | Dance crew | 2.21% | Eliminated | ||||
| Rolando Permangil | 2 | Singer | 5.22% | Eliminated | ||||
| Baguio Siblings | 3 | Ballroom Dancing duo | 0.60% | Eliminated | ||||
| Ruther Urquia | 4 | Ventriloquist | 9.77% | Advanced | ||||
| Xavier University Cultural Dance Troupe | 5 | Cultural Dance troupe | 2.20% | Eliminated | ||||
| Jovit Baldivino | 6 | Singer | 80.00% | Advanced | ||||
| Contestant | Order | Act | Buzzes and judges' votes | Percentage | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FMG | Kris | Ai-ai | |||||
| Kapidamu Band | 1 | Band | 17.18% | Eliminated | |||
| Alakim | 2 | Magician | 28.49% | Advanced | |||
| Mae Lozada & Anselmo Estillore | 3 | Ballroom Dancing Duo | 9.06% | Eliminated | |||
| Florante Inutan | 4 | Human Saxophone | 4.19% | Eliminated | |||
| Markki Stroem | 5 | Singer | 25.32% | Advanced | |||
| Garrett Devan Bolden, Jr. | 6 | Singer | 15.77% | Eliminated | |||
| Contestant | Order | Act | Buzzes and judges' votes | Percentage | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FMG | Kris | Ai-ai | |||||
| Keith Clark Delleva | 1 | Electric Guitar Player | 23.95% | Advanced | |||
| Velasco Brothers | 2 | Breakdancing Crew | 21.83% | Advanced | |||
| Alexis Carpena | 3 | Isolation Dancer | 17.69% | Eliminated | |||
| Rolando Ng III | 4 | Singer | 20.89% | Eliminated | |||
| Manolito "Manoling" Saldivar | 5 | Opera Singer | 11.92% | Eliminated | |||
| Reggie Ramirez | 6 | Double character singer | 3.73% | Eliminated | |||
Delleva originally got three buzzers due to noisy and pitchy sound caused by the sound system. He was however given the chance to perform again without being buzzed out by the judges.
| Contestant | Order | Act | Buzzes and judges' votes | Percentage | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FMG | Kris | Ai-ai | |||||
| Big Mouth "BM" | 1 | Singer with animal sounds | 7.11% | Eliminated | |||
| Sherwin Baguion | 2 | Singer | 17.99% | Advanced | |||
| Goldies & Goodies | 3 | Dance Troupe | 5.67% | Eliminated | |||
| Reiniel Tulabing | 4 | Singer | 11.30% | Eliminated | |||
| Gerphil Geraldine "Fame" Flores | 5 | Opera Singer | 25.05% | Eliminated | |||
| Ezra Band | 6 | Acoustic Band | 33.08% | Advanced | |||
Tulabing also had an initial three buzzes due to low microphone volume. He actually had to repeat three times as his hat was missing on his second attempt.
| Contestant | Order | Act | Buzzes and judges' votes | Percentage | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FMG | Kris | Ai-ai | |||||
| Experience Kidz | 1 | Dance crew | 12.29% | Eliminated | |||
| Jzan Vern Tero | 2 | Singer | 5.64% | Eliminated | |||
| Maria Jeline Oliva | 3 | Violinist | 20.62% | Advanced | |||
| Harold Jomar Gesulga | 4 | Beatboxer | 14.56% | Eliminated | |||
| Powerpuff Corn | 5 | Acoustic duo | 18.71% | Eliminated | |||
| Luntayao Family | 6 | Singing group | 28.19% | Advanced | |||
| Contestant | Order | Act | Buzzes and judges' votes | Percentage | Result | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FMG | Kris | Ai-ai | |||||
| Baguio Metamorphosis | 1 | Hiphop and Belly Dancing group | 28.78% | Advanced | |||
| Josephine Aton | 2 | Singer | 2.56% | Eliminated | |||
| Imusicapella | 3 | Show choir | 26.32% | Eliminated | |||
| Ingrid Payaket | 4 | Singer | 17.97% | Advanced | |||
| Carl Malone Montecido | 5 | Singer | 15.94% | Eliminated | |||
| Hello World | 6 | Dance crew | 8.43% | Eliminated | |||
The grand finals were held in the Araneta Coliseum. Twelve acts that won in the semifinals performed again to win the title of the first Pilipinas Got Talent grand winner. Jovit Baldivino was declared as the winner, besting 11 talents in the grand finals.
| Contestant | Order | Act | Buzzes | Percentage | Result | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| FMG | Kris | Ai-ai | ||||||
| Alakim | 1 | Magician | 2.91% | 7th | ||||
| Sherwin Baguion | 2 | Singer | 2.15% | 9th | ||||
| Markki Stroem | 3 | Singer | 1.20% | 12th | ||||
| Ezra Band | 4 | Acoustic Band | 5.46% | 5th | ||||
| Velasco Brothers | 5 | Breakdancing group | 7.27% | 3rd | ||||
| Maria Jeline Oliva | 6 | Violinist | 2.07% | 11th | ||||
| Baguio Metamorphosis | 7 | Hip hop and belly dancing group | 15.39% | 2nd | ||||
| Jovit Baldivino | 8 | Singer | 48.41% | 1st | ||||
| Ruther Urquia | 9 | Ventriloquist | 5.45% | 6th | ||||
| Ingrid Payaket | 10 | Singer | 5.87% | 4th | ||||
| Keith Clark Delleva | 11 | Electric guitar player | 2.82% | 8th | ||||
| Luntayao Family | 12 | Singing group | 2.07% | 10th | ||||
Pilipinas Got Talent Season 1 hits all-time high 43.3% national rating.[4]
The National Ratings came from the whole-wide Philippine coverage of TV audience ratings from Kantar Media Philippines.
| Show | Date | Share | Rank (Night / Primetime) | Source | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st Audition | February 20 | 38.7% | 1 | [5] | |
| 2nd Audition | February 21 | 37.5% | 1 | ||
| 3rd Audition | February 27 | 37.7% | 1 | [6] | |
| 4th Audition | February 28 | 43.1% | 1 | ||
| 5th Audition | March 6 | 34.3% | 1 | [7] | |
| 6th Audition | March 7 | 39.1% | 1 | ||
| 7th Audition | March 13 | 37.7% | 1 | [8] | |
| 8th Audition | March 14 | 31.6% | 2 | ||
| 9th Audition | March 20 | 37.4% | 1 | [9] | |
| 10th Audition | March 21 | 39.4% | 1 | ||
| 11th Audition | March 27 | 35.9% | 1 | [10] | |
| 12th Audition | March 28 | 34.6% | 1 | ||
| 13th Audition | April 4 | 36.4% | 1 | [11] | |
| 14th Audition | April 10 | 31.1% | 2 | [12] | |
| 15th Audition | April 11 | 33.6% | 1 | ||
| 16th Audition | April 17 | 33.9% | 1 | [13] | |
| 17th Audition | April 18 | 32% | 1 | ||
| 18th Audition | April 24 | 34.6% | 2 | [14] | |
| 19th Audition | April 25 | 30.7% | 1 | ||
| Semi-finals 1 (Performance Night) | May 1 | 36.5% | 1 | [15] | |
| Semi-finals 1 (Results Night) | May 2 | 33.3% | 1 | ||
| Semi-finals 2 (Performance Night) | May 8 | 34.4% | 1 | [16] | |
| Semi-finals 2 (Results Night) | May 9 | 29.7% | 1 | ||
| Semi-finals 3 (Performance Night) | May 15 | 34.9% | 1 | [17] | |
| Semi-finals 3 (Results Night) | May 16 | 30.7% | 1 | ||
| Semi-finals 4 (Performance Night) | May 22 | 34.2% | 1 | [18] | |
| Semi-finals 4 (Results Night) | May 23 | 30.4% | 1 | ||
| Semi-finals 5 (Performance Night) | May 29 | 35.7% | 1 | [19] | |
| Semi-finals 5 (Results Night) | May 30 | 27.1% | 1 | ||
| Semi-finals 6 (Performance Night) | June 5 | 36.9% | 1 | [20] | |
| Semi-finals 6 (Results Night) | June 6 | 31.5% | 1 | ||
| Grand Finals (Performance Night) | June 12 | 37% | 1 | [21] | |
| Grand Finals (Results Night) | June 13 | 43.3% | 1 |