Agravante Family Wins Bida Kapamilya 2 Grand Finals; It's Showtime Introduces Bida Kids

For incorporating different talents into an explosive performance that effectively portrayed history, the Agravante family of Sta. Cruz, Laguna took home P1 million and was declared grand champion in the “Bida Kapamilya Round 2: The Finals” of ABS-CBN’s noontime show “It’s Showtime” yesterday (May 11).

Mentored by actress-comedienne Giselle Sanchez, the Agravante family interpreted through singing, dancing, and acting how Filipinos fought for freedom during the Spanish occupation. The family earned the highest average score of 9.8 from the judges, beating other seven families, even though they were only given one day to conceptualize and practice a new routine after being selected winner in the wildcard round last Thursday. 

Host and judge Vice Ganda praised the performance and said, “I really liked what you did because you combined everything we saw in the other families’ performances. You sang, danced, performed stunts, and rapped. You did all of that and you did it well.” 

Meanwhile, watch out for the new segment called “Bida Kids” featuring talented kids aged three to 12 years old. Keep watching “It’s Showtime,” Mondays to Fridays at 12:30 PM and on Saturdays at 12NN on ABS-CBN. For updates on the program, follow @ItsShowtimena on Twitter or like   www.facebook.com/itsShowtimena

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It's Showtime Bida Kapamilya Round 2 Grand Finals Winner is Agravante Family

ABS-CBN's It's Showtime 'Bida Kapamilya' Round 2 Grand Finals happened May 11 and Agravante Family from Sta. Cruz, Laguna was hailed as the grand winner of Bida Kapamilya. Agravante family took home P1 million in cash and the title of 'Bida Kapamilya' Round 2 Grand Champion.

Eight families vied for the title of Bida Kapamilya Round 2 Champion. They are the Mateo family (Floridablanca, Pampanga), Malabanan family (Cabuyao, Laguna), Manalo family (Antipolo, Rizal), Tauyan family (Novaliches, Quezon City), Ayala family (Bicutan, Taguig City), Javier family (Caloocan City), Luntayao family (San Pedro, Laguna), and wildcard winner Agravante family (Sta. Cruz, Laguna).

Agravante Family, as a wildcard contestant won on Thursday and had only one day to prepare for the grand finals. With infotainment as peg, the family focused on telling Philippine history in an entertaining way mixing acting, dancing, singing and rap.

Agravante family was mentored by Giselle Sanchez. The rest of the grand finalists were mentored by different celebrities including Jimmy Bondoc, Michael Flores, Joy Viado, Archie Alemania, Jamie Rivera, Sexbomb Jopay Paguia, and Luke Mijares.

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It's Showtime 'Bida Kapamilya Round 2' Gets an Exciting Twist, Starts November 5

Celebrities will share the spotlight with Filipino families in the more exciting and more intense ‘Bida Kapamilya Round 2’ for the new season of now leading Kapamilya noontime show “It’s Showtime” that will start on Monday (Nov 5).

The popular talent portion relaunch, which reworked the idea from the grand finals of its first season, will have celebrities to guide and train the contestant families for the entire season until they reach the grand finals.

Each day this week, two celebrity mentors will give a ‘sample’ of their talent before studio and TV audiences. Introduced last Monday (Oct 29) were 6Cyclemind vocalist Tutti Caringal and theater and TV actor Robert Sena, the celebrity mentor of Gollayan family who was declared the grand champion of the first ‘Bida Kapamilya.’ Aira Bermudez of Sexbomb and comedienne Cacai Bautista were also revealed as mentors yesterday (Oct 30).

‘Bida Kapamilya Round 2’ is just one of the many surprises and segments in the new season of “It’s Showtime,” which is now the number one noontime show nationwide according to data from Kantar Media. The Kapamilya noontime show hit a national TV rating of 19.7% against GMA’s “Eat Bulaga” that only got 14.5% last Saturday (Oct 27).

“It’s Showtime” also proved its continued strong performance versus “Eat Bulaga” as it also won the ratings game from Monday to Friday last week with 15% vs 14.8% (Oct 22); 16% vs 14.3% (Oct 23); 15.9% vs 12.9% (Oct 24); 19.8% vs 15.2% (Oct 25); and 20.9% vs 15% (Oct 26).

The new season serves as a back-to-back follow-up treat to the program’s third anniversary celebration, which concluded in a talent showdown that resulted in a triple tie among hosts Anne Curtis and Karylle, Jugs Jugueta and Teddy Corpuz, and Billy Crawford and Vhong Navarro, who all got a perfect score of 10 from the judges.

Experience unparalleled fun in the new offerings of “It’s Showtime,” weekdays and Saturdays at 11:30 a.m. on ABS-CBN. For updates on the program, visit www.abs-cbn.com.

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