Sarah Geronimo and Bamboo 'Say Something' Duet on ASAP 19 (Video) - January 19

The Voice of the Philippines coaches Sarah Geronimo and Bamboo once again gave a trending performance on ASAP 19, Sunday (January 19) following their performance of Just Give Me A Reason last year which emerged as ASAP's mot-viewed video in YouTube with close to 10 million views.

Sarah and Bamboo collaborate once more on the ASAP stage with Say Something, a 2011 song by American duo A Great Big World which has a newfound popularity following a version with Christina Aguilera last year. 

Video: Sarah and Bamboo Just Give Me A Reason

After the performance, Sarah and Bamboo trended on Twitter, as well as the hashtag #SaySomethingAshBoo. Here's Sarah Geronimo and Bamboo singing Say Something in an emotional number in ASAP 19 (January 19 | Video).

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Video: It's Showtime Spoofs Maroon 5's 'Moves Like Jagger' with 'May Amoy ang Jacket'

It's Showtime had a spoof of the Maroon 5 hit Moves Like Jagger which opened its July 28 episode. Titled May Amoy Ang Jacket, the 'Jagger' parody was sung by band vocalists Jugs Jugueta and Teddy Corpuz featuring Karylle.

May Amoy Ang Jacket is about an underarm secret - smelly armpits (may putok in Tagalog). The comedic duo of Jugs and Teddy, not to mention the song's lyrics and perfect fit with Moves Like Jagger melody made the video very entertaining. Karylle can also give Christina Aguilera a run for her money with her performance.

Watch It's Showtime's spoof of Moves Like Jagger entitled May Amoy Ang Jacket:

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Cheesa Laureta Survives Instant Elims but to Face America's Votes on 'The Voice 2'

Filipino-American Cheesa Laureta survived the instant elimination on the US talent search The Voice on Monday, April 23 (April 24 in Manila) with her powerful rendition of Whitney Houston's I Have Nothing.

Cee Lo Green picked James Massone  to be eliminated from his team after his lackluster performance of Billy Joel's Just The Way You Are while Adam Levine let go of Pip who sang Keane's Somewhere Only We Know.

Cheesa Laureta will now have to face America's vote, the results of which will be announced live on Tuesday night, April 24 (morning of April 25 in Manila).

Last week, Laureta landed on the bottom three of Team Cee Lo based on votes and had to be saved by mentor Cee Lo Green to move on in the competition.

Cheesa described being in the bottom three as a "life-changing experience" and promised to improve her game by picking I Have Nothing as her song for this week which she claimed she's very comfortable with being able to slay it even she was a little girl.

The judges praised her performance, with singer Christina Aguilera saying she is proud that Laureta went for it. Mentor Cee Lo Green was obviously pleased by his protege, saying she did a wonderful job. "It's time to start investing on the next powerhouse singer," he told Cheesa.

Cheesa Laureta dedicated her performance to her brother Troy, who was with her backstage.

Watch Cheesa Laureta's I Have Nothing performance below:

Source: ABS-CBN News

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Pinay Cheesa Laureta Advances to 'The Voice' Top 16

Pinay singer Cheesa Laureta advances to the next round of The Voice Season 2 after being saved by mentor Cee Lo Green. The judges-coaches Christina Aguilera, Adam Levine and Blake Shelton also favored the Filipina after her passionate rendition of Celine Dion's All By Myself.

Cheesa belonged to the bottom 3 (the lowest vote getters) together with Erin Martin and Tony Vincent. The three sang for their life but it was Cheesa who got Cee Lo's approval, saying that his heart tells that the Pinay should be saved, beating his mind which craving for a Tony safety.

Watch Cheesa's last chance performance of All By Myself below:

Don’t miss the “The Voice 2” every Saturday, 5:30 PM with a replay on Mondays at 7 PM on Studio 23.


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Pinay Cheesa Laureta in 'The Voice' Top 24

Full-blooded Pinay Cheesa Laureta is making waves in the second season of hit US singing competition “The Voice” as she makes it to the top 24 finalists under the mentorship of rapper Cee Lo Green.

Watch her pursue her dream on becoming the next Filipino international singing sensation every Saturday, 5:30 PM, on Studio 23 with a replay every Monday at 7 PM.

Cheesa, who was born and raised in Hawaii, is set to compete with finalists coming from the teams of other celebrity musician coaches namely Christina Aguilera, Adam Levine, and Blake Shalton. Carson Daly hosts this worldwide phenomenal hit show with Christiana Milian as the new social media correspondent.

“The Voice” is a unique singing competition where auditions are based solely on vocal ability. In the first stage called the ‘blind auditions,’ all four coaches must listen to the artist without facing him or her and must press their respective buttons if they want the artist to be part of the team they will mentor. Hitting the button will also trigger the coach’s chairs to swivel so that the coach can finally see the face behind the voice.

This season, the coaches get to choose 12 contestants each to form their respective teams. They will then dedicate themselves to develop their singers via mentoring and will pit two of their own team members in the second round called the ‘battle phase.’

After the vocal face-off, the coach must then choose who among the two singers will advance. Those who will survive in the battle rounds will proceed to the third stage— the live performance shows— wherein viewers can save them from elimination by voting.

In the end, each coach will have one star artist left to compete against the other team’s finalists and the last one standing will be named “The Voice.” The winner will receive a recording contract as a grand prize.

Aside from the much talked about singing competition from the US, Studio 23 has also started airing the much-talked about eighth and final season of the hit TV drama series “Desperate Housewives” and eighth season of “Grey’s Anatomy.”

Watch the intense happenings in the lives of the world-renowned housewives of Wysteria Lane. What will happen after Carlos murdered Gaby’s evil stepfather? How will Susan, Gaby, Bree, and Lynette’s cover up take its toll on them?

If “Desperate Housewives” will finally bid goodbye, the rumored to be final season of “Grey’s Anatomy” may have hopes of being extended after producer Shonda Rhimes said she plans to continue the show regardless of whether original cast members will return. Speculations on the show’s demise were roused due to the unclear contract renewals of its lead stars Ellen Pompeo, Patrick Dempsey, Justin Chambers, Sandra Oh and Chandra Wilson.

Don’t miss the “The Voice 2” every Saturday, 5:30 PM with a replay on Mondays at 7 PM. Watch “Grey’s Anatomy” every Thursday at 7 PM, back-to-back with “Desperate Housewives” at 8 PM only on Studio 23

Text and photo by Studio 23 via Starmometer

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Mario Maurer in Chalk Magazine's February 2012 Cover

Thai Hearthrob Mario Maurer covers the February 2012 issue of Chalk magazine. 

Read all about his life in Thailand and what he thinks of his Filipino fans. Plus, get to know your favorite UAAP athletes’ darlings and their ultra kilig stories. Get ideas on what makeup to try and what dress to wear on the 14th. Find out what happened on one lucky girl’s date with basketball hottie and Chalk cover boy David Semerad.

The latest issue of the said magazine also features Christina Aguilera, BJ Penn and Robi Domingo in a much bigger mag size.

“Chalk” is now available in leading newsstands nationwide. Get a sneak peak on what’s inside the current issue of Chalk as well browse contents of some of its past issues on GotChalk Google Chrome App. To download, just go to http://chrome.google.com/webstore and type GotChalk in the search bar. Hit the install button and launch the applications through buttons found in Google Chrome’s default home view.