The all-Filipino girl group 4TH Impact brought sassiness to last week’s Performance Show in The X Factor UK.
Working with “Love and Heartbreak” as the week’s theme, the girls channeled Christina Aguilera performing “Ain’t No Other Man” to the delight of the judges and audience.
They move on to the Final 5 of the singing competition.
Simon Cowell described the performance as “brilliant, professional, sassy.” He also did say that he didn’t think mentor Cheryl Fernandez-Versini has given the group a song to show their individual personalities yet. Rita Ora lauded the sisters for being “tight, professional and rehearsed.”
Judge Nick Grimshaw said, “I think sometimes you’re so sweet it’s like candy floss – a bit sweet and fluffy and airy. Tonight it felt a bit meaty, a bit nasty and I liked it.”
Cheryl paid tribute to 4TH Impact’s professionalism. She revealed that the group had only been given the track the day before the performance. “It’s sometimes really easy to overlook the fact that they’ve come from halfway across the world, all the way from the Philippines,” she said. She added that had so much respect for the girls for getting up on stage every week.
Eliminated were Mason Noise and Anton Stephans.
4TH Impact will compete with the remaining acts in The X Factor UK. These include Reggie n Bollie, Ché Chesterman, Louisa Johnson, and Lauren Murray.
The X Factor UK airs first and exclusive on RTL CBS Entertainment HD as live via satellite on Sundays and Mondays at 10:30 a.m. with a primetime encore at 9:00 p.m. The weekly episodes repeat on Thursdays at 9 p.m. and on Saturdays at 10 a.m. and 4:40 p.m.
RTL CBS Entertainment HD is available on SkyCable channels 53(SD) and 196(HD), Destiny Cable channel 53, Dream Satellite channel 17 and Cablelink channels 37(SD), 313 and 800(HD).
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TV5’s Barangay Challenge
TV5 proudly brings to Filipino viewers Barangay Utakan – the first news quiz show on Philippine TV that features contestants representing their respective barangays or local communities to find out who’s the most “news savvy” of them all.
The Kapatid network’s newest offering promises a fun-filled hour of infotainment that the young and old alike will find very appealing as each barangay team tries to outwit or “out-think” each other in answering questions based on the current news and events from country’s leading digital influencers.
Headlining Barangay Utakan are Internet celebrity and academician Ramon Bautista; Politics for Beginners host, satirist Bayaw Jun Sabayton; and newsman and Palanca awardee Lourd de Veyra of television, radio and Internet fame.
Utakan is a quiz show. All questions are news related. Players should be aware of what’s happening on top of the news, so to speak. There will be elimination rounds and questions increase in difficulty as the quiz show progresses; but as the program’s title suggests, the team that is more “ma-utak” (brainy) and “madiskarte” (street-mart) gets to bring home the top prize — which in this case are goods and/or services that will benefit the whole community, like basketball court refurbishing, computer units for the barangay hall, barangay medical missions and the like.
Barangay Utakan, is the first news-related game show on Philippine television in which participants play for barangay pride and esprit de corps. The winners bring home benefits for the entire community to use or enjoy.
In a sense, it represents the brotherhood that characterizes the Filipino’s “bayanihan” spirit. Experience the fun and excitement in Barangay Utakan’s pilot episode tonight on TV5 and find solidarity with our fellow-barangay mates.
To get more updates, follow them on facebook, https://www.facebook.com/BarangayUtakan/?fref=ts.
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Seasonal serenades
Shangri-La Plaza gears up for the anticipated holiday season as it brings renowned vocal group the Ryan Cayabyab Singers to serenade mall guests, 5 p.m. today.
The leading lifestyle destination’s East Wing Atrium is set to be filled with the moving repertoire of this Awit-award winning vocal powerhouse group that has been captivating audiences here and abroad.
The ensemble’s members handpicked by the Maestro himself with two albums under their belt and another one on the way have performed around Asia, North America and Australia.
Shoppers are in for a wonderful weekend experience at the Shang.
For inquiries, call 370-2500 loc. 597 or visit www.facebook.com/shangrilaplazaofficialfanpage. Follow the Shang on Instagram: @shangrilaplazaofficial.
