Protege:The Battle for the Big Break (6th Gala show/5th elimination night -My Review)

Last Sunday's Gala night was for me one of the best gala night of Protege: The Battle for the Big break, even though there are still some negative comments were said by the judges specifically the singing group and the controversial protege SO WAT of Mr. Rey Valera. Different issues were opened up last Sunday between them and the judges, even the text voting edge of the group against the other proteges.

Last Sunday's theme was "My Pinoy Battle Song" which is obviously all about OPM or Original Pinoy/Pilipino Music. Unfortunately, Jaya's Protege The Singing Cinderella Lovely has been eliminated, however, It's not yet the end of her battle for the big break since the door was still open for her and the ex-proteges Rosalyn, Samantha, Denise and Nomer as they were given another chance to prove their worth in the wild card round next week.

Now here is my Review regarding last week's performances..


1st
KRIZZA NERI (Aiza Seguerra's Protege)
from Cagayan de Oro
who sang Narda by Kamikazee
Previous Rank(My Review): 1st (SAME)

Very Surprising version performed by this protege. Even the judges loved her version. They praised her and her Mentor Aiza. Another good news for her is that, her text votes increased, so it just balanced the performance. Still consistent. She might be a possible contender in the finals.




2nd
LIRAH BERMUDEZ (Janno Gibbs' Protege)
from Capiz
who sang a Mashup of Bulong by Kitchie Nadal and Huling El bimbo by Eraserheads
Previous Rank(My Review): 3rd (up by 1 this week)

For me, she is a total performer, she can sing different genres of music, she can dance a bit. It's just so sad that she has been a part of the bottom group, wherein obviously her text votes were gradually decreasing as the weeks go by.




3rd
JENSEN TENOSO (Claire Dela Fuente's Protege) (with Jonalyn Viray as her backup singer)
from Batangas
who sang Anak by Freddie Aguilar
Previous Rank(My Review): 4th (up by 1 this week)

She has always been saved by a good song choice that is why she performed this song as if this song is hers. She might also be a possible contender if the voting trends will not change.




4th
LOVELY EMBUSCADO (Jaya's Protege)
from Davao
who sang Halik by Aegis
Previous Rank(My Review): 2nd (down by 2 this week)

Although for me,her performance last week was quite better than her performance last Sunday, It was still a good performance and she does not deserved to be eliminated or even in the bottom group. It's just because she got a low number of text votes if I'm not mistaken. Goodluck on your wild card round.




5th
KENNETH MONICO (Jay-R's Protege) with Kris Lawrence
from Cabanatuan
who sang Bakit pa ba by Jay-R
Previous Rank(My Review): 5th (SAME)

For me, there is nothing new with his performance although it keeps getting better, I should say that it was just a safe performance just enough to be included in the top 5. I was a bit destructed by his hand movements, I think, hand movements were overdone.




6th
SO WAT (Rey Valera's Protege)
singing group from Pampanga
who sang a medley of the songs "Beep Beep" & "Balong Malalim" (Juan de la Cruz Band) / "Bonggahan" (Sampaguita)
Previous Rank(My Review): 6th (SAME)

Obviously, some mistakes were seen on their performance of those songs, but for me, it was better than their last week's performance. But honestly, the group was the one that should have been eliminated. People knew that they were just saved by the text votes since they topped last Sunday's fan votes. Sorry for the fans, no offense meant, just my opinion.




AGAIN: No offense meant for their fans, remember, I'm also a fan of them and the show.

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Protege:The Battle for the Big Break (5th Gala show/4th elimination night -My Review)

Last Sunday's gala performances, was one of the best Gala Show of Protege since it has started several weeks ago. However another protege must have to end his journey.

The Theme last Sunday was "Duet with my mentor".. It was a struggling week for most of the proteges and mentors because others were having a hard time picking the right song to be performed on the said show; and others were worried about what they have to sing since their mentors were not present most of the time during rehearsals, however it was still a best show, sadly, Cebu's pride Bibong show stopper Nomer Limatog Jr. Rachelle Anne Go's Protege has been eliminated. 6 Proteges remaining...

This is my review, my opinion about last Sunday's show.


1st
KRIZZA NERI with her mentor Aiza Seguerra
from Cagayan de Oro
who sang Wind beneath my wings and If I could Medley by Bette Midler and Celine Dion respectively
Previous Rank(My Review): SAME

This protege-mentor tandem had a great time last Sunday. They did really performed very well, no problems with the diction and pitch, lines were clearly sang in a smooth way, Great Job, I think she have done her part, so the fans must exert more effort for them to see Krizza in the finals since she was one of the proteges who has few number of text votes based on fan ranking shown every week.




2nd
LOVELY EMBUSCADO with her mentor Jaya
from Davao
who sang Sino ang baliw by Basil Valdez
Previous Rank(My Review): 4th (up by 2 this week)

The girl who started with lots of problems with diction and pitch, now has improved a lot.. It's just like she started from nothing and she has now with that something that other proteges must be aware of. Good Job for this protege, very Good, Keep it up.




3rd
LIRAH BERMUDEZ with her mentor Janno Gibbs
from Capiz
who sang Hallelujah and Nosi ba lasi Medley by Bamboo and Sampaguita respectively
Previous Rank(My Review): 5th (up by 2 this week)


She's back in the game, and it only shows how versatile as a singer she was. She can sing pop, birit songs, mature songs, rock songs etc. She's getting better even without her guitar. plus a top rater in text votes, she might be one of the strongest contenders in the finals soon.




4th
JENSEN TENOSO with her mentor Claire Dela Fuente
from Batangas
who sang Colors of the wind by Vanessa Williams
Previous Rank(My Review): 2nd (down by 2 this week)

Still a good song choice for her, but not for her mentor, though they admit it, they have different range of voice that is why obviously mentor Claire quite struggling during their performance, however, it was still a good performance but some of her co-proteges out-shined this week.




5th
KENNETH MONICO with his menotr Jay-R
from Cabanatuan
who sang Lately by Stevie Wonder
Previous Rank(My Review): 8th (up by 3 this week)

Though there are still some negative performance from the judges, I think this performance of him was far better than his performance of open arms last week. still weak in text votes, he needs a lot of support from the fans to make it to the next round. He might get eliminated next after being in the bottom group several times.




6th
SO WAT with their mentor Rey Valera
singing group from Pampanga
who sang Malayo pa ang umaga by Rey Valera
Previous Rank(My Review): 7th (up by 1 this week)

A safe performance by the group. I think they need to spice up more their performance next time for them to be saved because later in the show, high text votes for them might not be enough to have a guaranteed slot for the finals.




7th
NOMER LIMATOG Jr. with his mentor Rachelle Anne Go
from Cebu
who sang Bohemian Rhapsody by The Queen
Previous Rank(My Review): 3rd (down by 4 this week)

Maybe this protege has been affected first by Denise's elimination, and by her mentor's schedule of musical play that quite affected their rehearsals, thus getting a negative comments from the judges and obviously seen in his performance plus a low ranking in text votes ended up his performance in protege. Opportunity still awaits this kid after protege, maybe the network will give him the break he really deserves.




AGAIN: No offense meant for their fans, remember, I'm also a fan of them and the show.

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Protege:The Battle for the Big Break (4th Gala show/3rd elimination night -My Review)

After the tension between Samantha and Denise ended last week, the succeeding week was filled with lots of issues for Kenneth about him and his mentor,his questioned gender etc, and Jensen who received some negative comments from the fans.

If I'm not mistaken, the theme last Sunday was "Shining moment". In your opinion, who among the proteges outshine the most? After being part of the bottom group for 2 consecutive weeks, Soul Siren Denise Barbacena's battle for the big break ended last Sunday. So here's my review about last Sunday's Gala night.


1st
KRIZZA NERI (Aiza's Protege)
from Cagayan de Oro
who sang If I ain't got you by Alicia Keys
Previous Rank(My Review): SAME

The song fits her voice and what I liked about his rendition is that, she tend to sing the song and treat it like hers. It's just so sad that she needs a lot of text votes from the audiences to get rid of being with the bottom group. But Performance wise, still consistent. :)I think she needs to sing more popular songs, one thing I've noticed, if she sing a more popular song, the following week, text votes for her increases, but as she sings not so familiar song to the audiences, the following week, her votes decreases.




2nd
JENSEN TENOSO (Claire Dela Fuente's Protege)
from Batangas
who sang All in love is Fair by Stevie Wonder
Previous Rank(My Review): 3rd (up by 1 this week)


Her version of this song was great for me, she out-shined some of her fellow proteges still by choosing the right song that will fit her voice. So weird that after getting a positive comments from the judges and a good rank on text votes, still she became a part of the bottom group..hmm why oh why?




3rd
NOMER LIMATOG Jr. (Rachelle Anne Go's Protege)
from Cebu
who sang Baby I love your way by Peter Frampton
Previous Rank(My Review): 4th (up by 1 this week)

Finally, This song fits his voice, good thing that he set aside his rocker image for a while and sing this kind of song by heart according to his mentor. I am looking forward to see more of this type of songs performed by him. Good Job Kid! :)




4th
LOVELY EMBUSCADO (Jaya's Protege)
from Davao
who sang Pangarap na Bituin by Sharon Cuneta
Previous Rank(My Review): 6th (up by 2 this week)


She keeps on improving as the weeks go by, diction problems lessened, and the haters lessened as reflected on last week's fan vote wherein she's number 1. Very Good, keep it up! :)




5th
LIRAH BERMUDEZ (Janno Gibbs' Protege)
from Capiz
who sang Bring me to life by Evanescence
Previous Rank(My Review): 2nd (down by 3 this week)

I think her guitar brought her to a good performance, there are just some pitch problems and I think it's not a good song choice for her, but what I like with this girl is that she sings clearly, she throws every lyrics of the song very clear.




6th
DENISE BARBACENA (Gloc 9's Protege)
from Metro Manila
who sang Sparks Fly by Taylor Swift
Previous Rank(My Review): 9th (up by 3 this week)

For me, her performance of this song was far better than her performance of Dido's Thank you, and I think 1 of her strongest performance on the show next to her rendition of Skyscraper by Demi Lovato. Although there are still some problems with the song.




7th
SO WAT (Rey Valera's Protege)
singing group from Pampanga
who sang Faithfully by The Journey
Previous Rank(My Review): 7th (SAME)

I think they already have showcased their full potential as a group that is why the blending of their voices were not effective anymore. please surprise us next week with your mentor so that your performance will not become boring.




8th
KENNETH MONICO (Jay-R's Protege)
from Cabanatuan
who sang Open arms by the Journey
Previous Rank(My Review): 8th (SAME)

What's good about this performer is that he did follow what the judges have said to him the previous week, and he's not holding back anymore, but with that, I think he also reached his full potential as a performer, so to impress the audiences and the judges and the aim of performing the song as his own, he tend to become over acting as what the judges have said. Good thing that his text votes increased that is why he was saved from elimination.




AGAIN: No offense meant for their fans, remember, I'm also a fan of them and the show.

PHOTOS COURTESY OF PROTEGE'S OFFICIAL FANPAGE ON FACEBOOK :)

Protege:The Battle for the Big Break (3rd Gala show/2nd elimination night -My Review)

The tension got hotter last week as the Urban Pop Gurl Samantha gave her opinion regarding the results on the 2nd gala night. For the rest of the fans, Samantha got so much negative comments as she said that Denise should have been eliminated rather than Rosalyn more from Denise's fans, though some still defended her (particularly on protege fanpage on facebook) and somehow reflected on fanvotes, wherein that night Samantha got eliminated. :( 8 proteges remaining..

The theme last sunday was SWITCH, wherein other mentor will select the song for the protege assigned to him/her. So here's my own personal review regarding the gala and results show last sunday. still by ranking basis.


1st
KRIZZA NERI (Aiza's Protege)
from Cagayan de Oro
who sang Could Have been by Tiffany (Mentor Gloc 9's song choice for her)
Previous Rank(My Review): SAME

I still put her on the top slot, for the reason that after singing get here then super bass and this song, made her a versatile singer, she's always in her character when singing. She can sing fast songs, slow songs with a lot high and different notes. Good job for her. And the voting trends for her changed which made her safe from elimination.




2nd
LIRAH BERMUDEZ (Janno Gibbs' Protege)
from Iloilo
who sang Don't Speak by No Doubt (Mentor Claire Dela Fuente's song choice for her)
Previous Rank(My Review): 3rd (up by 1 this week)

She's 2nd for me this week because she showed another side of her, a more mature side of her though it sound safe for the judges. Not just the "birit" side and the "tweetums" side, maybe a Charice Pempengco in the making. I am looking forward to hear a slow type of song from her aside from when you believe she sang several weeks ago.




3rd
JENSEN TENOSO (Claire Dela Fuente's Protege)
from Batangas
who sang You and I by Lady Gaga (Mentor Jaya's song choice for her)
Previous Rank(My Review): 5th (up by 2 this week)

She is still saved by a good song choice. And she keeps on improving every week as she sings more challenging songs, even on text votes.. hope it will still continue every week. I also want to see another side of her on succeeding weeks.




4th
NOMER LIMATOG Jr. (Rachelle Anne Go's Protege)
from Cebu
who sang If I had you by Adam Lambert (Mentor Janno Gibbs' song choice for him)
Previous Rank(My Review): 7th (up by 3 this week)

A well favored by the judges after giving a great performance. then why just 4th place? I think it's the song choice that made something a bit wrong, since he is already complaining about the difficulty of the song though he performed it very well, and though he is a rocker, I think it does not fit his age but over-all he is a total performer.




5th
SAMANTHA FELIZCO (Joey G's Protege)
from Dagupan
who sang Decode by Paramore (Mentor Aiza Seguerra's song choice for her)
Previous Rank(My Review): 2nd (down by 3 this week)

I still put her at a higher rank for her unique voice quality and for the effort of singing a difficult song with so much high notes, though there are some offs in her rendition, I think she still performed it very well and she does not deserved to be eliminated early in the competition, one factor that got her eliminated from the show was the result of fan votes wherein she got few number of votes that is why her big break at protege ended.




6th
LOVELY EMBUSCADO (Jaya's Protege)
from Davao
who sang Beautiful by Christina Aguilera (own song choice as Mentor Rey Valera's gift for her birthday)
Previous Rank(My Review): 10th (up by 4 this week)

This young lady improved a lot, and I was amazed by her fighting spirit last sunday. Although she has still some problems with the diction and notes, her rendition of Beautiful by Christina Aguilera was far better than her performance last week. Keep it up!




7th
SO WAT (Rey Valera's Protege)
singing group from Pampanga
who sang Every breath you take by Sting (Mentor Rachelle Anne Go's song choice for them)
Previous Rank(My Review): 4th (down by 3 this week)

their performance starting to become boring..sorry for their fans.. the blending of their voices has some pitch problems. more lyrics and exposure for Krysty, she has the greatest and powerful voice among the four.




8th
KENNETH MONICO (Jay-R's Protege)
from Cabanatuan
who sang Can't keep on Loving You by Elliott Yamin (Mentor Joey G's song choice for him)
Previous Rank(My Review): 9th (up by 1 this week)

He has improved a little. but the judges was right, he's holding back and not giving his all although he can give more and the falcetto part was a bit annoying. Sorry for his fans, but I think it does not fit the song to become unique. Lucky night for him as majority thought he should e the one that has been eliminated, because aside from some encouraging comments from the judges, he was one of the proteges who got few in text votes.




9th
DENISE BARBACENA (Gloc 9's Protege)
from Metro Manila
who sang Thank you by Dido (Mentor Jay-R's song choice for her)
Previous Rank(My Review): 6th (down by 3 this week)

In some aspect, Samantha was right though there were some improvements, but with the song that was I think just safe for her, and a voice not so powerful as the others do, no wonder she has been part of the bottom group with Kenneth for the 2nd time.




AGAIN: No offense meant for their fans, remember, I'm also a fan of them and the show.

PHOTOS COURTESY OF PROTEGE'S OFFICIAL FANPAGE ON FACEBOOK :)