Grand Finals of "Showtime" Season 1 (Part 2)
Updated: 07/28/2010
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Its first ever grand finals, held last July 24 at the Ynares Sports
Center in Antipolo City, became a talent extravaganza like no other!

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Itchyworms' Jugs Jugueta and Rocksteddy's Teddy Corpuz mingled with the madlang people that occupied the bleachers.
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The hurados were not spared from showing their "sample" talents.
Ventriloquist Ruther Urquia with Titoy,
showbiz columnist Jobert Sucaldito, and comedian Brod Pete did the twist together with the Marikina Senior
Citizens.
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Jay Justiniani of Cueshe, Will Devaughn and Tutti
Caringal of 6cyclemind danced to the tune of "Nobody" with the NCBA Wildcats.
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The lady hurados—(from left to right) Jocelyn Oxlade, Yayo Aguila, Mahal, Nikki Valdez, Kitkat and Ava Jugueta of
Pretty Young Thing—did the original Masculados' "Nakaka" number.
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The tableau, which was executed at the end of their production number.
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Philippine Islands Assassins from Marikina City described their routine as a mix of
break dancing and martial arts.
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In the earlier monthly eliminations, Vice Ganda requested the group from Marikina to use a table when performing their break dancing stunt.
He wanted the people to clearly see the dancers' fluid moves.
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Another blacklight theater group made it to the finals—the
Enlighten Black Theater Group from San
Juan.
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"This is your show. This is your time. It's Showtime," is the slogan of the popular
talent show that started in October 2009.
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The group rode on the fever of nationalism, interpreting "Lipad," Lea Salonga's theme song for the animated film Dayo.
"Sabrang galing.
Nag-enjoy kayo. Naka-inspire pa kayo ng maraming tao nanonood," hurado Kean
Cipriano commented afterwards.
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Ice and cold weather figured during the showtime of E-Crew, the dance group from Paete, Laguna. The judges were fired up by
their number.
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To underscore their town's tag as the "Carving Capital of the Philippines," they brought a horse sculpture, which was also their salute to resident hurado Vice Ganda, who will
star in the upcoming film, Petrang Kabayo.
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Boys Unlimited was one of the dance groups that entered via the wildcard
week.
The boys from
Pangasinan are proud to represent their province. They chose "Dance for Peace,
Love for God" as the theme of their
talent show.
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The group earned rave comments and wild cheers from the audience for their
synchronized dance steps and gravity-defying stunts.
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Passion and emotion became evident during the dance number of XB GenSan,
the lone finalist that came all the way from General Santos City.
They tied with Boys Unlimited during
the Wildcard Week that enabled them to enter the finals of Season
1.
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The all-male GenSan group even incorporated dance steps for females by having one of their
members wear a tutu and dance on pointe shoes.
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Here's Kuya Kim balancing himself on the ledge
of the bleacher section.
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Anne Curtis couldn't contain her tears after watching the whole performance. Without the various groups and the madlang people, there will be no Showtime.
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Jhong Hilario wanted to take a stab at showing his acrobatic dancing skills
after watching all the performances.
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Even Vice Ganda got into the act of showcasing his signature "kabayo" dance and joined Jhong onstage.
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Wild cheers and applause were thrown to the two favorite hurados of the
show.
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Excitement pervaded the air while the judges were flashing their scores.
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Garnering an average score of 9.875, wildcard entry XB GenSan was declared the first grand champion of Showtime.
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XB GenSan hoisted up their mock check of one million pesos.
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Amid confetti, the hosts of Showtime gave the viewers the assurance that they will continue making people
happy every day.
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