Pinoy Pride!
Muling pinatunayan ng Filipino talents na SB19, HORI7ON, at Ben&Ben na pang-world class ang galing ng mga Pinoy.
Ito'y matapos silang parangalan sa Asia Artist Awards (AAA) 2023 sa magkakaibang kategorya.
Kasalukuyang ginaganap ngayong Huwebes, December 14, 2023, ang AAA 2023 sa Philippine Arena sa Bulacan.
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Ang P-pop sensation na SB19 ay kabilang sa nagwagi sa kategoryang AAA Hot Trend Award, kasama ang K-pop girl group na NewJeans, South Korean singer na si Lim Young Woong at Korean actors na sina Ahn Hyo Seop, at Lee Jun Ho.
Sa acceptance speech ng SB19, pinasalamatan nila ang kanilang fans na A'TIN at mga manager sa patuloy na pagmamahal at suporta ng mga ito sa kanila.
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Saad ng lider na si Pablo, "Hello everyone, we're SB19.
"First and foremost, I would like to thank God for giving us strength to get through everything and, of course, giving us A'TIN. You guys are the best. We love you all so much.
"Also we would like to thank our managers and our staff who are always behind us during all the dirty work, helping us to get through everything that we've been experiencing.
"We just want to say that we're really proud of you and we love you all so much."
Ito ang kauna-unahang AAA award ng grupo, kaya naman espesyal ito hindi lang sa kanila kundi sa lahat ng Filipino talents.
Ani Josh Cullen, "This is our first time to be part of Asia Artist Awards. This is such a big milestone not just for SB19 but for every Filipino out there.
"We can say that we made it and we'll keep on achieving our dreams.
"And, thank you so much, especially to A'TIN and all of the people who have been supporting us from the very beginning."
Nasungkit din ng SB19 ang Best Artist Award. Sina SB19 Justin de Dios at Stell Ajero ang nagbigay ng speech sa pagkakataong ito.
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HORI7ON
Nasungkit naman ng HORI7ON ang AAA Focus Award, kasama ang K-pop boy-group na LUN8, Korean singer na si YOUNGHOON, at Korean actor na si Ahn Dong Goo.
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Bakas sa mukha ng HORI7ON members na sina Vinci, Kyler, Reyster, Winston, Jeromy, at Marcus ang pagkagulat nang tawagin ang pangalan ng kanilang grupo sa paparangalan.
Saad ng lider na si Vinci sa kanilang acceptance speech, "Wow, this award celebrates Asian talents.
"Filipinos and Koreans have a beautiful relationship for the longest time and HORI7ON is so glad to be part of that beautiful bridge."
Inisa-isa rin pinasalamatan ng grupo ang lahat ng tumulong sa kanila sa pangunguna ng ABS-CBN at fans nilang Anchor para makamit ang nasabing parangal.
"Thank you so much for giving this opportunity.
"Last year pinapangarap lang namin na baka makapanood ng live sa mga iniidolo namin, pero ngayon na nabigyan kami ng oportunity na makasali sa pretihiyosong award na ito.
"Kaya nagpapasalamat talaga kami," dagdag pa ni Vinci.
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BEN&BEN
Kinilala naman ang Filipino folk band na Ben&Ben bilang isa sa mga awardees sa kategoryang AAA Best Choice Award.
Kasamang kinilala ng Ben&Ben ang Korean singers na sina DinDin, Kim Jae Joong, Lim Young Woong, K-pop girl groups na Dreamcatcher, at NMIXX.
Mensahe ni Miguel Benjamin, "We did not expect this, honestly. We are very-very surprised, but we just wanna say thank you to each and everyone of you for being here.
"We just wanna say thank you for all the artists. It's such an honor to be able to watch such amazing performances tonight. We are fans.
"We wanna say thank you to our entire team as well, our record labels, our management, and most of all to Liwanags."
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Dagdag naman ng kakambal niyang si Paolo, "Pipiliin namin kayo araw-araw."
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