RPN-DXDX Boses Tinig Pinoy ends search in GenSan

Thursday 30th of January 2014

GENERAL SANTOS CITY, January 30 (PIA)--- RPN-DXDX Boses Tinig Pinoy has made another mark of success as it held its grand finals Saturday (Jan 25) at SM Event Center here concluding the “a cappella” nationwide singing search in this area.

The a cappella singing contest has two categories, the duet and the trio.

RPN-DXDX General Santos City station manager James Catalan said the event was a success gaining loud applause and rave reviews from the audience.

“We have a big crowd watching the contestants competitively showing talents and trying their best to win the championship,” he said. Of the four pairs who competed in the duet, siblings Felix and Katherine Calixton were named winners for the category.

Reniel Fernandez, Jay Zayco, and Darwin Amistouso defeated the two other groups for the trio category.

The board of judges for the search was prominent local music experts and trainers. The selection and judgment were based on four criteria: quality of voice, 50; interpretation, 25; choreography, 15; and attire 10. The contestants in the grand finals were the winners in the September, October, November, and December 2013 monthly finals.

The search, which started in Gensan in September last year has been open to all interested a cappella duos and trios, who knew how to project themselves and interpret the song emotionally.

Boses is aired on RPN-9 and over RPN 9’s 12 radio stations in the country and had its first launch in Baguio City in June last year, then in Cagayan de Oro City in July and in Batac City, Ilocos Norte. It was launched in GenSan in September. Catalan said the winners here will be fielded for Mindanao-wide championship in Cagayan de Oro City on February 22, 2014.

“They might get the chance to travel to Manila for the grand championship if they win in this competition,” he mused. According to him, the Manila grand championship will be on March 19.

Catalan also expressed his gratitude to all contestants and those that auditioned for the contest as well as the search sponsors topbilled by SM City General Santos, the local officials, and the private sectors and individuals, among others. (CT Apelacio/Lipsy Grace Carayo, PIA-12 General Santos City)