Quarterfinals for Ilocos' Tinig Pinoy singing contest set Nov. 24

November 12, 2013

BATAC CITY, Nov. 12 – Five groups will compete in the quarterfinals in the on-going “Boses Tinig Pinoy” duet and trio in acappella singing contest set on November 24 at the Radio Philippines Network (RPN)-DZRL radio station in Batac City, Ilocos Norte.

The nationwide singing contest was initiated by RPN-9, a sister agency of the Philippine Information Agency (PIA) in partnership with the Manila Bulletin to search local talents from the country’s 12 regions.

Rene S. Lagadon, oficer-in-charge of the DZRL radio station in Batac City, said the quarterfinals will start from 9:00 a.m. to 12:00 noon that day.

Competing quarterfinalists under the "Duet in Acappella” category are Coleen Mangabat and Mhelrose Uy of Batac National High School, Batac City; Jasmine Santos and Alex Soller of Paoay National High School, Paoay Ilocos Norte; and Christopher Mendoza and Ian Mendoza of Badoc, Ilocos Norte.

For the “Trio in Acappella” category, the quarterfinalists are the groups of Johanna Miranda, Jasper Arizabal and Phoebe Faye de Guzman, all choir members of Alpha and Omega International Christian Ministries Inc. Ilocos Norte chapter; and the group of Gina Ventura, Christian Paul Torqueza and Erickson Paulo of Laoag City.

“The quarterfinal winners for duet and trio categories will compete with the winners from all radio/TV stations of RPN 9 nationwide during the grand finals set on March 2014 in Metro Manila, he said.

Earlier, Governor Imee R. Marcos cited the "Boses Tinig Pinoy duet/trio in Acappella" as the biggest singing event ever in Batac City.

Marcos, with Undersecretary Robert Rivera, the RPN 9 president and chief executive officer (CEO), graced the launching of the singing contest last August 24 at the Batac City Auditorium.

Rivera disclosed that the grand finals winners will receive P1 million cash prize plus a talent contract with RPN 9. (PNA)